1895 Missouri

2–⁠0, coached by C.D. Bliss. The season’s Wikipedia article records 7–⁠1, over eight games to the two on file here.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1895, game by game: won vs. Purdue 16–6; won vs. Northwestern 22–18+10Won 16–6 vs. Purdue+10PurdueWon 22–18 vs. Northwestern+4Northwestern
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 19vsPurdueW 16–⁠645%
Nov 9vsNorthwesternW 22–⁠1867%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Northwestern 22–⁠18; Western Interstate University Football Conference champions.

In program history: The 68th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Missouri’s 1895 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Nov 18vsIowaW 34–⁠0Iowa’s article

Western Interstate University Football Conference championsshared with Nebraska

Record
2–⁠0
Conference
2–⁠1 shared first in the Western Interstate University Football Association (Wikipedia)
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
38–⁠24
Coach
C.D. Bliss
Elo
1537 +37 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Charles Young