1955 Missouri
1–9 (1–5 Big Seven), coached by Don Faurot. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Colorado 20–12Oct 29
By 8 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs Maryland | L 12–13 | 35% |
| Sep 24 | at Michigan | L 7–42 | 32% |
| Oct 1 | vs Utah | L 14–20 | 57% |
| Oct 7 | at SMU | L 6–13 | 30% |
| Oct 15 | at Iowa State | L 14–20 | 52% |
| Oct 22 | vs Nebraska | L 12–18 | 58% |
| Oct 29 | at Colorado | W 20–12 | 16% |
| Nov 5 | vs Oklahoma | L 0–20 | 17% |
| Nov 12 | vs Kansas State | L 0–21 | 50% |
| Nov 19 | at Kansas | L 7–13 | 52% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Kansas 13–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Seven.
In program history: The 116th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).
Led the nationHank Burnine: receptions (44 catches), receiving yards (594 yds)
- Record
- 1–9
- Conference
- 1–5 7th in Big Seven
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 92–192
- Coach
- Don Faurot
- Elo
- 1378 −122 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −4.8 No. 73 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Big Seven
1 first team, 3 second teamFirst team
Hank BurnineEAP-1; UP-1
Second team
- Gene RollBUP-2
- Al PortneyOTUP-2
- Jim MartinOGUP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1955 Big Seven standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 6–0 | 11–0 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 5–1 | 5–5 | |
| Colorado | 3–3 | 6–4 | |
| Kansas State | 3–3 | 4–6 | |
| Kansas | 1–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Iowa State | 1–4–1 | 1–7–1 | |
| Missouri | 1–5 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.