2016 Missouri Tigers football team explained

Team:Missouri Tigers
Year:2016
Sport:Football
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Division:Eastern Division
Short Conf:SEC
Record:0–8
Wins Vacated:4
Conf Record:0–6
Conf Wins Vacated:2
Head Coach:Barry Odom
Hc Year:1st
Off Coach:Josh Heupel
Oc Year:1st
Off Scheme:Spread
Def Coach:DeMontie Cross
Dc Year:1st
Codef Coach1:Ryan Walters
Codc1 Year:1st
Def Scheme:4–3
Stadium:Faurot Field

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.

Schedule Source:[3]

Game summaries

At West Virginia

See also: 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.

Eastern Michigan

See also: 2016 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team.

Georgia

See also: 2016 Georgia Bulldogs football team.

Delaware State

See also: 2016 Delaware State Hornets football team.

At LSU

See also: 2016 LSU Tigers football team.

At Florida

See also: 2016 Florida Gators football team.

Middle Tennessee

See also: 2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team.

Kentucky

See also: 2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team.

At South Carolina

See also: 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team.

Vanderbilt

See also: 2016 Vanderbilt Commodores football team.

At Tennessee

See also: 2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team.

Arkansas

See also: 2016 Arkansas Razorbacks football team and Battle Line Rivalry.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 Football Quick Facts . 2023-10-24 . University of Missouri Athletics . en.
  2. 2016 @MIZZOUFOOTBALL SCHEDULE FINALIZED. University of Missouri Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. November 19, 2015.
  3. Web site: 2016 Missouri Tigers Football Schedule. FB Schedules. November 19, 2015.