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| First meeting | November 12, 1902 Missouri, 22–5 |
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| Latest meeting | November 22, 2025 Oklahoma, 17–6 |
| Next meeting | 2026 |
| Trophy | Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 98 |
| All-time series | Oklahoma leads, 68–25–5 (.719) |
| Largest victory | Oklahoma, 77–0 (1986) |
| Longest win streak | Oklahoma, 14 (1946–1959) |
| Current win streak | Oklahoma, 1 |
TheMissouri–Oklahoma football rivalry is an Americancollege footballrivalry between theMissouri Tigers football team of theUniversity of Missouri andOklahoma Sooners football team of theUniversity of Oklahoma in theSoutheastern Conference (SEC).[1] The Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe was the trophy awarded to the winner of the game.
Missouri and Oklahoma's football teams first played in 1902, and played annually from 1910 to 1995, with only a one-year interruption in 1918 duringWorld War I. The Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe had been awarded from 1929 to 1974, but was lost sometime after the 1974 matchup.[2] TheBig 12 Conference was formed in 1994, and was split into two divisions. The two universities being placed in different division (Missouri in the Big 12 North Division, Oklahoma in the South Division) prevented an annual matchup. After the formation of the Big 12, the teams played a home-and-home series with two years in between each series (1998–99, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2010–11).[citation needed]
The Sooners won the last meeting 38–28 on September 24, 2011. With Missouri's withdrawal from the Big 12 and admission to the SEC effective July 1, 2012, the future of the rivalry became uncertain. On July 30, 2021, however, Oklahoma and Texas asked for and received an invitation to join the Southeastern Conference, effective July 1, 2025, reigniting the rivalry.[3] Later, on February 9, 2023, it was reported that Oklahoma would join a year earlier in 2024.[4] Since Oklahoma joined, they are Missouri's most played conference rival. Missouri is Oklahoma's second most behind Texas. The teams' first meeting as SEC members and first since 2011 was on November 9, 2024, in Columbia.[5]
In November 1940, a genuine Indian peace pipe was donated by Dr. John S. Knight of Kansas City to become the traveling trophy of the rivalry. Dr. Knight was a 1923 graduate of the University of Missouri. The peace pipe, in the form of a tomahawk, belonged to Chief White Eagle of thePawnee tribe. The peace pipe was believed to be over 100 years old at the time it was donated in 1940. An inscription on the peace pipe reads "Mystical Seven Society Ceremonial Tomahawk Pipe, University of Missouri vs. University of Oklahoma, Dr. John S. Knight –; donor of peace pipe." Winners of each game are also inscribed on the pipe. The peace pipe was entrusted to MU'sMystical Seven and OU's Pe-Et, who would share the peace pipe in the end zone at halftime to celebrate the two universities. The society of the winning university would return the peace pipe to its university until the next meeting of the two teams.[6][7]
The Sooners were the first to take possession of the peace pipe following their 7–0 victory over the Tigers in 1940. "Oklahoma" was inscribed 19 times on the pipe from 1940 to 1963. After a tie in 1964, OU gave possession of the pipe to MU as Oklahoma had held the trophy so many more times since the trophy's inception. Records indicate that the tradition continued through 1974, but the peace pipe exchange did not take place in 1975. The current location of the pipe is unknown since it was last held by Oklahoma. OU's senior associate athletic director, Kenny Mossman, has indicated that Oklahoma officials have conducted an extensive search of their archives for historical items, and the peace pipe has not been located.[6][7][8]
The Tigers were the Big 12 North's representative in the2007 Big 12 Championship Game, where they faced Big 12 South representative Oklahoma in a rematch of a regular season game won by the Sooners. Missouri came into the game ranked #1 in theAP Poll andBCS rankings, while Oklahoma was ranked #9. Nevertheless, Oklahoma was favored bybookmakers and won, 38–17.[citation needed]
The2008 Big 12 Championship Game was a rematch of the 2007 Big 12 Championship Game. This time, Oklahoma was favored and won handily, 62–21.[citation needed]
In their 2010 meeting, Mizzou defeated Oklahoma (then ranked #1 in the BCS rankings). The game was the site of ESPN'sCollege GameDay, where Missouri set the on-campus attendance record for GameDay.[9] Tigers fans tore down the goalposts after this victory.
In their first meeting since either team left theBig 12 Conference for theSoutheastern Conference, Mizzou defeated Oklahoma by scoring 14 points in the last 65 seconds of game time.[10]
| Missouri victories | Oklahoma victories | Tie games |
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