The game featured two eventual College Football Hall of Fame coaches, Dan Devine at Missouri and Bear Bryant at Alabama.
[4] The 1968 Alabama squad finished the regular season with an 8–2 record, with its two losses coming by a combined three points to Ole Miss and Tennessee.
[5] The Missouri Tigers scored first, with a Terry McMillan 4-yard touchdown run to complete an eleven-play, 71-yard drive to take a 7–0 lead.
[6] After a scoreless third quarter, the Crimson Tide scored their final points of the game on a 28-yard field goal by Mike Dean to cut the Missouri lead to 14–10.
[6] The first score was set up after Roger Wehrli intercepted a Neb Hayden pass and returned it to the Bama 21 yard line.