He had a .947 winning % at MU

Posted on: September 21, 2017 at 15:17:16 CT

1918
This was the first season under Hall of Fame coach Walter Meanwell for MU, and it was also MU's first dominant team. Meanwell came to MU from Wisconsin where his teams were later declared the 1912, 1914, and 1916 Helms National Champions. MU was 6-0 and held a half game lead over ku in the conference race prior to the two contests in Lawrence, but the KC Star wrote "Missouri, although leading the conference is doomed to drop into third place next week." The Tigers had different thoughts though sweeping the games from the jayhawks. For the 3rd straight year MU would take three of four from ku, but the lone loss in the final matchup would also serve as the season's only defeat for the Tigers. MU would finish 17-1 overall to claim their first Mo Valley title in a season they were also ranked 9th in the end of year Premo-Porretta poll.


1920
Meanwell would return to the bench, and at the same time Phog Allen would return to Kansas to take over ku. As Phog's biography states, "Meanwell was who Phog wanted to be and beat." He did not get what he wanted that first season as MU for the first time won all 4 games between the two schools for the season. Both programs came into the first contest unbeaten. MU would hold ku to just one first half field goal, but ku would surge back and send the game to overtime tied at 27. However Missouri would do all the scoring in the extra period and claim a 32-27 win. It was the closest ku would get as Phil Scott would score 20 for the Tigers in a 38-16 blowout the next night. During the two game sweep in Columbia, ku employed the services of Scrubby Laslett from the football team whose tripping and tackling during the game caused him to foul out in less than a period. Meanwell complained vocally that "He's going to ruin a good man out there" to which Allen replied in his typical classlessness "sit down you big boob." After the game Meanwell stated, "I would not let a man like that play for Missouri if it meant I had to play with four men." MU would win 17 conference games for the Mo Valley title and would hold every opponent on the season below 30 points. Additionally they would remain undefeated until the season's last game, finishing 2nd in the nation in the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.

and then what happened with the players left behind:

1921
A forgotten team, 1921 is possibly MU's most dominant in the context of their times in program history. Hall of Fame coach Walter Meanwell left in the offseason, but former Tiger All American Craig Ruby picked up right where he left off. Both MU and ku would enter the first matchup at 6-0, but George Williams would nearly outscore ku by himself with 21 points in a 27-22 win. Missouri would again sweep 4 games from ku, sending Allen's record in the series to 0-8 since re-taking over ku. MU had now won 21 of the last 25 contests between the two teams. MU again matched its 17 conference win number in running away with the Mo Valley title and remained unbeaten again until the season's final game. 3 out of the 5 members of the First Team All conference were Tigers and George Williams was named the National Player of the Year (the only Tiger ever named as such). His 17.2 ppg avg would stand as the MU record until 1954, and on the season MU's opponents totaled 335 points and Williams himself scored 311. MU was considered the National Champion for the first time in program history by the Premo-Porretta Polls.