Clemson vs. Missouri

Clemson and Missouri have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1948; Clemson leads the series 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Clemson 3–⁠1.

Clemson wins
3
Missouri wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1948
Longest streak
2 Clemson
Current streak
1 Clemson
Last 10 meetings
Clemson 3–⁠1
Most recent
2000

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
1990s0–⁠1
2000s1–⁠0
Average margin
25.5 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Clemson
1–⁠0 Clemson’s record at home
At Missouri
1–⁠1 Missouri’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Clemson first
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Clemson and Missouri, 1948 on130015001700190019501960197019801990200020102020

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.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Bobby Gage Clemson1948

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1948 game: Jack MiIIer's Kickinq Gives Southerners Gator Bowl Triumph

    1948 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Jan 2, 1949

  • The Evening star's story of the 1950 game: Missouri Loses, $40, To Underdog Clemson

    1950 · Evening star, Oct 1, 1950

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 9, 200017Clemson 62, Missouri 9at Clemson
Sep 21, 1996Missouri 38, Clemson 24at Missouri
Sep 30, 1950Clemson 34, 17Missouri 0at Missouri
Jan 1, 19499Clemson 24, Missouri 23Neutral siteGator Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.