1936 Missouri

6–⁠2–⁠1 (3–⁠1–⁠1 Big Six), coached by Don Faurot.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1936, game by game: won vs. Southeast Missouri State 20–0; tied at Kansas State 7–7; lost at Michigan State 0–13; won vs. Iowa State 10–0; lost at No. 11 Nebraska 0–20; won at Saint Louis 13–7; won at Oklahoma 21–14; won vs. Washington St. Louis 17–10; won vs. Kansas 19–3+20−20Won 20–0 vs. Southeast Missouri State+20Southeast Misso…Tied 7–7 at Kansas State0Kansas StateLost 0–13 at Michigan State-13Michigan StateWon 10–0 vs. Iowa State+10Iowa StateLost 0–20 at No. 11 Nebraska-20No. 11 NebraskaWon 13–7 at Saint Louis+6Saint LouisWon 21–14 at Oklahoma+7OklahomaWon 17–10 vs. Washington St. Louis+7Washington St. …Won 19–3 vs. Kansas+16Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas 19–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Six.

In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Record
6–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Big Six
AP final
Unranked
Points
107–⁠74
Coach
Don Faurot
Elo
1498 +99 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.6 No. 43 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1937

The 1937 draft
Rd 5Jack Frye EPittsburgh Pirates

All-Big Six

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska5–⁠07–⁠29
Missouri3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠1–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
Oklahoma1–⁠2–⁠23–⁠3–⁠3
Iowa State1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠2
Kansas0–⁠51–⁠6–⁠1

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