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1989 Missouri

2–⁠9 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Bob Stull.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1989, game by game: won vs. TCU 14–10; lost at Indiana 7–24; lost vs. No. 2 Miami 7–38; lost at Arizona State 3–19; lost at No. 3 Colorado 3–49; lost vs. No. 4 Nebraska 7–50; won at Kansas State 21–9; lost vs. Oklahoma State 30–31; lost at Oklahoma 14–52; lost vs. Iowa State 21–35; lost vs. Kansas 44–46+12−46Won 14–10 vs. TCU+4TCULost 7–24 at Indiana-17IndianaLost 7–38 vs. No. 2 Miami-31No. 2 MiamiLost 3–19 at Arizona State-16Arizona StateLost 3–49 at No. 3 Colorado-46No. 3 ColoradoLost 7–50 vs. No. 4 Nebraska-43No. 4 NebraskaWon 21–9 at Kansas State+12Kansas StateLost 30–31 vs. Oklahoma State-1Oklahoma StateLost 14–52 at Oklahoma-38OklahomaLost 21–35 vs. Iowa State-14Iowa StateLost 44–46 vs. Kansas-2Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsTCUW 14–⁠1057%
Sep 16atIndianaL 7–⁠2427%
Sep 23vs2MiamiL 7–⁠3818%
Sep 30atArizona StateL 3–⁠1932%
Oct 7at3ColoradoL 3–⁠4916%
Oct 14vs4NebraskaL 7–⁠5017%
Oct 21atKansas StateW 21–⁠960%
Oct 28vsOklahoma StateL 30–⁠3140%
Nov 4atOklahomaL 14–⁠5217%
Nov 11vsIowa StateL 21–⁠3554%
Nov 18vsKansasL 44–⁠4666%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas 46–⁠44; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 121st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠6 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
171–⁠363
Coach
Bob Stull
Elo
1347 −93 this season
SP+ rating
-15.3 No. 89 of 103; offense No. 85, defense No. 84
SRS
−13.2 No. 88 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dirk Koetter
Defensive coordinator
Michael Church

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Adrian JonesDBAP-1

Second team

  • Darren MacDonaldLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado7–⁠011–⁠14
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠211
Oklahoma5–⁠27–⁠4
Iowa State4–⁠36–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠44–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri1–⁠62–⁠9
Kansas State0–⁠71–⁠10

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