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1941 Missouri

8–⁠2 (5–⁠0 Big Six), coached by Don Faurot, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1941, game by game: lost at Ohio State 7–12; won vs. Colorado 21–6; won vs. Kansas State 35–0; won at Iowa State 39–13; won vs. Nebraska 6–0; won at Michigan State 19–0; won at New York University 26–0; won vs. Oklahoma 28–0; won at Kansas 45–6; lost vs. No. 8 Fordham 0–2+39−5Lost 7–12 at Ohio State-5Ohio StateWon 21–6 vs. Colorado+15ColoradoWon 35–0 vs. Kansas State+35Kansas StateWon 39–13 at Iowa State+26Iowa StateWon 6–0 vs. Nebraska+6NebraskaWon 19–0 at Michigan State+19Michigan StateWon 26–0 at New York University+26New York Univer…Won 28–0 vs. Oklahoma+28OklahomaWon 45–6 at Kansas+39KansasLost 0–2 vs. No. 8 Fordham-2No. 8 Fordham
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atOhio StateL 7–⁠1248%
Oct 4vsColoradoW 21–⁠666%
Oct 11vsKansas StateW 35–⁠079%
Oct 18atIowa StateW 39–⁠1362%
Oct 25vsNebraskaW 6–⁠060%
Nov 1atMichigan StateW 19–⁠059%
Nov 8atNew York UniversityW 26–⁠080%
Nov 15vsOklahomaW 28–⁠063%
Nov 22atKansasW 45–⁠680%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs8FordhamSugar BowlL 0–⁠255%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Fordham 2–⁠0 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Big Six champions.

In program history: The 7th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 19
  2. Wk 4: 17
  3. Wk 5: 16
  4. Wk 6: 8
  5. Wk 7: 7
  6. Final: 7

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1941.

Big Six champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Led the nationBob Steuber: yards per carry (7.6)

Consensus All-AmericanDarold Jenkins, C

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Big Six
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 7
Points
226–⁠39
Coach
Don Faurot
Elo
1693 +114 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.3 No. 11 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 7Bob Jeffries OGChicago Bears

All-Big Six

6 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Harry IceB
  • Bob SteuberB
  • Maurice “Red” WadeB
  • Norville WallachOTAP-1; UP-1
  • Robert JeffriesOGAP-1; UP-1
  • Darold JenkinsCAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Don ReeceBAP-2
  • Bert EkernEAP-2; UP-2
  • Robert BrentonOTAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Missouri5–⁠08–⁠27
Oklahoma3–⁠26–⁠3
Nebraska3–⁠24–⁠5
Kansas2–⁠33–⁠6
Kansas State1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠5–⁠2
Iowa State0–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1

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