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1990 Missouri

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Bob Stull.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1990, game by game: lost vs. TCU 19–20; won vs. Utah State 45–10; lost at Indiana 7–58; won vs. No. 21 Arizona State 30–9; lost vs. No. 12 Colorado 31–33; lost at No. 7 Nebraska 21–69; won vs. Kansas State 31–10; lost at Oklahoma State 28–48; lost vs. Oklahoma 10–55; lost at Iowa State 25–27; won at Kansas 31–21+35−51Lost 19–20 vs. TCU-1TCUWon 45–10 vs. Utah State+35Utah StateLost 7–58 at Indiana-51IndianaWon 30–9 vs. No. 21 Arizona State+21No. 21 Arizona StateLost 31–33 vs. No. 12 Colorado-2No. 12 ColoradoLost 21–69 at No. 7 Nebraska-48No. 7 NebraskaWon 31–10 vs. Kansas State+21Kansas StateLost 28–48 at Oklahoma State-20Oklahoma StateLost 10–55 vs. Oklahoma-45OklahomaLost 25–27 at Iowa State-2Iowa StateWon 31–21 at Kansas+10Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsTCUL 19–⁠2055%
Sep 15vsUtah StateW 45–⁠1057%
Sep 22atIndianaL 7–⁠5825%
Sep 29vs21Arizona StateW 30–⁠937%
Oct 6vs12ColoradoL 31–⁠3326%
Oct 13at7NebraskaL 21–⁠6913%
Oct 20vsKansas StateW 31–⁠1064%
Oct 27atOklahoma StateL 28–⁠4846%
Nov 3vsOklahomaL 10–⁠5529%
Nov 10atIowa StateL 25–⁠2736%
Nov 17atKansasW 31–⁠2145%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas 31–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
278–⁠360
Coach
Bob Stull
Elo
1421 +23 this season
SP+ rating
-0.5 No. 59 of 104; offense No. 24, defense No. 82
SRS
0.4 No. 49 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dirk Koetter
Defensive coordinator
Michael Church

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Linzy CollinsWRAP-1
  • Harry ColonDBAP-1

Second team

  • Tim BrutonTEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado7–⁠011–⁠1–⁠11
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠324
Oklahoma5–⁠28–⁠317
Iowa State2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠54–⁠7

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