Telephone Trophy
| Telephone Trophy | |
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| Teams | Missouri Tigers Iowa State Cyclones |
| Originated | 1959 |
| Series | Missouri leads 32-18-3 |
| Largest Victory | 2003 45-7 Missouri |
| Highest Scoring Game | 2002 42-35 Iowa State |
| Most Recent Game | 2011 52-17 Missouri |
The Telephone Trophy is the trophy awarded to the winner of the American college football rivalry game played annually between former Big Eight and Big 12 Conference rivals Iowa State Cyclones of Iowa State University and the Missouri Tigers of the University of Missouri. The trophy has been awarded to the winner since 1959. [1]
The longstanding annual rivalry, which begun in 1896, has likely come to an end. Following the 2011 game, Missouri is expected to become a member of the Southeastern Conference on July 1, 2012, thus ending over 100 years of annual rivalry contests with Iowa State and many of its former Big Eight foes.
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[edit] Trophy
The Telephone Trophy consists of an old rotary telephone that sits atop a tall wooden base [2]. The receiver of the telephone is painted half yellow and half red (yellow for Missouri and red for Iowa State). A large metal plate on the base of the trophy shows the complete results for each Telephone Trophy game.[1]
[edit] History
Before the 1959 match-up between the two schools, which took place in Ames, Iowa, field testing showed that the telephones the two schools used to communicate with their coaches in the coaches box were wired so that either school could hear what was going on on the other sideline. The problem was fixed before the game[1], but neither of the two coaches knew that.
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company of Ames then decided to have a trophy made to commemorate the incident, and thus the Telephone Trophy was born.[3][4]
An odd sidelight to the whole affair was that the same thing happened to Missouri the following year in a game played in Columbia, Missouri. The 1960 season game, which took place at Memorial Stadium, had similar problems.[3][5][6]
[edit] Game results
Missouri victories are shaded ██ yellow. Iowa State victories shaded in ██ red.
| Date | Site | Winning team | Losing team | Series | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Ames | Missouri | 14 | Iowa State | 0 | Missouri 1-0 |
| 1960 | Columbia | Missouri | 34 | Iowa State | 8 | Missouri 2-0 |
| 1961 | Ames | Missouri | 13 | Iowa State | 7 | Missouri 3-0 |
| 1962 | Columbia | Missouri | 21 | Iowa State | 6 | Missouri 4-0 |
| 1963 | Ames | Missouri | 7 | Iowa State | 0 | Missouri 5-0 |
| 1964 | Columbia | Missouri | 10 | Iowa State | 0 | Missouri 6-0 |
| 1965 | Ames | Missouri | 23 | Iowa State | 7 | Missouri 7-0 |
| 1966 | Columbia | Missouri | 10 | Iowa State | 10 | Missouri 7-0-1 |
| 1967 | Ames | Missouri | 23 | Iowa State | 7 | Missouri 8-0-1 |
| 1968 | Columbia | Missouri | 42 | Iowa State | 7 | Missouri 9-0-1 |
| 1969 | Ames | Missouri | 40 | Iowa State | 13 | Missouri 10-0-1 |
| 1970 | Columbia | Iowa State | 31 | Missouri | 19 | Missouri 10-1-1 |
| 1971 | Ames | Iowa State | 45 | Missouri | 17 | Missouri 10-2-1 |
| 1972 | Columbia | Missouri | 6 | Iowa State | 5 | Missouri 11-2-1 |
| 1973 | Ames | Iowa State | 17 | Missouri | 7 | Missouri 11-3-1 |
| 1974 | Columbia | Missouri | 10 | Iowa State | 7 | Missouri 12-3-1 |
| 1975 | Ames | Missouri | 44 | Iowa State | 14 | Missouri 13-3-1 |
| 1976 | Columbia | Iowa State | 21 | Missouri | 17 | Missouri 13-4-1 |
| 1977 | Ames | Iowa State | 7 | Missouri | 0 | Missouri 13-5-1 |
| 1978 | Columbia | Missouri | 26 | Iowa State | 13 | Missouri 14-5-1 |
| 1979 | Ames | Missouri | 18 | Iowa State | 9 | Missouri 15-5-1 |
| 1980 | Columbia | Missouri | 14 | Iowa State | 10 | Missouri 16-5-1 |
| 1981 | Ames | Iowa State | 34 | Missouri | 13 | Missouri 16-6-1 |
| 1982 | Columbia | Iowa State | 17 | Missouri | 17 | Missouri 16-6-2 |
| 1983 | Ames | Missouri | 41 | Iowa State | 18 | Missouri 17-6-2 |
| 1984 | Columbia | Iowa State | 14 | Missouri | 14 | Missouri 17-6-3 |
| 1985 | Ames | Missouri | 28 | Iowa State | 27 | Missouri 18-6-3 |
| 1986 | Columbia | Iowa State | 37 | Missouri | 14 | Missouri 18-7-3 |
| 1987 | Ames | Missouri | 42 | Iowa State | 17 | Missouri 19-7-3 |
| 1988 | Columbia | Iowa State | 21 | Missouri | 3 | Missouri 19-8-3 |
| 1989 | Columbia | Iowa State | 35 | Missouri | 21 | Missouri 19-9-3 |
| 1990 | Ames | Iowa State | 27 | Missouri | 25 | Missouri 19-10-3 |
| 1991 | Columbia | Iowa State | 23 | Missouri | 22 | Missouri 19-11-3 |
| 1992 | Ames | Iowa State | 28 | Missouri | 14 | Missouri 19-12-3 |
| 1993 | Columbia | Missouri | 37 | Iowa State | 34 | Missouri 20-12-3 |
| 1994 | Ames | Missouri | 34 | Iowa State | 20 | Missouri 21-12-3 |
| 1995 | Columbia | Missouri | 45 | Iowa State | 31 | Missouri 22-12-3 |
| 1996 | Ames | Iowa State | 45 | Missouri | 31 | Missouri 22-13-3 |
| 1997 | Columbia | Missouri | 45 | Iowa State | 21 | Missouri 23-13-3 |
| 1998 | Ames | Missouri | 35 | Iowa State | 19 | Missouri 24-13-3 |
| 1999 | Columbia | Iowa State | 24 | Missouri | 21 | Missouri 24-14-3 |
| 2000 | Ames | Iowa State | 39 | Missouri | 20 | Missouri 24-15-3 |
| 2001 | Columbia | Iowa State | 20 | Missouri | 14 | Missouri 24-16-3 |
| 2002 | Ames | Iowa State | 42 | Missouri | 35 | Missouri 24-17-3 |
| 2003 | Columbia | Missouri | 45 | Iowa State | 7 | Missouri 25-17-3 |
| 2004 | Ames | Missouri | 17 | Iowa State | 14 | Missouri 26-17-3 |
| 2005 | Columbia | Missouri | 27 | Iowa State | 24 | Missouri 27-17-3 |
| 2006 | Ames | Iowa State | 21 | Missouri | 16 | Missouri 27-18-3 |
| 2007 | Columbia | Missouri | 42 | Iowa State | 28 | Missouri 28-18-3 |
| 2008 | Ames | Missouri | 52 | Iowa State | 20 | Missouri 29-18-3 |
| 2009 | Columbia | Missouri | 34 | Iowa State | 24 | Missouri 30-18-3 |
| 2010 | Ames | Missouri | 14 | Iowa State | 0 | Missouri 31-18-3 |
| 2011 | Columbia | Missouri | 52 | Iowa State | 17 | Missouri 32-18-3 |
[edit] See also
- Other Missouri rivalry/trophy games
- Border Showdown vs. Kansas
- Missouri–Nebraska football rivalry vs. Nebraska
- Arch Rivalry vs. Illinois
- Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe vs. Oklahoma
- Other Iowa State rivalry/trophy games
- Cy-Hawk Trophy vs. Iowa
- Farmageddon vs. Kansas State
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=537512
- http://www.mutigers.com/trads/miss-mascot-trophy.html
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