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1987 Missouri

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Woody Widenhofer.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1987, game by game: won vs. Baylor 23–18; won vs. Northwestern 28–3; lost at Indiana 17–20; lost vs. Syracuse 13–24; won vs. Kansas State 34–10; won at Iowa State 42–17; lost vs. No. 19 Oklahoma State 20–24; lost vs. No. 2 Nebraska 7–42; lost at Colorado 10–27; lost at No. 1 Oklahoma 13–17; won vs. Kansas 19–7+25−35Won 23–18 vs. Baylor+5BaylorWon 28–3 vs. Northwestern+25NorthwesternLost 17–20 at Indiana-3IndianaLost 13–24 vs. Syracuse-11SyracuseWon 34–10 vs. Kansas State+24Kansas StateWon 42–17 at Iowa State+25Iowa StateLost 20–24 vs. No. 19 Oklahoma State-4No. 19 Oklahoma StateLost 7–42 vs. No. 2 Nebraska-35No. 2 NebraskaLost 10–27 at Colorado-17ColoradoLost 13–17 at No. 1 Oklahoma-4No. 1 OklahomaWon 19–7 vs. Kansas+12Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsBaylorW 23–⁠1828%
Sep 19vsNorthwesternW 28–⁠362%
Sep 26atIndianaL 17–⁠2040%
Oct 3vsSyracuseL 13–⁠2434%
Oct 10vsKansas StateW 34–⁠1077%
Oct 17atIowa StateW 42–⁠1749%
Oct 24vs19Oklahoma StateL 20–⁠2441%
Oct 31vs2NebraskaL 7–⁠4220%
Nov 7atColoradoL 10–⁠2727%
Nov 14at1OklahomaL 13–⁠178%
Nov 21vsKansasW 19–⁠777%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas 19–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 100th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
226–⁠209
Coach
Woody Widenhofer
Elo
1444 +40 this season
SP+ rating
5.4 No. 42 of 101; offense No. 64, defense No. 25
SRS
4.3 No. 40 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Wright Anderson

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 3Erik McMillan DBNew York Jets
Rd 5Robert Delpino RBLos Angeles Rams

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Robert DelpinoRBAP-2
  • Jeff RigmanDown linemenAP-2
  • Adrian JonesDBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Tom WhelihanPlace-kickerAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠13
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠26
Oklahoma State5–⁠210–⁠211
Colorado4–⁠37–⁠4
Missouri3–⁠45–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠10–⁠1

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