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1965 Missouri

8–⁠2–⁠1 (6–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Dan Devine, finished No. 6 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1965, game by game: lost vs. Kentucky 0–7; won at Oklahoma State 13–0; won at Minnesota 17–6; won vs. Kansas State 28–6; tied vs. UCLA 14–14; won at Iowa State 23–7; lost vs. No. 3 Nebraska 14–16; won at Colorado 20–7; won vs. Oklahoma 30–0; won at Kansas 44–20; won vs. Florida 20–18+30−7Lost 0–7 vs. Kentucky-7KentuckyWon 13–0 at Oklahoma State+13Oklahoma StateWon 17–6 at Minnesota+11MinnesotaWon 28–6 vs. Kansas State+22Kansas StateTied 14–14 vs. UCLA0UCLAWon 23–7 at Iowa State+16Iowa StateLost 14–16 vs. No. 3 Nebraska-2No. 3 NebraskaWon 20–7 at Colorado+13ColoradoWon 30–0 vs. Oklahoma+30OklahomaWon 44–20 at Kansas+24KansasWon 20–18 vs. Florida+2Florida
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsKentuckyL 0–⁠770%
Sep 25atOklahoma StateW 13–⁠056%
Oct 2atMinnesotaW 17–⁠650%
Oct 9vsKansas StateW 28–⁠686%
Oct 16vsUCLAT 14–⁠1474%
Oct 23atIowa StateW 23–⁠760%
Oct 30vs3NebraskaL 14–⁠1647%
Nov 6atColoradoW 20–⁠756%
Nov 13vsOklahomaW 30–⁠073%
Nov 20atKansasW 44–⁠2074%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsFloridaSugar BowlW 20–⁠1853%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Florida 20–⁠18 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 6 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 9
  2. Wk 9: 9
  3. Wk 10: 8
  4. Wk 11: 7
  5. Wk 12: 6
  6. Final: 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 1965.

Consensus All-AmericanJohnny Roland, RB/DB

Record
8–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
No. 6 peak No. 6
Points
223–⁠101
Coach
Dan Devine
Elo
1678 +96 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.7 No. 12 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 1Francis Peay OTNew York Giants
Rd 2Butch Allison OTBaltimore Colts

All-Big Eight

6 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Francis PeayOTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Mike EaderOGAP-2; UPI-1
  • Gary LaneBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Charlie BrownBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Bruce Van DykeDTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Johnny RolandDBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri6–⁠18–⁠2–⁠16
Colorado4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠2
Iowa State3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Oklahoma3–⁠43–⁠7
Oklahoma State2–⁠53–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠52–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠70–⁠10

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