Missouri at Kansas State

Saturday, November 11, 1916

Kansas State beat Missouri 7–⁠6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 2–⁠1–⁠1 as played.

AwayMissouri6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1916
6
HomeKansas State6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1916
7

FinalHigh 45°F, low 34°F

In the newspapers

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: Omaha and Lincoln in 6 to 6 Tie; Paynter's Run Saves Central High; Tuo Chances to Win Go to the Bad KANSAS FARMERS DEFEAT MISSOURI Lansing Fails to Kick Goal After Pittman Plunges Over Line for Touchdown. SEVEN TO SIX THE SCORE

    Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 12, 1916, page 1

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    Omaha and Lincoln in 6 to 6 Tie; Paynter’s Run Saves Central High; Tuo Chances to Win Go to the Bad KANSAS FARMERS DEFEAT MISSOURI Lansing Fails to Kick Goal After Pittman Plunges Over Line for Touchdown. SEVEN TO SIX THE SCORE Manhattan, Kan, Nov. ll.-Fail ure Of Captain Lansing Of the Uni versity Of Missouri foot ball team to kick goal after Pttman, the Tiger right halfback had plunged over the line for a touchdown early in the first period, lost Missouri the game today to the Kansas State Agricultural col lege, 7 to 6. 1t was Missouri’s first defeat Of the season. The Aggies came back with rush after their goal had been crossed and in the same period sent over Skinner for touchdown by a ten yard forward pass. Randall kicked goal In the third period, Peoples OF Missouri, missed place kick from the 3l-yard line.

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 58% to win. Kansas State won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Missouri leads 61–⁠33–⁠5; as played, 60–⁠34–⁠5 in 99 meetings, counting the 95 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Missouri 30, Kansas State 27
2022Kansas State 40, Missouri 12
2011Kansas State 24, Missouri 17
2010Missouri 38, Kansas State 28
2009Missouri 38, Kansas State 12
2008Missouri 41, Kansas State 24

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