Kansas at Missouri
Saturday, November 24, 1962. Missouri kept the Indian War Drum after a tie Share
Kansas and Missouri tied 3–3. It was their 71st meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 29–24–8 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 50°F, low 27°FAttendance 46,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 25, 1962, page 1
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Kansas, Mizzou Bottle to Tie in Defensive Duel COLUMBIA, Mo, Nov. “a ZAP. - Kansas and Missouri fought to a 3–3 tie in a bitter defensive duel today as Bill Leistritz kicked a 21-yard field goal for Missouri in the last period. then Gary Duff booted q 26-yarder for Kansas with II minutes left. Dan Devine’s Tigers. favored by one touchdown, got undisppted second place in the Big Eight conference with the tie. the ninth in the 71-game border rivalry. Oklahoma won the conference championship. ,Mizzou. with seven victories one defeat and two ties, was under consideration by the Bluebonnet Bowl. “A j., record turnout of $4,000 was on hand in cool, crisp weather. A short Kansas punt was returned to the Kansas 40 late In the third period. From there, the Tigers drove to the Kansas 4. stalled and Leistritz, a sophomore halfback from st. Louis kicked his field goal with 1910 left. Brian Palmer, second string quarterback, punted 49 yards dead on the Missouri 3, setting up the Kansas comeback. Missouri, punted out to the Tiger SO. Palmer’s passing and Ar mand Baughman’s rum n : moved the ball to the 4. Then after a delay penalty, Duff, a sophomore from Salina. Kan. kicked the tieing field goal The yardage figures were al most as even as the score. Each club had II first downs. Kan sas had an overall 208 to 156 edge rushing and passing.
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 66% to win.
The series
Every Kansas–Missouri gameOfficially, Missouri leads 59–54–9 by Missouri’s count and 58–55–9 by Kansas’s (the 1960 game is disputed); as played, 56–48–8 in the 112 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.
| 2026 | Missouri 38, Kansas 21 | |
| 2025 | Missouri 42, Kansas 31 | |
| 2011 | Missouri 24, Kansas 10 | |
| 2010 | Missouri 35, Kansas 7 | |
| 2009 | Missouri 41, Kansas 39 | |
| 2008 | Kansas 40, Missouri 37 |
Around this game
Kansas
- Next gameat TCUSept. 21, 1963
- SeasonKansas in 1962
- ProgramKansas history and records
Missouri
- Next gamevs. Georgia TechDec. 22, 1962, Bluebonnet Bowl
- SeasonMissouri in 1962
- ProgramMissouri history and records

