2018 The Winning Chapter

Missouri's 2018 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final #24 post-bowls
SP+ +7.3 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs UT Mar 51-14 W vs Wyoming 40-13 W @ Purdue 40-37 L vs Georgia 29-43 L @ S Caro 35-37 L @ Alabama 10-39 W vs Memphis 65-33 L vs Kentucky 14-15 W @ Florida 38-17 W vs Vander 33-28 W @ Tennes 50-17 W vs Arkansas 38-0 L @ Okla St 33-38 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Missouri 38, Arkansas 0. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Missouri 10, Alabama 39. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Missouri fell to Oklahoma State 33-38 in the postseason.

"M-I-Z"
— Missouri fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What It Meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Missouri — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.