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Iowa State–Missouri football rivalry
First contested1896
Iowa State 12, Missouri 0
Number of meetings104
Most recent meeting2011
Missouri 52, Iowa State 17
All-time seriesMissouri leads, 61–34–9
Largest victoryMissouri, 49–7 (1948)
Longest win streakMissouri, 10 (1956–65)
Current streakMissouri, 5

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.[1]

After the 2011 game, Missouri joined the Southeastern Conference, thus ending the rivalry.

Telephone Trophy[]

The Telephone Trophy consists of an old rotary telephone that sits atop a tall wooden base.[2] 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.[1]

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. The problem was fixed before the game,[1] 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.[3][4]

An odd sidelight to the whole affair was that the same thing happened to Missouri the following year in a game played in Columbia, Missouri. The 1960 season game, which took place at Memorial Stadium, had similar problems.[3][5][6]

Game results[]

Iowa State victoriesMissouri victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 1896 Columbia Iowa Agricultural 12–0
2 1908 Columbia Iowa State 16–0
3 1909 Ames Tie6–6
4 1910 Columbia Iowa State 6–5
5 1911 Ames Iowa State 6–3
6 1912 Columbia Iowa State 29–0
7 1913 Ames Missouri 21–13
8 1914 Columbia Iowa State 6–0
9 1915 Ames Iowa State 14–6
10 1916 Columbia Tie0–0
11 1917 Ames Iowa State 15–0
12 1919 Columbia Missouri 10–0
13 1920 Ames Missouri 14–2
14 1921 Columbia Missouri 17–14
15 1922 Ames Missouri 6–3
16 1923 Columbia Iowa State 2–0
17 1924 Ames Missouri 7–0
18 1925 Columbia Missouri 23–8
19 1926 Ames Missouri 7–3
20 1927 Ames Missouri 13–6
21 1928 Columbia Missouri 28–19
22 1929 Ames Missouri 19–0
23 1930 Columbia Missouri 14–0
24 1931 Ames Iowa State 20–0
25 1932 Columbia Tie0–0
26 1933 Ames Iowa State 14–7
27 1934 Columbia Iowa State 13–0
28 1935 Columbia Tie6–6
29 1936 Columbia Missouri 10–0
30 1937 Ames Missouri 12–0
31 1938 Columbia Iowa State 16–13
32 1939 Ames Missouri 21–6
33 1940 Columbia Missouri 30–14
34 1941 Ames Missouri 39–13
35 1942 Columbia Missouri 45–6
36 1943 Ames Missouri 25–7
37 1944 Columbia Tie21–21
38 1945 Ames Missouri 13–7
39 1946 Columbia Missouri 33–13
40 1947 Ames #9 Missouri 26–7
41 1948 Columbia Missouri 49–7
42 1949 Ames #18 Missouri 32–0
43 1950 Columbia Tie20–20
44 1951 Ames Iowa State 21–14
45 1952 Columbia Missouri 19–0
46 1953 Ames Iowa State 13–6
47 1954 Columbia Missouri 32–14
48 1955 Ames Iowa State 20–14
49 1956 Columbia Missouri 34–0
50 1957 Ames Missouri 35–13
51 1958 Ames Missouri 14–6
52 1959 Ames Missouri 14–0
53 1960 Columbia #5 Missouri 34–8
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
54 1961 Ames Missouri 13–7
55 1962 Columbia Missouri 21–6
56 1963 Ames Missouri 7–0
57 1964 Columbia Missouri 10–0
58 1965 Ames Missouri 23–7
59 1966 Columbia Tie10–10
60 1967 Ames #8 Missouri 23–7
61 1968 Columbia Missouri 42–7
62 1969 Ames #8 Missouri 40–13
63 1970 Columbia Iowa State 31–19
64 1971 Ames Iowa State 45–17
65 1972 Columbia #19 Missouri 6–5
66 1973 Ames Iowa State 17–7
67 1974 Columbia Missouri 10–7
68 1975 Ames #19 Missouri 44–14
69 1976 Columbia Iowa State 21–17
70 1977 Ames Iowa State 7–0
71 1978 Columbia #19 Missouri 26–13
72 1979 Ames Missouri 18–9
73 1980 Columbia Missouri 14–10
74 1981 Ames Iowa State 34–13
75 1982 Columbia Tie17–17
76 1983 Ames Missouri 41–18
77 1984 Columbia Tie14–14
78 1985 Ames Missouri 28–27
79 1986 Columbia Iowa State 37–14
80 1987 Ames Missouri 42–17
81 1988 Columbia Iowa State 21–3
82 1989 Columbia Iowa State 35–21
83 1990 Ames Iowa State 27–25
84 1991 Columbia Iowa State 23–22
85 1992 Ames Iowa State 28–14
86 1993 Columbia Missouri 37–34
87 1994 Ames Missouri 34–20
88 1995 Columbia Missouri 45–31
89 1996 Ames Iowa State 45–31
90 1997 Columbia Missouri 45–21
91 1998 Ames #21 Missouri 35–19
92 1999 Columbia Iowa State 24–21
93 2000 Ames Iowa State 39–20
94 2001 Columbia Iowa State 20–14
95 2002 Ames #22 Iowa State 42–35
96 2003 Columbia Missouri 45–7
97 2004 Ames Missouri 17–14
98 2005 Columbia Missouri 27–24
99 2006 Ames Iowa State 21–16
100 2007 Columbia #13 Missouri 42–28
101 2008 Ames #11 Missouri 52–20
102 2009 Columbia Missouri 34–24
103 2010 Ames #15 Missouri 14–0
104 2011 Columbia Missouri 52–17
Series: Missouri leads 61–34–9

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