| 2024 Missouri Tigers football | |
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Music City Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 20 |
| AP | No. 23 |
| CFP | No. 19 |
| Record | 10–3 (5–3 SEC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Kirby Moore (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple |
| Defensive coordinator | Corey Batoon (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–2–5 |
| Home stadium | Faurot Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Texas y^ | 7 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Georgia y$^ | 6 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Tennessee ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Alabama | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Ole Miss | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 South Carolina | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Missouri | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 2 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Georgia 22, Texas 19 OT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by Eliah Drinkwitz in his fifth season as their head coach.[1]
The Missouri football team played its home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. The SEC eliminated the divisions format starting with the 2024 season; teams who played their first year in the conference in 2024 included Texas and Oklahoma.[2]
On December 21, 2023, extensions for defensive coordinator Blake Baker and offensive coordinator Kirby Moore were announced. On December 31, 2023, the University of Missouri announced a contract extension for Eli Drinkwitz through the 2028 season. On January 5, 2024, Baker was hired by LSU to be their defensive coordinator in a contract that would make him the highest paid assistant coach in college football. Defensive end coach Kevin Peoples also followed Baker to LSU. Baker was replaced by South Alabama defensive coordinator Corey Batoon on January 26, 2024, with Houston defensive end coach Brian Early replacing Peoples. Missouri is coming off an 11–2 season and a 14–3 Cotton Bowl Classic victory over Ohio State in the 2023 season.
Missouri was predicted to finish 6th in the SEC by media covering SEC Football Media Days in Dallas, Texas, with Luther Burden III named to the preseason first-team All-SEC. Expectations were high going into the season, as the Tigers had college football playoff aspirations following the success of the 2023 season and many returning starters (such as Brady Cook, Luther Burden III, and Theo Wease Jr.), as well as key transfer portal additions.
Missouri began the season ranked No. 11 in both the Preseason Coaches Poll and the AP poll. The Tigers began the season 4–0 after closer-than-expected wins over No. 24 Boston College and Vanderbilt. Following a bye in Week 5, Missouri was dominated by No. 25 Texas A&M in College Station, losing 41–10. The lopsided loss had major ramifications for the Tigers in the polls, as they tumbled from No. 9 all the way to No. 21 in the AP Poll following the loss. Missouri rebounded with wins over UMass and Auburn to improve to 6–1, but starting QB Brady Cook and starting RB Nate Noel suffered injuries in the Auburn win. Missouri was shutout 34–0 against Alabama in Tuscaloosa in Week 9, in which Cook broke the wrist on his throwing hand and left the game in the second quarter. After the loss to Alabama, the Tigers completely fell out of the AP Top 25, although they would debut at No. 24 in the College Football Playoff rankings. Backup QB Drew Pyne led the Tigers to a wild back-and-forth victory over Oklahoma in Week 11, improving Missouri to 7–2 and keeping their slim playoff chances alive. Those playoff chances would be extinguished in the following week as Missouri rallied from a 21–6 halftime deficit only to blow a 3-point lead in the final minute to fall to South Carolina. The Tigers would defeat Mississippi State and Arkansas in their final two games to finish the regular season 9–3 and 5–3 in the SEC. Mizzou was chosen to compete in the Music City Bowl, where they defeated the 8–4 Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee by the score of 27–24. This win earned the Tigers back-to-back 10+ win seasons for the first time since 2013–2014.
This season marked the first season since 2010 that the Tigers went undefeated at home and the first season since 1979 that each home game was sold out. The Tigers also set a record for most wins at home during a season with 7 wins.
- ^ Hoff, Eli (December 13, 2023). "Mizzou Football's 2024 SEC Schedule Released". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ Dodd, Dennis (June 1, 2023). "SEC To Play Eight Conference Games But Eliminate Division for 2024 Season". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 18, 2023.