2020 Missouri Tigers football team

The 2020 Missouri Tigers football team will represent The University of Missouri in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers will play their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They will be led by first-year head coach Eliah Drinkwitz.

2020 Missouri Tigers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach	Eliah Drinkwitz (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Ryan Walters (3rd season as DC; 6th overall season)
Home stadium	Faurot Field (Capacity: 62,621)

2020 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Florida		0	–	0						–
Georgia		0	–	0						–
Kentucky		0	–	0						–
Missouri		0	–	0						–
South Carolina		0	–	0						–
Tennessee		0	–	0						–
Vanderbilt		0	–	0						–
West Division
Alabama		0	–	0						–
Arkansas		0	–	0						–
Auburn		0	–	0						–
LSU		0	–	0						–
Mississippi State		0	–	0						–
Ole Miss		0	–	0						–
Texas A&M		0	–	0						–
Championship: December 19, 2020
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Note: Due to COVID-19, the SEC will play a conference-only schedule. As of August 18, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2019 season 6–6, 3–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Eastern Division. Head coach Barry Odom was fired on November 30, 2019 following an overall four-year record of 25–25 and SEC record of 13–19.[1] Eliah Drinkwitz was hired on December 10 following a 12–1 conference championship season at Appalachian State.[2]

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

SEC media poll

To be announced.

Schedule

Missouri had games scheduled against BYU, Central Arkansas, Eastern Michigan, and Louisiana, which were all cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4][5]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	Alabama	Faurot Field Columbia, MO
October 3	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN
October 10	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA
October 17	Vanderbilt	Faurot Field Columbia, MO
October 24	at Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL
October 31	Kentucky	Faurot Field Columbia, MO
November 14	Georgia	Faurot Field Columbia, MO
November 21	at South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC
November 28	Arkansas	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (Battle Line Rivalry)
December 5	at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 3) released prior to game

Schedule Source:[6]

References

1. "STATEMENT ON THE MIZZOU FOOTBALL PROGRAM". Missouri Athletics. November 30, 2019.
2. "Eliah Drinkwitz Chosen as Mizzou's Head Football Coach". Missouri Athletics. December 10, 2019.
3. Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
4. Dellenger, Ross. "Sources: SEC Adopts Conference-Only Schedule With Sept. 26 Start". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
5. Dellenger, Ross (7 August 2020). "SEC's New Schedule: Winners, Losers and... Mizzou". si.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
6. "Missouri football announces 2020 schedule with trips to BYU and Mississippi State" (Press release). Kansas City Star. August 7, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020.