Missouri vs. SMU

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

1. Missouri’s biggest win1967: Missouri 21, SMU 0by 21 points
2. SMU’s biggest win1951: SMU 34, Missouri 0by 34 points
3. Upset1946: SMU 17, Missouri 0SMU had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown1973: Missouri 17, SMU 7No. 15 Missouri at No. 19 SMU

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

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.

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  1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 27, 1946

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  1948 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 11, 1948

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  1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 3, 1949

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  1950 · Evening star, Oct 8, 1950

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  1951 · Evening star, Oct 7, 1951

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Missouri vs. Kansas112 meetings, Missouri 56–⁠48–⁠8
• Missouri vs. Iowa State103 meetings, Missouri 61–⁠33–⁠9
• Missouri vs. Kansas State99 meetings, Missouri 60–⁠34–⁠5
• Missouri vs. Oklahoma98 meetings, Missouri 25–⁠68–⁠5
• SMU vs. TCU103 meetings, SMU 42–⁠54–⁠7
• SMU vs. Rice91 meetings, SMU 49–⁠41–⁠1
• SMU vs. Baylor83 meetings, SMU 36–⁠40–⁠7
• SMU vs. Texas A&M81 meetings, SMU 29–⁠45–⁠7