1950 Missouri Tigers football team

1950 Missouri Tigers football
1950 Missouri Tigers football
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Record	4–5–1 (3–2–1 Big 7)
Head coach	Don Faurot (13th season);
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1949 1951 →

1950 Big Seven Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Oklahoma $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 17 Nebraska	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Missouri	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Kansas	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Colorado	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Kansas State	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Seven Conference (Big 7) during the 1950 college football season. The team compiled a 4–5–1 record (3–2–1 against Big 7 opponents), finished in third place in the Big 7, and was outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 215 to 166. Don Faurot was the head coach for the 13th of 19 seasons.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

The team's statistical leaders included John Glorioso with 503 rushing yards and 769 yards of total offense, Phil Klein with 625 passing yards, Gene Ackerman with 400 receiving yards, and Ed Stephens with 54 points scored.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Clemson*	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 0–34	25,000	^[4]
October 7	No. 3 SMU*		Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 0–21	35,311
October 14	at Kansas State		Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 28–7	15,500
October 21	Iowa State		Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry)	T 20–20	23,101
October 28	at Oklahoma A&M*		Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 27–0
November 4	at Nebraska		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 34–40	38,000
November 11	Colorado		Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 21–19	22,350
November 18	at No. 2 Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)	L 7–41	46,463	^[5]
November 23	Kansas		Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (Border War)	W 20–6	18,000
December 1	at No. 14 Miami (FL)*		Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	L 9–27
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "1950 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
^ "2016 Mizzou Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 158. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. pp. 26–27. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
^ "Missouri no match for Clemson, 34–0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 1, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sooners race by Missouri, 41–7". The Montana Standard. November 19, 1950. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.