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1948 Missouri

8–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Big Seven), coached by Don Faurot.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1948, game by game: lost at Ohio State 7–21; won at Saint Louis 60–7; won vs. No. 4 SMU 20–14; won at Navy 35–14; won vs. Iowa State 49–7; won at Kansas State 49–7; lost at No. 15 Oklahoma 7–41; won vs. Colorado 27–13; won at Nebraska 33–6; won vs. Kansas 21–7; lost vs. No. 9 Clemson 23–24+53−34Lost 7–21 at Ohio State-14Ohio StateWon 60–7 at Saint Louis+53Saint LouisWon 20–14 vs. No. 4 SMU+6No. 4 SMUWon 35–14 at Navy+21NavyWon 49–7 vs. Iowa State+42Iowa StateWon 49–7 at Kansas State+42Kansas StateLost 7–41 at No. 15 Oklahoma-34No. 15 OklahomaWon 27–13 vs. Colorado+14ColoradoWon 33–6 at Nebraska+27NebraskaWon 21–7 vs. Kansas+14KansasLost 23–24 vs. No. 9 Clemson-1No. 9 Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atOhio StateL 7–⁠2154%
Oct 1atSaint LouisW 60–⁠762%
Oct 9vs4SMUW 20–⁠1442%
Oct 16atNavyW 35–⁠1465%
Oct 23vsIowa StateW 49–⁠776%
Oct 30atKansas StateW 49–⁠785%
Nov 6at15OklahomaL 7–⁠4138%
Nov 13vsColoradoW 27–⁠1373%
Nov 20atNebraskaW 33–⁠675%
Nov 25vsKansasW 21–⁠758%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs9ClemsonGator BowlL 23–⁠2449%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 24–⁠23 in the Gator Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 19th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 12
  2. Wk 3: 9
  3. Wk 4: 8
  4. Wk 5: 9
  5. Wk 6: 20
Record
8–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
331–⁠161
Coach
Don Faurot
Elo
1629 +88 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.7 No. 31 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 7Chet Fritz OGWashington Redskins
Rd 1Chet Fritz OTSan Francisco 49ers (AAFC)
Rd 4Wilbur Volz BBuffalo Bills (AAFC)
Rd 7Hal Entsminger QBBuffalo Bills (AAFC)

All-Big Seven

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Harold EntsmingerBAP-1; UP-1
  • Mel SheehanEAP-1; UP-1
  • Chester FritzOTAP-1; UP-1
  • Robert FuchsCAP-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri5–⁠18–⁠3
Kansas4–⁠27–⁠3
Colorado2–⁠33–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠44–⁠6
Nebraska2–⁠42–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠61–⁠9

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