The strangest team each SEC football program has ever played.

[jcgmoi]

I don't know about 'strangest' but they're strange enough for me.

A Missouri site says the Engineering students faced the Arts & Sciences bunch. Not surprisingly the STEM kids got top billing. The really odd thing is the team didn't officially play until 1901. Those college kids.
https://geology.missouri.edu/origins-mu-football-1890

Ole Miss and Florida each played in the Bacardi Bowl in Havana Cuba. Bring back the Bacardi Bowl and while you're at it, send MLB teams back to Havana for spring training.

For you X guys: https://x.com/SECUnfiltered/status/1957186358121775357

For more on Locust Grove Institute: https://gtprefugees.com/2025/08/18/hear-no-evil/

[ex-submariner]

I think Mizzou played the Missouri Men's Athletic Club once back in the day.

[edwin drood]

Mizzou used to play the Haskell Fighting Indians, of the Haskell Institute, now Haskell Indian Nations College in Lawrence Kansas. In 1900, 1901 or so, Haskell played the likes of Mizzou, Nebraska, Texas and regularly beat those teams. The school is still in existence but no longer fields a football team. They do, however, play volleyball and softball, albeit against a somewhat softer schedule, featuring Evangel U (Springfield MO), and William Woods College (Fulton MO). You must be a member of a federally recognized Native tribe attend Haskell.

[acco40]

My interpretation would be that Mizzou was not an SEC team when that event occurred.

I’d go with Southeastern Louisiana, Delaware State, or Murray State (twice). I simply don’t understand why Mizzou would play these (non-FBS) teams.

[winonsports]

My interpretation would be that Mizzou was not an SEC team when that event occurred.

I’d go with Southeastern Louisiana, Delaware State, or Murray State (twice). I simply don’t understand why Mizzou would play these (non-FBS) teams.

Murray St has played Louisville and Kentucky twice each since 2016, as well as Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Georgia and Illinois.

SE Louisiana has played LSU twice, as well as Miss St, Ole Miss, Oklahoma St and TCU, SINCE Mizzou played them in 2013.

IIRC, the Delaware St game was scheduled BECAUSE of the move to the SEC after another team cancelled a game.

[Barksdale's People]

I simply don’t understand why Mizzou would play these (non-FBS) teams.

The same reasons every other school does it. It’s a home game, there is no pre-season in CFB/you can get starters rest later in the season, it’s a pretty sure win, you can evaluate more players in a game setting, scheduling other FBS teams tends to be more difficult and done years in advance.

Hard to believe there are people out there who don’t know these things by now.

[acco40]

My interpretation would be that Mizzou was not an SEC team when that event occurred.

I’d go with Southeastern Louisiana, Delaware State, or Murray State (twice). I simply don’t understand why Mizzou would play these (non-FBS) teams.

Murray St has played Louisville and Kentucky twice each since 2016, as well as Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Georgia and Illinois.

SE Louisiana has played LSU twice, as well as Miss St, Ole Miss, Oklahoma St and TCU, SINCE Mizzou played them in 2013.

IIRC, the Delaware St game was scheduled BECAUSE of the move to the SEC after another team cancelled a game.

If Johnny jumped off his second story roof, would you?

[acco40]

I simply don’t understand why Mizzou would play these (non-FBS) teams.

The same reasons every other school does it. It’s a home game, there is no pre-season in CFB/you can get starters rest later in the season, it’s a pretty sure win, you can evaluate more players in a game setting, scheduling other FBS teams tends to be more difficult and done years in advance.

Hard to believe there are people out there who don’t know these things by now.

So why is LSU playing Clemson August 30th?

The new College Football Playoff (CFP) rules, specifically the 12-team format, aim to reduce the penalty for losing to a strong opponent. This is achieved through adjustments to strength of schedule calculations and the introduction of "strength of record," which favors good wins and doesn't penalize losses to top-ranked teams as heavily as before.

[Barksdale's People]

I simply don’t understand why Mizzou would play these (non-FBS) teams.

The same reasons every other school does it. It’s a home game, there is no pre-season in CFB/you can get starters rest later in the season, it’s a pretty sure win, you can evaluate more players in a game setting, scheduling other FBS teams tends to be more difficult and done years in advance.

Hard to believe there are people out there who don’t know these things by now.

So why is LSU playing Clemson August 30th?

Because LSU is playing SE Louisiana on Sept. 20th and Clemson is playing Furman on Nov. 22nd.

[winonsports]

My interpretation would be that Mizzou was not an SEC team when that event occurred.

I’d go with Southeastern Louisiana, Delaware State, or Murray State (twice). I simply don’t understand why Mizzou would play these (non-FBS) teams.

Murray St has played Louisville and Kentucky twice each since 2016, as well as Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Georgia and Illinois.

SE Louisiana has played LSU twice, as well as Miss St, Ole Miss, Oklahoma St and TCU, SINCE Mizzou played them in 2013.

IIRC, the Delaware St game was scheduled BECAUSE of the move to the SEC after another team cancelled a game.

If Johnny jumped off his second story roof, would you?

That's not a question for Mizzou nor myself.

It's a question for SE Louisiana and Murray St.

They are the ones jumping off the roof into a pile of money being offered by all of these P4 schools.

[acco40]

My interpretation would be that Mizzou was not an SEC team when that event occurred.

I’d go with Southeastern Louisiana, Delaware State, or Murray State (twice). I simply don’t understand why Mizzou would play these (non-FBS) teams.

Murray St has played Louisville and Kentucky twice each since 2016, as well as Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Georgia and Illinois.

SE Louisiana has played LSU twice, as well as Miss St, Ole Miss, Oklahoma St and TCU, SINCE Mizzou played them in 2013.

IIRC, the Delaware St game was scheduled BECAUSE of the move to the SEC after another team cancelled a game.

If Johnny jumped off his second story roof, would you?

That's not a question for Mizzou nor myself.

It's a question for SE Louisiana and Murray St.

They are the ones jumping off the roof into a pile of money being offered by all of these P4 schools.

SE Louisiana and Murray St. don't play Mizzou without Mizzou's consent.

[winonsports]

Because LSU is playing SE Louisiana on Sept. 20th and Clemson is playing Furman on Nov. 22nd.

SE Louisiana doesn't play LSU without LSU's consent.

Furman doesn't play Clemson without Clemson's consent.

[Red7]

yes, EVERY team in the SEC plays blood donors. Mizzou has a habit of playing 4 a year. LSU plays Clemson, while MU plays KU. Unfortunately for MU, they're stuck in the middle of scheduling: they don't have cache enough to make beating them worthwhile, but they're too dangerous to risk a loss against. So it's tough to add a Clemson, much less at home.

[Rojo Johnson]

I don't know about 'strangest' but they're strange enough for me.

A Missouri site says the Engineering students faced the Arts & Sciences bunch. Not surprisingly the STEM kids got top billing. The really odd thing is the team didn't officially play until 1901. Those college kids.
https://geology.missouri.edu/origins-mu-football-1890

Ole Miss and Florida each played in the Bacardi Bowl in Havana Cuba. Bring back the Bacardi Bowl and while you're at it, send MLB teams back to Havana for spring training.

For you X guys: https://x.com/SECUnfiltered/status/1957186358121775357

For more on Locust Grove Institute: https://gtprefugees.com/2025/08/18/hear-no-evil/

And to this day, some 119 years later, people in Oklahoma are still trying to figure out how to spell Sulphur.

[dhsux]

yes, EVERY team in the SEC plays blood donors. Mizzou has a habit of playing 4 a year. LSU plays Clemson, while MU plays KU. Unfortunately for MU, they're stuck in the middle of scheduling: they don't have cache enough to make beating them worthwhile, but they're too dangerous to risk a loss against. So it's tough to add a Clemson, much less at home.

Going to agree with your general premise here.

Thing is Missouri hasn't (of recent) lost out because of their puff schedule. They have lost out because of important games they have lost to conference teams.

[Red7]

yes, EVERY team in the SEC plays blood donors. Mizzou has a habit of playing 4 a year. LSU plays Clemson, while MU plays KU. Unfortunately for MU, they're stuck in the middle of scheduling: they don't have cache enough to make beating them worthwhile, but they're too dangerous to risk a loss against. So it's tough to add a Clemson, much less at home.

Going to agree with your general premise here.

Thing is Missouri hasn't (of recent) lost out because of their puff schedule. They have lost out because of important games they have lost to conference teams.

Would they have better prepared for those tough conference games with a little stiffer non-conference schedule? It might have also boosted recruiting. Finally, Mizzou fans saw a roughly 40% increase in ticket prices. There’s also a multimillion dollar stadium renovation that has to be filled. Mind you, I’m not calling for the gauntlet of the 1970’s. However, if the program is to go where they and their fans want it to go, they need to play one name opponent a year. A good matchup right now: North Carolina.