1925 Missouri

6–⁠1–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Missouri Valley Conference), coached by Gwinn Henry.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1925, game by game: tied at Tulane 6–6; won vs. Nebraska 9–6; won vs. Missouri–Rolla 32–0; won at Kansas State 3–0; won vs. Iowa State 23–8; won at Washington St. Louis 14–0; won vs. Oklahoma 16–14; lost at Kansas 7–10+32−3Tied 6–6 at Tulane0TulaneWon 9–6 vs. Nebraska+3NebraskaWon 32–0 vs. Missouri–Rolla+32Missouri–RollaWon 3–0 at Kansas State+3Kansas StateWon 23–8 vs. Iowa State+15Iowa StateWon 14–0 at Washington St. Louis+14Washington St. …Won 16–14 vs. Oklahoma+2OklahomaLost 7–10 at Kansas-3Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas 10–⁠7; Missouri Valley Conference champions.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Missouri Valley Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Record
6–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Missouri Valley Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
110–⁠44
Coach
Gwinn Henry
Elo
1594 +53 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.9 No. 19 of 104 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Sam Whiteman

All-Missouri Valley

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Carl BacchusEAP-1
  • Ed LindenmeyerOTAP-1
  • Sam WhitemanRBAP-1

Second team

  • CoglizerEAP-2
  • RichardsonOGAP-2
  • WalkerOGAP-2
  • JacksonRBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1925 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1925 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Missouri5–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Drake5–⁠25–⁠3
Kansas State3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠2–⁠1
Iowa State3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Oklahoma3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Nebraska2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠2–⁠2
Grinnell2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠3–⁠2
Kansas2–⁠5–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1
Washington St. Louis1–⁠4–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1
Oklahoma State0–⁠3–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.