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1956 Missouri

4–⁠5–⁠1 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Big Seven), coached by Don Faurot.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1956, game by game: lost vs. Oregon State 13–19; lost at Purdue 7–16; lost vs. No. 12 SMU 27–33; won vs. North Dakota State 42–0; won at Kansas State 20–6; won vs. Iowa State 34–0; lost at Nebraska 14–15; tied vs. No. 18 Colorado 14–14; lost at No. 2 Oklahoma 14–67; won vs. Kansas 15–13+42−53Lost 13–19 vs. Oregon State-6Oregon StateLost 7–16 at Purdue-9PurdueLost 27–33 vs. No. 12 SMU-6No. 12 SMUWon 42–0 vs. North Dakota State+42North Dakota St…Won 20–6 at Kansas State+14Kansas StateWon 34–0 vs. Iowa State+34Iowa StateLost 14–15 at Nebraska-1NebraskaTied 14–14 vs. No. 18 Colorado0No. 18 ColoradoLost 14–67 at No. 2 Oklahoma-53No. 2 OklahomaWon 15–13 vs. Kansas+2Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsOregon StateL 13–⁠1950%
Sep 29atPurdueL 7–⁠1625%
Oct 6vs12SMUL 27–⁠3334%
Oct 13vsNorth Dakota StateW 42–⁠085%
Oct 20atKansas StateW 20–⁠636%
Oct 27vsIowa StateW 34–⁠068%
Nov 3atNebraskaL 14–⁠1544%
Nov 10vs18ColoradoT 14–⁠1439%
Nov 17at2OklahomaL 14–⁠678%
Dec 1vsKansasW 15–⁠1360%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas 15–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 3rd in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked
Points
200–⁠183
Coach
Don Faurot
Elo
1443 +25 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.4 No. 48 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1957

The 1957 draft
Rd 6Jim Hunter BSan Francisco 49ers

All-Big Seven

1 first team

First team

  • Jimmy HunterB

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠010–⁠01
Colorado4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠120
Missouri3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Nebraska3–⁠34–⁠6
Kansas2–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠43–⁠7
Iowa State0–⁠62–⁠8

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