1953 Missouri
6–4 (4–2 Big Seven), coached by Don Faurot. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Nebraska 23–7Oct 24
By 16 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs Maryland | L 6–20 | 37% |
| Sep 26 | vs Purdue | W 14–7 | 49% |
| Oct 3 | at Colorado | W 27–16 | 30% |
| Oct 9 | at SMU | L 7–20 | 46% |
| Oct 17 | at Iowa State | L 6–13 | 61% |
| Oct 24 | vs Nebraska | W 23–7 | 69% |
| Oct 31 | at Indiana | W 14–7 | 57% |
| Nov 7 | vs 8Oklahoma | L 7–14 | 31% |
| Nov 14 | vs Kansas State | W 16–6 | 60% |
| Nov 21 | at Kansas | W 10–6 | 53% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Kansas 10–6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Big Seven.
In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).
- Record
- 6–4
- Conference
- 4–2 tied for 2nd in Big Seven
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 130–116
- Coach
- Don Faurot
- Elo
- 1540 +44 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- 6.8 No. 37 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Big Seven
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Bob BaumanBAP-1- Terry RobertsOGAP-1
Second team
- Ed MerrifieldBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1953 Big Seven standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 6–0 | 9–1–1 | 4 |
| Kansas State | 4–2 | 6–3–1 | |
| Missouri | 4–2 | 6–4 | |
| Colorado | 2–4 | 6–4 | |
| Nebraska | 2–4 | 3–6–1 | |
| Kansas | 2–4 | 2–8 | |
| Iowa State | 1–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.