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1931 Missouri

2–⁠8 (1–⁠4 Big Six), coached by Gwinn Henry.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1931, game by game: lost at Texas 0–31; lost vs. Kansas State 7–20; lost at Colorado 7–9; lost at Iowa State 0–20; lost vs. Nebraska 7–10; won at Drake 32–20; won vs. Oklahoma 7–0; lost at Kansas 0–14; lost vs. Temple 6–38; lost at Saint Louis 6–31+12−32Lost 0–31 at Texas-31TexasLost 7–20 vs. Kansas State-13Kansas StateLost 7–9 at Colorado-2ColoradoLost 0–20 at Iowa State-20Iowa StateLost 7–10 vs. Nebraska-3NebraskaWon 32–20 at Drake+12DrakeWon 7–0 vs. Oklahoma+7OklahomaLost 0–14 at Kansas-14KansasLost 6–38 vs. Temple-32TempleLost 6–31 at Saint Louis-25Saint Louis
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3atTexasL 0–⁠3122%
Oct 10vsKansas StateL 7–⁠2052%
Oct 17atColoradoL 7–⁠924%
Oct 24atIowa StateL 0–⁠2048%
Oct 31vsNebraskaL 7–⁠1030%
Nov 6atDrakeW 32–⁠2022%
Nov 14vsOklahomaW 7–⁠047%
Nov 21atKansasL 0–⁠1439%
Nov 28vsTempleL 6–⁠3840%
Dec 5atSaint LouisL 6–⁠3153%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Saint Louis 31–⁠6; tied for 5th in the Big Six.

In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Six
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
72–⁠193
Coach
Gwinn Henry
Elo
1355 −99 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.0 No. 85 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Six

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Charles SchieleQBAP-1; UP-2

Second team

  • Kenneth KerbyOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1931 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1931 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska5–⁠08–⁠2
Iowa State3–⁠15–⁠3
Kansas State3–⁠28–⁠2
Kansas1–⁠35–⁠5
Oklahoma1–⁠44–⁠7–⁠1
Missouri1–⁠42–⁠8

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