Air Force vs. Missouri

Air Force and Missouri have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1959; Missouri leads the series 4–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Missouri 4–⁠2, and Air Force has won the last 2.

Air Force wins
2
Missouri wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1959
Longest streak
4 Missouri
Current streak
2 Air Force
Last 10 meetings
Missouri 4–⁠2
Most recent
1971

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s0–⁠1
1960s0–⁠3
1970s2–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Air Force 1, Missouri 0
Average margin
12.5 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Air Force
1–⁠1 Air Force’s record at home
At Missouri
2–⁠1 Missouri’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Air Force first
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Air Force’s biggest win1970: Air Force 37, Missouri 14by 23 points
  2. Missouri’s biggest win1960: Missouri 34, Air Force 8by 26 points
  3. Ranked showdown1970: Air Force 37, Missouri 14No. 20 Air Force at No. 9 Missouri

Coach against coach

YearsAir ForceSeriesMissouri
1959–⁠1970Ben Martin1–⁠4Dan Devine

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Air Force’s side (Martin 1–⁠4 against Devine). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Air Force and Missouri, 1959 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Every game

Sep 18, 1971Air Force 7, Missouri 6at Air Force
Sep 26, 197020Air Force 37, 9Missouri 14at Missouri
Sep 20, 196910Missouri 19, Air Force 17at Missouri
Oct 17, 1964Missouri 17, Air Force 7at Air Force
Oct 8, 196011Missouri 34, Air Force 8Neutral site
Nov 7, 1959Missouri 13, 18Air Force 0at Missouri

Every game is listed as played on the field.