2016 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record0–8, 4 wins vacated (0–6 SEC, 2 wins vacated)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJosh Heupel (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorDeMontie Cross (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumFaurot Field
2016 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 14 Florida x  6 –2   9 –4  
No. 22 Tennessee  4 –4   9 –4  
Georgia  4 –4   8 –5  
Kentucky  4 –4   7 –6  
South Carolina  3 –5   6 –7  
Vanderbilt  3 –5   6 –7  
Missouri*  2 –6   4 –8  
West Division
No. 2 Alabama x$^  8 –0   14 –1  
No. 24 Auburn  5 –3   8 –5  
No. 13 LSU  5 –3   8 –4  
Texas A&M  4 –4   8 –5  
Arkansas  3 –5   7 –6  
Mississippi State  3 –5   6 –7  
Ole Miss*  2 –6   5 –7  
Championship: Alabama 54, Florida 16
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * Ole Miss and Missouri vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
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 East Division.

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

Schedule

Missouri announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Tigers hosted SEC foes Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt, and travelled to Florida, LSU, South Carolina, and Tennessee.[2]

The Tigers hosted three of its four of its non–conference games which were against Delaware State Hornets from the FCS Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Eastern Michigan Eagles from the Mid-American Conference, and Middle Tennessee from Conference USA. The Tigers played the West Virginia Mountaineers from the Big 12 Conference as an away game.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 311:00 a.m.at West Virginia*
FS1L 11–2660,125
September 106:30 p.m.Eastern Michigan*
SECNW 61–21 (vacated)51,192
September 176:30 p.m.No. 16 Georgia
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, MO
SECNL 27–2857,098
September 243:00 p.m.Delaware State*
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, MO
SECNW 79–0 (vacated)53,472
October 16:30 p.m.at LSU
SECNL 7–42102,071
October 153:00 p.m.at No. 18 Florida
SECNL 14–4088,825
October 223:00 p.m.Middle Tennessee*dagger
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, MO
SECNL 45–5152,351
October 2911:00 a.m.Kentucky
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, MO
SECNL 21–3550,234
November 53:00 p.m.at South Carolina
SECNL 21–3173,817
November 122:30 p.m.Vanderbilt
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, MO
SECNW 26–17 (vacated)50,261
November 192:30 p.m.at Tennessee
CBSL 37–63101,012
November 251:30 p.m.Arkansas
CBSW 28–24 (vacated)51,043
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source:[3]

Game summaries

At West Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 3 0 8 11
Mountaineers 10 3 10 3 26

Eastern Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 14 0 21
Tigers 14 19 14 14 61

Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Bulldogs 7 14 0 7 28
Tigers 10 10 7 0 27

Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 0 0 0
Tigers 30 28 14 7 79

At LSU

1 2 3 4 Total
MIZ Tigers 0 0 0 7 7
LSU Tigers 7 14 7 14 42

At Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 7 7 14
#18 Gators 0 20 6 14 40

Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 13 21 7 10 51
Tigers 14 14 7 10 45

Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 14 7 7 35
Tigers 0 7 0 14 21

At South Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 14 7 0 21
Gamecocks 7 14 7 3 31

Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total
Commodores 0 10 7 0 17
Tigers 6 13 0 7 26

At Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 6 14 7 10 37
Volunteers 7 14 14 28 63

Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Razorbacks 14 10 0 0 24
Tigers 7 0 14 7 28

References

  1. ↑ "2023 Football Quick Facts". University of Missouri Athletics. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2016 @MIZZOUFOOTBALL SCHEDULE FINALIZED" (Press release). University of Missouri Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2016 Missouri Tigers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
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