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LSU vs. Missouri

LSU and Missouri have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1978; the series is tied 2–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–⁠2.

LSU wins
2
Missouri wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1978
Longest streak
1 Missouri
Current streak
1 LSU
Last 10 meetings
even at 2–⁠2
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s0–⁠1
2010s1–⁠0
2020s1–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: LSU 1, Missouri 0
Average margin
13.5 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At LSU
1–⁠1 LSU’s record at home
At Missouri
0–⁠1 Missouri’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 LSU first

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 LSU and Missouri, 1978 on130015001700190019801990200020102020

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

Myles Brennan LSU29 of 48, 430 yards, 4 TD2020 Passing
Connor Bazelak Missouri29 of 34, 406 yards, 4 TD2020 Passing
Terrace Marshall Jr. LSU11 catches, 235 yards, 3 TD2020 Receiving

Named most valuable

James Wilder Sr. Missouri1978

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Oct 7, 202323LSU 49, 21Missouri 39at Missouri
Oct 10, 2020Missouri 45, 17LSU 41at LSU
Oct 1, 2016LSU 42, Missouri 7at LSU
Dec 23, 197818Missouri 20, LSU 15Neutral siteLiberty Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.