Haskell vs. Missouri

Haskell and Missouri first met in 1901 and have played 5 times; Haskell leads the series 4–⁠1. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Haskell 4–⁠1.

Haskell wins
4
Missouri wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1901
Longest streak
4 Haskell
Current streak
1 Missouri
Last 10 meetings
Haskell 4–⁠1
Most recent
1905

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s4–⁠1
Average margin
23.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Haskell
3–⁠0 Haskell’s record at home
At Missouri
1–⁠1 Missouri’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Haskell’s biggest win1902: Haskell 40, Missouri 0by 40 points
  2. Missouri’s biggest win1905: Missouri 6, Haskell 0by 6 points
  3. Upset1905: Missouri 6, Haskell 0Missouri had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1901: Haskell 19, Missouri 0Haskell had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Haskell and Missouri, 1901 on1300150017001905191019151920192519301935

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 Minneapolis journal's story of the 1903 game: INDIANS BEAT MISSOURI Haskell Team Scores Two Touch downs on the Tigers.

    1903 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov 2, 1903

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1904 game: SPORTING NEWS. Haskell Indians Easily Defeated Missouri. The Tigers We're Outclassed in Every Respect. THE GAME WAS A FARCE Opposition to the Redmen Was or Little Moment. Good Crowd Out to See the Con- test at Kansas City. THE WAS AFARCE

    1904 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 17, 1904

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1905 game: INDIANS ARE BEATEN. Missouri University Defeated Haskell by Score of 6 to 0.

    1905 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 22, 1905

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

Oct 21, 1905Missouri 6, Haskell 0at Missouri
Oct 15, 1904Haskell 39, Missouri 0at Haskell
Oct 31, 1903Haskell 12, Missouri 0at Haskell
Oct 18, 1902Haskell 40, Missouri 0at Haskell
Nov 18, 1901Haskell 19, Missouri 0at Missouri

Every game is listed as played on the field.