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Border War Greatest Games

The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games: 25
Top score: 74/100
Overtime: 0

Series context

Completed meetings: 111
Series record: Kansas 48-55-8 Missouri
Tracked years: 1891-2025
Trophy: Indian War Drum; Lamar Hunt Trophy

Series ranking

The rivalry's top 25 games

9 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

2007Week 13
Missouri at Kansas
Missouri 36, Kansas 28
Winner: Missouri
No. 3 Missouri vs. No. 2 Kansas · 8-point margin
Ranking 47/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
74
Game score
1968Week 11
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 21, Missouri 19
Winner: Kansas
No. 7 Kansas vs. No. 13 Missouri · 2-point margin
Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
65
Game score
1960Week 11
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 23, Missouri 7
Winner: Kansas
No. 10 Kansas vs. No. 5 Missouri · 16-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
1973Week 13
Missouri at Kansas
Missouri 13, Kansas 14
Winner: Kansas
No. 20 Missouri vs. No. 17 Kansas · 1-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
49
Game score
1961Week 11
Missouri at Kansas
Missouri 10, Kansas 7
Winner: Missouri
No. 10 Missouri vs. Unranked Kansas · 3-point margin
Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
2008Week 14Neutral site
Kansas vs. Missouri
Kansas 40, Missouri 37
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Kansas vs. No. 12 Missouri · 3-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
1959Week 11
Missouri at Kansas
Missouri 13, Kansas 9
Winner: Missouri
No. 18 Missouri vs. Unranked Kansas · 4-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
1962Week 11
Missouri at Kansas
Missouri 3, Kansas 3
Result: Tie
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Kansas · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1958Week 11
Missouri at Kansas
Missouri 13, Kansas 13
Result: Tie
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Kansas · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1937Week 11
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 0, Missouri 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Missouri · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1935Week 11
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 0, Missouri 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Missouri · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1923Week 11
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 3, Missouri 3
Result: Tie
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Missouri · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1911Week 10
Missouri at Kansas
Missouri 3, Kansas 3
Result: Tie
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Kansas · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1910Week 11
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 5, Missouri 5
Result: Tie
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Missouri · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1906Week 11
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 0, Missouri 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Missouri · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
1972Week 12
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 28, Missouri 17
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Kansas vs. No. 16 Missouri · 11-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
1992Week 13
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 17, Missouri 22
Winner: Missouri
No. 22 Kansas vs. Unranked Missouri · 5-point margin
Ranking 4/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
1952Week 11
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 19, Missouri 20
Winner: Missouri
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Missouri · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
1946Week 12
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 20, Missouri 19
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Missouri · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
1943Week 11
Missouri at Kansas
Missouri 6, Kansas 7
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Kansas · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
2009Week 13Neutral site
Missouri vs. Kansas
Missouri 41, Kansas 39
Winner: Missouri
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Kansas · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
1989Week 12
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas 46, Missouri 44
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Kansas vs. Unranked Missouri · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
1977Week 12
Missouri at Kansas
Missouri 22, Kansas 24
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Kansas · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
1963Week 12
Missouri at Kansas
Missouri 9, Kansas 7
Winner: Missouri
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Kansas · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
1957Week 11
Missouri at Kansas
Missouri 7, Kansas 9
Winner: Kansas
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Kansas · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.