Minnesota vs. Missouri

Minnesota and Missouri have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1943; Missouri leads the series 5–⁠3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Missouri 5–⁠3, and Missouri has won the last 4.

Minnesota wins
3
Missouri wins
5
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1943
Longest streak
4 Missouri
Current streak
4 Missouri
Last 10 meetings
Missouri 5–⁠3
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
1940s3–⁠0
1960s0–⁠3–⁠1
1970s0–⁠1
2010s0–⁠1
Average margin
15.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Minnesota
3–⁠2–⁠1 Minnesota’s record at home
At Missouri
2–⁠0 Missouri’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Minnesota first
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Minnesota’s biggest win1945: Minnesota 34, Missouri 0by 34 points
  2. Missouri’s biggest win1966: Missouri 24, Minnesota 0by 24 points

Coach against coach

YearsMinnesotaSeriesMissouri
1961–⁠1970Murray Warmath0–⁠4–⁠1Dan Devine

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Minnesota’s side (Warmath 0–⁠4–⁠1 against Devine). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Minnesota and Missouri, 1943 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.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Missouri DE Markus Golden2014

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story of the 1943 game: Alert Gophers Beat Missouri

    1943 · Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, Sep 26, 1943

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1944 game

    1944 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 16, 1944

  • The Evening star's story of the 1945 game: Missouri Is Crushed BY Minnesota, $40

    1945 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 23, 1945

  • The Evening star's story of the 1961 game: Punts Help Missouri Defeat Minnesota, so

    1961 · Evening star, Oct 1, 1961

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.

Photos

  • 2015 Citrus Bowl: Minnesota Gophers vs Missouri Tigers in Orlando, FL
    2015 Citrus Bowl: Minnesota Gophers vs Missouri Tigers in Orlando, FLPhoto: Alex Hendricks, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    The 2014 game

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

Every game

Jan 1, 201516Missouri 33, Minnesota 17Camping World StadiumCitrus Bowl
Sep 19, 197010Missouri 34, Minnesota 12at Missouri
Sep 17, 1966Missouri 24, Minnesota 0at Missouri
Oct 2, 1965Missouri 17, Minnesota 6at Minnesota
Sep 29, 1962Minnesota 0, 10Missouri 0at Minnesota
Sep 30, 1961Missouri 6, Minnesota 0at Minnesota
Sep 22, 1945Minnesota 34, Missouri 0at Minnesota
Oct 14, 1944Minnesota 39, Missouri 27at Minnesota
Sep 25, 1943Minnesota 26, Missouri 13at Minnesota

Every game is listed as played on the field.