1936 Missouri Tigers football team

The 1936 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1936 college football season. The team compiled a 6–2–1 record (3–1–1 against Big 6 opponents), finished in second place in the Big 6, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 107 to 74. Don Faurot was the head coach for the second of 19 seasons.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

1936 Missouri Tigers football
Conference	Big Six Conference
Record	6–2–1 (3–1–1 Big 6)
Head coach	Don Faurot (2nd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Big Six Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Nebraska $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Missouri	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	1	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Oklahoma	1	–	2	–	2			3	–	3	–	3
Iowa State	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	3	–	2
Kansas	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The team's leading scorer was Jack Frye with 36 points.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Southeast Missouri State Teachers*	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 20–0
October 10	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	T 7–7
October 17	at Michigan State*	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	L 0–13	15,000	[4]
October 24	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry)	W 10–0	8,642
October 31	at No. 11 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 0–20
November 7	at Saint Louis*	Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 13–7
November 14	at Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)	W 21–14
November 21	Washington University*	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 17–10
November 26	Kansas	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry)	W 19–3
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game