2016 Missouri Tigers football team

2016 Missouri Tigers football
2016 Missouri Tigers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Record	0–8, 4 wins vacated (0–6 SEC, 2 wins vacated)
Head coach	Barry Odom (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Josh Heupel (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	DeMontie Cross (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ryan Walters (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Faurot Field
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

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.

2016 Southeastern Conference football standings
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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

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.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	11:00 a.m.	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	FS1	L 11–26	60,125
September 10	6:30 p.m.	Eastern Michigan*	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	W 61–21 (vacated)	51,192
September 17	6:30 p.m.	No. 16 Georgia	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	L 27–28	57,098
September 24	3:00 p.m.	Delaware State*	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	W 79–0 (vacated)	53,472
October 1	6:30 p.m.	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	SECN	L 7–42	102,071
October 15	3:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	SECN	L 14–40	88,825
October 22	3:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee*	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	L 45–51	52,351
October 29	11:00 a.m.	Kentucky	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	L 21–35	50,234
November 5	3:00 p.m.	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SECN	L 21–31	73,817
November 12	2:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	W 26–17 (vacated)	50,261
November 19	2:30 p.m.	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	CBS	L 37–63	101,012
November 25	1:30 p.m.	Arkansas	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (Battle Line Rivalry)	CBS	W 28–24 (vacated)	51,043
*Non-conference game Homecoming 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

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

[1] "2023 Football Quick Facts". University of Missouri Athletics. Retrieved October 24, 2023.

[UM16-2] "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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2016 Missouri Tigers football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	0–8, 4 wins vacated (0–6 SEC, 2 wins vacated)
Head coach	Barry Odom (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Josh Heupel (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	DeMontie Cross (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ryan Walters (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Faurot Field
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →