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2015 Missouri

5–⁠7 (1–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Gary Pinkel. Officially 0–⁠7: the NCAA vacated five regular-season wins.

From the season’s Wikipedia article: “Due to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) action, all of Missouri’s wins for the 2015 and 2016 seasons were vacated.”

Schedule and results

Missouri in 2015, game by game: won vs. Southeast Missouri State 34–3; won at Arkansas State 27–20; won vs. UConn 9–6; lost at Kentucky 13–21; won vs. South Carolina 24–10; lost vs. No. 11 Florida 3–21; lost at Georgia 6–9; lost at Vanderbilt 3–10; lost vs. No. 24 Mississippi State 13–31; won vs. BYU 20–16; lost vs. Tennessee 8–19; lost at Arkansas 3–28+31−25Won 34–3 vs. Southeast Missouri State+31Southeast Misso…Won 27–20 at Arkansas State+7Arkansas StateWon 9–6 vs. UConn+3UConnLost 13–21 at Kentucky-8KentuckyWon 24–10 vs. South Carolina+14South CarolinaLost 3–21 vs. No. 11 Florida-18No. 11 FloridaLost 6–9 at Georgia-3GeorgiaLost 3–10 at Vanderbilt-7VanderbiltLost 13–31 vs. No. 24 Mississippi State-18No. 24 Mississippi Sta…Won 20–16 vs. BYU+4BYULost 8–19 vs. Tennessee-11TennesseeLost 3–28 at Arkansas-25Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsSoutheast Missouri StateW 34–⁠3vacated93%
Sep 12atArkansas StateW 27–⁠20vacated69%
Sep 19vsUConnW 9–⁠6vacated87%
Sep 26atKentuckyL 13–⁠2168%
Oct 3vsSouth CarolinaW 24–⁠10vacated66%
Oct 10vs11FloridaL 3–⁠2159%
Oct 17atGeorgiaL 6–⁠940%
Oct 24atVanderbiltL 3–⁠1068%
Nov 5vs24Mississippi StateL 13–⁠3146%
Nov 14vsBYUW 20–⁠16vacated42%
Nov 21vsTennesseeL 8–⁠1952%
Nov 27atArkansasL 3–⁠2831%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 28–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 13th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 24
  2. Wk 2: 21
  3. Wk 3: 22
  4. Wk 4: 25
Record
5–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 13th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 21
Points
163–⁠194
Coach
Gary Pinkel
Elo
1529 −124 this season
SP+ rating
3.4 No. 65 of 128; offense No. 123, defense No. 3, special teams No. 93
SRS
0.0 No. 69 of 128 in FBS
Returning
47% of last season’s EPA, No. 91 of 128
Recruiting class
No. 25 roster talent No. 34 in FBS
Offensive coordinator
Josh Henson
Defensive coordinator
Barry Odom
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

How good, play by play

  • Offense121st of 128
  • Defense17th of 128
  • Offense, opponent-adjusted119th of 128
  • Defense, opponent-adjusted12th of 128
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense-0.1133%1.06121st of 128
Defense-0.0240%1.0817th of 128
Opponent-adjusted-0.04 off
-0.03 def		35% off
39% def		—119th off
12th def
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season. The opponent-adjusted row (offense / defense) is CollegeFootballData.com’s WEPA, which accounts for who each team played.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense2.6own 273% allowed
Defense2.5own 312% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Leaders

Passing yardsDrew Lock QB1,332 yds
Passing touchdownsMaty Mauk QB6 TD
Rushing yardsIsh Witter RB518 yds
Rushing touchdownsDrew Lock QB1 TD
Receiving yardsJ’Mon Moore WR350 yds
Receiving touchdownsNate Brown WR4 TD
InterceptionsIan Simon S2 INT

Top recruits in the 2015 class

Terry Beckner Jr. DT★★★★★No. 13
Drew Lock PRO★★★★No. 98
A.J. Harris OG★★★★No. 331
Josh Moore TE★★★No. 755
Emanuel Hall WR★★★No. 885

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2015 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.955
Receivers23.00.855
Offensive line23.50.858
Defensive line15.00.992
Linebackers13.00.830
Athletes and specialists12.00.794
Whole class83.40.875

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2016

The 2016 draft
Rd 4Evan Boehm OGArizona Cardinals
Rd 5Connor McGovern OGDenver Broncos
Rd 5Kentrell Brothers ILBMinnesota Vikings

Roster 132

The 2015 roster

132 players, with numbers, heights, hometowns and each player’s 2015 line; 32 have a stat line. See the roster

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2015 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2015 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠114–⁠11
Florida7–⁠110–⁠425
Ole Miss6–⁠210–⁠310
Georgia5–⁠310–⁠3
LSU5–⁠39–⁠316
Tennessee5–⁠39–⁠422
Arkansas5–⁠38–⁠5
Mississippi State4–⁠49–⁠4
Texas A&M4–⁠48–⁠5
Auburn2–⁠67–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠65–⁠7
Vanderbilt2–⁠64–⁠8
Missouri1–⁠75–⁠7
South Carolina1–⁠73–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.