1996 Missouri Tigers football team

The 1996 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Larry Smith.

1996 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
1996 record5–6 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coachLarry Smith (3rd season)
Home stadiumFaurot Field
(Capacity: 62,023)
1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Northern Division
No. 6 Nebraska x%  8 0     11 2  
No. 8 Colorado  7 1     10 2  
No. 17 Kansas State  6 2     9 3  
Missouri  3 5     5 6  
Kansas  2 6     4 7  
Iowa State  1 7     2 9  
Southern Division
No. 23 Texas x$  6 2     8 5  
Texas Tech  5 3     7 5  
Texas A&M  4 4     6 6  
Oklahoma  3 5     3 8  
Oklahoma State  2 6     5 6  
Baylor  1 7     4 7  
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 PMat No. 8 TexasFSNL 10–4070,613
September 147:00 PMMemphis*L 16–1941,543
September 216:00 PMClemson*
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, Missouri
FSNW 38–2439,128
September 281:00 PMat Iowa State
L 31–4544,941
October 37:00 PMat SMU*W 27–2623,132
October 121:00 PMNo. 22 Kansas State
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, Missouri
L 10–3545,211
October 261:00 PMOklahoma State
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, Missouri
W 35–28 OT37,879
November 21:00 PMNo. 7 Colorado
  • Faurot Field
  • Columbia, Missouri
PPVL 13–4134,440
November 91:00 PMat No. 5 Nebraska
L 7–5175,133
November 161:00 PMat BaylorW 49–42 3OT22,705
November 2311:30 AMKansas
FSNW 42–2536,821
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1996 Missouri Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 7 Corby Jones So
RB 27 Brock Olivo Jr
T 57 Craig Heimburger So
WR 80 Torey Coleman Jr
WR 81 Jay Murchison Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 5 Shad Criss Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1996-12-21

References

  1. "1996 Missouri Football Schedule". Missouri Athletics. Archived from the original on December 20, 1996. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
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