2015 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record0–7, 5 wins vacated (0–7 SEC, 1 win vacated)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJosh Henson (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorBarry Odom (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumFaurot Field
2015 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 25 Florida x  7 –1   10 –4  
No. 22 Tennessee  5 –3   9 –4  
Georgia  5 –3   10 –3  
Vanderbilt  2 –6   4 –8  
Kentucky  2 –6   5 –7  
Missouri*  1 –7   5 –7  
South Carolina  1 –7   3 –9  
West Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#^  7 –1   14 –1  
No. 10 Ole Miss  6 –2   10 –3  
Arkansas  5 –3   8 –5  
No. 16 LSU *  5 –3   9 –3  
Texas A&M  4 –4   8 –5  
Mississippi State  4 –4   9 –4  
Auburn  2 –6   7 –6  
Championship: Alabama 29, Florida 15
  • # – College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * LSU and Missouri vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Missouri Tigers football team (also called "Mizzou") represented the University of Missouri in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It marked the Tigers' fourth season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in the Eastern Division. The team played its home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They were led by 15th year head coach Gary Pinkel, in what would be his last season as the team's head coach.

Due to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) action, all of Missouri's wins for the 2015 and 2016 seasons were vacated.[1]

Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for 2015 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date
Chase Abbington
RB		 St. Peters, MO Hutchinson C.C. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 209 lb (95 kg)   Nov 5, 2013 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Franklin Agbasimere
LB		 Montverde, FL Montverde Academy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 220 lb (100 kg)   Jan 18, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Terry Beckner
DT		 East St. Louis, IL East St. Louis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 298 lb (135 kg)   Feb 4, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN:5/5 stars
Malik Cuellar
OT		 San Francisco, CA City College of San Francisco 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 290 lb (130 kg)   Dec 17, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Marquise Doherty
ATH		 Kansas City, MO Winnetonka 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg)   Dec 26, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Corey Fatony
K		 Franklin, TN Franklin 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg)   Jun 18, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:2/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Richaud Floyd
WR		 Gulfport, MS Gulfport 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg)   Jul 29, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Marcell Frazier
SDE		 Portland, OR College of the Siskiyous 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 250 lb (110 kg)   Dec 18, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Emanuel Hall
WR		 Franklin, TN Centennial 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg)   Jul 31, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Terez Hall
LB		 Lithonia, GA Martin Luther King 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 208 lb (94 kg)   Feb 4, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
AJ Harris
OL		 Stilwell, KS Blue Valley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 297 lb (135 kg) 4.9 Apr 1, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Cam Hilton
S		 St. Louis, MO Webster Groves 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 172 lb (78 kg)   Apr 19, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Nate Howard
DE		 St. Louis, MO Ladue Horton Watkins 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg)   Jan 30, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Tyler Howell
OL		 El Dorado, KS Butler County C.C. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 305 lb (138 kg)   Jan 22, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Tyrell Jacobs
DT		 Metairie, LA Rummel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 260 lb (120 kg) 4.9 Jan 24, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Johnathon Johnson
WR		 Memphis, TN Melrose 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg)   Jan 18, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Drew Lock
QB		 Lee’s Summit, MO Lee’s Summit 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg)   Apr 9, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Josh Moore
DE		 Olathe, KS North 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 250 lb (110 kg)   Jan 31, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Tanner Owen
OL		 Kearney, MO Kearney 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 5.1 Jun 11, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Ronnell Perkins
ATH		 University City, MO University City 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg)   Aug 7, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Justin Smith
WR		 Dublin, GA West Laurens 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 4.6 Jan 18, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
T.J. Warren
DB		 Conyers, GA Rockdale County 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 4.4 Oct 7, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Ryan Williams
RB		 Lee’s Summit, MO Lee’s Summit West 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 178 lb (81 kg)   Feb 15, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 2.97 (#32)   Rivals: 2.79 (#35)  ESPN: 76.6
  • ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Missouri 2015 Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  • "2015 Missouri Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  • "2015 Player Commitments – Missouri". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  • "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 5, 2014.

Schedule

Missouri announced their 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consist of 6 home games, 5 away games and 1 neutral game in the regular season. The Tigers will host SEC foes Florida, Mississippi State, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and will travel to Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt.[2]

Missouri will host Mississippi State for the first time since 1984, when the Tigers were playing in the Big Eight Conference, before joining the SEC 28 years later. That match–up against the Bulldogs will be the third Thursday night game hosted by Missouri in Tiger history. This will be the Tigers' first year without Texas A&M on their schedule since 2009, and the first year without any team from Texas on its schedule since 1984.

At the release of the 2015 schedule, Missouri was the only member in the SEC to not complete their entire schedule as the Tigers were still finalizing the game to be played on November 14. One month later after releasing of their schedule, Missouri announced that the game on November 14 would be played against BYU at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.[3]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 53:00 p.m.Southeast Missouri*No. 24
SEC Alt.W 34–3 (vacated)64,670
September 126:00 p.m.at Arkansas State*No. 21
ESPN3W 27–20 (vacated)29,143
September 1911:00 a.m.UConn*No. 22
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, MO
ESPNW 9–6 (vacated)70,079
September 266:30 p.m.at KentuckyNo. 25
SECNL 13–2158,008
October 311:00 a.m.South Carolina
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, MO
SECNW 24–10 (vacated)66,751
October 106:30 p.m.No. 11 Floridadagger
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, MO
SECNL 3–2170,767
October 176:30 p.m.at Georgia
SECNL 6–992,746
October 243:00 p.m.at Vanderbilt
SECNL 3–1031,128
November 58:00 p.m.No. 24 Mississippi State
ESPNL 13–3158,878
November 146:30 p.m.vs. BYU*
SECNW 20–16 (vacated)42,824
November 216:15 p.m.Tennessee
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, MO
ESPN2L 8–1959,575
November 271:30 p.m.at Arkansas
CBSL 3–2865,228
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source:[4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP24212225—RV——————————
Coaches23212023RVRV——————————
CFPNot released——————Not released

NFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
4128Evan BoehmCArizona Cardinals
5144Conner McGovernCDenver Broncos
5150Kentrell BrothersLBMinnesota Vikings

Campus protests and resignation of Tim Wolfe

In the fall of 2015 there were a number of racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri campus. Some students held protests, and some called for the resignation of university system president Tim Wolfe, who they said had not provided a sufficient response to the incidents. On November 7 some members of the Missouri Tigers football team said that they would boycott all football-related activities until Wolfe resigned. Coach Pinkel stated that he supported the players. On November 9 Wolfe resigned as president.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "2023 Football Quick Facts". University of Missouri Athletics. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Mizzou Football 2015 Schedule Announced" (Press release). University of Missouri Department of Athletics. October 14, 2014. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Arrowhead Stadium to Host Mizzou-BYU in 2015" (Press release). University of Missouri Department of Athletics. November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ "2015 Missouri Tigers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ Tracy, Marc; Southall, Ashley (November 8, 2015). "Black Football Players Lend Heft to Protests at Missouri". The New York Times. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Nadkarni, Rohan; Nieves, Alex (November 9, 2015). "Why Missouri's Football Team Joined a Protest Against School Administration". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
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