Indiana vs. Missouri

Indiana and Missouri have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1953; Indiana leads the series 7–⁠3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Indiana 7–⁠1.

Indiana wins
7
Missouri wins
3
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1953
Longest streak
3 Indiana
Current streak
1 Indiana
Last 10 meetings
Indiana 7–⁠1
Most recent
2014

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s0–⁠2
1980s4–⁠0–⁠1
1990s2–⁠0–⁠1
2010s1–⁠1
Average margin
12.6 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Indiana
4–⁠2 Indiana’s record at home
At Missouri
1–⁠3–⁠2 Missouri’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Indiana’s biggest win1990: Indiana 58, Missouri 7by 51 points
  2. Missouri’s biggest win2013: Missouri 45, Indiana 28by 17 points
  3. Upset2014: Indiana 31, Missouri 27Indiana had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1985: Indiana 36, Missouri 17Indiana had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsIndianaSeriesMissouri
1985–⁠1988Bill Mallory3–⁠0–⁠1Woody Widenhofer
1989–⁠1992Bill Mallory3–⁠0–⁠1Bob Stull

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Indiana’s side (Mallory 3–⁠0–⁠1 against Widenhofer). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Indiana and Missouri, 1953 on13001500170019001960197019801990200020102020

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 Evening star's story of the 1953 game: Pass by Sub Gives Missouri Decision Over Indiana, TAT

    1953 · Evening star, Nov 1, 1953

  • The Evening star's story of the 1954 game: indiana Misses Star, Loses 10 Missouri

    1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 17, 1954

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 20, 2014Indiana 31, 18Missouri 27at Missouri
Sep 21, 2013Missouri 45, Indiana 28at Indiana
Sep 26, 1992Indiana 20, Missouri 10at Indiana
Sep 28, 1991Missouri 27, Indiana 27at Missouri
Sep 22, 1990Indiana 58, Missouri 7at Indiana
Sep 16, 1989Indiana 24, Missouri 7at Indiana
Sep 24, 1988Missouri 28, Indiana 28at Missouri
Sep 26, 1987Indiana 20, Missouri 17at Indiana
Sep 27, 1986Indiana 41, Missouri 24at Missouri
Sep 28, 1985Indiana 36, Missouri 17at Missouri
Oct 16, 1954Missouri 20, Indiana 14at Missouri
Oct 31, 1953Missouri 14, Indiana 7at Indiana

Every game is listed as played on the field.