The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned for his tenth season with Mizzou, and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium.

[2] The Tigers finished the regular season with a 10–2 record and faced the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Insight Bowl, which they lost by a score of 27–24.

However, just after being named captain, Washington was investigated for sexually assaulting his tutor, a female MU student, which led to a felony charge of deviate sexual assault and his suspension from the football team at the end of preseason camp.

He dropped out of school shortly afterwards, and was eventually convicted of sexual assault a year later, serving 120 days of a 5-year sentence.

[5] Sources: The October 23 game against Oklahoma played host to ESPN's College GameDay, a first for the program, and drew a new record crowd of 18,000 for the show.

[6] Wide receivers Offensive line Tight ends Quarterbacks Running (Tail) backs

11 Missouri rides 16-point fourth past top-ranked Oklahoma QB Blaine Gabbert won Big 12 honors, sharing co-offensive player-of-the-week.

Roy Helu Jr. rushes for a school-record 307 yards; Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez hobbled

15 AP) held their archrivals to 141 yards, the fewest they allowed a conference opponent in the Big 12's 15 seasons.

Missouri wrapped up a 10-win season for the fourth time in school history and third under coach Gary Pinkel.