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1949 Missouri

7–⁠4 (5–⁠1 Big Seven), coached by Don Faurot, finished No. 20 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1949, game by game: lost at Ohio State 34–35; lost at SMU 27–28; won vs. Oklahoma State 21–7; won at Illinois 27–20; won at Iowa State 32–0; won vs. Nebraska 21–20; won at Colorado 20–13; lost vs. No. 3 Oklahoma 7–27; won at Kansas 34–28; won vs. Kansas State 34–27; lost vs. No. 15 Maryland 7–20+32−20Lost 34–35 at Ohio State-1Ohio StateLost 27–28 at SMU-1SMUWon 21–7 vs. Oklahoma State+14Oklahoma StateWon 27–20 at Illinois+7IllinoisWon 32–0 at Iowa State+32Iowa StateWon 21–20 vs. Nebraska+1NebraskaWon 20–13 at Colorado+7ColoradoLost 7–27 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma-20No. 3 OklahomaWon 34–28 at Kansas+6KansasWon 34–27 vs. Kansas State+7Kansas StateLost 7–20 vs. No. 15 Maryland-13No. 15 Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atOhio StateL 34–⁠3547%
Oct 1atSMUL 27–⁠2830%
Oct 8vsOklahoma StateW 21–⁠761%
Oct 15atIllinoisW 27–⁠2054%
Oct 22atIowa StateW 32–⁠059%
Oct 29vsNebraskaW 21–⁠2086%
Nov 5atColoradoW 20–⁠1370%
Nov 12vs3OklahomaL 7–⁠2744%
Nov 19atKansasW 34–⁠2853%
Nov 24vsKansas StateW 34–⁠2793%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs15MarylandGator BowlL 7–⁠2051%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Maryland 20–⁠7 in the Gator Bowl; No. 20 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 3: 18
  3. Wk 4: 16
  4. Final: 20
Record
7–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Big Seven
AP final
No. 20 peak No. 16
Points
264–⁠225
Coach
Don Faurot
Elo
1624 +38 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.2 No. 31 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
Rd 2Bob Fuchs CLos Angeles Rams
Rd 6Gene Pepper OGWashington Redskins
Rd 7Win Carter ECleveland Browns

All-Big Seven

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Dick BraznellBAP-1; UP-1
  • John GloriosoBAP-2; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠011–⁠02
Missouri5–⁠17–⁠420
Iowa State3–⁠35–⁠3–⁠1
Nebraska3–⁠34–⁠5
Kansas2–⁠45–⁠5
Colorado1–⁠43–⁠7
Kansas State1–⁠52–⁠8

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