# 2016 Missouri Tigers football team

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.

## 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.
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 FieldMorgantown, WV | FS1 | L 11–26 | 60,125 |
| September 10 | 6:30 p.m. | Eastern Michigan* | Faurot FieldColumbia, MO | SECN | W 61–21 (vacated) | 51,192 |
| September 17 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 16 Georgia | Faurot FieldColumbia, MO | SECN | L 27–28 | 57,098 |
| September 24 | 3:00 p.m. | Delaware State* | Faurot FieldColumbia, MO | SECN | W 79–0 (vacated) | 53,472 |
| October 1 | 6:30 p.m. | at LSU | Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA | SECN | L 7–42 | 102,071 |
| October 15 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Florida | Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL | SECN | L 14–40 | 88,825 |
| October 22 | 3:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee* | Faurot FieldColumbia, MO | SECN | L 45–51 | 52,351 |
| October 29 | 11:00 a.m. | Kentucky | Faurot FieldColumbia, MO | SECN | L 21–35 | 50,234 |
| November 5 | 3:00 p.m. | at South Carolina | Williams-Brice StadiumColumbia, SC | SECN | L 21–31 | 73,817 |
| November 12 | 2:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt | Faurot FieldColumbia, MO | SECN | W 26–17 (vacated) | 50,261 |
| November 19 | 2:30 p.m. | at Tennessee | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN | CBS | L 37–63 | 101,012 |
| November 25 | 1:30 p.m. | Arkansas | Faurot FieldColumbia, MO (Battle Line Rivalry) | CBS | W 28–24 (vacated) | 51,043 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
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## 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 |