Fordham vs. Missouri

Fordham and Missouri have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1941; Fordham leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Fordham 3–⁠0, and Fordham has won the last 3.

Fordham wins
3
Missouri wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1941
Longest streak
3 Fordham
Current streak
3 Fordham
Last 10 meetings
Fordham 3–⁠0
Most recent
1951

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s2–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Fordham 1, Missouri 0; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Fordham
1–⁠0 Fordham’s record at home
At Missouri
0–⁠1 Missouri’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Fordham 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 Fordham and Missouri, 1941 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The The Tacoma times's story of the 1941 game: Fordham Rams Beat Missouri Two Points Total TollY of Contest

    1941 · The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., Jan 3, 1942

  • The Evening star's story of the 1942 game: Stirring Scoring Play Marks Rams Defeat OF Missouri, 20-12

    1942 · Evening star, Nov 22, 1942

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 22, 1951Fordham 34, Missouri 20at Missouri
Nov 21, 1942Fordham 20, Missouri 12at Fordham
Jan 1, 19428Fordham 2, 7Missouri 0Neutral siteSugar Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.