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1975 Missouri

6–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Al Onofrio.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1975, game by game: won at No. 2 Alabama 20–7; won at Illinois 30–20; won vs. Wisconsin 27–21; lost at No. 12 Michigan 7–31; won vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State 41–14; lost at No. 12 Colorado 20–31; won vs. Kansas State 35–3; lost vs. No. 3 Nebraska 7–30; won at Iowa State 44–14; lost vs. No. 6 Oklahoma 27–28; lost at Kansas 24–42+32−24Won 20–7 at No. 2 Alabama+13No. 2 AlabamaWon 30–20 at Illinois+10IllinoisWon 27–21 vs. Wisconsin+6WisconsinLost 7–31 at No. 12 Michigan-24No. 12 MichiganWon 41–14 vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State+27No. 14 Oklahoma StateLost 20–31 at No. 12 Colorado-11No. 12 ColoradoWon 35–3 vs. Kansas State+32Kansas StateLost 7–30 vs. No. 3 Nebraska-23No. 3 NebraskaWon 44–14 at Iowa State+30Iowa StateLost 27–28 vs. No. 6 Oklahoma-1No. 6 OklahomaLost 24–42 at Kansas-18Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8at2AlabamaW 20–⁠725%
Sep 20atIllinoisW 30–⁠2055%
Sep 27vsWisconsinW 27–⁠2173%
Oct 4at12MichiganL 7–⁠3137%
Oct 11vs14Oklahoma StateW 41–⁠1461%
Oct 18at12ColoradoL 20–⁠3153%
Oct 25vsKansas StateW 35–⁠379%
Nov 1vs3NebraskaL 7–⁠3044%
Nov 8atIowa StateW 44–⁠1456%
Nov 15vs6OklahomaL 27–⁠2841%
Nov 22atKansasL 24–⁠4248%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas 42–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 5
  2. Wk 3: 5
  3. Wk 4: 5
  4. Wk 5: 5
  5. Wk 6: 12
  6. Wk 7: 10
  7. Wk 8: 15
  8. Wk 9: 12
  9. Wk 10: 19
  10. Wk 11: 18
  11. Wk 12: 18

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 1975.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 5
Points
282–⁠241
Coach
Al Onofrio
Elo
1609 +32 this season
SP+ rating
19.3 No. 12 of 132; offense No. 6, defense No. 49
SRS
17.6 No. 12 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 2Tony Galbreath RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 3Henry Marshall WRKansas City Chiefs

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠111–⁠11
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠29
Colorado5–⁠29–⁠316
Kansas4–⁠37–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠47–⁠4
Missouri3–⁠46–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas State0–⁠73–⁠8

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