Game notes: Missouri at Arkansas
Saturday, October 31, kickoff time not yet set, Razorback Stadium.The game page.
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The matchup
- Missouri (5–2, 2–2 in conference) at Arkansas (3–4, 1–3 in conference), Saturday, October 31, kickoff time not yet set, Razorback Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
- For the Battle Line Trophy, which Missouri holds.Wikipedia, resultsThe trophy from Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games; who holds it from our results since its first year.
The series
- It will be their 18th meeting; Missouri leads the series 13–4 as played. Officially, Missouri leads 12–4; as played, 13–4. The NCAA vacated Missouri’s win (2016); it doesn’t count officially.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Saturday, November 29, 2025: Missouri 31, Arkansas 17.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 1906: Missouri 11, Arkansas 0.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Arkansas is 2–5 at home against Missouri.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2025: Missouri 31–17 (at Arkansas); 2024: Missouri 28–21 (at Missouri); 2023: Missouri 48–14 (at Arkansas); 2022: Missouri 29–27 (at Missouri); 2021: Arkansas 34–17 (at Arkansas).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Missouri
- Missouri is 5–2 (2–2 in conference games), 1–2 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 54–14 vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff; W 38–21 at Kansas; W 27–17 vs. Troy; L 24–31 at No. 24 Mississippi State; W 45–17 vs. No. 8 Florida; W 27–6 vs. Texas A&M; L 3–31 at No. 9 Ole Miss.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Missouri is No. 24 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Eli Drinkwitz is 51–31 in his seventh season at Missouri and 63–32 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Eli Drinkwitz is 5–1 against Arkansas.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Jamal Roberts (RB): 867 rushing yards, 8 TD, No. 1 in FBS in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Cayden Lee (WR): 45 catches, 652 yards, 5 TD, No. 9 in FBS in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Nicholas Rodriguez (LB): 72 tackles, 1.5 sacks, No. 2 in FBS in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2020, Missouri lost to No. 10 Florida 41–17.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Arkansas
- Arkansas is 3–4 (1–3 in conference games), 0–3 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 31–14 vs. North Alabama; L 10–43 at No. 20 Utah; L 17–45 vs. No. 2 Georgia; W 34–6 vs. Tulsa; L 7–34 at Texas A&M; L 17–24 vs. No. 15 Tennessee; W 31–21 at Vanderbilt.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Arkansas is No. 84 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Ryan Silverfield is 3–4 in his first season at Arkansas and 53–29 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Ryan Silverfield is 0–1 against Missouri.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- K.J. Jackson (QB): 1,444 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Chris Marshall (WR): 43 catches, 601 yards, 2 TD, the team leader in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Ja’Quavion Smith (LB): 50 tackles, 1 sack, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2020, Arkansas lost to No. 8 Texas A&M 42–31.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- Ryan Silverfield is 0–1 against Eli Drinkwitz’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
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