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MIRivalry History
Border War
Kansas and Missouri have met 121 times since 1891. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.
Series snapshot
- Record
- 48-55-8
- Current streak
- Missouri 4 games
- Longest streak
- Kansas 5 games (1930-1934)
- Avg. margin / points
- 13.3 / 34.5
Series overview
Kansas 48-55-8 Missouri. Current streak: Missouri 4 games.
Last five meetings
Kansas 1 | Missouri 4
Largest margin
48 points
Rivalry notes
- The tracked window runs from 1891 through 2025.
- 111 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
- The latest tracked meeting was Sep 6, 2025.
Related pages
Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.
Rivalry guide
What this rivalry is
Kansas and Missouri have a tracked series that starts in 1891 and spans 121 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.
Indian War Drum; Lamar Hunt Trophy gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.
Series history
- Status
- Active series
- Years
- 1891-2025
- Busiest era
- 1920s, 10 games
- Longest pause
- 13 years (2011-2025)
- 1920s10 games
- 1930s10 games
- 1940s10 games
- 1950s10 games
Biggest games and recent trend
Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.
4 featured games
Latest meeting
2025 - Sep 6, 2025
Kansas 31, Missouri 42. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.
Closest finish
1962 - Nov 24, 1962
Kansas 3, Missouri 3. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.
Highest scoring
1989 - Nov 18, 1989
Kansas 46, Missouri 44. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.
Largest margin
1986 - Nov 22, 1986
Kansas 0, Missouri 48. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.
Recent trend
- Last five
- Kansas 1, Missouri 4 across 5 games
- Last ten
- Kansas 4, Missouri 6 across 10 games
- Scoring profile
- Lower-scoring recent history; average total 34.5, average margin 13.3.
- Current streak
- Missouri 4 games
Players and coaches from recent chapters
Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.
Daniel Hishaw Jr.
Kansas, 2025
Rushing Yards: 587
Emmanuel Henderson Jr.
Kansas, 2025
Receiving Yards: 766
Jalon Daniels
Kansas, 2025
Passing Yards: 2504
Ahmad Hardy
Missouri, 2025
Rushing Yards: 1649
Beau Pribula
Missouri, 2025
Passing Yards: 1946
Kevin Coleman Jr.
Missouri, 2025
Receiving Yards: 732
Coach context
Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.
Gary Pinkel
Missouri - 2008-2011 - 36-17
Turner Gill
Kansas - 2010-2011 - 5-19
Mark Mangino
Kansas - 2008-2009 - 13-12
Lance Leipold
Kansas - 2025 - 0-0
Weather, rankings, and research links
1 recent rivalry game has weather context, average temperature 71F.
Both teams appeared together in a poll snapshot in 2 of the recent tracked rivalry seasons.
Kansas team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Missouri team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Kansas season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Missouri season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Kansas weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Missouri weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Game stats archive
Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.
Rankings
Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.
College football records
National record and history context.
Historical comparison
Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.
Recent rivalry results
The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.
10 most recent tracked games
| Date | Matchup | Score | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2025 | Kansas at Missouri | Kansas 31, Missouri 42 | Memorial Stadium | Missouri |
| Nov 26, 2011 | Missouri at Kansas | Kansas 10, Missouri 24 | Neutral site | Missouri |
| Nov 27, 2010 | Kansas at Missouri | Kansas 7, Missouri 35 | Neutral site | Missouri |
| Nov 28, 2009 | Missouri at Kansas | Kansas 39, Missouri 41 | Neutral site | Missouri |
| Nov 29, 2008 | Kansas at Missouri | Kansas 40, Missouri 37 | Neutral site | Kansas |
| Nov 25, 2007 | Missouri at Kansas | Kansas 28, Missouri 36 | Venue unavailable | Missouri |
| Nov 25, 2006 | Kansas at Missouri | Kansas 17, Missouri 42 | Venue unavailable | Missouri |
| Oct 29, 2005 | Missouri at Kansas | Kansas 13, Missouri 3 | Venue unavailable | Kansas |
| Nov 20, 2004 | Kansas at Missouri | Kansas 31, Missouri 14 | Venue unavailable | Kansas |
| Sep 27, 2003 | Missouri at Kansas | Kansas 35, Missouri 14 | Venue unavailable | Kansas |
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