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Missouri Tigers
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University University of Missouri
Conference Big 12
NCAA Division I
Athletics director Mike Alden
Location Columbia, MO
Varsity teams 20[1]
Football stadium Faurot Field
Basketball arena Mizzou Arena
Baseball stadium Taylor Stadium
Other arenas Hearnes Center
Mascot Truman the Tiger
Nickname Tigers
Fight song Fight, Tiger
Colors Black and MU Gold

             
Homepage www.mutigers.com

The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri, located in Columbia. The name comes from a band armed guards called the Missouri Tigers who, in 1864, protected Columbia from Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War. [2] The University of Missouri (often referred to as Mizzou or MU) is the flagship institution of the University of Missouri System.[3] The women's teams are sometimes called the Lady Tigers, but often both the men's and women's teams are simply called the Tigers. Mizzou is a member of the Big 12 Conference and is the only NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision program in Missouri.

Contents

[edit] Varsity sports

[edit] Football

For more details on this topic, see Missouri Tigers football under Gary Pinkel.
For current sports news on this topic, see
2008 Missouri Tigers football team
Chase Daniel takes a snap in the first quarter of the 2007 Mizzou vs. Nebraska football game.
Chase Daniel takes a snap in the first quarter of the 2007 Mizzou vs. Nebraska football game.

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 at Memorial Stadium

Uniform colors: Black and Gold

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

Conference Championships: 12

  • Big 8: 1909; 1913 (Co-Champions); 1919; 1924; 1925; 1927; 1939; 1941; 1942; 1945; 1960; 1969 (Co-Champions)

Division Championships: 1

  • Big 12 North: 2007 [4]

Bowl games: 25

Bowl record: 11-14

All-Time Record: 594-503-52 (.541; thru 2007) [5]

[edit] Retired Jersey Numbers

[edit] All-Americans

[edit] Current and Former Players in the NFL and CFL

[edit] Notable Head Coaches

  • Dan Devine — winningest Missouri football coach (record: 93-37-7 .715); coached at Missouri from 1958–1970
  • Don Faurot — longest-tenured Missouri football coach (1935-42, 1946-56); football field bears his name
  • Al Onofrio — coach from 1971–77
  • Warren Powers — coach from 1978–84
  • Gary Pinkel - coach from 2001-present

[edit] Year by Year Record Since 1950

Year Record Coach
1950 4-5-1 Don B. Faurot
1951 3-7-0 Don B. Faurot
1952 3-7-0 Don B. Faurot
1953 6-4-0 Don B. Faurot
1954 4-5-1 Don B. Faurot
1955 1-9-0 Don B. Faurot
1956 4-5-1 Don B. Faurot
1957 5-4-1 Frank Broyles
1958 5-4-1 Dan Devine
1959 6-5-0 Dan Devine
1960 11-0-01 Dan Devine
1961 7-2-1 Dan Devine
1962 8-1-2 Dan Devine
1963 7-3-0 Dan Devine
1964 6-3-1 Dan Devine
1965 8-2-1 Dan Devine
1966 6-3-1 Dan Devine
1967 7-3-0 Dan Devine
1968 8-3-0 Dan Devine
1969 9-2-0 Dan Devine
1970 5-6-0 Dan Devine
1971 1-10-0 Al Onofrio
1972 7-5-0 Al Onofrio
1973 8-4-0 Al Onofrio
1974 7-4-0 Al Onofrio
1975 6-5-0 Al Onofrio
1976 6-5-0 Al Onofrio
1977 4-7-0 Al Onofrio
1978 8-4-0 Warren Powers
1979 7-5-0 Warren Powers
1980 8-4-0 Warren Powers
1981 8-4-0 Warren Powers
1982 5-4-2 Warren Powers
1983 7-5-0 Warren Powers
1984 3-7-1 Warren Powers
1985 1-10-0 Woody Widenhofer
1986 3-8-0 Woody Widenhofer
1987 5-6-0 Woody Widenhofer
1988 3-7-1 Woody Widenhofer
1989 2-9-0 Bob Stull
1990 4-7-0 Bob Stull
1991 3-7-1 Bob Stull
1992 3-8-0 Bob Stull
1993 3-7-1 Bob Stull
1994 3-8-1 Larry Smith
1995 3-8-0 Larry Smith
1996 5-6-0 Larry Smith
1997 7-5-0 Larry Smith
1998 8-4-0 Larry Smith
1999 4-7-0 Larry Smith
2000 3-8-0 Larry Smith
2001 4-7-0 Gary Pinkel
2002 5-7-0 Gary Pinkel
2003 8-5-0 Gary Pinkel
2004 5-6-0 Gary Pinkel
2005 7-5-0 Gary Pinkel
2006 8-5-0 Gary Pinkel
2007 12-2-02 Gary Pinkel

Total 317-208-18 (.604 from 1950)

TOTAL 594-503-52 (.541 from 1890)

11960 team lost to Kansas but was later awarded win by default due to an ineligible Kansas player, (Bert Coan).[6]
22007 Won the Cotton Bowl (38-7) vs. Arkansas, January 1, 2008.

[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: 6

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 1976 1980 1982 1989 1994 2002
  • Elite 8 Appearances 1944 1976 1994 2002
  • NIT 1984 1985 1996 1998 2004 2005

Retired Jersey Numbers

All-Americans

Other Notable Players

Notable Coaches

[edit] Baseball

The first Missouri Tigers baseball team was in 1868. The first recorded season was in 1891, when the Tigers went 2-2. The presence of former Missouri Tiger baseball players in professional baseball continues to grow each year. In 2005, three players signed contracts, bringing the number of former MU players signing pro contracts to 134. Current MU head coach Tim Jamieson has seen 29 players in his 10-year tenure sign pro contracts. Notable Tiger baseball alum include Tim Laudner, who played for the 1987 World Champion Minnesota Twins, and Phil Bradley, who played for several teams in 1980s and early `90s.

Current Head Coach: Tim Jamieson (1995-present) (13 seasons)

Notable Head Coaches:

  • Hi Simmons - (1937-1973) (35 seasons) (Retired number; 2nd most wins In Missouri history - 481)
  • Gene McArtor - (1974-1994) (21 seasons) (Retired number; most wins In Missouri history - 733)

Big Six Titles: 1930, 1931, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942
Big Seven Titles: 1952, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1963
Big Eight Titles: 1964, 1965, 1976, 1980
National Titles: 1954
National Runner-ups: 1952, 1958, 1964
Postseason:

[edit] Traditions

[edit] MU vs. KU

The Tigers' biggest rival is the KU Jayhawks, with whom they compete in the annual Border Showdown. The most important meeting between the Tigers and the Jayhawks occurred on November 24, 2007 when the two teams played for the Big 12 North Championship and a shot at playing for the Big 12 Championship and a possible National Championship. The Tigers defeated the Jayhawks 36 to 28. This is regarded as the biggest victory in Missouri's history, which also occurred in the best season in Missouri's history.[7] The Tigers best season ever later resulted in a trip to the Cotton Bowl.

There is also a traditional basketball rivalry with the Illinois Fighting Illini referred to as the Braggin' Rights Game.

[edit] Homecoming

The University of Missouri claims to be the originator of the tradition of homecoming.[8] Before 1911, games against the University of Kansas were played in Kansas City. However, a change in conference regulations required intercollegiate football games to be played on campus starting in 1911. Fearing that game attendance would be low, the new Missouri 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. The fans responded, swelling the crowd at Rollins Field in Columbia to more than ten thousand. MU, The NCAA, Trivial Pursuit, and Jeopardy! all verify that this game in 1911 was the first homecoming game.

Several schools, notably Baylor University, Illinois, and Indiana University also claim to have had the first homecoming with Baylor claiming they held their first homecoming game in 1909, and Illinois claiming their first homecoming game on October 15, 1910,[9][10][11] and Indiana claiming October 21, 1910.[12]

[edit] Alma Mater

The Alma Mater for the University of Missouri is Old Missouri. It was written in 1895 and is sung to the tune Far Above Cayuga's Waters and has two verses. Before and after athletic events, sometimes only the first verse is used. The first and second and second verses are more commonly sung at student orientation and at commencement/graduation ceremonies. Both verses are followed by the chorus.

First Verse

Old Missouri, fair Missouri
Dear old varsity.
Ours are hearts that fondly love thee
Here's a health to thee.

Chorus

Proud art thou in classic beauty
Of thy noble past
With thy watch words honour, duty,
Thy high fame shall last!

Second verse

Every student, man and maiden
Swells the glad refrain.
'Till the breezes, music laden
Waft it back again.

Chorus

Proud art thou in classic beauty
Of thy noble past
With thy watch words honour, duty,
Thy high fame shall last!

[edit] Fight Songs

The fight song(s) are used in several different combinations. The most recognizable (and longest) is Every True Son, Mizzou Cheer, and Fight Tiger all in a row. Fight Tigers can be used on its own and may have also been known as The Tiger Song of U of M many years ago.

[edit] Every True Son

(To the tune of Long Way to Tipperary)

Every true son, so happy hearted
Skies above us are blue.
There's a spirit so deep within us
Old Missouri, here's to you! (Rah! Rah!)
When the band plays the Tiger war song
And when the fray is through
We will tramp, tramp, tramp around the columns
With a cheer for old Mizzou!

[edit] Mizzou Cheer

Hit it! Hurray, hurrah! Mizzou! Mizzou!
Hurray, hurrah! Mizzou! Mizzou!
Hurray, Hurrah! And a bully for old Mizzou! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah!
Mizzou-Rah! Mizzou-Rah! Mizzou-Rah! Tigers!

[edit] Fight Tiger

Fight, Tiger, fight for Old Mizzou.
Right behind you everyone is with you.
Break the line and follow down the field.
And you'll be, on the top, upon the top!
Fight, Tiger, you will always win.
Proudly keep the colors flying skyward.
In the end you'll win the victory,
So, Tigers, fight for Old Mizzou!

[edit] Give a Cheer

This song is a more recent addition, written by alumnus Carl E. Bolte.

Give a cheer for Mizzou's Tigers!
We will show 'em how to play.
Give a cheer for Mizzou's Tigers!
And our Tigers will win today.
We've got the team that will never retreat;
We've got the team they can never defeat!
Give a cheer for Mizzou's Tigers!
And our Tigers will win today!
Give a cheer for Mizzou's Tigers!
And our Tigers will win today!

[edit] The Missouri Waltz

The Missouri Waltz is the official song for the state of Missouri. It is always played before and during athletic contests.

[edit] Tiger Rag

Just like Auburn, Clemson, LSU, and Princeton, Missouri uses Tiger Rag as a secondary song.

[edit] Other Sports

National Titles: (All Sports)

Baseball- 1954

Indoor Track and Field- 1965

[edit] Notable Athletes

[edit] Tiger media

As one would expect from a university whose journalism school is often ranked among the top journalism schools in the world, the Tigers have an excellent presence on the radio and television. The Tiger Radio Network is anchored by KMBZ in Kansas City, KFRU AM/KBXR FM in Columbia and Jefferson City, and KMOX in St Louis. Mike Kelly is the commentator for both sports, with John Kadlec and Chris Gervino serving as analysts for football and Gary Link filling in for basketball.

For indoor sports, Mizzou operates the Missouri Sports Network, a syndication package that airs on FSN Midwest and/or Metro Sports. It mainly broadcasts volleyball and basketball. Dan McLaughlin handles play-by-play for all sports, and is joined by a rotating group of color commentators, most notably Tigers coaching legend Norm Stewart for men's basketball games.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ University of Missouri, Official Athletic Site of the Mizzou Tigers On Campus
  2. ^ University of Missouri, Official Athletic Site of the Mizzou Tigers Traditions
  3. ^ About Mizzou | University of Missouri
  4. ^ Big XII Official Site "Tigers Down Jayhawks 36-28 to Win Big 12 North" Nov. 25th, 2007
  5. ^ "[1]". STASSEN.COM College Football Information.
  6. ^ Pieringer, Dan. (6) Missouri vs. Kansas St.. STATS. Yahoo! Sports featuring rivals.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
  7. ^ ESPN - No. 4 Missouri thwarts Kansas' perfect season, closes in on BCS title-game spot - NCAA College Football Recap
  8. ^ Columbia Missourian - Tradition’s beginnings mysterious
  9. ^ http://www.admin.uiuc.edu/homecoming/history.pdf
  10. ^ http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/uasfa/4120060.pdf see items 155 and 200
  11. ^ National Football Foundation
  12. ^ Indiana University Alumni Association: Programs & Events - Homecoming
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