The 1938 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1938 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record (2–3 against Big 6 opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the Big 6, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 111 to 82. Don Faurot was the head coach for the fourth of 19 seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
| 1938 Missouri Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 6–3 (2–3 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Oklahoma $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's leading scorer was Paul Christman with 48 points.[3]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 1 | Colorado* |
| W 14–7 | ||||
| October 8 | at Kansas State | L 13–21 | |||||
| October 15 | Iowa State |
| L 13–16 | 8,873 | |||
| October 22 | at Washington University* | W 13–0 | |||||
| October 29 | at Nebraska | W 13–10 | |||||
| November 5 | Michigan State* |
| W 6–0 | 10,000 | [4] | ||
| November 12 | at No. 10 Oklahoma | L 0–21 | |||||
| November 19 | at Saint Louis* |
| W 26–0 | ||||
| November 24 | Kansas |
| W 13–7 | 17,500 | [5] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "1938 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ 2014 Mizzou Football Records Book, p. 26.
- ^ George Alderton (November 6, 1938). "Spartans Succumb to Hard-Fighting Tigers, 6-0". The Lansing State Journal. pp. 13–14.13-14&rft.date=1938-11-06&rft.au=George Alderton&rft_id=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35354873/spartans_succumb_to_hardfighting/&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1938 Missouri Tigers football team" class="Z3988">
- ^ Hamel, J. P. (November 25, 1938). "Bengals Triumph". Evening World-Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. p. 27. Retrieved January 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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