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Missouri Tigers
Missouri Tigers athletic logo
University University of Missouri-Columbia
Conference Big 12
NCAA Division I
Athletics director Mike Alden
Location Columbia, MO
Varsity Teams 20
Stadium Faurot Field
Arena Mizzou Arena
Mascot Truman the Tiger
Nickname Tigers
Colors Black and Old Gold            
Homepage www.mutigers.cstv.com

The Missouri Tigers are the official mascot of the athletic teams at the University of Missouri–Columbia. Missouri (also known as Mizzou) athletics date back to the middle of the 19th century.

Missouri teams compete in the Big 12 Conference, and it is one of two that carries all 18 Big 12 sanctioned sports. Among those are baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling. The other school to have every sport is the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Despite carrying every sport, Mizzou has only won a single conference championship since the Big 12 was created in 1996. It is the lowest number of any school in the Big 12.

The Tigers' biggest rival is the KU Jayhawks, with whom they compete in the annual Border Showdown. There is also a traditional basketball rivalry with the Illinois Fighting Illini referred to as the Braggin' Rights Game.

The University of Missouri is widely known for the creation of "Homecoming". The 1911 University of Missouri football game against the University of Kansas began an enduring Tiger tradition. Before that year, the MU versus KU game had always been played in Kansas City. The 1911 season, however, saw a change in conference regulations. All intercollegiate football games were required to be played on campus. Fearing that game attendance would be low, the new MU coach, C. L. Brewer, appealed with great success for the "Old Grads" to "Come Back Home" to boost attendance and help dedicate MU's new football field. MU fans responded, swelling the crowd at Rollins Field in Columbia to more than ten thousand. With that "Homecoming" was born. Several schools, notably Illinois, Indiana University and Baylor University claim to have had the first Homecoming. Despite the other schools having recorded Homecoming games before 1911, the NCAA recognizes Missouri's as the first.

Contents

[edit] Football

Affiliations:

Big 12 Conference 1996-present
Big Eight Conference 1907-1996 (formally changed name from MVIAA to Big 8 1964)
a.k.a. Big Seven Conference (unofficial name) 1947-1957
a.k.a. Big Six Conference (unofficial name) 1928-1947
a.k.a. Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1907-1928

Coach: Gary Pinkel

Home field: Faurot Field

Uniform colors: Black and Gold

Logo design: A stylised tiger inside an oval: also a large, gold letter M

Mascot: Truman the Tiger

Conference Championships: 12

Bowl games: 23 (Not including Brut Sun Bowl, which will be played on Dec. 29)

Bowl record: 10-13

All-Time Record: 581-501-52 [1]

Former Players in the NFL

[edit] See also

  • "The 5th Down (The famous "5th" down during the 1990 Colorado-Missouri football game)
  • "The Flea Kicker"
  • Marching Mizzou

[edit] Basketball

Summary

  • Coach: Mike Anderson
  • Conference Champions: 15
  • Conference Tournament Champions: 6
  • NIT invitations: 6
  • NCAA invitations: 21
  • Final 4: 0
  • Elite 8: 4
  • Sweet 16: 3

Regular-Season

  • Conference Championships
  • Missouri Valley Conference, 1918 1920 1921 1922
  • Big Six Conference, 1930 1939 1940
  • Big Eight Conference, 1976 1980 1981 1982 1983 1987 1990 1994

Post-Season

  • Conference Championships
  • Big Eight Conference, 1978 1982 1987 1989 1991 1993
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances 1944 1976 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
  • Sweet 16 1980 1982 1989
  • Elite 8 Appearances 1944 1976 1994 2002
  • NIT 1984 1985 1996 1998 2004 2005

Retired Jersey Numbers

All-Americans

  • Fred Williams, 1916
  • Craig Ruby, F, 1918-1919
  • George Williams, C, 1920-1921
  • Herb Bunker, G, 1921-1923
  • Arthur Browning, F, 1922-1923
  • Marshall Craig, F, 1930
  • Max Collings, 1931
  • John Lobsiger, G, 1939-1940
  • Bill Stauffer, C, 1952
  • Norm Stewart, G, 1956, former head coach at Northern Iowa (1961-1967) and Mizzou (1967-1999)
  • Charles Henke, C, 1961
  • John Brown, F, 1972-1973
  • Willie Smith, G, 1976
  • Ricky Frazier, F, 1982
  • Steve Stipanovich, C, 1983
  • Jon Sundvold, G, 1983
  • Derrick Chievous, F, 1987
  • Doug Smith, F, 1990
  • Anthony Peeler, G, 1992
  • Melvin Booker, G, 1994


Other Notable Players

Notable Coaches

[edit] Other Sports

Notable Athletes

[edit] References

  1. ^ "[1]". STASSEN.COM College Football Information.
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