1893 Missouri Tigers football
WIUFA co-champion
ConferenceWestern Interstate University Football Association
Record4–3 (2–1 WIUFA)
Head coach
CaptainCharles Young
1893 Western Interstate University Football Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Missouri + 2 1 04 3 0
Kansas + 2 1 02 5 0
Nebraska 1 2 03 2 1
Iowa 1 2 03 4 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1893 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Western Interstate University Football Association (WIUFA) during the 1893 college football season. In its first season under head coach Harry Orman Robinson, the team compiled a 4–3 record (2–1 against WIUFA championship) and tied with Kansas for the conference championship.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 14vs. Baker*L 0–28
October 22Denver Athletic Club*
L 0–40
November 6Missouri Valley*Columbia, MOW 76–0
November 113:00 p.m.vs. Nebraska
  • Exposition Park
  • Kansas City, MO (rivalry)
W 30–18[2][3]
November 18at IowaL 12–34[4]
November 25vs. Pastime Athletic Club*St. Louis, MOW 24–12
November 303:00 p.m.vs. Kansas
W 12–44,000–5,000[5][6]

References

  1. "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  2. "Men Of Brawn Will Meet Here". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 11, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved October 4, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Missouri's Men On Edge". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 12, 1893. p. 7. Retrieved October 4, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Kansas And Iowa Winners". Kansas City Times. November 19, 1893. p. 3. Retrieved October 12, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Crown Old Missouri". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. December 1, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved October 4, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "It Is Not A Kansas Year". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. December 1, 1893. p. 6. Retrieved October 4, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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