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1983 Missouri

7–⁠5 (5–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Warren Powers.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1983, game by game: won vs. Illinois 28–18; lost at Wisconsin 20–21; won vs. Utah State 17–10; lost vs. East Carolina 6–13; won at Colorado 59–20; lost vs. No. 1 Nebraska 13–34; won vs. Kansas State 38–0; won at Iowa State 41–18; won vs. No. 11 Oklahoma 10–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 16–10; lost at Kansas 27–37; lost vs. No. 9 BYU 17–21+39−21Won 28–18 vs. Illinois+10IllinoisLost 20–21 at Wisconsin-1WisconsinWon 17–10 vs. Utah State+7Utah StateLost 6–13 vs. East Carolina-7East CarolinaWon 59–20 at Colorado+39ColoradoLost 13–34 vs. No. 1 Nebraska-21No. 1 NebraskaWon 38–0 vs. Kansas State+38Kansas StateWon 41–18 at Iowa State+23Iowa StateWon 10–0 vs. No. 11 Oklahoma+10No. 11 OklahomaWon 16–10 vs. Oklahoma State+6Oklahoma StateLost 27–37 at Kansas-10KansasLost 17–21 vs. No. 9 BYU-4No. 9 BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsIllinoisW 28–⁠1856%
Sep 17atWisconsinL 20–⁠2143%
Sep 24vsUtah StateW 17–⁠1075%
Oct 1vsEast CarolinaL 6–⁠1360%
Oct 8atColoradoW 59–⁠2060%
Oct 15vs1NebraskaL 13–⁠3426%
Oct 22vsKansas StateW 38–⁠075%
Oct 29atIowa StateW 41–⁠1862%
Nov 5vs11OklahomaW 10–⁠048%
Nov 12vsOklahoma StateW 16–⁠1059%
Nov 19atKansasL 27–⁠3771%
Dec 23Bowls & playoffvs9BYUHoliday BowlL 17–⁠2129%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to BYU 21–⁠17 in the Holiday Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 12: 19

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 1983.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
292–⁠202
Coach
Warren Powers
Elo
1581 +48 this season
SP+ rating
20.5 No. 10 of 108; offense No. 18, defense No. 8
SRS
13.4 No. 16 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Larry Beightol
Defensive coordinator
Mark Heydorff

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 4Conrad Goode OTNew York Giants
Rd 4Bobby Bell LBNew York Jets

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Taft SalesDEAP-2
  • Robert CurryDown linemenAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠012–⁠12
Oklahoma5–⁠28–⁠4
Missouri5–⁠27–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠48–⁠4
Iowa State3–⁠44–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Colorado2–⁠54–⁠7
Kansas State1–⁠63–⁠8

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