Missouri vs. Vanderbilt

Missouri and Vanderbilt have 16 meetings on file, the first in 1957; officially, Missouri leads 9–⁠5–⁠1; as played, 10–⁠5–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Missouri 8–⁠2. The NCAA vacated Missouri’s win (2016); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
Missouri leads 9–⁠5–⁠1
Missouri wins on file
10
Vanderbilt wins on file
5
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1957
Longest streak
5 Missouri
Current streak
1 Vanderbilt
Last 10 meetings
Missouri 8–⁠2
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s0–⁠1–⁠1
2010s5–⁠3
2020s5–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Missouri 0, Vanderbilt 1
Average margin
11.1 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Missouri
6–⁠2 Missouri’s record at home
At Vanderbilt
3–⁠4–⁠1 Vanderbilt’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Missouri’s biggest win2020: Missouri 41, Vanderbilt 0by 41 points
  2. Vanderbilt’s biggest win2025: Vanderbilt 17, Missouri 10by 7 points
  3. Upset2019: Vanderbilt 21, Missouri 14Vanderbilt had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2012: Vanderbilt 19, Missouri 15Vanderbilt had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2015: Vanderbilt 10, Missouri 3Vanderbilt had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2025: Vanderbilt 17, Missouri 10No. 15 Missouri at No. 10 Vanderbilt

Coach against coach

YearsMissouriSeriesVanderbilt
2016–⁠2019Barry Odom3–⁠1Derek Mason
2021–⁠2025Eli Drinkwitz4–⁠1Clark Lea

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Missouri’s side (Odom 3–⁠1 against Mason). 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 Vanderbilt, 1957 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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

Tyler Badie Missouri31 carries, 254 yards, 2 TD2021 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2025.

2025ESPN3.1 million viewers

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Oct 25, 202510Vanderbilt 17, 15Missouri 10at Vanderbilt
Sep 21, 20247Missouri 30, Vanderbilt 27at Missouri
Sep 30, 202323Missouri 38, Vanderbilt 21at Vanderbilt
Oct 22, 2022Missouri 17, Vanderbilt 14at Missouri
Oct 30, 2021Missouri 37, Vanderbilt 28at Vanderbilt
Nov 28, 2020Missouri 41, Vanderbilt 0at Missouri
Oct 19, 2019Vanderbilt 21, 22Missouri 14at Vanderbilt
Nov 10, 2018Missouri 33, Vanderbilt 28at Missouri
Nov 18, 2017Missouri 45, Vanderbilt 17at Vanderbilt
Nov 12, 2016Missouri 26, Vanderbilt 17vacatedat Missouri
Oct 24, 2015Vanderbilt 10, Missouri 3at Vanderbilt
Oct 25, 2014Missouri 24, Vanderbilt 14at Missouri
Oct 5, 2013Missouri 51, Vanderbilt 28at Vanderbilt
Oct 6, 2012Vanderbilt 19, Missouri 15at Missouri
Sep 20, 1958Vanderbilt 12, Missouri 8at Missouri
Sep 21, 1957Vanderbilt 7, Missouri 7at Vanderbilt

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.