1951 Missouri
2–8 (1–5 Big Seven), coached by Don Faurot. Officially 3–7. Kansas State forfeited to Missouri. Share
From the season’s Wikipedia article: “was forced to forfeit due to use of ineligible players), finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big 7, and was outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 292 to 169.”
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Nebraska 35–19Oct 27
By 16 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs Fordham | L 20–34 | 54% |
| Sep 29 | vs Oklahoma State | W 27–26 | 68% |
| Oct 6 | at SMU | L 0–34 | 37% |
| Oct 13 | at Colorado | L 13–34 | 35% |
| Oct 20 | at Iowa State | L 14–21 | 43% |
| Oct 27 | vs Nebraska | W 35–19 | 58% |
| Nov 3 | at 4Maryland | L 0–35 | 13% |
| Nov 10 | vs 14Oklahoma | L 20–34 | 24% |
| Nov 17 | vs Kansas State | L 12–14won by forfeit | 80% |
| Dec 1 | at Kansas | L 28–41 | 19% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Kansas 41–28; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Seven.
In program history: The 107th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).
- Record
- 2–8
- Conference
- 1–5 7th in Big Seven
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 169–292
- Coach
- Don Faurot
- Elo
- 1410 −116 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- −7.1 No. 81 of 116 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Big Seven
2 first teamFirst team
Junior WrenBAP-1; UP-1- Bill FuchsLBAP-1; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1951 Big Seven standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 6–0 | 8–2 | 10 |
| Colorado | 5–1 | 7–3 | |
| Kansas | 4–2 | 8–2 | |
| Iowa State | 2–4 | 4–4–1 | |
| Kansas State | 1–4–1 | 1–7–1 | |
| Nebraska | 1–4–1 | 1–8–1 | |
| Missouri | 1–5 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.