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1968 Missouri

8–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Dan Devine, finished No. 9 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1968, game by game: lost at Kentucky 6–12; won at Illinois 44–0; won vs. Army 7–3; won vs. Colorado 27–14; won at No. 13 Nebraska 16–14; won at Kansas State 56–20; won vs. Oklahoma State 42–7; won vs. Iowa State 42–7; lost at Oklahoma 14–28; lost vs. No. 7 Kansas 19–21; won vs. No. 12 Alabama 35–10+44−14Lost 6–12 at Kentucky-6KentuckyWon 44–0 at Illinois+44IllinoisWon 7–3 vs. Army+4ArmyWon 27–14 vs. Colorado+13ColoradoWon 16–14 at No. 13 Nebraska+2No. 13 NebraskaWon 56–20 at Kansas State+36Kansas StateWon 42–7 vs. Oklahoma State+35Oklahoma StateWon 42–7 vs. Iowa State+35Iowa StateLost 14–28 at Oklahoma-14OklahomaLost 19–21 vs. No. 7 Kansas-2No. 7 KansasWon 35–10 vs. No. 12 Alabama+25No. 12 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atKentuckyL 6–⁠1259%
Sep 28atIllinoisW 44–⁠057%
Oct 5vsArmyW 7–⁠358%
Oct 12vsColoradoW 27–⁠1453%
Oct 19at13NebraskaW 16–⁠1445%
Oct 26atKansas StateW 56–⁠2073%
Nov 2vsOklahoma StateW 42–⁠781%
Nov 9vsIowa StateW 42–⁠785%
Nov 16atOklahomaL 14–⁠2846%
Nov 23vs7KansasL 19–⁠2156%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvs12AlabamaGator BowlW 35–⁠1036%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Alabama 35–⁠10 in the Gator Bowl; No. 9 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 20
  2. Wk 7: 14
  3. Wk 8: 10
  4. Wk 9: 8
  5. Wk 10: 6
  6. Wk 11: 13
  7. Wk 12: 16
  8. Wk 13: 16
  9. Final: 9

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 1968.

Led the nationRoger Wehrli: punt return yards (478 yds)

Consensus All-AmericanRoger Wehrli, CB

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Big Eight
AP final
No. 9 peak No. 6
Points
308–⁠136
Coach
Dan Devine
Elo
1661 +105 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
24.0 No. 3 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Carl Garber

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 1Roger Wehrli DBSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 5Jim Anderson OGPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Big Eight

5 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Jim AndersonOGAP-1
  • Bill SchmittDEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Jay “Rocky” WallaceDTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Carl GarberLBAP-2; UPI-1
  • Roger WehrliDBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Elmer BenhardtDEAP-2
  • Mark KuhlmanDTAP-2
  • Butch DavisDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas6–⁠19–⁠27
Oklahoma6–⁠17–⁠411
Missouri5–⁠28–⁠39
Nebraska3–⁠46–⁠4
Colorado3–⁠44–⁠6
Kansas State2–⁠54–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠53–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠63–⁠7

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