Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 12 | Army* | | | W 24–10 | 60,033 | |
September 19 | Rice* | | | W 42–10 | 57,112 | |
September 26 | Louisville* | | | W 34–3 | 57,448 | |
October 3 | at No. 9 Mississippi State* | | | W 14–3 | 40,776 | [1] |
October 10 | Kansas State | No. 13 | | W 58–13 | 61,012 | |
October 17 | at Iowa State | No. 8 | | L 13–34 | 53,220 | |
October 24 | No. 15 Nebraska | No. 19 | | L 0–6 | 72,001 | |
October 31 | Oklahoma State | | | L 12–16 | 57,541 | |
November 7 | at Colorado | | | W 30–14 | 35,782 | |
November 14 | No. 15 Oklahoma | | | W 19–14 | 67,364 | |
November 21 | at Kansas | | | L 11–19 | 47,500 | |
December 19 | vs. No. 18 Southern Miss* | | | W 19–17 | 50,045 | [2] |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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[3]
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Oklahoma |
7 |
0 | 0 | 7 |
14 |
• Missouri |
3 |
10 | 6 | 0 |
19 |
- Date: November 14
- Location: Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | MIZZ | Lucchesi 24 yard field goal | Missouri 3-0 |
| 1 | | OKLA | Shepard 14 yard run (Keeling kick) | Oklahoma 7-3 |
| 2 | | MIZZ | Perry 1 yard run (Lucchesi kick) | Missouri 10-7 |
| 2 | | MIZZ | Lucchesi 23 yard field goal | Missouri 13-7 |
| 3 | | MIZZ | Meyer 19 yard run (kick failed) | Missouri 19-7 |
| 4 | | OKLA | Sewell 46 yard pass from Shepard (Keeling kick) | Missouri 19-14 |
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Missouri's first win versus Oklahoma since 1969.[4]
1981 Missouri Tigers football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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