1981 Missouri Tigers football team

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1981 Missouri Tigers football
Tangerine Bowl champion
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 19
1981 record8–4 (3–4 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadiumFaurot Field
(Capacity: 62,023)
Seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 Big Eight Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Nebraska $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 20 Oklahoma 4 – 2 – 1 7 – 4 – 1
Kansas 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Oklahoma State 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
No. 19 Missouri 3 – 4 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Iowa State 2 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Colorado 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated in the Big 8 Conference and played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. The Tigers were led by head coach Warren Powers and finished the season with a record of 8–4 overall, 3–4 in Big 8 play. They were invited play in the Tangerine Bowl, in which they defeated Southern Miss by a score of 19–17.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 12Army*
W 24–1060,033
September 19Rice*
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, Missouri
W 42–1057,112
September 26Louisville*
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, Missouri
W 34–357,448
October 3at No. 9 Mississippi State*
W 14–340,776
October 10Kansas StateNo. 13
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, Missouri
W 58–1361,012
October 17at Iowa StateNo. 8
L 13–3453,220
October 24No. 15 NebraskaNo. 19
L 0–672,001
October 31Oklahoma State
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, Missouri
L 12–1657,541
November 7at Colorado
W 30–1435,782
November 14No. 15 Oklahoma
W 19–1467,364
November 21at Kansas
L 11–1947,500
December 19vs. No. 18 Southern Miss*
W 19–1750,045
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

*Schedule Source:[1]

Season summary[]

Oklahoma[]

1 234Total
Oklahoma 7 007 14
• Missouri 3 1060 19
  • Date: November 14
  • Location: Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri

Missouri's first win versus Oklahoma since 1969.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Missouri Yearly Results: 1980–1984". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2014-01-13. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. November 15, 1981
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