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1964 Missouri

6–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠2–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Dan Devine.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1964, game by game: lost at California 14–21; won vs. Utah 23–6; lost vs. Oklahoma State 7–10; won at Kansas State 7–0; won at Air Force 17–7; won vs. Iowa State 10–0; lost at No. 5 Nebraska 0–9; won vs. Colorado 16–7; tied at Oklahoma 14–14; won vs. Kansas 34–14+20−9Lost 14–21 at California-7CaliforniaWon 23–6 vs. Utah+17UtahLost 7–10 vs. Oklahoma State-3Oklahoma StateWon 7–0 at Kansas State+7Kansas StateWon 17–7 at Air Force+10Air ForceWon 10–0 vs. Iowa State+10Iowa StateLost 0–9 at No. 5 Nebraska-9No. 5 NebraskaWon 16–7 vs. Colorado+9ColoradoTied 14–14 at Oklahoma0OklahomaWon 34–14 vs. Kansas+20Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atCaliforniaL 14–⁠2162%
Sep 26vsUtahW 23–⁠666%
Oct 3vsOklahoma StateL 7–⁠1075%
Oct 10atKansas StateW 7–⁠068%
Oct 17atAir ForceW 17–⁠756%
Oct 24vsIowa StateW 10–⁠081%
Oct 31at5NebraskaL 0–⁠932%
Nov 7vsColoradoW 16–⁠783%
Nov 14atOklahomaT 14–⁠1442%
Nov 21vsKansasW 34–⁠1462%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas 34–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 27th-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 1964.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠1 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
142–⁠88
Coach
Dan Devine
Elo
1623 +28 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.2 No. 26 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 4Johnny Roland RBSt. Louis Cardinals

All-Big Eight

6 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Gary LaneBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Tom WyrostekOGAP-1
  • Bob BrownOGUPI-1
  • Butch AllisonDTAP-2; UPI-1
  • Gus OttoDBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Ken BostonDBAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠26
Oklahoma5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas5–⁠26–⁠4
Missouri4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oklahoma State3–⁠44–⁠6
Kansas State3–⁠43–⁠7
Colorado1–⁠62–⁠8
Iowa State0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

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