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Missouri has never trailed its series with South Carolina thanks to this 1979 bowl win

Missouri played three bowl opponents between 1973 and 1980 — Auburn, LSU, South Carolina, and Purdue. The Tigers play three of those four foes in 2017. (The LSU game was mistimed, apparently.)

After what is hopefully a nice Week 1 tuneup against Missouri State, Mizzou will begin its season in earnest the next week against a team it has faced as a division foe in each of the last five years and also faced twice in bowls.

To say the least, we’ve covered Mizzou’s 2005 Independence Bowl win over South Carolina in earnest before. So let’s briefly revisit the very first meeting between the two schools, a 24-14 Hall of Fame Classic win for the Tigers in 1979.