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Border War Football Upsets
Posted on: July 27, 2025 at 09:06:55 CT
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One aspect of the rivalry history that is hopefully firmly in the awareness of Drinkwitz and the coaching staff is the propensity for upsets, which was established early in the MU-KU rivalry and has continued on through the decades.
Following a 7-0 MU upset of KU in 1929, a reporter made the following observation. “There were plenty of the old timers, football players, too, on the hill last night when the rallies were taking place who had an inkling of what might happen today. They were old enough and had seen frequent enough upsets when the Tiger and Jayhawker clashed, to know that no good would come out of the "sure thing" attitude displayed' on the campus. It has been a Missouri Valley byword for years and years, ever since Tiger and Jayhawker first clashed, that sureness was the thing to be avoided.”
From an article handicapping the 1937 game: “As a rule all one has to do is pick the underdog team and be pretty sure of being right.”
The propensity for upsets did not die with the split-up of the Missouri Valley, the creation of the Big Six, or the expansion to the Big Eight. A newspaper article previewing the 1963 rivalry game highlighted the fact that neither home field advantage nor betting favorites meant much:
“A Jack Mitchell-coached team has not defeated Missouri in (KU’s) Memorial Stadium. By the same token, a Dan Devine-coached team has not defeated Kansas in Columbia, although they have gained a pair of ties since their personal warfare started in 1958…
Five times in the past 11 years, the KU-MU games decisive play came in the last minute. Two other times it was decided in the last four minutes. Both (current head) coaches took over in 1958 and since that time, the favorite has never won.”
And if those are not lesson enough, then came the Onofrio years…
One aspect of the rivalry history that is hopefully firmly in the awareness of Drinkwitz and the coaching staff is the propensity for upsets, which was established early in the MU-KU rivalry and has continued on through the decades.
Following a 7-0 MU upset of KU in 1929, a reporter made the following observation. “There were plenty of the old timers, football players, too, on the hill last night when the rallies were taking place who had an inkling of what might happen today. They were old enough and had seen frequent enough upsets when the Tiger and Jayhawker clashed, to know that no good would come out of the "sure thing" attitude displayed' on the campus. It has been a Missouri Valley byword for years and years, ever since Tiger and Jayhawker first clashed, that sureness was the thing to be avoided.”
From an article handicapping the 1937 game: “As a rule all one has to do is pick the underdog team and be pretty sure of being right.”
The propensity for upsets did not die with the split-up of the Missouri Valley, the creation of the Big Six, or the expansion to the Big Eight. A newspaper article previewing the 1963 rivalry game highlighted the fact that neither home field advantage nor betting favorites meant much:
“A Jack Mitchell-coached team has not defeated Missouri in (KU’s) Memorial Stadium. By the same token, a Dan Devine-coached team has not defeated Kansas in Columbia, although they have gained a pair of ties since their personal warfare started in 1958…
Five times in the past 11 years, the KU-MU games decisive play came in the last minute. Two other times it was decided in the last four minutes. Both (current head) coaches took over in 1958 and since that time, the favorite has never won.”
And if those are not lesson enough, then came the Onofrio years…
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