2016 Missouri Tigers football team

2016 Missouri Tigers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division Eastern Division
2016 record 4–8 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach Barry Odom (1st year)
Offensive coordinator Josh Heupel (1st year)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator DeMontie Cross (1st year)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Faurot Field
(Capacity: 71,168)
2016 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
No. 20 Florida xy   6 – 2         8 – 4  
Tennessee   4 – 4         8 – 4  
Georgia   4 – 4         7 – 5  
Kentucky   4 – 4         7 – 5  
South Carolina   3 – 5         6 – 6  
Vanderbilt   3 – 5         6 – 6  
Missouri   2 – 6         4 – 8  
West Division
No. 1 Alabama x$^   8 – 0         13 – 0  
No. 17 Auburn   5 – 3         8 – 4  
No. 19 LSU   5 – 3         7 – 4  
Texas A&M   4 – 4         8 – 4  
Arkansas   3 – 5         7 – 5  
Mississippi State   3 – 5         5 – 7  
Ole Miss   2 – 6         5 – 7  
Championship: Alabama 54, Florida 16
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of December 6, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Missouri Tigers football team (also called "Mizzou") represented the University of Missouri in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri, and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by first-year head coach Barry Odom. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in SEC play to finish in last place in the Eastern Division.

Schedule

Missouri announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Tigers will host SEC foes Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt, and will travel to Florida, LSU, South Carolina, and Tennessee.[1]

The Tigers will host three of its four of its non–conference games which are against Delaware State Hornets from the FCS Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Eastern Michigan Eagles from the Mid-American Conference, Middle Tennessee from Conference USA, and West Virginia Mountaineers from the Big 12 Conference.

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 11:00 a.m. at West Virginia* Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV FS1 L 11–26   60,125
September 10 6:30 p.m. Eastern Michigan* Faurot Field • Columbia, MO SECN W 61–21   51,192
September 17 6:30 p.m. No. 16 Georgia Faurot Field • Columbia, MO SECN L 27–28   57,098
September 24 3:00 p.m. Delaware State* Faurot Field • Columbia, MO SECN W 79–0   53,472
October 1 6:30 p.m. at LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA SECN L 7–42   102,071
October 15 3:00 p.m. at No. 18 Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL SECN L 14–40   88,825
October 22 3:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee*dagger Faurot Field • Columbia, MO SECN L 45–51   52,351
October 29 11:00 a.m. Kentucky Faurot Field • Columbia, MO SECN L 21–35   50,234
November 5 3:00 p.m. at South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC SECN L 21–31   73,817
November 12 2:30 p.m. Vanderbilt Faurot Field • Columbia, MO SECN W 26–17   50,261
November 19 2:30 p.m. at Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN CBS L 37–63   101,012
November 25 1:30 p.m. Arkansas Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Battle Line Rivalry) CBS W 28–24   51,043
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
Schedule Source:[2]

Game notes

at West Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 3 0 8 11
Mountaineers 10 3 10 3 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 1998 MIZZOU, 34–31

Eastern Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 14 0 21
Tigers 14 19 14 14 61
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1997 MIZZOU, 44–24

Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Bulldogs 7 14 0 7 28
Tigers 10 10 7 0 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–4 2015 UGA, 9–6

Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 0 0 0
Tigers 30 28 14 7 79
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at LSU

1 2 3 4 Total
MIZ Tigers 0 0 0 7 7
LSU Tigers 7 14 7 14 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1978 MIZZOU, 20–15

at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 7 7 14
#18 Gators 0 20 6 14 40
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2015 FLA, 21–3

Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 13 21 7 10 51
Tigers 14 14 7 10 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2003 MIZZOU, 41–40

Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 14 7 7 35
Tigers 0 7 0 14 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–3 2015 UK, 21–13

at South Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 14 7 0 21
Gamecocks 7 14 7 3 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–2 2015 MIZZOU, 24–10

Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total
Commodores 0 10 7 0 17
Tigers 6 13 0 7 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–3–1 2015 VANDY, 10–3

at Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 6 14 7 10 37
Volunteers 7 14 14 28 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2015 TENN, 19–8

Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Razorbacks 14 10 0 0 24
Tigers 7 0 14 7 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–3 2015 ARK, 28–3

References

  1. ↑ "2016 @MIZZOUFOOTBALL SCHEDULE FINALIZED" (Press release). University of Missouri Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2016 Missouri Tigers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
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