1969 Missouri Tigers football team

American college football season

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
Record| 9–2 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach|

* Dan Devine (12th season)

Captains|

* Sam Adams
* Jon Staggers

Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

<- 1968

1970 ->

1969 Big Eight Conference football standings

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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 was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1969 NCAA University Division 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

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Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 20| Air Force*| No. 11|

* Memorial Stadium
* Columbia, MO

| | W 19–17| 55,000|
September 27| vs. Illinois*| No. 11|

* Busch Memorial Stadium
* St. Louis, MO (rivalry)

| | W 37–6| 48,740|
October 4| at No. 13 Michigan*| No. 9|

* Michigan Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI

| | W 40–17| 64,476| [4][5]
October 11| No. 20 Nebraska| No. 7|

* Memorial Stadium
* Columbia, MO (rivalry)

| | W 17–7| 60,500|
October 18| Oklahoma State| No. 6|

* Memorial Stadium
* Columbia, MO

| | W 31–21| 51,000|
October 25| at Colorado| No. 5|

* Folsom Field
* Boulder, CO

| | L 24–31| 41,886|
November 1| No. 12 Kansas State| No. 14|

* Memorial Stadium
* Columbia, MO

| | W 41–38| 40,000|
November 8| No. 20 Oklahoma| No. 9|

* Memorial Stadium
* Columbia, MO (rivalry)

| ABC (regional)| W 44–10| 60,378|
November 15| at Iowa State| No. 8|

* Clyde Williams Field
* Ames, IA (rivalry)

| | W 40–13| 53,811|
November 22| at Kansas| No. 7|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lawrence, KS (Border War)

| ABC (regional)| W 69–21| 48,474|
January 1| vs. No. 2 Penn State*| No. 6|

* Miami Orange Bowl
* Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)

| NBC| L 3–10| 77,282| [6][7][8]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## Game summaries

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### Michigan

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• Missouri | 0 | 24| 0| 16 | 40
Michigan | 3 | 0| 14| 0 | 17

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

| 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

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• Missouri | 21 | 7| 28| 13 | 69
Kansas | 0 | 7| 7| 7 | 21

* Date: November 22
* Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas
* 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.[9]

## Roster

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1969 Missouri Tigers football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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QB | `18` | Terry McMillan | Sr
WR | `21` | Mel Gray | Jr
HB | `22` | Jon Staggers | Sr
FB | `32` | Ron McBride | Sr
OT | `36` | Jim Anderson | Jr
HB | `45` | Joe Moore | Jr
TE | `48` | Tyrone Walls | Jr
C | `53` | Bob Wilson | Jr
OT | `71` | Larron Jackson | Jr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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LB | `30` | Sam Britts | So
DB | `41` | Mike Fink | So
LB | `55` | Steve Lundholm | Sr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Head coach

* Dan Devine

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster

## Awards

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* All-Big Eight: E Mel Gray, OT Larron Jackson, DT Mark Kuhlmann, S Dennis Poppe
* Missouri Sports Hall of Fame – inducted as a team on January 25, 2015.[10]

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## References

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1. ^ "1969 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
2. ^ "2016 Mizzou Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 158. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
3. ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. pp. 26–27. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
4. ^ "Yipes! U-M, Spartans Lose: Mizzou Stuns Wolverines, 40-17". Detroit Free Press. October 5, 1969. pp. 1C, 6C - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Joel Block (October 5, 1969). "Michigan fumbles game away". The Michigan Daily. p. 1 - via Bentley Historical Library.
6. ^ "Penn State whips toothless Tigers, 10-3". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 2, 1970. p. 14.
7. ^ Musick, Phil (January 2, 1970). "Burkhart has last laugh on Mizzou". Pittsburgh Press. p. 28.
8. ^ Abrams, Al (January 2, 1970). "Penn State wins 10-3 thriller". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 15.
9. ^ "Missouri Mauls Kansas; Ties in Big Eight." Palm Beach Post. 1969 Nov 23.
10. ^ "1969 University of Missouri Football Team - Missouri Sports Hall of Fame". Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
11. ^ 2011 Missouri football information guide.

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Big Eight Conference football champions

MVIAA|

* Iowa & Nebraska (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)
* Drake & Nebraska (1922)
* Kansas & 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)

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