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1958 Missouri

5–⁠4–⁠1 (4–⁠1–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Dan Devine.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1958, game by game: lost vs. Vanderbilt 8–12; won vs. Idaho 14–10; lost at Texas A&M 0–12; lost vs. No. 18 SMU 19–32; won at Kansas State 32–8; won vs. Iowa State 14–6; won at Nebraska 31–0; won vs. Colorado 33–9; lost at No. 6 Oklahoma 0–39; tied vs. Kansas 13–13+31−39Lost 8–12 vs. Vanderbilt-4VanderbiltWon 14–10 vs. Idaho+4IdahoLost 0–12 at Texas A&M-12Texas A&MLost 19–32 vs. No. 18 SMU-13No. 18 SMUWon 32–8 at Kansas State+24Kansas StateWon 14–6 vs. Iowa State+8Iowa StateWon 31–0 at Nebraska+31NebraskaWon 33–9 vs. Colorado+24ColoradoLost 0–39 at No. 6 Oklahoma-39No. 6 OklahomaTied 13–13 vs. Kansas0Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsVanderbiltL 8–⁠1254%
Sep 27vsIdahoW 14–⁠1059%
Oct 4atTexas A&ML 0–⁠1229%
Oct 11vs18SMUL 19–⁠3259%
Oct 18atKansas StateW 32–⁠841%
Oct 25vsIowa StateW 14–⁠666%
Nov 1atNebraskaW 31–⁠061%
Nov 8vsColoradoW 33–⁠942%
Nov 15at6OklahomaL 0–⁠3918%
Nov 22vsKansasT 13–⁠1369%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Kansas 13–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Record
5–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
164–⁠141
Coach
Dan Devine
Elo
1544 +51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.4 No. 46 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Seven

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Dan LaRoseEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Charles RashOGAP-1; UPI-1
  • Don ChadwickOGAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

  • Mel WestBAP-2
  • Phil SnowdenBUPI-2
  • Hank KuhlmannBUPI-2
  • Mike MagacOTAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Colorado4–⁠26–⁠4
Kansas3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠43–⁠7
Nebraska1–⁠53–⁠7
Iowa State0–⁠64–⁠6

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