Missouri vs. Texas

Missouri and Texas have 21 meetings on file, the first in 1901; Texas leads the series 17–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas 8–⁠2.

Scheduled 2028 at Texas. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Missouri wins
4
Texas wins
17
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1901
Longest streak
9 Texas
Current streak
1 Texas
Last 10 meetings
Texas 8–⁠2
Most recent
2017

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠1
1910s1–⁠0
1930s0–⁠2
1940s0–⁠2
1970s0–⁠1
1980s0–⁠3
1990s1–⁠1
2000s0–⁠6
2010s1–⁠1
Both ranked
3 meetings: Missouri 0, Texas 3; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
20.6 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Missouri
4–⁠7 Missouri’s record at home
At Texas
8–⁠0 Texas’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠2 Missouri first
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Missouri’s biggest win2011: Missouri 17, Texas 5by 12 points
  2. Texas’s biggest win1932: Texas 65, Missouri 0by 65 points
  3. Ranked showdown1979: Texas 21, Missouri 0No. 4 Texas at No. 5 Missouri
  4. Ranked showdown2008: Texas 56, Missouri 31No. 11 Missouri at No. 1 Texas
  5. Ranked showdown1945: Texas 40, Missouri 27No. 14 Missouri at No. 10 Texas

Coach against coach

YearsMissouriSeriesTexas
2001–⁠2011Gary Pinkel1–⁠5Mack Brown

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Missouri’s side (Pinkel 1–⁠5 against Brown). 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 Texas, 1901 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

Named most valuable

Michael Dickson Texas2017
Bobby Layne Texas1945
Hub Bechtol Texas1945
Jim Kekeris Missouri1945

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

From the newspapers

  • The The Paducah evening sun's story of the 1907 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    1907 · The Paducah evening sun, Paducah, Ky., Nov 4, 1907

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1945 game: LESS DEFENSE STRESS LIKELY NEXT CAMP AIGN

    1945 · The Waterbury Democrat, Jan 2, 1946

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.

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2008.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Photos

  • Missouri at Texas: Longhorn's first play from scrimmage at their own six yard-line, McCoy shovel pass to Ogbonnaya.
    Missouri at Texas: Longhorn’s first play from scrimmage at their own six yard-line, McCoy shovel pass to Ogbonnaya.Photo: RobertGWelch, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    The 2008 game
  • Missouri at Texas: Longhorn's first play from scrimmage at their own six yard-line, McCoy shovel pass to Ogbonnaya.
    Missouri at Texas: Longhorn’s first play from scrimmage at their own six yard-line, McCoy shovel pass to Ogbonnaya.Photo: RobertGWelch, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    The 2008 game
  • Missouri at Texas: Longhorn's first play from scrimmage at their own six yard-line, McCoy shovel pass to Ogbonnaya.
    Missouri at Texas: Longhorn’s first play from scrimmage at their own six yard-line, McCoy shovel pass to Ogbonnaya.Photo: RobertGWelch, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    The 2008 game

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

Every game

Nov 7, 2026Texas at Missouri upcomingat Missouri
Dec 27, 2017Texas 33, Missouri 16NRG StadiumTexas Bowl
Nov 12, 2011Missouri 17, 21Texas 5at Missouri
Oct 24, 20093Texas 41, Missouri 7at Missouri
Oct 18, 20081Texas 56, 11Missouri 31at Texas
Oct 1, 20052Texas 51, Missouri 20at Missouri
Oct 16, 20049Texas 28, Missouri 20at Texas
Oct 27, 20017Texas 35, Missouri 16at Missouri
Oct 21, 2000Texas 46, Missouri 12at Texas
Oct 18, 1997Missouri 37, Texas 29at Missouri
Aug 31, 19968Texas 40, Missouri 10at Texas
Sep 20, 1986Texas 27, Missouri 25at Missouri
Sep 21, 1985Texas 21, Missouri 17at Texas
Sep 25, 198217Texas 21, Missouri 0at Texas
Sep 29, 19794Texas 21, 5Missouri 0at Missouri
Sep 21, 1946Texas 42, Missouri 0at Texas
Jan 1, 194610Texas 40, 14Missouri 27Neutral siteCotton Bowl
Oct 8, 1932Texas 65, Missouri 0at Missouri
Oct 3, 1931Texas 31, Missouri 0at Texas
Nov 4, 1916Missouri 3, Texas 0at Missouri
Nov 2, 1907Missouri 5, Texas 4at Missouri
Nov 16, 1901Texas 11, Missouri 0at Missouri

Every game is listed as played on the field.