1969 Missouri Tigers football team

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.

1969 Missouri Tigers football
Big Eight co-champion
Orange Bowl, L 3–10 vs. Penn State
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
1969 record9–2 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1969 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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 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
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResult
September 20Air Force*No. 11
W 19–17
September 27vs. Illinois*No. 11
W 37–6
October 4at No. 13 Michigan*No. 9
W 40–17
October 11No. 20 NebraskaNo. 7
W 17–7
October 18Oklahoma StateNo. 6
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, Missouri
W 31–21
October 25at ColoradoNo. 5
L 24–31
November 1Kansas StateNo. 14
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, Missouri
W 41–38
November 8No. 20 OklahomaNo. 9
ABC (regional)W 44–10
November 15at Iowa StateNo. 8
W 40–13
November 22at KansasNo. 7
W 69–21
January 1vs. No. 2 Penn State*No. 6
NBCL 3–10
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[4]

Game summaries

Michigan
1 234Total
• Missouri 0 24016 40
Michigan 3 0140 17

[5]

Kansas
1 234Total
• Missouri 21 72813 69
Kansas 0 777 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]

Roster
1969 Missouri Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 21 Mel Gray Jr
T 71 Larron Jackson Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 22 Jon Staggers Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Awards
  • 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.[7]

[8]

References
  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. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  4. 2011 Missouri football information guide.
  5. "Missouri Mauls Michigan, 40-17." Palm Beach Post. 1969 Oct 5.
  6. "Missouri Mauls Kansas; Ties in Big Eight." Palm Beach Post. 1969 Nov 23.
  7. "1969 University of Missouri Football Team - Missouri Sports Hall of Fame". Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  8. 2011 Missouri football information guide.
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