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Missouri vs. Oklahoma State

Missouri and Oklahoma State have 53 meetings on file, the first in 1915; Missouri leads the series 29–⁠24 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5.

Missouri wins
29
Oklahoma State wins
24
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1915
Longest streak
7 Oklahoma State
Current streak
1 Oklahoma State
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
2018

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1920s1–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
1950s2–⁠1
1960s9–⁠1
1970s4–⁠6
1980s2–⁠8
1990s5–⁠3
2000s3–⁠3
2010s1–⁠2
Both ranked
4 meetings: Missouri 2, Oklahoma State 2
Average margin
12.7 points; 25 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Missouri
17–⁠11 Missouri’s record at home
At Oklahoma State
12–⁠11 Oklahoma State’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠1 Missouri first
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Missouri’s biggest win1921: Missouri 36, Oklahoma State 0by 36 points
  2. Oklahoma State’s biggest win1988: Oklahoma State 49, Missouri 21by 28 points
  3. Upset1964: Oklahoma State 10, Missouri 7Oklahoma State had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1979: Oklahoma State 14, Missouri 13Oklahoma State had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1981: Oklahoma State 16, Missouri 12Oklahoma State had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2008: Oklahoma State 28, Missouri 23No. 17 Oklahoma State at No. 3 Missouri
  7. Ranked showdown2013: Missouri 41, Oklahoma State 31No. 13 Oklahoma State at No. 9 Missouri
  8. Ranked showdown1976: Oklahoma State 20, Missouri 19No. 10 Missouri at No. 16 Oklahoma State

Coach against coach

YearsMissouriSeriesOklahoma State
1950–⁠1952Don Faurot2–⁠1Jennings Whitworth
1960–⁠1962Dan Devine3–⁠0Cliff Speegle
1963–⁠1968Dan Devine5–⁠1Phil Cutchin
1973–⁠1977Al Onofrio3–⁠2Jim Stanley
1979–⁠1983Warren Powers2–⁠3Jimmy Johnson
1985–⁠1988Woody Widenhofer0–⁠4Pat Jones
1989–⁠1993Bob Stull2–⁠3Pat Jones
1995–⁠2000Larry Smith3–⁠1Bob Simmons
2005–⁠2013Gary Pinkel2–⁠3Mike Gundy

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Missouri’s side (Faurot 2–⁠1 against Whitworth). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Missouri and Oklahoma State, 1915 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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

Johnathon Johnson Missouri9 catches, 185 yards, 1 TD2018 Receiving
Danario Alexander Missouri9 catches, 180 yards, 1 TD2009 Receiving

Named most valuable

Taylor Cornelius Oklahoma State2018

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).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1949 game: Missouri Defeats Oklahoma A. & M.

    1949 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 9, 1949

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

Dec 31, 2018Oklahoma State 38, 24Missouri 33Simmons Bank Liberty StadiumLiberty Bowl
Jan 3, 20149Missouri 41, 13Oklahoma State 31Neutral siteCotton Bowl
Oct 22, 20116Oklahoma State 45, Missouri 24at Missouri
Oct 17, 200916Oklahoma State 33, Missouri 17at Oklahoma State
Oct 11, 200817Oklahoma State 28, 3Missouri 23at Missouri
Oct 8, 2005Missouri 38, Oklahoma State 31at Oklahoma State
Oct 23, 200422Oklahoma State 20, Missouri 17at Missouri
Oct 6, 2001Missouri 41, Oklahoma State 38at Oklahoma State
Oct 7, 2000Missouri 24, Oklahoma State 10at Missouri
Oct 25, 1997Missouri 51, 12Oklahoma State 50at Oklahoma State
Oct 26, 1996Missouri 35, Oklahoma State 28at Missouri
Oct 21, 1995Oklahoma State 30, Missouri 26at Missouri
Oct 15, 1994Missouri 24, Oklahoma State 15at Oklahoma State
Oct 16, 1993Missouri 42, Oklahoma State 9at Missouri
Oct 17, 1992Oklahoma State 28, Missouri 26at Oklahoma State
Oct 19, 1991Missouri 41, Oklahoma State 7at Missouri
Oct 27, 1990Oklahoma State 48, Missouri 28at Oklahoma State
Oct 28, 1989Oklahoma State 31, Missouri 30at Missouri
Oct 22, 198815Oklahoma State 49, Missouri 21at Oklahoma State
Oct 24, 198719Oklahoma State 24, Missouri 20at Missouri
Dec 4, 1986Oklahoma State 10, Missouri 6at Oklahoma State
Nov 16, 198510Oklahoma State 21, Missouri 19at Missouri
Nov 10, 19847Oklahoma State 31, Missouri 13at Oklahoma State
Nov 12, 1983Missouri 16, Oklahoma State 10at Missouri
Oct 30, 1982Oklahoma State 30, Missouri 20at Oklahoma State
Oct 31, 1981Oklahoma State 16, Missouri 12at Missouri
Oct 11, 198019Missouri 30, Oklahoma State 7at Oklahoma State
Oct 13, 1979Oklahoma State 14, 15Missouri 13at Missouri
Nov 4, 1978Oklahoma State 35, Missouri 20at Oklahoma State
Nov 12, 1977Missouri 41, Oklahoma State 14at Missouri
Oct 30, 197616Oklahoma State 20, 10Missouri 19at Oklahoma State
Oct 11, 197512Missouri 41, 14Oklahoma State 14at Missouri
Oct 19, 1974Oklahoma State 31, Missouri 7at Oklahoma State
Oct 20, 19737Missouri 13, Oklahoma State 9at Missouri
Oct 7, 1972Oklahoma State 17, Missouri 16at Oklahoma State
Oct 16, 1971Oklahoma State 37, Missouri 16at Missouri
Oct 3, 197020Missouri 40, Oklahoma State 20at Oklahoma State
Oct 18, 19696Missouri 31, Oklahoma State 21at Missouri
Nov 2, 196810Missouri 42, Oklahoma State 7at Missouri
Nov 4, 1967Missouri 7, Oklahoma State 0at Oklahoma State
Oct 15, 1966Missouri 7, Oklahoma State 0at Missouri
Sep 25, 1965Missouri 13, Oklahoma State 0at Oklahoma State
Oct 3, 1964Oklahoma State 10, Missouri 7at Missouri
Oct 19, 1963Missouri 28, Oklahoma State 6at Oklahoma State
Oct 20, 1962Missouri 23, Oklahoma State 6at Missouri
Oct 14, 1961Missouri 10, Oklahoma State 0at Oklahoma State
Sep 24, 196016Missouri 28, Oklahoma State 7at Missouri
Oct 18, 1952Oklahoma State 14, Missouri 7at Oklahoma State
Sep 29, 1951Missouri 27, Oklahoma State 26at Missouri
Oct 28, 1950Missouri 27, Oklahoma State 0at Oklahoma State
Oct 8, 194920Missouri 21, Oklahoma State 7at Missouri
Oct 1, 1921Missouri 36, Oklahoma State 0at Missouri
Oct 2, 1915Missouri 13, Oklahoma State 6at Missouri

Every game is listed as played on the field.