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1963 Missouri

7–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Dan Devine.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1963, game by game: lost vs. No. 6 Northwestern 12–23; won at No. 8 Arkansas 7–6; won vs. Idaho 24–0; won vs. Kansas State 21–11; won at Oklahoma State 28–6; won at Iowa State 7–0; lost vs. Nebraska 12–13; won at Colorado 28–7; lost vs. No. 5 Oklahoma 3–13; won at Kansas 9–7+24−11Lost 12–23 vs. No. 6 Northwestern-11No. 6 NorthwesternWon 7–6 at No. 8 Arkansas+1No. 8 ArkansasWon 24–0 vs. Idaho+24IdahoWon 21–11 vs. Kansas State+10Kansas StateWon 28–6 at Oklahoma State+22Oklahoma StateWon 7–0 at Iowa State+7Iowa StateLost 12–13 vs. Nebraska-1NebraskaWon 28–7 at Colorado+21ColoradoLost 3–13 vs. No. 5 Oklahoma-10No. 5 OklahomaWon 9–7 at Kansas+2Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vs6NorthwesternL 12–⁠2365%
Sep 28at8ArkansasW 7–⁠636%
Oct 5vsIdahoW 24–⁠083%
Oct 12vsKansas StateW 21–⁠1188%
Oct 19atOklahoma StateW 28–⁠669%
Oct 26atIowa StateW 7–⁠054%
Nov 2vsNebraskaL 12–⁠1363%
Nov 9atColoradoW 28–⁠773%
Nov 16vs5OklahomaL 3–⁠1356%
Nov 30atKansasW 9–⁠747%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas 9–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

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 1963.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
151–⁠86
Coach
Dan Devine
Elo
1643 +17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.0 No. 29 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 4George Seals DENew York Giants

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Dave GillOTAP-2; UPI-2
  • Gene OliverOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠010–⁠16
Oklahoma6–⁠18–⁠210
Missouri5–⁠27–⁠3
Kansas3–⁠45–⁠5
Iowa State3–⁠44–⁠5
Colorado2–⁠52–⁠8
Kansas State1–⁠52–⁠7
Oklahoma State0–⁠61–⁠8

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