1928 Missouri

4–⁠4 (3–⁠2 Big Six), coached by Gwinn Henry.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1928, game by game: won vs. Centre 60–0; won vs. Iowa State 28–19; lost at Nebraska 0–24; lost vs. Drake 0–6; won at Kansas State 19–6; lost at New York University 6–27; won vs. Kansas 25–6; lost at Oklahoma 0–14+60−24Won 60–0 vs. Centre+60CentreWon 28–19 vs. Iowa State+9Iowa StateLost 0–24 at Nebraska-24NebraskaLost 0–6 vs. Drake-6DrakeWon 19–6 at Kansas State+13Kansas StateLost 6–27 at New York University-21New York Univer…Won 25–6 vs. Kansas+19KansasLost 0–14 at Oklahoma-14Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 14–⁠0; tied for 2nd in the Big Six.

In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Record
4–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Big Six
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
138–⁠102
Coach
Gwinn Henry
Elo
1535 −49 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.8 No. 62 of 100 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Miller Brown

All-Big Six

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Miller BrownEAP-1
  • Robert MehrleRBAP-1

Second team

  • John WaldorfFBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1928 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1928 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska5–⁠07–⁠1–⁠1
Oklahoma3–⁠25–⁠3
Missouri3–⁠24–⁠4
Iowa State2–⁠2–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠4–⁠2
Kansas State0–⁠53–⁠5

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