Missouri — SEC
PPA off / def
0.21 / 0.03
2025
Class rank
#34
class of 2026
Returning PPA
42%
returning production
| 2023 |
OSU L 3–14 | Columbus |
| 1998 |
OSU W 35–14 | Columbus |
| 1997 |
OSU W 31–10 | away |
| 1976 |
OSU L 21–22 | Columbus |
| 1949 |
OSU W 35–34 | Columbus |
| 1948 |
OSU W 21–7 | Columbus |
| 1947 |
OSU W 13–7 | Columbus |
| 1946 |
OSU T 13–13 | away |
| 1945 |
OSU W 47–6 | away |
| 1944 |
OSU W 54–0 | Columbus |
| + 3 earlier meetings in archive |
2026 schedule
2025 results (8–5)
Statistical comps — 2025 Missouri's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (30 in / 27 out)
Origins
Faurot invented the split-T here, an offense that later won national titles for Oklahoma and Maryland while Missouri won none. The 1960 and 2007 teams both reached number one and both lost the week it mattered.
Founded 1839 · The first public university west of the Mississippi · first football 1890 · defined by Don Faurot
All-time record
All-time
683–569–50
1895–2025
Win %
54.4%
128 seasons played
Winning seasons
73
57% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2013 | 12 | 2 | SEC |
| 2007 | 12 | 2 | Big 12 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2 | SEC |
| 2014 | 11 | 3 | SEC |
| 1960 | 10 | 1 | Big 8 |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1895 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 377 | 63% |
44% | 61 of 136 | 6.0 | 13% |
| 2nd down | 280 | 56% |
46% | 21 of 136 | 6.4 | 15% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 53 | 75% |
81% | — | 5.8 | 11% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 43 | 14% |
35% | — | 5.7 | 12% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 65 | 25% |
23% | — | 4.9 | 9% |
| 4th down | 21 | 33% |
57% | — | 6.0 | 10% |
156 drives · 38% ended in points · 7.3 plays and 42.4 yards per drive · 1.26 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 12 | Mississippi State |
(06:03) No Huddle-Shotgun #29 A.Hardy rush middle for 72 yards gain to the MSU00 TOUCHDOWN… |
72 | 6.25 |
| 3 | Louisiana |
Ahmad Hardy run for 71 yds for a TD (Robert Meyer KICK) |
71 | 6.19 |
| 2 | Kansas |
Jamal Roberts run for 63 yds for a TD (Robert Meyer KICK) |
63 | 6.00 |
| 9 | Vanderbilt |
(00:06) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 M.Zollers pass complete deep right to #3 K.Coleman Jr. caught… |
36 | 4.65 |
| 2 | Kansas |
Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 50 yds to the KU 2 for a 1ST down |
50 | 4.56 |
| 11 | Texas A&M |
(06:45) No Huddle-Shotgun #29 A.Hardy rush middle for 45 yards gain to the TAMU00 TOUCHDOW… |
45 | 4.47 |
| 14 | Arkansas |
(13:48) No Huddle-Shotgun #20 J.Roberts rush middle for 38 yards gain to the ARK21 (#13 K.… |
38 | 4.20 |
| 14 | Arkansas |
(12:04) No Huddle-Shotgun #29 A.Hardy rush right for 53 yards gain to the ARK00 TOUCHDOWN,… |
53 | 4.10 |