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American college football season
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]
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.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 11:00 a.m. at West Virginia * FS1 L 11–2660,125 September 10 6:30 p.m. Eastern Michigan * SECN W 61–21 (vacated)51,192 September 17 6:30 p.m. No. 16 Georgia SECN L 27–2857,098 September 24 3:00 p.m. Delaware State * SECN W 79–0 (vacated)53,472 October 1 6:30 p.m. at LSU SECN L 7–42102,071 October 15 3:00 p.m. at No. 18 Florida SECN L 14–4088,825 October 22 3:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee * SECN L 45–5152,351 October 29 11:00 a.m. Kentucky SECN L 21–3550,234 November 5 3:00 p.m. at South Carolina SECN L 21–3173,817 November 12 2:30 p.m. Vanderbilt SECN W 26–17 (vacated)50,261 November 19 2:30 p.m. at Tennessee CBS L 37–63101,012 November 25 1:30 p.m. Arkansas CBS W 28–24 (vacated)51,043 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [ 3]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
3
0
8
11
Mountaineers
10
3
10
3
26
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
0
7
14
0
21
Tigers
14
19
14
14
61
1
2
3
4
Total
#16 Bulldogs
7
14
0
7
28
Tigers
10
10
7
0
27
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
0
0
0
0
0
Tigers
30
28
14
7
79
1
2
3
4
Total
MIZ Tigers
0
0
0
7
7
LSU Tigers
7
14
7
14
42
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
0
7
7
14
#18 Gators
0
20
6
14
40
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
13
21
7
10
51
Tigers
14
14
7
10
45
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
14
7
7
35
Tigers
0
7
0
14
21
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
14
7
0
21
Gamecocks
7
14
7
3
31
1
2
3
4
Total
Commodores
0
10
7
0
17
Tigers
6
13
0
7
26
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
6
14
7
10
37
Volunteers
7
14
14
28
63
[ 4]
1
2
3
4
Total
Razorbacks
14
10
0
0
24
Tigers
7
0
14
7
28
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