1952 Missouri
5–5 (5–1 Big Seven), coached by Don Faurot. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 18 Kansas 20–19Nov 22
Kansas was ranked No. 18, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | vs Maryland | L 10–13 | 24% |
| Sep 27 | at 8California | L 14–28 | 17% |
| Oct 4 | at Kansas State | W 26–0 | 51% |
| Oct 11 | vs SMU | L 7–25 | 54% |
| Oct 18 | at Oklahoma State | L 7–14 | 41% |
| Oct 25 | vs Iowa State | W 19–0 | 60% |
| Nov 1 | at Nebraska | W 10–6 | 36% |
| Nov 8 | vs Colorado | W 27–7 | 36% |
| Nov 15 | at 8Oklahoma | L 7–47 | 16% |
| Nov 22 | vs 18Kansas | W 20–19 | 34% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Kansas 20–19; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Seven.
In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 5–1 2nd in Big Seven
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 147–159
- Coach
- Don Faurot
- Elo
- 1494 +54 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 8.9 No. 32 of 113 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Big Seven
2 first team, 7 second teamFirst team
Jack LordoOGAP-1- Ed MerrifieldBAP-1
Second team
- Jim JenningsEAP-2
- Tom BorgschulteOTAP-2
- Bob CastleOGAP-2
- Jim HookBAP-2
- Bill RowekampEAP-2
- Jim MartinOGAP-2
- Terry RobertsLBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1952 Big Seven standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 5–0–1 | 8–1–1 | 4 |
| Missouri | 5–1 | 5–5 | |
| Nebraska | 3–2–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| Kansas | 3–3 | 7–3 | |
| Colorado | 2–2–2 | 6–2–2 | |
| Iowa State | 1–5 | 3–6 | |
| Kansas State | 0–6 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.