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Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe
Teams	Missouri Tigers Missouri Tigers football The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996... Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma Sooners football The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
Originated	1929
Series	Oklahoma leads 65-25-5
Oklahoma (57)	Missouri (16)
1933 1934 1935 1937 1938 1940 1943 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1967 1968 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1999 2002 2003 2006 2007 2007 2008 2011	1929 1931 1932 1936 1939 1941 1945 1960 1965 1966 1969 1972 1981 1983 1998 2010
Ties (4) 1930 1942 1944 1964

The Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe is the trophy

Trophy

A trophy is a reward for a specific achievement, and serves as recognition or evidence of merit. Trophies are most often awarded for sporting events, from youth sports to professional level athletics...

 awarded to the winner of an American college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 rivalry

College rivalry

Pairs of schools, colleges and universities, especially when they are close to each other either geographically or in their areas of specialization, often establish a college rivalry with each other over the years. This rivalry can extend to both academics and athletics, the latter being typically...

 game played by the Missouri Tigers football

Missouri Tigers football

The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...

 team of the University of Missouri

University of Missouri

The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...

 and the Oklahoma Sooners football

Oklahoma Sooners football

The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...

 team of the University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...

.

Series history

Missouri and Oklahoma's football teams first played in 1902, and they played annually 1910 until 1995, with only a one-year interruption in 1918 during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. The Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe has been awarded since 1929. The Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

 was formed in 1995, and was split into two divisions. The two universities being placed in different division (Missouri in the Big 12 North Division, Oklahoma in the South Division), which prevented an annual matchup. After the formation of the Big 12, the teams played a home-and-home series with three years in between each series (1998–1999, 2002–2003, 2006–2007, 2010–2011).

The Oklahoma Sooners won the last meeting of the two teams, 38–28, on September 24, 2011. With the Missouri Tigers' pending withdrawal from the Big 12, and admission to the Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

 (SEC), to be effective July 1, 2012, the future of the Missouri–Oklahoma rivalry series is uncertain.

Peace Pipe trophy

In November 1940, a genuine Indian peace pipe was donated by Dr. John S. Knight of Kansas City to become the traveling trophy of the Missouri-Oklahoma football rivalry. Dr. Knight was a 1923 graduate of the University of Missouri. The peace pipe, in the form of a tomahawk, belonged to Chief White Eagle of the Pawnee tribe. The peace pipe was believed to be over 100 years old at the time it was donated in 1940. An inscription on the peace pipe reads "Mystical Seven Society Ceremonial Tomahawk Pipe, University of Missouri vs. University of Oklahoma, Dr. John S. Knight – donor of peace pipe." Winners of each game are also inscribed on the pipe. The peace pipe was entrusted to MU's Mystical Seven

Mystical Seven (Missouri)

Mystical Seven is one of the secret societies of the University of Missouri. Mystical Seven taps seven outstanding seniors for membership based on their good deeds and selfless leadership and service to the campus and community. Mystical Seven is the second oldest of the secret honor societies...

 and OU's Pe-et, who would share the peace pipe in the end zone at halftime to celebrate the two universities. The society of the winning university would return the peace pipe to its university until the next meeting of the two teams.

The Sooners were the first to take possession of the peace pipe following their 7-0 victory over the Tigers in 1940. In fact, Oklahoma was inscribed 19 times on the pipe from 1940 to 1963. After a tie in 1964, OU gave possession of the pipe to MU as Oklahoma had held the trophy so many more times since the trophy's inception. Records indicate that the tradition continued through 1974, but the peace pipe exchange did not take place in 1975. The current location of the pipe is unknown since it was last held by Oklahoma. OU's senior associate athletic director, Kenny Mossman, has indicated that Oklahoma officials have conducted an extensive search of their archives for historical items, and the peace pipe has not been located.

2007 Big 12 Championship Game

The Tigers were the Big 12 North's representative to the 2007 Big 12 Championship Game

2007 Big 12 Championship Game

The 2007 Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was held on December 1, 2007 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and pit the divisional winners from the Big 12 Conference: the Missouri Tigers, winner of the North division against the Oklahoma Sooners, winner of the South division.Per Big 12...

 where they faced Big 12 South representative Oklahoma. Missouri came into the game ranked #1 in the AP Poll and the BCS standings. However, they were upset by their rival and then were snubbed by the BCS for another rival, Kansas.

2008 Big 12 Championship Game

The 2008 Big 12 Championship Game

2008 Big 12 Championship Game

The 2008 Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was held on December 6, 2008 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, and pitted two of the divisional winners from the Big 12 Conference: the Missouri Tigers, winner of the North division against the Oklahoma Sooners, co-champion of the South...

 featured a rematch between the two schools. This time, Oklahoma was favored and they won again.

October 23, 2010

In their 2010 meeting, Mizzou defeated Oklahoma (then ranked No. 1 in the BCS standings

Bowl Championship Series

The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system that creates five bowl match-ups involving ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , including an opportunity for the top two to compete in the BCS National Championship Game.The BCS relies on a combination of...

). The game was the site of ESPN's College GameDay, where Missouri set the on-campus attendance record for GameDay.