1962 Missouri

8–⁠1–⁠2 (5–⁠1–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Dan Devine.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1962, game by game: won at California 21–10; tied at Minnesota 0–0; won vs. Arizona 17–7; won at Kansas State 32–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 23–6; won vs. Iowa State 21–6; won at Nebraska 16–7; won vs. Colorado 57–0; lost at Oklahoma 0–13; tied vs. Kansas 3–3; won vs. Georgia Tech 14–10+57−13Won 21–10 at California+11CaliforniaTied 0–0 at Minnesota0MinnesotaWon 17–7 vs. Arizona+10ArizonaWon 32–0 at Kansas State+32Kansas StateWon 23–6 vs. Oklahoma State+17Oklahoma StateWon 21–6 vs. Iowa State+15Iowa StateWon 16–7 at Nebraska+9NebraskaWon 57–0 vs. Colorado+57ColoradoLost 0–13 at Oklahoma-13OklahomaTied 3–3 vs. Kansas0KansasWon 14–10 vs. Georgia Tech+4Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atCaliforniaW 21–⁠1072%
Sep 29atMinnesotaT 0–⁠042%
Oct 6vsArizonaW 17–⁠767%
Oct 13atKansas StateW 32–⁠083%
Oct 20vsOklahoma StateW 23–⁠676%
Oct 27vsIowa StateW 21–⁠678%
Nov 3atNebraskaW 16–⁠759%
Nov 10vsColoradoW 57–⁠088%
Nov 17atOklahomaL 0–⁠1353%
Nov 24vsKansasT 3–⁠366%
Dec 22vsGeorgia TechBluebonnet BowlW 14–⁠1049%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 14–⁠10 in the Bluebonnet Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 10
  2. Wk 8: 7
  3. Wk 9: 6

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1962.

Record
8–⁠1–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 6
Points
204–⁠62
Coach
Dan Devine
Elo
1689 +76 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.1 No. 16 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1963

The 1963 draft
Rd 7Paul Underhill BChicago Bears

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Johnny RolandBAP-1; UPI-2
  • Conrad HitchlerEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Jerry WallachOTAP-2; UPI-1
  • Tom HertzOGAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Robert BrownOGUPI-2
  • Jim VermillionCAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1962 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠08–⁠38
Missouri5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠2
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠2
Kansas4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Iowa State3–⁠45–⁠5
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠6
Colorado1–⁠62–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠70–⁠10

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