Iowa State at Missouri

Saturday, October 27, 1956

Missouri beat Iowa State 34–⁠0. It was their 49th meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 27–⁠15–⁠6 in the games on file.

AwayIowa State2–⁠8 in 1956
0
HomeMissouri4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1956
34

FinalHigh 69°F, low 41°FAttendance 17,200

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Missouri Routs Iowa State, $40

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1956, page 72

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    Missouri Routs Iowa State, $40 COLUMBIA, Mo-, Oct. 81 up. The University of Missouri Tigers presented Don Faurot with his Tooth victory as a foot ball coach by scoring five touch downs in the second half to smother Iowa State. $40, in a Big Seven game today. The victory. attained before a crowd of 1920, kept the Tigers in contention for the Big Seven berth in the Orange Bowl. 1t was their second conference sue cess in as many games. iowa state O q o o. 4 Missouri q q oI ia Missouri scoring: Touchdowns-Cramer t32, rum: Kuhlmann Il, rum. Henger q. plungel; Doane q, plungel: Wynn St Pierre

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Missouri 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Missouri leads 61–⁠34–⁠9; as played, 61–⁠33–⁠9 in the 103 games on file; the official count covers all 104 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.

Recent meetings
2011Missouri 52, Iowa State 17
2010Missouri 14, Iowa State 0
2009Missouri 34, Iowa State 24
2008Missouri 52, Iowa State 20
2007Missouri 42, Iowa State 28
2006Iowa State 21, Missouri 16

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