Texas at Missouri

Saturday, November 4, 1916

Missouri beat Texas 3–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayTexas7–⁠2 in 1916
0
HomeMissouri6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1916
3

FinalHigh 77°F, low 55°F

In the newspapers

  • Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], November 5, 1916

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    MISSOURI DOWNS TEXAS SKATERS PEBBLES Makes Only Score of Hard Fought Game on II Place Kick; Texas Disappoints. COLUMBIA Mo-, Nov. 4.-The Uni versity of Missouri football team defeated the University of Texas eleven here today 3 to 0, Peoples making the only score on place kick. Missouri gained an advantage early In the game when Lang punted out of bounds on Texas 30-yard line. After lO-yard gain through center Bass Missouri tackle. dropped back for a try at goal but failed. Texas only opportunity to score in the third period when Harwell dropped back to the 30-yard line for an attempt at goal but Giltner broke through the line and blocked the Kick. After that Texas was not dangerous. Texas is to be thankful for the brilliant footwork of Lang. “A halfback whose long distance punting repeat edly drove back the Tiger invasion and gave his teammates an even chance at the battle. Boynton and Dittmar played spectacular ball for the Texans while Stankowski and Viner shone for the Tigers.

  • The Ottumwa semi-weekly courier's story: Football Results Saturday Harvard 81, Virginia 0. Yale Z. Colgate 3.

    Ottumwa semi-weekly courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, November 7, 1916, page 5 (results column)

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    Football Results Saturday Harvard 81, Virginia 0. Yale Z. Colgate 3. Yale Z. Colgate g. Princeton AZ, Bucknell 0. Pennsylvania 10. Lafayette 0. Army 80. Notre Dame 10. Navy 0, Washington and Lee 0. Dartmouth IS, Syracuse 10. Cornell Is, Carnegie Tech. 7. Pittsburgh 4s. Allegheny 0. / Hamilton 20. St. Lawrence 6. New Hampshire State 26, Connecticut Aggies 0. Colby %, Bates 7. Amherst IA. Trinity O. Ohio State IA, wisconsin 49, Illinois IA, Minnesota 9. Chicago 16. Purdue I. Nebraska 3, Ames 0. ! South Dakota 8, Michigan Aggies 3. Grinnell 21, Drake 0. Dubuque German 38. Upper Iowa 10. Rice 20, Texas A. and M. O.. Louisian U. II, u Of Arkansas 7. Henry Kendall II, Oklahoma A. and NJ. IS. St. Louis 0. Creighton 20. Kansas 81. Oklahoma 10. Culver Military Academy 80, Nor gan Park Academy 0. Monmouth “a. Lombard 81. Georgetown College IA, U, Of Louis vile O. Springfield High 10, Decatur 10. Millikin 81. Shurtleff 0. U. of Nevada Z. Davia Farm Cal. %. Carleton 80. Beloit 0. Missouri 3 Texas 0. Michigan 66, Washington U. Z. Western Reserve SO. Oberlin 3. U. of Denver 10, Colorado Aggies FL. Carthage College 16. Hedding IS. Wooster 20, U. of Cincinnati O.. Wabash 55, Earlham 10. University OF Georgia 0, Auburn g. U. Of North Carolina 7. Virginia Poly Institute IA. Sewanee 6, U. of Alabama T. Georgia Tech. As. Tulane u 0. U. OF Tennessee ~, U. of Chattanoo- |ga 7. Vanderbilt U. 81. Rose Poly l. Carlinville High 7. Waverly High T.. Westville ull.) High IS, Danville High 8. Dubuque High 80. Monticello 0. Carthage High, Fl Madison Is. Union As. Rensselaer, 0. Haverford. 81 F. and NJ. O. SprlnSnelu. mass. ~, “orcHesler Poly O. John Hopkins S, swathmore a. Lehigh 9, Muhlelburg 0. Dickinson %, Delaware 0. Rochester IS, Hobart 0. Brown AZ. Vermant 0. Boston College. R. I. State 0. Rutgers IA. Holy Cross s. Penn State 70. Geneva College 0. Ursinus 0, George Washington 0. Grove City 0. U. OF Buffalo 0. Williams Z. Wesleyan 0. Harvard Freshmen 81, Philip Exc ter 20. Bowdoin I. University Of Maine Z. Pennsylvania 10. Lafayette 0. Maryland State 81. St. Johns o. Yale Freshmen 7, Phillips Andove!

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)

Texas 56% to win. Missouri won as Elo’s underdog.

Texas leads 17–⁠4 in 21 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.

Recent meetings
2017Texas 33, Missouri 16Texas Bowl
2011Missouri 17, Texas 5
2009Texas 41, Missouri 7
2008Texas 56, Missouri 31
2005Texas 51, Missouri 20
2004Texas 28, Missouri 20

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