Battle Line Rivalry

Battle Line Rivalry
First meetingNovember 10, 1906
Missouri, 11–0
Latest meetingNovember 24, 2023
Missouri, 48–14
Next meetingNovember 30, 2024
TrophyBattle Line Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total15
All-time seriesMissouri leads, 10–4[1]
Trophy seriesMissouri leads, 6–2
Largest victoryMissouri, 38–0 (2018)
Longest win streakMissouri, 5 (2016–2020)
Current win streakMissouri, 2 (2022–present)
Locations of Arkansas and Missouri

The Battle Line Rivalry is the name given to the Arkansas–Missouri football rivalry due to the state line between the two states dividing the North and South during the Civil War.[2] It is an American college football rivalry game between the Arkansas Razorbacks and Missouri Tigers.[3] The teams have met fifteen times, between November 1906 and November 2023. They have faced off twice in bowl games, first in the 2003 Independence Bowl and second in the 2008 Cotton Bowl Classic. The rivalry was formally introduced in 2014, and the Battle Line trophy was first awarded in 2015.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference series was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Brantley, Max (November 29, 2014). "About that Battle Line Rivalry: Why not a Bootheel trophy?".
  3. ^ Matter, Dave. “Tigers, Hogs Still Building a Football Rivalry.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, July 11, 2017, p. B6.