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The Missouri Tigers football program represents the University of Missouri in college football and competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). Since 2012, Missouri has been a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC)[1] and is currently aligned in its Eastern Division. Home games are played at Faurot Field (also known as "The Zou") in Columbia, Missouri.
Missouri's football program dates back to 1890, and has appeared in 30 bowl games (including 10 major bowl appearances: 4 Orange Bowls, 3 Cotton Bowls, 2 Sugar Bowls, and 1 Fiesta Bowl). Missouri has won 15 conference titles, 4 division titles, and has 2 national championship selections recognized by the NCAA.[2] Entering the 2013 season, Missouri's all-time record was 643–531–52.
The team is currently coached by Gary Pinkel, who is the winningest coach of all-time at Missouri (with 102 wins as of January 3, 2014).[3]
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The Missouri Tigers have 15 conference championships and 5 conference division titles.[5]
† Denotes co-champions * The 1960 Big Eight title was retroactively awarded after a loss to Kansas was reversed due to Kansas' use of a player who was later ruled to be ineligible.
The Tigers were previously members of the Big 12 North division between its inception in 1996 and the dissolution of conference divisions within the Big 12 in 2011. The Tigers joined the SEC as members of the SEC East starting in 2012.
† Nebraska went to the championship game by virtue of beating the Tigers earlier in the season
* Denotes co-champion
Due to the lack of an NCAA-sanctioned Football Bowl Subdivision national championship, third parties including the Bowl Championship Series, Associated Press, United Press International, and USA Today have often crowned a champion following either the end of the regular season or following the bowl games for that season. The NCAA historically has not endorsed a specific system or champion, but lists several polls or mathematical selectors as "Consensus National Champions" in their NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records[6] guide.
The Tigers have been declared champions twice by non-consensus polls. Neither of these national championships are officially claimed by Missouri.
* The 1960 record originally 10-1 but changed to 11-0 due to Kansas' later forfeit.
Missouri has appeared in 30 bowl games, including 10 major bowl appearances: 4 Orange Bowls, 3 Cotton Bowls, 2 Sugar Bowls, and 1 Fiesta Bowl, with an all-time bowl record of 14-16.
Missouri's entire bowl history is shown in the table below.[8]
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11960 team lost to Kansas but was later awarded win by default due to an ineligible Kansas player, (Bert Coan).[12]
(as of Dec. 7th, 2014)
Scout.com and Rivals.com National Recruiting Class Rankings for the Missouri Tigers since 2002:
Missouri boasts 12 inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame:
Two Missouri players have been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame:
The nickname "Tigers," given to Mizzou's athletic teams, traces its origin to the Civil War period. At that time, plundering guerilla bands habitually raided small towns, and Columbia people constantly feared an attack. Such organizations as temporary "home guards" and vigilance companies banded together to fight off any possible forays.
The town's preparedness discouraged any guerilla activity and the protecting organization began to disband in 1864. However, it was rumored that a guerilla band, led by the notorious [17]
The Tigers militia unit was commanded by James Rollins, upon whom the MU’s Board of Curators later bestowed the title of “Pater Universitatis Missouriensis” (Father of the University of Missouri) in recognition of his “great efforts to promote the posterity, usefulness, and success” of the University.[18]
When the MU football team was first formed in 1890, at a mass meeting of students and interested citizens held to perfect the organization of the team, “Tigers” was unanimously selected as the team name, in recognition of Rollins and the town's civil war defenders.[19][20]
Truman the Tiger was introduced as the school's mascot against the Utah State Aggies in 1986, receiving his name from former president Harry S Truman. Truman has been named the "Nation's Best Mascot" three times since 1986, most recently in 2004.
The NCAA[21] as well as Jeopardy! and Trivial Pursuit[22] recognize the University of Missouri as the birthplace of Homecoming, an event which became a national tradition in college football. The history of the University of Missouri Homecoming can be traced back to the 1911 Kansas vs. Missouri football game, when the Missouri Tigers faced off against the Kansas Jayhawks in the first installment of the Border War rivalry series. [23][24]
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