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The University of Missouri

Location: Columbia, MO

Nickname: Tigers

Type of School: Public Land Grant Research University

Mascot: “Truman” the Tiger

Total student body: 31,543 (Fall 2024)

University Established: 1839

Football Stadium: Faurot Field @ Memorial Stadium

Capacity: 62,621

Team Colors: Old Gold and Black

Mizzou Annual Opponents 2026-2029

Arkansas Razorbacks – Arkansas and Mizzou first played football against one another in 1906, but didn’t play each other very often afterward. Only 16 times total in the subsequent 119 years, however, rivalries don’t have to go back a long way to be intense. This one has a lot of deep seeded geopolitical and historical ideological undertones that makes “The Battle Line” rivalry newly special. 

The schools play for the “Battle Line ” trophy which stands over 4 feet tall and was made of 180 lbs. of solid silver at a cost of nearly $20,000. Interestingly, it was designed by Arkansas alum, David Bazzel, who also designed the “Golden Boot” trophy fought over annually by Arkansas and LSU. 

So far, Missouri has had the better of this rivalry, winning 12 of the 16 games played to date. This year’s edition will be played on the final Saturday of the season, when it belongs, November 29, 2025 in Fayetteville, AR.

Oklahoma Sooners – The rivalry between Missouri and Oklahoma isn’t a typical SEC rivalry. This one originated in 1902. It was played annually from 1910-1995 only missing 1918 due to World War I. In 1995, the two schools joined the Big 12, but in different divisions. This created a scheduling anomaly. The teams played a home-and-home series with two years in between each series (1998–99, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2010–11).

In 2012, Mizzou withdrew from the Big 12 Conference to join the SEC and the rivalry again fell into uncertainty. As it turned out, there really wasn’t any uncertainty at all. The teams just didn’t play each other for 12 years. Then low and behold, Oklahoma jumped at a chance to leave the Big 12 and join the SEC beginning league play in 2024, paving the way to reignite the annual skirmish fought over their 34 mile shared border.

The coolest rivalry trophy was played for by the two schools from 1940-1974. A peace pipe, in the form of a tomahawk that belonged to Chief White Eagle of the Pawnee tribe. The peace pipe was believed to be over 100 years old at the time it was donated in 1940. The reason they don’t play for the pipe still is, in my opinion, both tragic and scandalous, but that’s a story for another day.

As of 2024, the Sooners lead the all-time series over the Tigers 67-25 with 5 ties. This year, the skirmish happens on November 22 in Norman, OK.

Texas A&M Aggies – The Tigers of Mizzou and the Aggies of Texas A&M have one of the shortest rivalries in the Southeastern Conference at this point, but it’s not without its passion. They played football for the first time in 1957 in Columbia, MO with the Aggies winning the game 28-0. The young men from College Station went on to win the first 6 meetings played over the following 42 years. However, since Mizzou’s first win in the series in 2002, the Tigers are 6-4 up ’til now.

This rivalry doesn’t end with the football season. These two get after it hard on the basketball court as well. Now that they are permanent opponents, at least for the next 4 years anyway, this matchup has the potential to grow into something special.