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1994 Missouri

3–⁠8–⁠1 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Larry Smith.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1994, game by game: lost vs. Tulsa 17–20; lost at Illinois 0–42; won at Houston 16–0; lost vs. West Virginia 10–34; lost vs. No. 5 Colorado 23–38; won at Oklahoma State 24–15; lost vs. No. 3 Nebraska 7–42; won at Iowa State 34–20; lost at Oklahoma 13–30; lost vs. No. 11 Kansas State 18–21; lost vs. Kansas 14–31; tied at Hawai’i 32–32+16−42Lost 17–20 vs. Tulsa-3TulsaLost 0–42 at Illinois-42IllinoisWon 16–0 at Houston+16HoustonLost 10–34 vs. West Virginia-24West VirginiaLost 23–38 vs. No. 5 Colorado-15No. 5 ColoradoWon 24–15 at Oklahoma State+9Oklahoma StateLost 7–42 vs. No. 3 Nebraska-35No. 3 NebraskaWon 34–20 at Iowa State+14Iowa StateLost 13–30 at Oklahoma-17OklahomaLost 18–21 vs. No. 11 Kansas State-3No. 11 Kansas StateLost 14–31 vs. Kansas-17KansasTied 32–32 at Hawai’i0Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsTulsaL 17–⁠2055%
Sep 10atIllinoisL 0–⁠4232%
Sep 17atHoustonW 16–⁠051%
Oct 1vsWest VirginiaL 10–⁠3446%
Oct 8vs5ColoradoL 23–⁠3820%
Oct 15atOklahoma StateW 24–⁠1534%
Oct 22vs3NebraskaL 7–⁠4215%
Oct 29atIowa StateW 34–⁠2055%
Nov 5atOklahomaL 13–⁠3027%
Nov 12vs11Kansas StateL 18–⁠2128%
Nov 19vsKansasL 14–⁠3145%
Nov 26atHawai’iT 32–⁠3240%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Hawai’i 32–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 113th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Record
3–⁠8–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
208–⁠325
Coach
Larry Smith
Elo
1388 −48 this season
SP+ rating
-9.4 No. 83 of 106; offense No. 86, defense No. 62
SRS
−6.9 No. 76 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jerry Berndt
Defensive coordinator
Moe Ankney

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Travis McDonaldLB

Second team

  • Lamont FrazierTEAP-2
  • Kyle PoolerPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1994 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠013–⁠01
Colorado6–⁠111–⁠13
Kansas State5–⁠29–⁠319
Oklahoma4–⁠36–⁠6
Kansas3–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠8–⁠1
Oklahoma State0–⁠6–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Iowa State0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠10–⁠1

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