2025 Missouri Tigers football team
| 2025 Missouri Tigers football | |
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Gator Bowl, L 7–13 vs. Virginia | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 8–5 (4–4 SEC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Kirby Moore (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple |
| Defensive coordinator | Corey Batoon (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 4–2–5 |
| Home stadium | Faurot Field |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Ole Miss ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Georgia y$^ | 7 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Alabama y^ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Texas A&M ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Oklahoma ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Texas | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Vanderbilt | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 1 | – | 7 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 1 | – | 7 | 5 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Georgia 28, Alabama 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by Eliah Drinkwitz in his sixth season as their head coach. The Tigers play their home games at Faurot Field located in Columbia, Missouri. The conference opponents were the same in 2025 as in 2024, with the only difference being the host cities have been swapped. Missouri also played Kansas in football for the first time since 2011. The Tigers are coming off a 10–3 season and a 27–24 win over Iowa in the 2024 Music City Bowl.
Missouri's linebackers coach and co-defensive coordinator D.J. Smith left the program to become the defensive coordinator at Appalachian State. On January 16, 2025, it was announced that University of Miami linebackers coach Derek Nicholson would replace Smith. On May 16th, interior defensive line coach Al Davis resigned his position due to personal reasons, with David Blackwell taking over Smith's duties.
Eli Drinkwitz and his staff were very active in the transfer portal once again, bringing in 17 transfers during the winter transfer period. These included offensive skill players such as running back Ahmad Hardy (formerly of Louisiana-Monroe) and wide receiver Kevin Coleman Jr. (formerly of Mississippi State). They also brought in transfer QB Beau Pribula from Penn State, who is expected to compete with Sam Horn for the starting QB role. On defense, Missouri brought in Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year Josiah Trotter from West Virginia, and former 5 star recruit and one of the highest rated transfers in the portal in Georgia OLB Damon Wilson II, who is expected to play as an edge rusher for the Tigers.
Missouri was predicted to finish 12th of 16 in the SEC by media covering SEC Football Media Days in Atlanta, Georgia, with OL Cayden Green named to the preseason first-team All-SEC. Missouri received votes in both the Preseason Coaches Poll and the AP poll.
Drinkwitz announced that he would not name an official starting QB heading into the season, and that Beau Pribula would play the first half and Sam Horn would play the second half in the opening game vs. Central Arkansas. Both QB Sam Horn and kicker Blake Craig were injured in the opening game, and would miss the remainder of the season. In week 2, Missouri overcame a 21–6 deficit to beat arch-rival Kansas, and would debut at No. 25 in the AP Poll following the win. After a 52–10 win over Louisiana in week 3, Missouri would also break into the top 25 in the Coaches Poll at No. 22.
Missouri finished the 2025 regular season in a tie for 8th place in the SEC. The team's four regular season losses came against teams that ended the season ranked in the top 15 of the AP Poll, and each of the team's eight wins came against teams with a losing record. Missouri ended the season with a close 13-7 loss to Virginia in the Gator Bowl and was unranked in the final polls.
The Missouri Tigers drew an average home attendance of 57,321, the 33rd-highest of all college football teams.