# Iowa State–Missouri football rivalry

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.
After the 2011 game, Missouri joined the Southeastern Conference, thus putting the rivalry at an indefinite pause.

## Telephone Trophy

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

## 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, 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.
An odd sidelight to the whole affair was that the same event unfolded for Missouri the following season in a game played in Columbia, Missouri. The 1960 game, which took place at Memorial Stadium, had similar problems.

## Game results

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