Rivalry leaderboard
Iowa State-Missouri 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
- 55/100
- Overtime
- 2
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 103
- Series record
- Iowa State 33-61-9 Missouri
- Tracked years
- 1896-2011
- Trophy
- Telephone 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.
- 1972Week 11
Iowa State at Missouri
Iowa State 5, Missouri 6
Winner: Missouri
No. 12 Iowa State vs. No. 19 Missouri · 1-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1976Week 7
Iowa State at Missouri
Iowa State 21, Missouri 17
Winner: Iowa State
No. 16 Iowa State vs. No. 17 Missouri · 4-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
50
Game score
- 2004Week 141OT
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 17, Iowa State 14
Winner: Missouri
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 9/15
41
Game score
- 1939Week 7
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 21, Iowa State 6
Winner: Missouri
No. 8 Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 15-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 1978Week 7
Iowa State at Missouri
Iowa State 13, Missouri 26
Winner: Missouri
Unranked Iowa State vs. No. 13 Missouri · 13-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1984Week 10
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 14, Iowa State 14
Result: Tie
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1982Week 7
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 17, Iowa State 17
Result: Tie
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1966Week 7
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 10, Iowa State 10
Result: Tie
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1950Week 6
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 20, Iowa State 20
Result: Tie
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1944Week 9
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 21, Iowa State 21
Result: Tie
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1935Week 6
Iowa State at Missouri
Iowa State 6, Missouri 6
Result: Tie
Unranked Iowa State vs. Unranked Missouri · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1932Week 6
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 0, Iowa State 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1916Week 6
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 0, Iowa State 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1909Week 6
Iowa State at Missouri
Iowa State 6, Missouri 6
Result: Tie
Unranked Iowa State vs. Unranked Missouri · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1991Week 10
Iowa State at Missouri
Iowa State 23, Missouri 22
Winner: Iowa State
Unranked Iowa State vs. Unranked Missouri · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1985Week 10
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 28, Iowa State 27
Winner: Missouri
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1910Week 6
Iowa State at Missouri
Iowa State 6, Missouri 5
Winner: Iowa State
Unranked Iowa State vs. Unranked Missouri · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1990Week 12
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 25, Iowa State 27
Winner: Iowa State
Unranked Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1923Week 4
Iowa State at Missouri
Iowa State 2, Missouri 0
Winner: Iowa State
Unranked Iowa State vs. Unranked Missouri · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1981Week 7
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 13, Iowa State 34
Winner: Iowa State
No. 8 Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 21-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1973Week 12
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 7, Iowa State 17
Winner: Iowa State
No. 19 Missouri vs. Unranked Iowa State · 10-point margin
Ranking 7/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 2002Week 11
Missouri at Iowa State
Missouri 35, Iowa State 42
Winner: Iowa State
Unranked Missouri vs. No. 22 Iowa State · 7-point margin
Ranking 4/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
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.