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Conference Years Independent 1927-1942, 1945-1948, 1957-1964 Missouri Valley 1949-1956 Date Last Ranked: #17 on 10/28/1940 Legend Overall : record in all games Home : record in games considered to be home (details) Away : record in games considered to be away (details) OT : record in overtime games Conf : record in conference games LT 7 : record in games decided by 7 points or less GT 21 : record in games deceded by 21 points or more Ranked : record in games against ranked (AP Poll) opponents Bowl : record in bowl games (or bowl result in the year breakdown) WS : longest winning streak LS : longest losing streak AP Rk : final AP rank Last game: result from the most recent game All results are only for games played by this team when they were considered to be major or Division I-A Team pages can be viewed for current Division I-A teams and teams with 50 or more games played Vs. Former Overall Home Away OT LT 7 GT 21 Ranked Bowl Conference Opponent W L T W L T W L T W L W L W L W L T W L T WS LS Last Game Bradley 1- 0-0 0- 0-0 1- 0-0 0-0 1- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 W 7-6, 11/03/1951 Drake 4- 2-0 4- 1-0 0- 1-0 0-0 2- 0 2- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 3 1 L 13-26, 11/10/1956 Houston 0- 7-0 0- 3-0 0- 4-0 0-0 0- 2 0- 3 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 7 L 18-55, 11/02/1963 Oklahoma State 7- 6-0 5- 3-0 2- 3-0 0-0 5- 0 1- 1 0- 0-0 0-0-0 3 2 L 7-25, 11/17/1956 St. Louis 5- 0-0 3- 0-0 2- 0-0 0-0 0- 0 2- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 5 0 W 31-14, 11/13/1949 Tulsa 8- 6-1 4- 3-0 4- 3-1 0-0 4- 2 2- 1 1- 0-0 0-0-0 3 2 L 6-21, 10/24/1959 Wichita State 6- 4-0 2- 1-0 4- 3-0 0-0 1- 2 3- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 3 1 L 7-8, 10/17/1964 Overall Home Away OT LT 7 GT 21 Ranked Bowl Vs. Non-Conference Opponent W L T W L T W L T W L W L W L W L T W L T WS LS Last Game Air Force 0- 2-0 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 L 6-37, 09/26/1958 Arizona State 0- 2-0 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 0-0 0- 0 0- 2 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 L 6-40, 11/18/1961 Arkansas 0- 2-0 0- 2-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 2 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 L 7-14, 11/21/1942 Army 0- 2-0 0- 0-0 0- 2-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 L 7-34, 11/04/1961 Auburn 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 0-6, 10/17/1936 Boston College 5-12-0 2- 6-0 3- 6-0 0-0 3- 5 0- 3 0- 0-0 0-0-0 2 4 L 9-17, 11/21/1964 Bowling Green 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0- 1-0 0-0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 14-27, 09/21/1963 Bucknell 2- 0-0 2- 0-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 0 2- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 W 33-7, 11/07/1936 Carnegie Tech 1- 0-0 0- 0-0 1- 0-0 0-0 1- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 W 12-7, 11/19/1927 Cincinnati 3- 5-1 2- 2-0 1- 3-1 0-0 1- 1 0- 2 0- 0-0 0-0-0 2 2 L 0-19, 10/02/1964 Creighton 3- 0-0 0- 0-0 3- 0-0 0-0 1- 0 2- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 W 28-0, 11/23/1941 Dayton 5- 3-1 3- 1-0 2- 2-1 0-0 0- 1 1- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 4 2 W 21-6, 10/23/1964 Denver 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0- 1-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 27-30, 11/06/1948 Duquesne 3- 5-1 3- 1-0 0- 4-1 0-0 1- 2 2- 0 0- 0-1 0-0-0 2 3 W 47-14, 11/12/1950 Fordham 2- 3-0 0- 2-0 1- 1-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 L 7-21, 10/02/1953 George Washington 2- 0-0 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 0-0 0- 0 1- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 W 38-6, 09/18/1959 Georgetown 6- 0-0 4- 0-0 2- 0-0 0-0 3- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 6 0 W 6-0, 10/24/1942 Gonzaga 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0- 1-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 7-13, 11/16/1940 Grinnell 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 0 1- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 W 47-6, 10/10/1930 Holy Cross 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0- 1-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 14-16, 10/05/1946 Indiana 1- 0-0 0- 0-0 1- 0-0 0-0 1- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 W 14-7, 09/27/1941 Iowa 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 3-7, 11/01/1930 Iowa State 1- 1-0 1- 1-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 L 21-44, 09/23/1960 Kentucky 0- 4-0 0- 2-0 0- 2-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 4 L 6-13, 09/19/1964 Manhattan 5- 1-0 2- 0-0 3- 1-0 0-0 1- 1 1- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 4 1 W 21-7, 10/16/1942 Marquette 12-10-3 9- 4-1 3- 6-2 0-0 4- 2 1- 1 0- 0-0 0-0-0 6 6 W 32-12, 11/04/1960 Memphis State 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0- 1-0 0-0 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 8-33, 11/24/1962 Miami (Florida) 0- 4-0 0- 2-0 0- 2-0 0-0 0- 2 0- 1 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 4 L 7-10, 10/30/1964 Michigan State 5- 3-1 3- 0-0 2- 3-1 0-0 1- 2 2- 1 0- 1-0 0-0-0 3 2 L 15-43, 11/19/1960 Mississippi State 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0- 1-0 0-0 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 6-41, 10/13/1945 Navy 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 19-37, 10/20/1961 Nevada 1- 0-0 0- 0-0 1- 0-0 0-0 0- 0 1- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 W 38-6, 11/08/1947 New Mexico State 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 14-21, 10/05/1962 North Carolina State 2- 0-0 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 0-0 1- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 W 21-6, 10/21/1939 Notre Dame 0- 2-0 0- 2-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1-0 0-0-0 0 2 L 6-40, 10/05/1951 Oklahoma 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 20-24, 09/26/1947 Oregon State 1- 1-0 1- 1-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 W 14-6, 11/24/1932 Purdue 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0- 1-0 0-0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 6-19, 09/24/1938 San Francisco 2- 2-0 1- 1-0 1- 1-0 0-0 0- 0 1- 2 0- 0-0 0-0-0 2 2 L 13-35, 11/26/1950 Santa Clara 1- 0-0 0- 0-0 1- 0-0 0-0 1- 0 0- 0 1- 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 W 7-6, 11/27/1938 South Carolina 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 13-26, 11/17/1962 St. Marys 1- 1-0 1- 0-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 W 19-6, 11/01/1947 Texas Christian 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 0- 0-0 0-0 1- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 W 3-0, 11/09/1940 Texas Tech 2- 0-0 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 0-0 1- 0 1- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 W 34-0, 10/09/1937 Toledo 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 W 22-6, 09/25/1964 Tulane 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0- 1-0 0-0 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 L 0-25, 10/09/1959 Villanova 12-18-2 8- 8-1 4-10-1 0-0 3- 9 2- 3 0- 3-0 0-0-0 3 5 L 0-34, 10/10/1964 Virginia Military Institute 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 0 1- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 W 28-7, 11/06/1964 Washington & Jefferson 3- 0-0 3- 0-0 0- 0-0 0-0 1- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 W 12-0, 10/12/1934 Washington State 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 0- 0-0 0-0 1- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 W 6-0, 12/01/1934 West Virginia 4- 0-0 3- 0-0 1- 0-0 0-0 1- 0 2- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 4 0 W 26-13, 10/21/1932 Xavier 3- 2-0 2- 0-0 1- 2-0 0-0 1- 1 1- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 2 1 L 27-38, 11/14/1964 Division I-AA/Minor Teams 72- 8-0 51- 5-0 11- 3-0 0-0 6- 6 44- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 23 2 W 20-7, 09/27/1963 Overall Home Away OT Conf LT 7 GT 21 Ranked As a Ranked Team (AP Poll) W L T W L T W L T W L W L T W L W L W L T WS LS Ranked #11-#25 0- 2- 0 0- 2-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 0- 0 0- 2 0- 0 0- 1- 0 0 2 Ranked #1-#25 0- 2- 0 0- 2-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 0- 0 0- 2 0- 0 0- 1- 0 0 2 Overall Home Away OT Conf LT 7 GT 21 Vs. Ranked Opponent (AP Poll) W L T W L T W L T W L W L T W L W L WS LS Ranked #5 0- 1- 0 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0-0 0- 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0 1 Ranked #6-#10 0- 0- 1 0- 0-0 0- 0-1 0-0 0- 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 Ranked #11-#25 2- 5- 0 1- 2-0 1- 3-0 0-0 0- 0- 0 2- 2 0- 2 1 2 Ranked #1-#25 2- 6- 1 1- 3-0 1- 3-1 0-0 0- 0- 0 2- 2 0- 3 1 3 Overall Home Away OT Conf LT 7 GT 21 Ranked AP Year W L T W L T W L T W L W L T W L W L W L T WS LS Rk Bowl 1927 7- 2-0 4- 1-0 3- 1-0 0-0 0-0-0 1-1 5-0 0-0-0 6 2 1928 9- 0-0 5- 0-0 4- 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2-0 5-0 0-0-0 9 0 1929 7- 1-1 3- 1-0 4- 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1-1 2-0 0-0-0 4 1 1930 5- 3-2 5- 2-0 0- 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 0-3 4-0 0-0-0 4 2 1931 7- 2-1 6- 1-1 1- 1-0 0-0 0-0-0 4-0 1-1 0-0-0 5 1 1932 8- 2-0 6- 0-0 2- 2-0 0-0 0-0-0 3-2 0-0 0-0-0 4 1 1933 7- 1-0 6- 0-0 1- 1-0 0-0 0-0-0 0-0 4-0 0-0-0 4 1 1934 5- 3-1 4- 2-0 1- 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 2-1 1-0 0-0-0 3 3 1935 6- 3-0 5- 1-0 1- 2-0 0-0 0-0-0 2-3 3-0 0-0-0 3 1 1936 7- 3-0 4- 2-0 3- 1-0 0-0 0-0-0 2-3 3-0 0-0-0 4 1 1937 7- 3-0 4- 1-0 3- 2-0 0-0 0-0-0 0-3 5-0 0-1-0 5 2 1938 6- 4-0 4- 0-0 2- 4-0 0-0 0-0-0 3-2 3-0 1-1-0 4 3 1939 5- 3-1 4- 2-0 1- 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0-3 1-0 0-0-1 2 2 1940 7- 2-0 4- 1-0 2- 1-0 0-0 0-0-0 2-2 2-0 0-0-0 5 1 1941 7- 2-0 3- 1-0 3- 1-0 0-0 0-0-0 3-2 3-0 0-0-0 4 1 1942 5- 4-0 3- 2-0 1- 1-0 0-0 0-0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0-0 4 3 1945 6- 3-0 5- 0-0 0- 3-0 0-0 0-0-0 1-0 3-1 0-1-0 3 2 1946 6- 4-0 3- 2-0 2- 2-0 0-0 0-0-0 1-2 2-0 1-0-0 4 2 1947 6- 4-0 4- 1-0 1- 3-0 0-0 0-0-0 0-2 4-1 0-0-0 4 2 1948 6- 3-0 3- 2-0 2- 1-0 0-0 0-0-0 1-2 3-1 0-0-0 3 2 1949 5- 4-0 3- 2-0 1- 2-0 0-0 4-0-0 2-0 2-3 0-0-0 2 3 1950 6- 3-1 4- 2-0 1- 1-1 0-0 2-1-1 2-0 3-1 0-0-0 4 2 1951 4- 7-0 1- 3-0 3- 4-0 0-0 2-4-0 4-0 0-2 0-1-0 1 3 1952 3- 6-0 2- 4-0 0- 2-0 0-0 1-3-0 0-1 1-1 0-1-0 1 3 1953 6- 4-0 2- 2-0 3- 2-0 0-0 3-1-0 1-1 4-0 0-0-0 2 2 1954 2- 7-0 2- 4-0 0- 3-0 0-0 1-3-0 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 2 4 1955 5- 3-1 3- 2-0 2- 1-1 0-0 3-1-0 3-2 1-1 0-0-0 3 2 1956 2- 8-0 2- 3-0 0- 5-0 0-0 0-4-0 1-3 0-2 0-0-0 1 5 1957 6- 3-0 4- 1-0 2- 2-0 0-0 0-0-0 0-2 2-0 0-0-0 3 1 1958 4- 4-1 3- 2-1 1- 2-0 0-0 0-0-0 0-1 1-3 0-0-0 1 1 1959 6- 4-0 2- 2-0 4- 2-0 0-0 0-0-0 0-0 3-2 0-0-0 3 2 1960 7- 2-0 4- 1-0 3- 1-0 0-0 0-0-0 2-0 1-2 0-1-0 7 1 1961 5- 4-0 4- 1-0 1- 3-0 0-0 0-0-0 1-1 2-2 0-0-0 3 2 1962 1- 8-0 1- 4-0 0- 4-0 0-0 0-0-0 1-3 0-2 0-0-0 1 6 1963 2- 6-1 2- 2-0 0- 4-1 0-0 0-0-0 1-0 0-2 0-0-0 1 3 1964 3- 7-0 3- 2-0 0- 5-0 0-0 0-0-0 0-3 1-1 0-0-0 1 3 Overall Home Away OT Conf LT 7 GT 21 Ranked Bowl Decade W L T W L T W L T W L W L T W L W L W L T W L T WS LS 1920 23- 3- 1 12- 2-0 11- 1-1 0-0 0- 0-0 4- 2 12- 0 0- 0-0 0-0-0 19 2 1930 63-27- 5 48-11-1 15-16-4 0-0 0- 0-0 16-20 25- 1 1- 2-1 0-0-0 7 3 1940 48-26- 0 28-11-0 12-14-0 0-0 4- 0-0 11-12 20- 7 1- 1-0 0-0-0 5 3 1950 44-49- 3 25-25-1 16-24-2 0-0 12-17-1 11-12 15-12 0- 2-0 0-0-0 4 5 1960 18-27- 1 14-10-0 4-17-1 0-0 0- 0-0 5- 7 4- 9 0- 1-0 0-0-0 7 8 Overall Home Away OT LT 7 GT 21 Ranked Bowl Vs. Conference W L T W L T W L T W L W L W L W L T W L T WS LS Atlantic Coast 0- 1- 0 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 0-0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0- 0-0 0 1 Big 10 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 0 0-0 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0 1 Big 6 1- 1- 0 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 0-0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0- 0-0 1 1 Big 8 0- 1- 0 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 0-0 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0-0 0- 0-0 0 1 Border 2- 2- 0 1- 1- 0 1- 1- 0 0-0 1- 0 1- 2 0- 0-0 0- 0-0 2 2 Independent 73- 78- 8 46- 32- 2 26- 45- 6 0-0 21- 32 17- 17 1- 4-1 0- 0-0 9 9 Mid American 1- 1- 0 1- 0- 0 0- 1- 0 0-0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0-0 0- 0-0 1 1 Missouri Valley 38- 26- 2 21- 11- 0 17- 15- 2 0-0 15- 7 12- 5 1- 0-0 0- 0-0 6 4 Pacific Coast 2- 1- 0 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 0-0 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0- 0-0 2 1 Skyline 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 0 0-0 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0- 0-0 0 1 Southeastern 0- 7- 0 0- 3- 0 0- 4- 0 0-0 0- 2 0- 3 0- 1-0 0- 0-0 0 7 Southern 5- 0- 0 3- 0- 0 2- 0- 0 0-0 1- 0 2- 0 0- 0-0 0- 0-0 5 0 Southwest 1- 2- 0 1- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 0-0 1- 2 0- 0 0- 0-0 0- 0-0 1 2 Western 1- 2- 0 0- 1- 0 1- 1- 0 0-0 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0-0 0- 0-0 1 2
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