1902 Missouri Tigers football team

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1902 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainThomas M. Ellis
Home stadium Rollins Field
Seasons
  1901
1903  
1902 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
South Dakota   10 0 0
Nebraska   9 0 0
North Dakota Agricultural   4 0 0
Central Michigan   4 0 0
Ohio Medical   9 1 0
Marquette   6 1 1
Knox   9 2 0
Northern Illinois State   5 1 1
Haskell   8 2 1
Notre Dame   6 2 1
Drake   5 2 1
Mount Union   6 3 0
Iowa State   6 3 1
Carthage   2 1 1
Cincinnati   4 2 2
Missouri   5 3 0
Miami (OH)   5 3 1
Kansas   6 4 0
Fairmount   4 3 1
Detroit College   3 3 0
Lake Forest   4 4 1
Michigan Agricultural   4 5 0
Wittenberg   3 4 2
Washburn   3 4 0
Doane   2 3 0
Heidelberg   3 5 1
Wabash   2 4 2
Buchtel   2 5 0
Washington University   2 6 1
Butler   1 3 0
Kansas State   2 6 0
Michigan State Normal   1 5 1
Iowa State Normal   1 6 1
Ohio   0 5 1

The 1902 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as an independent during the 1902 college football season. The team compiled a 5-3 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 99 to 80. Pat O'Dea was the head coach for the first and only season. [1] [2] The team played its home games at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 11 Simpson W 11–6
October 183:00 p.m.vs. Haskell L 0–40 [3] [4]
October 254:00 p.m.vs. Nebraska
L 0–122,000 [5] [6]
November 1 Washburn
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
W 28–0
November 83:00 p.m.at Washington University W 27–0 [7] [8]
November 12 Oklahoma
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
W 22–5 [9]
November 20at Iowa W 6–0 [10]
November 272:30 p.m.vs. Kansas
  • Sportsman's Park
  • Kansas City, MO (rivalry)
L 5–1710,000 [11] [12]

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References

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