Iowa State vs. Missouri
103 of their 104 meetings are on file: they first met in 1896, and the earliest on file is 1908; officially, Missouri leads 61–34–9; as played, 61–33–9 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Missouri 8–2, and Missouri has won the last 5. The winner takes home the Telephone Trophy. Missouri holds it. The official count covers every meeting. Share
- Official series
- Missouri leads 61–34–9
- Iowa State wins on file
- 33
- Missouri wins on file
- 61
- Ties
- 9
- Earliest on file
- 1908 first met 1896
- Longest streak
- 10 Missouri
- Current streak
- 5 Missouri
- Last 10 meetings
- Missouri 8–2
- Most recent
- 2011
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 6–2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–9 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 4–4–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–9–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 3–6–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–9–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 4–4–2 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–2 |
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Iowa State 0, Missouri 2
- Average margin
- 12.8 points; 35 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Iowa State
- 18–31–2 Iowa State’s record at home
- At Missouri
- 30–15–7 Missouri’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 21
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Telephone Trophy
- Played for since
- —
- Held by
- Missouri
Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Telephone Trophy.
Games that tell the story
- Iowa State’s biggest win1912: Iowa State 29, Missouri 0by 29 points
- Missouri’s biggest win1948: Missouri 49, Iowa State 7by 42 points
- Upset1970: Iowa State 31, Missouri 19Iowa State had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1999: Iowa State 24, Missouri 21Iowa State had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1923: Iowa State 2, Missouri 0Iowa State had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1972: Missouri 6, Iowa State 5No. 12 Iowa State at No. 19 Missouri
- Ranked showdown1978: Missouri 26, Iowa State 13No. 20 Iowa State at No. 19 Missouri
Coach against coach
| Years | Iowa State | Series | Missouri |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1915–1917 | Charles Mayser | 2–0–1 | Henry Schulte |
| 1923–1925 | Sam Willaman | 1–2 | Gwinn Henry |
| 1926–1930 | C. Noel Workman | 0–5 | Gwinn Henry |
| 1932–1934 | George Veenker | 2–0–1 | Frank Carideo |
| 1937–1940 | Jim Yeager | 1–3 | Don Faurot |
| 1943–1945 | Mike Michalske | 0–2–1 | Chauncey Simpson |
| 1947–1953 | Abe Stuber | 2–4–1 | Don Faurot |
| 1954–1956 | Vince Di Francesca | 1–2 | Don Faurot |
| 1958–1967 | Clay Stapleton | 0–9–1 | Dan Devine |
| 1968–1970 | Johnny Majors | 1–2 | Dan Devine |
| 1973–1977 | Earle Bruce | 3–2 | Al Onofrio |
| 1979–1982 | Donnie Duncan | 1–2–1 | Warren Powers |
| 1989–1993 | Jim Walden | 4–1 | Bob Stull |
| 1995–2000 | Dan McCarney | 3–3 | Larry Smith |
| 2001–2006 | Dan McCarney | 3–3 | Gary Pinkel |
| 2009–2011 | Paul Rhoads | 0–3 | Gary Pinkel |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Iowa State’s side (Mayser 2–0–1 against Schulte). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
Biggest days
| Danario Alexander Missouri | 11 catches, 173 yards, 1 TD | 2009 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1927 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 12, 1927
1928 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 21, 1928
1929 · Seward daily gateway, Oct 14, 1929
1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 9, 1930
1931 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Oct 26, 1931
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.