Iowa State–Missouri football rivalry

The Iowa State–Missouri football rivalry was an American college football rivalry between the Iowa State Cyclones football team of Iowa State University and Missouri Tigers football team of the University of Missouri. From 1959 onward the Telephone Trophy was awarded to the victorious squad.^[2]

Iowa State–Missouri football rivalry

Iowa State Cyclones Missouri Tigers
First meeting	October 2, 1896 Iowa State, 12–0
Latest meeting	October 15, 2011 Missouri, 52–17
Trophy	Telephone Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total	104
All-time series	Missouri leads, 61–34–9[1]
Largest victory	Missouri, 49–7 (1948)
Longest win streak	Missouri, 10 (1956–1965)
Current win streak	Missouri, 5

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68miles

Missouri

Iowa State

   

Locations of Iowa State and Missouri

After the 2011 game, Missouri joined the Southeastern Conference, thus putting the rivalry at an indefinite pause.

Telephone Trophy

The Telephone Trophy consists of an old rotary telephone that sits atop a tall wooden base. The receiver of the telephone is painted half gold and half red (gold for Missouri and red for Iowa State). A large metal plate on the base of the trophy shows the complete results for each Telephone Trophy game.^[2]

History

Before the 1959 match-up between the two schools, which took place in Ames, Iowa, field testing showed that the telephones the two schools used to communicate with their coaches in the coaches box were wired so that either school could hear what was happening on the other sideline.^[3] The problem was fixed before the game,^[2] but neither of the two coaches knew that.

Northwestern Bell Telephone Company of Ames then decided to have a trophy made to commemorate the incident, and thus the Telephone Trophy was born.^[4][5]

An odd sidelight to the whole affair was that the same event unfolded for Missouri the following season in a game played in Columbia, Missouri. The 1960 game, which took place at Memorial Stadium, had similar problems.^[4][6][7]

Game results

Iowa State victories

Missouri victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 2, 1896 Columbia Iowa Agricultural 12–0 2 October 31, 1908 Columbia Iowa State 16–0 3 October 23, 1909 Ames Tie 6–6 4 October 22, 1910 Columbia Iowa State 6–5 5 October 21, 1911 Ames Iowa State 6–3 6 October 19, 1912 Columbia Iowa State 29–0 7 October 25, 1913 Ames Missouri 21–13 8 October 24, 1914 Columbia Iowa State 6–0 9 October 23, 1915 Ames Iowa State 14–6 10 October 21, 1916 Columbia Tie 0–0 11 October 20, 1917 Ames Iowa State 15–0 12 October 18, 1919 Columbia Missouri 10–0 13 October 16, 1920 Ames Missouri 14–2 14 October 15, 1921 Columbia Missouri 17–14 15 October 14, 1922 Ames Missouri 6–3 16 October 13, 1923 Columbia Iowa State 2–0 17 October 18, 1924 Ames Missouri 7–0 18 October 31, 1925 Columbia Missouri 23–8 19 October 23, 1926 Ames Missouri 7–3 20 November 11, 1927 Ames Missouri 13–6 21 October 20, 1928 Columbia Missouri 28–19 22 October 12, 1929 Ames Missouri 19–0 23 November 8, 1930 Columbia Missouri 14–0 24 October 24, 1931 Ames Iowa State 20–0 25 October 22, 1932 Columbia Tie 0–0 26 October 28, 1933 Ames Iowa State 14–7 27 October 13, 1934 Columbia Iowa State 13–0 28 October 26, 1935 Ames Tie 6–6 29 October 24, 1936 Columbia Missouri 10–0 30 October 30, 1937 Ames Missouri 12–0 31 October 15, 1938 Columbia Iowa State 16–13 32 October 28, 1939 Ames Missouri 21–6 33 October 19, 1940 Columbia Missouri 30–14 34 October 18, 1941 Ames Missouri 39–13 35 October 24, 1942 Columbia Missouri 45–6 36 November 6, 1943 Ames Missouri 25–7 37 October 21, 1944 Columbia Tie 21–21 38 October 13, 1945 Ames Missouri 13–7 39 October 19, 1946 Columbia Missouri 33–13 40 October 25, 1947 Ames #9 Missouri 26–7 41 October 23, 1948 Columbia Missouri 49–7 42 October 22, 1949 Ames #18 Missouri 32–0 43 October 21, 1950 Columbia Tie 20–20 44 October 20, 1951 Ames Iowa State 21–14 45 October 25, 1952 Columbia Missouri 19–0 46 October 17, 1953 Ames Iowa State 13–6 47 October 23, 1954 Columbia Missouri 32–14 48 October 15, 1955 Ames Iowa State 20–14 49 October 27, 1956 Columbia Missouri 34–0 50 October 19, 1957 Ames Missouri 35–13 51 October 25, 1958 Columbia Missouri 14–6 52 October 3, 1959 Ames Missouri 14–0 53 October 22, 1960 Columbia #5 Missouri 34–8 No. Date Location Winner Score 54 October 21, 1961 Ames Missouri 13–7 55 October 27, 1962 Columbia Missouri 21–6 56 October 26, 1963 Ames Missouri 7–0 57 October 24, 1964 Columbia Missouri 10–0 58 October 23, 1965 Ames Missouri 23–7 59 October 22, 1966 Columbia Tie 10–10 60 October 21, 1967 Ames #8 Missouri 23–7 61 November 9, 1968 Columbia Missouri 42–7 62 November 15, 1969 Ames #8 Missouri 40–13 63 November 14, 1970 Columbia Iowa State 31–19 64 November 13, 1971 Ames Iowa State 45–17 65 November 18, 1972 Columbia #19 Missouri 6–5 66 November 17, 1973 Ames Iowa State 17–7 67 November 16, 1974 Columbia Missouri 10–7 68 November 8, 1975 Ames #19 Missouri 44–14 69 October 16, 1976 Columbia Iowa State 21–17 70 October 8, 1977 Ames Iowa State 7–0 71 October 14, 1978 Columbia #19 Missouri 26–13 72 November 10, 1979 Ames Missouri 18–9 73 November 8, 1980 Columbia Missouri 14–10 74 October 17, 1981 Ames Iowa State 34–13 75 October 16, 1982 Columbia Tie 17–17 76 October 29, 1983 Ames Missouri 41–18 77 October 27, 1984 Columbia Tie 14–14 78 November 2, 1985 Ames Missouri 28–27 79 November 1, 1986 Columbia Iowa State 37–14 80 October 17, 1987 Ames Missouri 42–17 81 October 15, 1988 Columbia Iowa State 21–3 82 November 11, 1989 Columbia Iowa State 35–21 83 November 10, 1990 Ames Iowa State 27–25 84 November 2, 1991 Columbia Iowa State 23–22 85 October 31, 1992 Ames Iowa State 28–14 86 October 30, 1993 Columbia Missouri 37–34 87 October 29, 1994 Ames Missouri 34–20 88 November 18, 1995 Columbia Missouri 45–31 89 September 28, 1996 Ames Iowa State 45–31 90 October 4, 1997 Columbia Missouri 45–21 91 October 10, 1998 Ames #21 Missouri 35–19 92 October 16, 1999 Columbia Iowa State 24–21 93 October 28, 2000 Ames Iowa State 39–20 94 October 13, 2001 Columbia Iowa State 20–14 95 November 2, 2002 Ames #22 Iowa State 42–35 96 November 29, 2003 Columbia Missouri 45–7 97 November 27, 2004 Ames Missouri 17–14 98 October 15, 2005 Columbia Missouri 27–24 99 November 18, 2006 Ames Iowa State 21–16 100 October 27, 2007 Columbia #13 Missouri 42–28 101 November 15, 2008 Ames #11 Missouri 52–20 102 November 21, 2009 Columbia Missouri 34–24 103 November 20, 2010 Ames #15 Missouri 14–0 104 October 15, 2011 Columbia Missouri 52–17 Series: Missouri leads 61–34–9[1]

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• List of most-played college football series in NCAA Division I