Missouri Tigers football

2014 Missouri Tigers football team

First season

1890

Athletic director

Mike Alden

Head coach

Gary Pinkel
13th year, 104–63 (.623)

Home stadium

Faurot Field

Stadium capacity

71,168

Stadium surface

FieldTurf

Location

Columbia, Missouri

Conference

SEC (2012–present)

Division

SEC Eastern Division
(2012–present)

All-time record

642–534–53 (.544)

Postseason bowl record

14–16 (.467)

Claimed national titles

Conference titles

Division titles

5 (Big 12 North- 2007, 2008, 2010, SEC East- 2013, 2014)

Heisman winners

Consensus All-Americans

Colors

Black and MU Gold

Fight song

"Fight Tiger"

Mascot

Truman the Tiger

Marching band

Marching Mizzou

Rivals

Kansas Jayhawks
Iowa State Cyclones
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Illinois Fighting Illini
Oklahoma Sooners

Website

mutigers.com

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.

A night game at home for the Missouri Tigers.

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]

1 Conference affiliations
2 Championships
3 Bowl appearances
4 Year-by-year record
5 All-Time Record Versus (Current) Division 1 Opponents
6 Current coaching staff
7 Recruiting
8 Award winners
9 Player accomplishments
- 9.1 All-American (33)
10 Retired jerseys
11 Missouri players in the NFL
- 11.1 Present
- 11.2 Former
12 College Football Hall of Fame
13 Pro Football Hall of Fame
14 Nickname
15 Mascot
16 Homecoming
17 Future opponents
18 See also
19 References

Conference affiliations

1890–1892: Independent
1892–1897: Western Interstate University Football Association
1898–1906: Independent
1907–1995: Big Eight Conference (MVIAA 1907-1964, unofficially called Big Six 1928-1947, Big Seven 1947-1957 and Big Eight 1957-1963)
1996–2011: Big 12 Conference
2012–: Southeastern Conference^[4]

Source

Championships

The Missouri Tigers have 15 conference championships and 5 conference division titles.^[5]

Conference Championships

Year	Conference	Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record
1893†	WIUFA	H.O. Robinson	4-3	2-1
1894†	WIUFA	H.O. Robinson	4-3	2-1
1895†	WIUFA	C.D. Bliss	7-1	2-1
1909	Big Eight	William Roper	7-2-1	4-0-1
1913†	Big Eight	Chester Brewer	7-1	4-0
1919	Big Eight	John F. Miller	5-1-2	4-0-1
1924	Big Eight	Gwinn Henry	7-2	5-1
1925	Big Eight	Gwinn Henry	6-1-1	5-1
1927	Big Eight	Gwinn Henry	7-2	5-1
1939	Big Eight	Don Faurot	8-2	5-0
1941	Big Eight	Don Faurot	8-2	5-0
1942	Big Eight	Don Faurot	8-3-1	4-0-1
1945	Big Eight	Chauncey Simpson	6-4	5-0
1960*	Big Eight	Dan Devine	11-0	7-0
1969†	Big Eight	Dan Devine	9-2	6-1
Conference Championships			15

† 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.

Divisional Championships

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.

Season	Division	CG Result	Opponent	PF	PA
2007*	Big 12 North	L	Oklahoma	17	38
2008*	Big 12 North	L	Oklahoma	21	62
2010*†	Big 12 North	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013	SEC East	L	Auburn	42	59
2014	SEC East	L	Alabama	13	42
Division Championships			5

† Nebraska went to the championship game by virtue of beating the Tigers earlier in the season

* Denotes co-champion

Non-consensus National Championships

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.

Season	Coach	Selectors	Record
1960	Dan Devine	Poling System (non-consensus)^[6]^[7]	11-0*
2007	Gary Pinkel	Anderson & Hester (non-consensus)^[7]	12-2

* The 1960 record originally 10-1 but changed to 11-0 due to Kansas' later forfeit.

Bowl appearances

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]

Season	Bowl	Opponent	Result
1924	Los Angeles Christmas Festival	USC	L 7-20
1939	1940 Orange Bowl	Georgia Tech	L 7-21
1941	1942 Sugar Bowl	Fordham	L 0-2
1945	1946 Cotton Bowl Classic	Texas	L 27-40
1948	1949 Gator Bowl	Clemson	L 23-24
1949	1950 Gator Bowl	Maryland	L 7-20
1959	1960 Orange Bowl	Georgia	L 0-14
1960	1961 Orange Bowl	Navy	W 21-14
1962	1962 Bluebonnet Bowl	Georgia Tech	W 14-10
1965	1966 Sugar Bowl	Florida	W 20-18
1968	1968 Gator Bowl	Alabama	W 35-10
1969	1970 Orange Bowl	Penn State	L 3-10
1972	1972 Fiesta Bowl	Arizona State	L 35-49
1973	1973 Sun Bowl	Auburn	W 34-17
1978	1978 Liberty Bowl	LSU	W 20-15
1979	1979 All-American Bowl	South Carolina	W 24-14
1980	1980 Liberty Bowl	Purdue	L 25-28
1981	1981 Tangerine Bowl	Southern Miss	W 19-17
1983	1983 Holiday Bowl	BYU	L 17-21
1997	1997 Holiday Bowl	Colorado State	L 24-35
1998	1998 Insight.com Bowl	West Virginia	W 34-31
2003	2003 Independence Bowl	Arkansas	L 14-27
2005	2005 Independence Bowl	South Carolina	W 38-31
2006	2006 Sun Bowl	Oregon State	L 38-39
2007	2008 Cotton Bowl Classic	Arkansas	W 38-7
2008	2008 Alamo Bowl	Northwestern	W 30-23 (OT)
2009	2009 Texas Bowl	Navy	L 13-35
2010	2010 Insight Bowl	Iowa	L 24-27
2011	2011 Independence Bowl	North Carolina	W 41-24
2013	2014 Cotton Bowl Classic	Oklahoma State	W 41-31

Year-by-year record

Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
A. L. McRae (Independent) (1890–1890)
1890	McRae	2–1
Hal Reed (Independent) (1891–1891)
1891	Reed	3–1
E.H. Jones (WIUFA) (1892–1892)
1892	Jones	1–2
H.L. Robinson (WIUFA) (1893–1894)
1893	Robinson	4–3
1894	Robinson	4–3
Pop Bliss (WIUFA) (1895–1895)
1895	Bliss	7–1
Frank H. Patterson (WIUFA) (1896–1896)
1896	Patterson	7–5
Charles Young (WIUFA) (1897–1897)
1897	Young	5–6
David Fultz (Independent) (1898–1899)
1898	Fultz	1–4–1
1899	Fultz	9–2
Fred Murphy (Independent) (1900–1901)
1900	Murphy	4–4–1
1901	Murphy	2–6–1
Pat O'Dea (Independent) (1902–1902)
1902	O'Dea	5–3
John McLean (Independent) (1903–1905)
1903	McLean	1–7–1
1904	McLean	3–6
1905	McLean	5–4
W.J. Monilaw (Independent) (1906–1906)
1906	Monilaw	5–2–1
W.J. Monilaw (Missouri Valley) (1907–1908)
1907	Monilaw	7–2	1–2
1908	Monilaw	6–2	2–2
Bill Roper (Missouri Valley) (1909–1909)
1909	Roper	7–0–1	4–0–1
Bill Hollenback (Missouri Valley) (1910–1910)
1910	Hollenback	4–2–2	2–1–1
Chester Brewer (Missouri Valley) (1911–1913)
1911	Brewer	2–4–2	0–2–2
1912	Brewer	5–3	2–3
1913	Brewer	7–1	4–0
Henry Schulte (Missouri Valley) (1914–1917)
1914	Schulte	5–3	4–1
1915	Schulte	2–5–1	1–3–1
1916	Schulte	6–1–1	3–1–1
1917	Schulte	3–5	2–4
No team (WWI) (1918–1918)
No coach (Missouri Valley) (1919–1919)
1919		5–1–2	4–0–1
John F. Miller/James Phelan (Missouri Valley) (1920–1920)
1920	Miller/Phelan	7–1	5–1
James Phelan (Missouri Valley) (1921–1921)
1921	Phelan	6–2	4–2
Thomas Kelly (Missouri Valley) (1922–1922)
1922	Kelly	5–3	4–3
Gwinn Henry (Missouri Valley) (1923–1927)
1923	Henry	2–3–3	1–3–2
1924	Henry	7–2	5–1		L Christmas Festival
1925	Henry	6–1–1	5–1
1926	Henry	5–1–2	4–1
1927	Henry	7–2	5–1
Gwinn Henry (Big Six) (1928–1931)
1928	Henry	4–4	3–2
1929	Henry	5–2–1	3–1–1
1930	Henry	2–5–2	1–2–2
1931	Henry	2–8	1–4
Frank Carideo (Big Six) (1932–1934)
1932	Carideo	1–7–1	1–3–1
1933	Carideo	1–8	0–5
1934	Carideo	0–8–1	0–5
Don Faurot (Big Six) (1935–1942)
1935	Faurot	3–3–3	0–2–3
1936	Faurot	6–2–1	3–1–1
1937	Faurot	3–6–1	2–2–1
1938	Faurot	6–3	2–3
1939	Faurot	8–2	5–0		L Orange		6
1940	Faurot	6–3	3–2
1941	Faurot	8–2	5–0		L Sugar		7
1942	Faurot	8–3–1	4–0–1
Chauncey Simpson (Big Six) (1943–1945)
1943	Simpson	3–5	3–2
1944	Simpson	3–5–2	2–1–2
1945	Simpson	6–4	5–0		L Cotton
Don Faurot (Big Six) (1946–1946)
1946	Faurot	5–4–1	3–2
Don Faurot (Big Seven) (1947–1956)
1947	Faurot	6–4	3–2
1948	Faurot	8–3	5–1		L Gator
1949	Faurot	7–4	5–1		L Gator		20
1950	Faurot	4–5–1	3–2–1
1951	Faurot	2–8	1–5
1952	Faurot	5–5	5–1
1953	Faurot	6–4	4–2
1954	Faurot	4–5–1	3–2–1
1955	Faurot	1–9	1–5
1956	Faurot	4–5–1	3–2–1
Frank Broyles (Big Seven) (1957–1957)
1957	Broyles	5–4–1	3–3
Dan Devine (Big Eight) (1958–1970)
1958	Devine	5–4–1	4–1–1
1959	Devine	6–5	4–2		L Orange	20	18
1960	Devine	10–1¹	6–1		W Orange	4	5
1961	Devine	7–2–1	5–2			11	11
1962	Devine	8–1–2	5–1–1		W Bluebonnet
1963	Devine	7–3	5–2
1964	Devine	6–3–1	4–2–1
1965	Devine	8–2–1	6–1		W Sugar	6	6
1966	Devine	6–3–1	4–2–1
1967	Devine	7–3	4–3
1968	Devine	8–3	5–2		W Gator	17	9
1969	Devine	9–2	6–1		L Orange	6	6
1970	Devine	5–6	3–4
Al Onofrio (Big Eight) (1971–1977)
1971	Onofrio	1–10	0–7
1972	Onofrio	6–6	3–4		L Fiesta
1973	Onofrio	8–4	3–4		W Sun		17
1974	Onofrio	7–4	5–2
1975	Onofrio	6–5	3–4
1976	Onofrio	6–5	3–4
1977	Onofrio	4–7	3–4
Warren Powers (Big Eight) (1978–1984)
1978	Powers	8–4	4–3		W Liberty	14	15
1979	Powers	7–5	3–4		W Hall of Fame Classic	20
1980	Powers	8–4	5–2		L Liberty
1981	Powers	8–4	3–4		W Tangerine	20	19
1982	Powers	5–4–2	2–3–2
1983	Powers	7–5	5–2		L Holiday
1984	Powers	3–7–1	2–4–1
Woody Widenhofer (Big Eight) (1985–1988)
1985	Widenhofer	1–10	1–6
1986	Widenhofer	3–8	2–5
1987	Widenhofer	5–6	3–4
1988	Widenhofer	3–7–1	2–5
Bob Stull (Big Eight) (1989–1993)
1989	Stull	2–9	1–6
1990	Stull	4–7	2–5
1991	Stull	3–7–1	1–6
1992	Stull	3–8	2–5
1993	Stull	3–7–1	2–5
Larry Smith (Big Eight) (1994–1995)
1994	Smith	3–8–1	2–5
1995	Smith	3–8	1–6
Larry Smith (Big 12) (1996–2000)
1996	Smith	5–6	3–5
1997	Smith	7–5	5–3		L Holiday	23	23
1998	Smith	8–4	5–3		W Insight.com	25	21
1999	Smith	4–7	1–7
2000	Smith	3–8	2–6
Gary Pinkel (Big 12) (2001–2011)
2001	Pinkel	4–7	3–5
2002	Pinkel	5–7	2–6
2003	Pinkel	8–5	4–4		L Independence
2004	Pinkel	5–6	3–5
2005	Pinkel	7–5	4–4		W Independence
2006	Pinkel	8–5	4–4		L Sun
2007	Pinkel	12–2	7–1		W Cotton	5	4
2008	Pinkel	10–4	5–3		W Alamo	16	19
2009	Pinkel	8–5	4–4		L Texas
2010	Pinkel	10–3	6–2		L Insight	18	18
2011	Pinkel	8–5	5–4		W Independence
Gary Pinkel (SEC) (2012–present)
2012	Pinkel	5–7	2–6
2013	Pinkel	12-2	7-1	1st (East)	W Cotton	5	5
2014	Pinkel	10-3	7-1	1st (East)	Citrusl	17	17
Total:		652–534–52 (.549)
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^†Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance, Bowl Coalition, or College Football Playoff (CFP) game. ^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

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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]

All-Time Record Versus (Current) Division 1 Opponents

(as of Dec. 7th, 2014)

School	Record	Win Percentage
Alabama	2-3	0.400
Alabama-Birmingham (UAB)	1-0	1.000
Arizona	3-0	1.000
Arizona State	4-3	0.571
Arkansas	4-2	0.667
Arkansas State	3-0	1.000
Auburn	1-1	0.500
Ball State	3-0	1.000
Baylor	10-4	0.714
Bowling Green	2-3	0.400
Brigham Young (BYU)	0-1	0.000
Buffalo	1-0	1.000
California	2-4-1	0.357
California-Los Angeles (UCLA)	0-2-1	0.167
Central Florida (UCF)	2-0	1.000
Clemson	1-3	0.250
Colorado	41-31-3	0.567
Colorado State	1-1	0.500
Drake	14-4	0.778
Duke	1-0	1.000
East Carolina	1-1	0.500
Eastern Illinois	1-0	1.000
Eastern Michigan	1-0	1.000
Florida	3-1	0.750
Fordham	0-3	0.000
Furman	1-0	1.000
Georgia	1-3	0.250
Georgia Tech	1-1	0.500
Hawaii	0-0-1	0.500
Houston	1-1	0.500
Idaho	2-0	1.000
Illinois	17-7	0.708
Illinois State	1-0	1.000
Indiana	3-7-2	0.333
Iowa	7-6	0.538
Iowa State	61-34-9	0.630
Kansas	56-55-9*	.504
Kansas State	60-32-5	0.644
Kentucky	4-2	0.667
Louisiana-Monroe	1-0	1.000
Louisiana State (LSU)	1-0	1.000
Louisville	1-0	1.000
Marshall	1-0	1.000
Maryland	0-6	0.000
McNeese State	1-0	1.000
Memphis	2-1	0.667
Miami, FL	0-3	.000
Miami, OH	2-0	1.000
Michigan	2-2	0.500
Michigan State	3-5	0.375
Middle Tennessee State	1-0	1.000
Minnesota	4-3-1	0.571
Mississippi (Ole Miss)	6-1	0.857
Mississippi State	2-0	1.000
Missouri State	1-0	1.000
Murray State	2-0	1.000
Nebraska	36-65-3	0.361
Nevada	2-0	1.000
New Mexico	2-1	0.667
North Carolina	3-0	1.000
North Dakota State	1-0	1.000
North Texas	1-0	1.000
Northwestern	5-4	0.556
Northwestern State	1-0	1.000
Notre Dame	2-2	0.500
Ohio	1-0	1.000
Ohio State	1-10-1	0.125
Oklahoma	24-67-5	0.276
Oklahoma State	29-23	0.557
Oregon	1-0	1.000
Oregon State	0-2	0.000
Pennsylvania (Penn) State	1-3	0.250
Pittsburgh	0-1	0.000
Purdue	2-6	0.250
Rice	1-0	1.000
San Diego State	3-0	1.000
South Carolina	3-2	0.600
Southeast Missouri State	2-0	1.000
Southeastern Louisiana	1-0	1.000
Southern California (USC)	1-2	0.333
Southern Methodist (SMU)	8-13-2	0.391
Southern Mississippi	1-0	1.000
Stanford	0-1	0.000
Syracuse	0-3	0.000
Temple	0-1	0.000
Tennessee	3-0	1.000
Texas	6-17	0.261
Texas A&M	7-8	0.467
Texas Christian	1-1	0.500
Texas State	1-0	1.000
Texas Tech	6-3	0.667
Toledo	2-0	1.000
Troy	2-1	0.667
Tulane	0-0-2	0.500
Tulsa	1-1	0.500
U.S.A.F.A. (Air Force)	4-2	0.667
U.S.M.A. (Army)	3-1	0.750
U.S.N.A. (Navy)	2-1	0.667
Utah	1-1	0.500
Utah State	4-0	1.000
Vanderbilt	4-2-1	0.643
Virginia	1-0	1.000
Washington State	1-0	1.000
West Virginia	3-2	0.600
Western Illinois	2-0	1.000
Western Michigan	2-0	1.000
Wisconsin	1-4	0.200
Total Division I	529-481-46	0.523

Current coaching staff

Name	Position
Gary Pinkel	Head Coach
Dave Steckel	Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach
Andy Hill	Associate Head Coach/Quarterbacks Coach
Josh Henson	Offensive Coordinator
Pat Washington	Receivers Coach
Cornell Ford	Cornerbacks Coach
Brian Jones	Running Backs Coach
Craig Kuligowski	Defensive Line Coach
Alex Grinch	Safeties Coach
A.J. Ricker	Offensive Line Coach^[13]

Recruiting

Scout.com and Rivals.com National Recruiting Class Rankings for the Missouri Tigers since 2002:

Year of class	Scout.com ranking	Rivals.com ranking	Number of commits	Top Commit
2014	32	34	29	Andy Bauer
2013	36	41	22	Josh Augusta
2012	34	31	20	Dorial Green-Beckham
2011	47	48	17	Sheldon Richardson
2010	27	21	23	Nick Demien
2009	38	40	25	Blaine Dalton
2008	31	25	23	Blaine Gabbert
2007	39	33	26	Michael Keck
2006	58	47	21	J.P. Tillman
2005	37	39	23	Chase Coffman
2004	36	46	27	Chase Patton
2003	52	28	24	Damien Nash
2002	57	29	14	Mario Whitney

Award winners

Amos Alonzo Stagg Award - For Contributions to Football

Don Faurot - 1964

Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award

Warren Powers - 1978

Mosi Tatupu Award - Best Special Teams Player

Brock Olivo - 1997

John Mackey Award - Best Tight End

Chase Coffman - 2008

Player accomplishments

All-American (33)

Ed Lindenmeyer, T 1925
Paul Christman, QB 1939
Darold Jenkins, C 1941
Bob Steuber, RB 1942
Harold Burnine, DE 1955
Danny LaRose, DE 1960
Ed Blaine, T 1961
Conrad Hitchler, DE 1962
Johnny Roland, DB 1965
Francis Peay, OT 1965
Russ Washington, OT 1967

Roger Wehrli, DB 1968
Edwards John RB 1971
Mike Carroll, OG 1969
Scott Anderson, C 1973
John Moseley, DB 1973
Henry Marshall, WR 1975
Morris Towns, OT 1976
Kellen Winslow, TE 1978
Bill Whitaker, DB 1980
Brad Edelman, C 1981
Jeff Gaylord, DT 1981

Conrad Goode, OT 1983
John Clay, OT 1986
Rob Riti, C 1999
Justin Smith, DE 2000
Martin Rucker, TE 2007
Jeremy Maclin, AP 2007 & 2008
Chase Coffman, TE 2008
Danario Alexander, WR 2009^[14]
Grant Ressel, K 2009^[14]
Michael Egnew, TE, 2010^[15]
Michael Sam, DE, 2013^[16]

Retired jerseys

Missouri players in the NFL

Present

Tim Barnes - center for the St. Louis Rams
Beau Brinkley - long snapper for the Tennessee Titans
Justin Britt - offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks
Chase Coffman - tight end for the Tennessee Titans
Chase Daniel - quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs
Kony Ealy - defensive end for the Carolina Panthers
Michael Egnew - tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Blaine Gabbert - quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers
Andrew Gachkar - linebacker for the San Diego Chargers
E.J. Gaines - cornerback for the St. Louis Rams
Zaviar Gooden - linebacker for the Tennessee Titans
Ziggy Hood - defensive lineman for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Henry Josey - running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Jeremy Maclin - wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
William Moore - defensive back for the Atlanta Falcons
Sheldon Richardson - defensive tackle for the New York Jets
Aldon Smith - linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers
Brad Smith - quarterback/return specialist/wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
Jacquies_Smith - defensive end for the Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers
Justin Smith - defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers
Sean Weatherspoon - linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons
L'Damian Washington - wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins

Former

Danario Alexander - former wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers
Victor Bailey — former wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs
Brandon Barnes - former linebacker for the Washington Redskins
Ed Blaine - former offensive guard for the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles
Dwayne Blakley — former tight end for the Atlanta Falcons
Colin Brown - former offensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills
Hank Burnine - former end for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles
Paul Christman — former quarterback for the Chicago Cardinals
John Douglas - former linebacker for the New York Giants
Kip Edwards - former cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings
Gerry Ellis - former running back for the Green Bay Packers
Mike Fink - former defensive back for the New Orleans Saints
James Franklin former quarterback for the Detroit Lions
William Franklin - former wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions
Justin Gage - former wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans
Tony Galbreath - former running back for the New Orleans Saints, Minnesota Vikings, and New York Giants
Mel Gray - former wide receiver for the St. Louis Cardinals
Jim Harrison - former fullback for the Chicago Bears
Jerrell Jackson - former wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs
Mike Jones - former linebacker for the L.A./Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams, and Pittsburgh Steelers
Wes Kemp - former wide receiver for the New York Jets
Gary Lane - former quarterback for the Cleveland Browns
Leo Lewis - former wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings
Erik McMillan - former safety for the New York Jets
T. J. Moe - former wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams
Joe Moore - former running back for the Chicago Bears
Damien Nash — former running back for the Denver Broncos
Brock Olivo — former running back & special teams player, Detroit Lions
Gus Otto — former linebacker for the Oakland Raiders
Tony Palmer — former offensive guard for the Green Bay Packers
Francis Peay - former offensive tackle of the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, and the Kansas City Chiefs
Johnnie Poe — former cornerback for the New Orleans Saints
Tommy Reamon - former running back for the Kansas City Chiefs
Johnny Roland — former running back for the St. Louis Cardinals
Martin Rucker - former tight end for the Cleveland Browns
Andy Russell — former linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Kevin Rutland - former defensive back for the Kansas City Chiefs
Michael Sam - former defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
Chicago Bears
Brian Smith — former linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Gordon Smith — former tight end for the Minnesota Vikings
Jon Staggers - former wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers
Bruce Van Dyke - former offensive guard for the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Green Bay Packers
Russ Washington - former offensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers
Eric Waters - former tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Roger Wehrli — former cornerback for the St. Louis Cardinals — Pro Football Hall of Famer
Lorenzo Williams - former defensive end for the Baltimore Ravens and Carolina Panthers
Kellen Winslow — former tight end for the San Diego Chargers — Pro Football Hall of Famer
James Wilder — former running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Eric Wright - former cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers

College Football Hall of Fame

Missouri boasts 12 inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame:

Bill Roper, Coach (1951)
Paul Christman, Quarterback (1956)
Don Faurot, Coach (1961)
Bob Steuber, Halfback (1971)
Jim Phelan, Coach (1973)
Ed Travis, Offensive Tackle (1974)
Darold Jenkins, Center (1976)
Frank Broyles, Coach (1983)
Dan Devine, Coach (1985)
Johnny Roland, Halfback (1998)
Kellen Winslow, Tight End (2002)
Roger Wehrli, Cornerback (2003)

Pro Football Hall of Fame

Two Missouri players have been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame:

Kellen Winslow, Tight End (1995)
Roger Wehrli, Cornerback (2007)

Nickname

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]

Mascot

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.

Homecoming

See 1911 Kansas vs. Missouri football game

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]

Future opponents

Intra-division opponents

Missouri plays the other six SEC East opponents once per season.^[25]

Even Numbered Years	Odd Number Years
at Tennessee	vs Tennessee
vs Georgia	at Georgia
at Florida	vs Florida
vs Vanderbilt	at Vanderbilt
at South Carolina	vs South Carolina
vs Kentucky	at Kentucky

Non-division opponents

Missouri plays Arkansas as a permanent non-division opponent annually and rotates around the West division among the other six schools.^[25]

2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
at Arkansas	vs Arkansas	at Arkansas	vs Arkansas	at Arkansas	vs Arkansas	at Arkansas	vs Arkansas	at Arkansas	vs Arkansas	at Arkansas
vs Mississippi State	at LSU	vs Auburn	at Alabama	vs Ole Miss	at Mississippi State	vs Texas A&M	at Auburn	vs LSU	at Ole Miss	vs Alabama

Non-conference opponents

2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
vs Southeast Missouri State Sept. 5th	at West Virginia Sept. 9th	vs Purdue Sept. 16th	vs Wyoming Sept. 8th	at Wyoming Aug. 31st	at Memphis Oct. 3rd
at Arkansas State Sept. 12th		at Connecticut Sept. 23rd	at Purdue Sept. 15th	vs West Virginia Sept. 7th	at BYU Nov. 7th
vs Connecticut Sept. 19th				vs Memphis Oct. 19th
vs BYU Nov. 14th at Arrowhead Stadium

^[26]

References

^ http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/229185/university-of-missouri-to-join-southeastern-conference.aspx University Of Missouri To Join Southeastern Conference
^ College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS#Yearly national championship selections from major selectors NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records
^ http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/01/4661805/mu-notebook-pinkel-matches-faurot.html Gary Pinkel matches Don Faurot for most wins at Mizzou
^ "Missouri Tigers' move to SEC official, but Big 12 hurdles remain - ESPN". Espn.go.com. 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
^ "Missouri Composite Championship Listing".
^ ^a ^b 2012 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records. Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2012. pp. 69–78. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
^ ^a ^b Amy Daughters (2011-05-04). "College Football: The Top 25 Schools That Have Never Won a National Championship". Bleacher Report.
^ "Missouri Bowl History".
^ "2013 Mizzou Football Records Book ('Season-by-Season Records')" (PDF).

^ CFRC College Football College Football Database - Missouri. Retrieved 2013-Nov-24.
^ NationalChamps.net - Missouri. Retrieved 2013-Nov-24.
^ Pieringer, Dan. "(6) Missouri vs. Kansas St.". STATS. Yahoo! Sports featuring rivals.com. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
^ http://www.mutigers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/071414aab.html
^ ^a ^b SI.com's 2009 All-Americans
^ MU's Egnew is AP first-team All-American AP-St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec. 15, 2010
^ MIZZOU DE MICHAEL SAM NAMED FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN BY WALTER CAMP garypinkel.com Dec. 12, 2013
^ "Missouri Tigers Football History - College Football". Collegefootballhistory.com. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
^ Smith, William Benjamin. James Sidney Rollins, Memoir. New York: De Vinne Press, 1891. Page 49.
^ The Missouri Alumnus. “Why M. U. Athletes are Called ‘Tigers”. Volume V, No. 11, pp. 189-190. March 2, 1917.
^ Piontek, Keith. "MU and the 'Tigers' Moniker." Rock M Nation website. February 2, 2010. http://www.rockmnation.com/2010/2/1/1287299/mu-and-the-tigers-moniker
^ "U celebrates Homecoming Week 2004 : UMNews : University of Minnesota". .umn.edu. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
^ "The History of Homecoming". Active.com. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
^ By Chrös Mcdougall And Blaine Grider. "Tradition's beginnings mysterious". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
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^ "Missouri Tigers Football Schedules and Future Schedules". fbschedules.com. Retrieved 2014-06-01.

Missouri Tigers football

Venues	Rollins Field (1890–1926) Faurot Field (1926–present)

Rivalries	Illinois Iowa State (Telephone Trophy) Kansas: Border War Nebraska (Victory Bell) Oklahoma (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)

Culture and lore	Truman the Tiger Marching Mizzou 1911 Kansas vs. Missouri football game Fifth Down Game (1990) Flea Kicker

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical Leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

University of Missouri

Academics

Athletics

Missouri Tigers Baseball Men's basketball Football Volleyball The Antlers Arch Rivalry Border War Braggin' Rights Brewer Fieldhouse Faurot Field Hall of Fame Hearnes Center Marching Mizzou Missouri–Nebraska football rivalry Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe Tiger's Lair Mizzou Arena Taylor Stadium Truman the Tiger Walton Stadium

Campus

Research

Oral Tradition (journal) Journal of Career Development Mizzou Hydrogen Car Team Pictures of the Year International Religion Newswriters Association Society of American Business Editors and Writers

Student life

The Maneater L.S.V. Mystical Seven QEBH

People

Esterhazy Quartet General Alumni General Faculty Hall of Fame Inductees Presidents and Chancellors

History

History of the University of Missouri Geyer Act Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada Missouri Waltz State Historical Society of Missouri

Media

The Maneater Columbia Missourian KBIA KCOU KOMU-DT3 KOMU-TV MUTV University Press

Southeastern Conference football

Eastern Division	Florida Gators Georgia Bulldogs Kentucky Wildcats Missouri Tigers South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Volunteers Vanderbilt Commodores

Western Division	Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers LSU Tigers Mississippi State Bulldogs Ole Miss Rebels Texas A&M Aggies

Former teams	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Sewanee Tigers Tulane Green Wave

Championships & awards	SEC Championship Game Southeastern Conference football individual awards SEC Football Legends

Seasons	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

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