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1959 Missouri

6–⁠5 (4–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Dan Devine, finished No. 18 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1959, game by game: lost vs. Penn State 8–19; won at Michigan 20–15; won at Iowa State 14–0; lost at No. 15 SMU 2–23; lost vs. Oklahoma 0–23; won vs. Nebraska 9–0; lost at Colorado 20–21; won vs. No. 18 Air Force 13–0; won vs. Kansas State 26–0; won at Kansas 13–9; lost vs. No. 5 Georgia 0–14+26−23Lost 8–19 vs. Penn State-11Penn StateWon 20–15 at Michigan+5MichiganWon 14–0 at Iowa State+14Iowa StateLost 2–23 at No. 15 SMU-21No. 15 SMULost 0–23 vs. Oklahoma-23OklahomaWon 9–0 vs. Nebraska+9NebraskaLost 20–21 at Colorado-1ColoradoWon 13–0 vs. No. 18 Air Force+13No. 18 Air ForceWon 26–0 vs. Kansas State+26Kansas StateWon 13–9 at Kansas+4KansasLost 0–14 vs. No. 5 Georgia-14No. 5 Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsPenn StateL 8–⁠1951%
Sep 26atMichiganW 20–⁠1547%
Oct 3atIowa StateW 14–⁠046%
Oct 9at15SMUL 2–⁠2339%
Oct 17vsOklahomaL 0–⁠2342%
Oct 24vsNebraskaW 9–⁠073%
Oct 31atColoradoL 20–⁠2149%
Nov 7vs18Air ForceW 13–⁠042%
Nov 14vsKansas StateW 26–⁠083%
Nov 21atKansasW 13–⁠944%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs5GeorgiaOrange BowlL 0–⁠1438%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia 14–⁠0 in the Orange Bowl; No. 18 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 11: 18
  2. Wk 12: 20
  3. Final: 18
Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠2 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
No. 18 peak No. 18
Points
125–⁠124
Coach
Dan Devine
Elo
1548 +19 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.6 No. 39 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 2Mike Magac OGSan Francisco 49ers

All-Big Seven

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1959 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠17–⁠315
Missouri4–⁠26–⁠518
Iowa State3–⁠37–⁠3
Kansas3–⁠35–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠35–⁠5
Nebraska2–⁠44–⁠6
Kansas State1–⁠52–⁠8

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