1996 Missouri Tigers football team

1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Northern Division
	Southern Division
	Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
	x – Division champion/co-champions; $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion; % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative; Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 pm	at No. 8 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	FSN	L 10–40	70,613
September 14	7:00 pm	Memphis*	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		L 16–19	41,543
September 21	6:00 pm	Clemson*	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	FSN	W 38–24	39,128
September 28	1:00 pm	at Iowa State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa (Telephone Trophy)		L 31–45	44,941
October 3	7:00 pm	at SMU*	Cotton Bowl Dallas		W 27–26	23,132
October 12	1:00 pm	No. 22 Kansas State	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		L 10–35	45,211
October 26	1:00 pm	Oklahoma State	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 35–28 ^OT	37,879
November 2	1:00 pm	No. 7 Colorado	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	PPV	L 13–41	34,440
November 9	1:00 pm	at No. 5 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)		L 7–51	75,133
November 16	1:00 pm	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		W 49–42 ^3OT	22,705
November 23	11:30 am	Kansas	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (Border War)	FSN	W 42–25	36,821
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

1996 Missouri Tigers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
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.	#	Name	Class
CB	`5`	Shad Criss	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 1996-12-21

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

v t Missouri Tigers football
Venues	Rollins Field (1890–1926) Faurot Field (1926–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas: Battle Line Rivalry Illinois Iowa State (Telephone Trophy) Kansas: Border War Nebraska (Victory Bell) Oklahoma (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)
Culture and lore	Truman the Tiger Marching Mizzou 1911 Kansas game Fifth Down Game (1990) Flea Kicker
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical Leaders
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National championship seasons in bold

1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t	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