The 2018 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Faurot Field as members of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Barry Odom.
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Previous season[edit]
The Tigers finished the 2017 season 7–6, 4–4 in SEC play to finish in a tie for third place in the Eastern Division. They were invited to the Texas Bowl where they lost to Texas.
On November 24, quarterback Drew Lock broke the SEC passing record for touchdowns in a season with 43, in a 48–45 win over Arkansas.
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Preseason[edit]
Award watch lists[edit]
Listed in the order that they were released
SEC media poll[edit]
The SEC media poll was released on July 20, 2018 with the Tigers predicted to finish in fourth place in the East Division.[16]
Media poll (East)
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Georgia
1,977 (271)
2
South Carolina
1,535 (8)
3
Florida
1,441 (2)
4
Missouri
1,057
5
Kentucky
874 (1)
6
Tennessee
704 (1)
7
Vanderbilt
392
Preseason All-SEC teams[edit]
The Tigers had five players selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.
Schedule[edit]
Date
Time
Opponent
Rank
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
September 1
3:00 p.m.
UT Martin*
SECN
W 51–14
44,019
September 8
6:00 p.m.
Wyoming*
ESPNU
W 40–13
50,820
September 15
6:30 p.m.
at Purdue*
BTN
W 40–37
48,103
September 22
11:00 a.m.
No. 2 Georgia
ESPN
L 29–43
58,284
October 6
11:00 a.m.
at South Carolina
SECN
L 35–37
73,393
October 13
6:00 p.m.
at No. 1 Alabama
ESPN
L 10–39
101,821
October 20
3:00 p.m.
Memphis*
SECN
W 65–33
52,917
October 27
3:00 p.m.
No. 12 Kentucky
SECN
L 14–15
53,397
November 3
3:00 p.m.
at No. 11 Florida
SECN
W 38–17
80,017
November 10
11:00 a.m.
Vanderbilt
SECN
W 33–28
48,342
November 17
2:30 p.m.
at Tennessee
CBS
W 50–17
88,224
1:30 p.m.
Arkansas
CBS
W 38–0
52,482
2:45 p.m.
vs. Oklahoma State*
No. 23
ESPN
L 33–38
51,587
2018 Missouri Tigers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
19
Tucker McCann
Jr
P
26
Corey Fatony
Sr
LS
49
Jake Hoffman
Fr
LS
51
Drew Wise
So
K
90
Sean Koetting
Fr
P
91
Josh Dodge
Fr
K
92
Matthew Jaeger
Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Brick Haley (Senior Associate head coach / Defensive Line)
Andy Hill (Associate head coach / special teams coordinator)
Cornell Ford (assistant head coach / running backs)
Ranking movements Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. — = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
—
—
—
RV
RV
RV
—
—
—
—
—
—
RV
RV
24
Coaches
—
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
—
—
—
—
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
CFP
Not released
—
—
—
—
24
23
Not released
Players drafted into the NFL[edit]
References[edit]
^Journal, Logan Lowery Daily. “MSU fires Moorhead after two seasons”. Daily Journal. All eight of Moorhead’s victories in 2018 had to be vacated after 10 football players were reprimanded by the NCAA for academic misconduct involving a former part-time tutor and an online chemistry class.
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