1969 Missouri Tigers football team

1969 Missouri Tigers football
Big Eight co-champion
Orange Bowl, L 3–10 vs. Penn State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
1969 record	9–2 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Dan Devine (12th year)
Captain	Sam Adams
Captain	Jon Staggers
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1969 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Missouri +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#11 Nebraska +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#16 Colorado	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1969 college football season. The team compiled a 9–2 record (6–1 against Big 8 opponents), finished in a tie for the Big 8 championship, lost to Penn State in the 1970 Orange Bowl, was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 365 to 191. Dan Devine was the head coach for the 12th of 13 seasons.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

The team's statistical leaders included Joe Moore with 1,312 rushing yards, Terry McMillan with 1,963 passing yards and 2,157 yards of total offense, Mel Gray with 705 receiving yards, and Henry Brown with 71 points scored.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
September 11	Air Force*	No. 11	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO		W 19–17
September 27	vs. Illinois*	No. 11	Busch Memorial Stadium • St. Louis, MO (Rivalry)		W 37–6
October 4	at No. 13 Michigan*	No. 9	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI		W 40–17
October 11	No. 20 Nebraska	No. 7	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO (Victory Bell)		W 17–7
October 18	Oklahoma State	No. 6	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO		W 31–21
October 25	at Colorado	No. 5	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO		L 24–31
November 1	Kansas State	No. 14	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO		W 41–38
November 8	No. 20 Oklahoma	No. 9	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)	ABC (regional)	W 44–10
November 15	at Iowa State	No. 8	Clyde Williams Field • Ames, IA (Telephone Trophy)		W 40–13
November 22	at Kansas	No. 7	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS (Border War)		W 69–21
January 1	vs. No. 2 Penn State*	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 3–10
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game summaries

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Missouri	0	24	0	16	40
Michigan	3	0	14	0	17

Date: October 4
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI

Scoring summary

1		MICH	Killian 40-yard field goal	MICH 3-0

2		MU	Brown 26-yard field goal	Tied 3-3

2		MU	McBride 2-yard run (Brown kick)	MU 10-3

2		MU	McBride 1-yard run (Brown kick)	MU 17-3

2		MU		MU 24-3

3		MICH	Craw 1-yard run (Titas kick)	MU 24-10

3		MICH	Craw 1-yard run (Titas kick)	MU 24-17

4		MU	Brown 24-yard field goal	MU 27-17

4		MU	Kenemore 8-yard pass from Roper (kick failed)	MU 33-17

4	8:09	MU	Moore 62-yard run (Brown kick)	MU 40-17

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Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Missouri	21	7	28	13	69
Kansas	0	7	7	7	21

Date: November 22
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, KS
Game attendance: 50,500

Scoring summary

1	MU	Gray 19-yard run (Brown kick)	MU 7-0

1	MU	Gray 63-yard pass from McMillian (Brown kick)	MU 14-0

1	MU	Staggers 4-yard pass from McMillian (Brown kick)	MU 21-0

2	MU	Gray 26-yard pass from McMillian (Brown kick)	MU 28-0

2	KU	Basler 1-yard run (Bell kick)	MU 28-7

3	MU	Staggers 6-yard pass from McMillian (Brown kick)	MU 35-7

3	MU	Moore 53-yard run (Brown kick)	MU 42-7

3	MU	McMillian 6-yard run (Brown kick)	MU 49-7

3	KU	Brown 38-yard pass from Basler (Bell kick)	MU 49-14

3	MU	McMillian 1-yard run (Brown kick)	MU 56-14

4	KU	Jessie 79-yard pass from Basler (Bell kick)	MU 56-21

4	MU	Staggers 18-yard run (Brown kick)	MU 63-21

4	MU	Farmer 1-yard run (kick failed)	MU 69-21

Terry McMillian broke the Big Eight single-season touchdown pass record of 16 and the single-game school record of Paul Christman. The victory gave Missouri a share of the Big Eight title with Nebraska and a berth in the Orange Bowl. ^[6]

Awards

All-Big Eight: E Mel Gray, OT Larron Jackson, DT Mark Kuhlmann, S Dennis Poppe

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References

↑ "1969 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. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
↑ 2011 Missouri football information guide.
↑ "Missouri Mauls Michigan, 40-17." Palm Beach Post. 1969 Oct 5.
↑ "Missouri Mauls Kansas; Ties in Big Eight." Palm Beach Post. 1969 Nov 23.
↑ 2011 Missouri football information guide.

Missouri Tigers football

Venues	Rollins Field (1890–1926) Faurot Field (1926–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas: Battle Line Rivalry Illinois Iowa State (Telephone Trophy) Kansas: Border War Nebraska (Victory Bell) Oklahoma (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)

Culture and lore	Truman the Tiger Marching Mizzou 1911 Kansas game Fifth Down Game (1990) Flea Kicker

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical Leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Big Eight Conference football champions

MVIAA	Nebraska & Iowa (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909) Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919) Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Nebraska & Drake (1922) Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927)

Big Six	Nebraska (1928) Nebraska (1929) Kansas (1930) Nebraska (1931) Nebraska (1932) Nebraska (1933) Kansas State (1934) Nebraska (1935) Nebraska (1936) Nebraska (1937) Oklahoma (1938) Missouri (1939) Nebraska (1940) Missouri (1941) Missouri (1942) Oklahoma (1943) Oklahoma (1944) Missouri (1945) Kansas & Oklahoma (1946) Kansas & Oklahoma (1947)

Big Seven	Oklahoma (1948) Oklahoma (1949) Oklahoma (1950) Oklahoma (1951) Oklahoma (1952) Oklahoma (1953) Oklahoma (1954) Oklahoma (1955) Oklahoma (1956) Oklahoma (1957) Oklahoma (1958) Oklahoma (1959)

Big Eight	Missouri (1960) Colorado (1961) Oklahoma (1962) Nebraska (1963) Nebraska (1964) Nebraska (1965) Nebraska (1966) Oklahoma (1967) Kansas & Oklahoma (1968) Missouri & Nebraska (1969) Nebraska (1970) Nebraska (1971) Nebraska (1972) Oklahoma (1973) Oklahoma (1974) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1975) Colorado, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (1976) Oklahoma (1977) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1978) Oklahoma (1979) Oklahoma (1980) Nebraska (1981) Nebraska (1982) Nebraska (1983) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1984) Oklahoma (1985) Oklahoma (1986) Oklahoma (1987) Nebraska (1988) Colorado (1989) Colorado (1990) Colorado & Nebraska (1991) Nebraska (1992) Nebraska (1993) Nebraska (1994) Nebraska (1995)

National championships in bold

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