2018 Missouri Tigers football team

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.

2018 Missouri Tigers football
Liberty Bowl, L 33–38 vs. Oklahoma State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
2018 record	8–5 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Barry Odom (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Derek Dooley (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Ryan Walters (1st season as DC; 4th overall season)
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	Faurot Field (Capacity: 60,168)

2018 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 7т Georgia x		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 12 Kentucky		5	–	3					10	–	3
No. 7т Florida		5	–	3					10	–	3
South Carolina		4	–	4					7	–	6
Missouri		4	–	4					8	–	5
Vanderbilt		3	–	5					6	–	7
Tennessee		2	–	6					5	–	7
West Division
No. 2 Alabama x$^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 16 Texas A&M		5	–	3					9	–	4
No. 6 LSU		5	–	3					10	–	3
Auburn		3	–	5					8	–	5
Ole Miss		1	–	7					5	–	7
Arkansas		0	–	8					2	–	10
Mississippi State*		0	–	4					0	–	5
Championship: Alabama 35, Georgia 28
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * Mississippi State vacated four conference and eight total wins due to NCAA violations.[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

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.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
Chuck Bednarik Award[2]	Terry Beckner	DT	SR
Davey O'Brien Award[3]	Drew Lock	QB	SR
Doak Walker Award[4]	Damarea Crockett	RB	JR
Fred Biletnikoff Award[5]	Emanuel Hall	WR	SR
John Mackey Award[6]	Albert Okwuegbunam	TE	SO
Butkus Award[7]	Terez Hall	LB	SO
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[8]	Terry Beckner	DT	SR
	Terez Hall	LB	SO
Outland Trophy[9]	Paul Adams	OL	SR
	Terry Beckner	DT	SR
Lou Groza Award[10]	Tucker McCann	K	JR
Ray Guy Award[11]	Corey Fatony	P	SR
Wuerffel Trophy[12]	Corey Fatony	P	SR
Walter Camp Award[13]	Drew Lock	QB	SR
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[14]	Drew Lock	QB	SR
Manning Award[15]	Drew Lock	QB	SR

SEC media poll

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

The Tigers had five players selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.

Offense 1st team Drew Lock – QB Albert Okwuegbunam – TE 3rd team Emanuel Hall – WR

Defense 2nd team Terry Beckner – DL

Specialists 1st team Corey Fatony – P

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	3:00 p.m.	UT Martin*		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	W 51–14	44,019
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Wyoming*		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	ESPNU	W 40–13	50,820
September 15	6:30 p.m.	at Purdue*		Ross-Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 40–37	48,103
September 22	11:00 a.m.	No. 2 Georgia		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	ESPN	L 29–43	58,284
October 6	11:00 a.m.	at South Carolina		Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SECN	L 35–37	73,393
October 13	6:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Alabama		Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN	L 10–39	101,821
October 20	3:00 p.m.	Memphis*		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	W 65–33	52,917
October 27	3:00 p.m.	No. 12 Kentucky		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	L 14–15	53,397
November 3	3:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Florida		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	SECN	W 38–17	80,017
November 10	11:00 a.m.	Vanderbilt		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN	W 33–28	48,342
November 17	2:30 p.m.	at Tennessee		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	CBS	W 50–17	88,224
November 23	1:30 p.m.	Arkansas		Faurot Field Columbia, MO (Battle Line Rivalry)	CBS	W 38–0	52,482
December 31	2:45 p.m.	vs. Oklahoma State*	No. 24	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ESPN	L 33–38	51,587
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2018 Missouri Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Khmari Thompson Fr QB 2 Micah Wilson  So QB 3 Drew Lock Sr RB 4 Isaiah Miller  Fr QB 5 Taylor Powell  Fr RB 6 Tyler Badie Fr WR 7 Nate Brown  Sr WR 8 Justin Smith  Jr WR 9 Jalen Knox Fr TE 10 Alex Ofodile  Jr TE 11 Kendall Blanton  Sr WR 12 Johnathon Johnson  Jr WR 13 Kam Scott Fr WR 14 Dominic Gicinto Fr RB 16 Damarea Crockett Jr WR 17 Richaud Floyd  Jr QB 18 Lindsey Scott  So QB 19 Jack Lowary  Jr RB 20 Simi Bakare Fr RB 21 Dawson Downing  So WR 24 Kentrell Barber  Fr WR 30 Barrett Banister  Fr RB 34 Larry Rountree III So WR 36 Daniel Ellinger  So RB 43 Jerney Jones  So OL 50 Hyrin White  Fr OL 54 Trystan Colon-Castillo  So OL 56 Samson Bailey  Sr OL 57 Alec Abeln  Sr OL 59 Case Cook  Fr OL 62 Thomas Grossman  Jr OL 63 Cannon York Fr OL 64 Bobby Lawrence Fr OL 66 Keion Willis Fr OL 67 Jonah Dubinski  Jr OL 70 Yasir Durant Jr OL 71 Kevin Pendleton  Sr OL 72 Xavier Delgado Fr OL 73 Mike Ruth Fr OL 75 Tre'Vour Wallace-Simms Jr OL 76 Javon Foster Fr OL 77 Paul Adams  Sr OL 79 Larry Borom Fr TE 80 Messiah Swinson Fr TE 81 Albert Okwuegbunam  So WR 82 Harry Ballard III  So WR 84 Emanuel Hall Sr TE 85 Zac Schachtner Fr WR 86 Tauskie Dove Jr WR 87 Cade Musser Fr TE 88 Logan Christopherson  Fr TE 89 Brendan Scales  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Tyrone Collins Fr DB 2 DeMarkus Acy Jr S 3 Ronnell Perkins  Jr LB 4 Brandon Lee  Sr DL 5 Terry Beckner Sr LB 6 Tavon Ross  Sr S 7 Cam Hilton Sr DB 8 Jarvis Ware Fr S 9 Tyree Gillespie So DB 10 Terry Petry  Fr S 11 Jordan Ulmer So DL 13 Rashad Brandon Sr DB 14 Adam Sparks So S 15 Dominic Nelson  Sr LB 16 Gerald Nathan Jr. Fr DB 17 Chris Mills Fr S 18 Joshuah Bledsoe So DB 20 Khall Oliver  Jr DB 21 Christian Holmes  So LB 22 Aubrey Miller Jr. So LB 24 Terez Hall Sr LB 25 Jamal Brooks So DL 28 Jatorian Hansford Fr DL 29 Nate Anderson Sr DB 30 Zion Sales  Fr DB 31 Finis Stribling IV  Sr LB 32 Nick Bolton Fr LB 33 Chad Bailey Fr DB 35 Mason Pack  So LB 38 Byson Clayton Fr DL 39 Chris Turner So LB 40 Cameron Wilkins Fr LB 41 Chance May  Fr DL 45 Franklin Agbasimere  Jr LB 46 Jacob Trump  Jr LB 47 Cale Garrett Jr LB 48 Roderick Winters  Sr DL 51 Daniel Parker Fr LB 53 Joe Hoy  Jr LB 54 Joe Britton  Fr DL 56 Antar Thompson  So LB 57 Jairan Parker  Fr LB 58 Noah Robinson Sr DL 63 Cannon York Fr DL 78 Kobie Whiteside So DL 88 Chris Williams  So DL 90 Markell Utsey Jr DL 92 Macauley Keevins  So DL 93 Tre Williams  So DL 94 Tyrell Jacobs  Jr DL 95 Jordan Elliott  So DL 97 Akial Byers So DL 98 Myles Eaddy  So DL 99 Walter Palmore Sr	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 Barry Odom 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) Derek Dooley (Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks) Ryan Walters (Defensive Coordinator / Secondary) Joe Jon Finley (Tight Ends) Brian Odom (Outside Linebackers) Vernon Hargreaves (Inside Linebackers) Brad Davis (Offensive Line) AJ Ofodile (Wide Receivers) Mark Ouimet (Director of Football Operations) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 1, 2018

Game summaries

UT Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	0	7	7	0	14
Tigers	14	24	10	3	51

Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	0	10	3	13
Tigers	3	13	14	10	40

at Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	13	14	10	3	40
Boilermakers	7	17	3	10	37

Georgia

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 2 Bulldogs	7	13	13	10	43
Tigers	7	0	15	7	29

at South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	14	9	0	12	35
Gamecocks	7	7	17	6	37

at Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	10	0	0	0	10
No. 1 Crimson Tide	13	17	2	7	39

Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
MEM Tigers	3	17	7	6	33
Tigers	21	27	14	3	65

Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Wildcats	3	0	0	12	15
Tigers	0	14	0	0	14

at Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	14	14	3	38
No. 13 Gators	3	7	7	0	17

Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	Total
Commodores	14	7	7	0	28
Tigers	7	6	13	7	33

at Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	6	20	14	10	50
Volunteers	0	10	7	0	17

Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Razorbacks	0	0	0	0	0
Tigers	7	21	10	0	38

vs. Oklahoma State (Liberty Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	7	21	3	38
No. 24 Tigers	3	13	3	14	33

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	24
Coaches	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
CFP	Not released									NR	NR	NR	NR	24	23	Not released

Players drafted into the NFL

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
2	42	Drew Lock	QB	Denver Broncos
7	215	Terry Beckner	DT	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References

1. 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.
2. "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
3. "Davey O'Brien Award Watch List includes 26 players". July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
4. "2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates". July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
5. "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
6. "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
7. "Butkus Award - 2018 Collegiate Watchlist". The Butkus Award. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
8. "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
9. "22018 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST UNVEILED". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
10. "Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Announces 2018 Preseason Watch List". July 25, 2018. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
11. "Ray Guy Award preseason watch list unveiled". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
12. "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
13. Carbone, Al (July 27, 2018). "Walter Camp Football Foundation Announces 2018 Player of the Year Preseason "Watch List"". Retrieved July 30, 2018.
14. "Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ® Presented by A. O. Smith Announced". August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
15. "Manning Award: See which quarterbacks made the preseason watch list for 2018". August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
16. http://www.secsports.com/article/24148392/media-predicts-alabama-win-2018-sec-championship