1969 Missouri Tigers football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6

1969 Big Eight Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Missouri +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Nebraska +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 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 represented the University of Missouri during the 1969 college football season.

Schedule

September 11Air Force*No. 11

• Memorial Stadium
• Columbia, MO

W 19–17 September 27vs. Illinois*No. 11

• Busch Memorial Stadium
• St. Louis, MO (Illinois-Missouri football rivalry)

W 37–6 October 4at No. 13 Michigan*No. 9

• Michigan Stadium
• Ann Arbor, MI

W 40–17 October 11No. 20 NebraskaNo. 7

• Memorial Stadium
• Columbia, MO (Missouri-Nebraska Bell)

W 17–7 October 18Oklahoma StateNo. 6

• Memorial Stadium
• Columbia, MO

W 31–21 October 25at ColoradoNo. 5

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, CO

L 24–31 November 1Kansas StateNo. 14

• Memorial Stadium
• Columbia, MO

W 41–38 November 8No. 20 OklahomaNo. 9

• Memorial Stadium
• Columbia, MO (Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe)

ABC (regional)W 44–10 November 15at Iowa StateNo. 8

• Clyde Williams Field
• Ames, IA (Telephone Trophy)

W 40–13 November 22at KansasNo. 7

• Memorial Stadium
• Lawrence, KS (Border War)

W 69–21 January 1vs. No. 2 Penn State*No. 6

• Orange Bowl
• Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)

NBCL 3–10

Game notes

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

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.

Awards

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