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Throughout college football, there have been many programs riddled by unlucky moments but I found it interesting just how many controversial games Missouri has been a part of that has either prevented them from winning a national championship or prevented them from upsetting a future national champion:
Kansas’s ineligible player ruins Missouri’s best national championship opportunity
1960 vs Kansas: In 1960 Missouri was undefeated and closing in on a perfect season where they could’ve won their first national championship but get blown out by Kansas. This caused the title to instead be split by Ole Miss and Minnesota with Missouri missing out on their first national championship. However, it turns out that Kansas was fielding an ineligible player which would’ve resulted in Missouri being given the win that game. In other words, Missouri should’ve had a perfect season and would’ve likely won the national championship but didn’t because of Kansas’s ineligible player.
Colorado gets a 5th down against Missouri resulting in them eventually winning the national championship
1990 vs Colorado: Missouri is again a part of another legacy game being the team capable of ruining Colorado’s national championship season. However, with a 31-27 lead near the end of the game Colorado is awarded a fifth down allowing them to have an extra play in what would’ve likely been a Missouri win had they not been awarded an extra down. As usual, Colorado would convert for a touchdown and win the game 33-31 with Missouri once again being the losers of a controversial game.
Nebraska gets bailed out by a flea kicker play against Missouri which results in them eventually winning a national championship
1997 vs Nebraska: Missouri once again finds themselves being on the verge of upsetting another national champion taking Nebraska. Near the end of regulation Nebraska was able to tie the game due to Shevin Wiggins kicking the ball into the end zone where Nebraska was able to secure the touchdown. This play was so close that Missouri fans had actually rushed the field with the belief that they had upset the best team in the nation only for it to be determined by officials that Wiggins kick was unintentional meaning no penalty was given to Nebraska and the game would go to overtime where Nebraska would win. However, Wiggins would later admit he did intentionally kick the ball which means Nebraska should’ve gotten a penalty resulting in Missouri once again being on the losing side of a controversial and iconic football game.
Missouri gets their best title shot in 47 years but because the big 12 championship was invented they had to play the only team they’d lost to all year.
2007 vs Oklahoma: Finally, after years of being on the verge of upsetting a future national champion, Missouri was instead the national champion hopeful with a record of 11-1 coming off a win over number 2 Kansas and being ranked number 1. However unlike their opportunity in 1960 to win a title, they now had to compete in the big 12 championship to make the BCS national championship and their opponent was the only team that had beaten them all year in number 9 Oklahoma. And like usual, even though Missouri had the advantage of Oklahoma having to beat a team twice in one season, they would still lose 17 to 38 losing their best national title shot in 47 years.