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1970 Missouri

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Dan Devine.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1970, game by game: won vs. Baylor 38–0; won vs. Minnesota 34–12; lost vs. No. 20 Air Force 14–37; won at Oklahoma State 40–20; lost at No. 6 Nebraska 7–21; lost vs. No. 3 Notre Dame 7–24; won vs. No. 19 Colorado 30–16; lost at Kansas State 13–17; lost at Oklahoma 13–28; lost vs. Iowa State 19–31; won vs. Kansas 28–17+38−23Won 38–0 vs. Baylor+38BaylorWon 34–12 vs. Minnesota+22MinnesotaLost 14–37 vs. No. 20 Air Force-23No. 20 Air ForceWon 40–20 at Oklahoma State+20Oklahoma StateLost 7–21 at No. 6 Nebraska-14No. 6 NebraskaLost 7–24 vs. No. 3 Notre Dame-17No. 3 Notre DameWon 30–16 vs. No. 19 Colorado+14No. 19 ColoradoLost 13–17 at Kansas State-4Kansas StateLost 13–28 at Oklahoma-15OklahomaLost 19–31 vs. Iowa State-12Iowa StateWon 28–17 vs. Kansas+11Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsBaylorW 38–⁠088%
Sep 19vsMinnesotaW 34–⁠1274%
Sep 26vs20Air ForceL 14–⁠3765%
Oct 3atOklahoma StateW 40–⁠2055%
Oct 10at6NebraskaL 7–⁠2136%
Oct 17vs3Notre DameL 7–⁠2445%
Oct 24vs19ColoradoW 30–⁠1656%
Oct 31atKansas StateL 13–⁠1753%
Nov 7atOklahomaL 13–⁠2849%
Nov 14vsIowa StateL 19–⁠3177%
Nov 21vsKansasW 28–⁠1767%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas 28–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 10
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 4: 20
  5. Wk 5: 16
  6. Wk 6: 18
  7. Wk 8: 17

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 1970.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
243–⁠223
Coach
Dan Devine
Elo
1548 −87 this season
SP+ rating
12.4 No. 30 of 117; offense No. 34, defense No. 31
SRS
16.3 No. 21 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 1Joe Moore RBChicago Bears
Rd 2James Harrison RBChicago Bears
Rd 4Larron Jackson OTHouston Oilers
Rd 5Rocky Wallace LBSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 6Mel Gray WRSt. Louis Cardinals

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 7 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mickey KephartOGUPI-2
  • Bob WilsonCUPI-2
  • Joe MooreRBUPI-2
  • Mike BennettDEUPI-2
  • Rocky WallaceDTUPI-2
  • Adam VitalLBUPI-2
  • Nip WeisenfelsLBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠0–⁠11
Oklahoma5–⁠27–⁠4–⁠120
Kansas State5–⁠26–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri3–⁠45–⁠6
Kansas2–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠65–⁠6

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