The 2010 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned for his tenth season with Mizzou, and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. The team began the season fresh off their fifth straight bowl appearance. The team hired a new public address announcer, Randy Moehlman.Mizzou Names Randy Moehlman New Public Address Announcer: Moehlman, a Missouri alumnus, joins the Tigers for the 2010 football season August 28, 2010.

Michael Egnew (TE), was named to the 1st-Team All-American list. He became the third MU tight end to win that honor in the last four years. The previous two were Martin Rucker (2007) and Chase Coffman (2008). Egnew led all of the nation's tight ends with 83 receptions, and his 698 receiving yards was also second-most among all tight ends, with those figures coming against the nation's 9th-toughest schedule.Michael Egnew Named 1st-Team All-American: Becomes Third Mizzou Tight End in Four Years to Win Honors CBSSports.com December 9, 2010. The Tigers finished the regular season with a 10–2 record and faced the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Insight Bowl, which they lost by a score of 27–24.

In early August 2010, the team voted their star running back Derrick Washington team captain. Washington had led the team in all rushing categories in each of the previous two seasons. However, just after being named captain, Washington was investigated for sexually assaulting his tutor, a female MU student, which led to a felony charge of deviate sexual assault and his suspension from the football team at the end of preseason camp. He dropped out of school shortly afterwards, and was eventually convicted of sexual assault a year later, serving 120 days of a 5-year sentence.

Recruits Key Losses:

WR Danario Alexander DL Jaron Baston DE Brian Coulter P Jake Harry DL Andy Maples K Tanner Mills WR Jared Perry S Hardy Ricks LB Terrance Jackson OL Ryan Schleusner LB Sean Weatherspoon

All 23 listed players are verbal commits and are not binding until signing their National Letter of Intent during the National Signing Period February 3, 2010 – April 1, 2010. All 23 signed on February 3.

Schedule

The October 23 game against Oklahoma played host to ESPN's College GameDay, a first for the program, and drew a new record crowd of 18,000 for the show.

Roster 2010 Missouri Tigers roster(as of 8/30/10 MUTIGERS.com )Wide receivers 2 L'Damian Washington – Freshman 3 Gahn McGaffie – ' Sophomore5 Rolandis Woodland – Sophomore8 Wes Kemp – Junior9 Kerwin Stricker – Freshman14 Jaleel Clark – Freshman16 Brandon Gerau – Junior21 Bud Sasser – Freshman22 Joe Plevel – Sophomore28 T. J. Moe – Sophomore29 Jerrell Jackson – Junior33 Drew O'Connell – Freshman80 Terry Dennis – Junior81 Aaron Lewis - Freshman 85 Marcus Lucas – Freshman88 Jimmie Hunt – Freshman88 Forrest Shock – SeniorOffensive line 51 Steven Carberry – Freshman53 Travis Ruth – Sophomore56 Robert Luce – Freshman60 Greg Drain – Freshman61 Max Copeland – Freshman62 Tim Barnes – Senior63 Mitch Morse – Freshman66 Austin Wuebbels – Junior67 Chris Freeman – Freshman68 Justin Britt – Freshman69 Wilson Rigg – Freshman70 Marvin Norman – Junior70 Anthony Gatti – Freshman71 Jayson Palmgren – Junior72 Elvis Fisher – Junior73 Mark Hill – Freshman74 Kirk Lakebrink – Senior75 Jack Meiners – Sophomore76 Quinn Brown – Junior77 Dan Hoch – Junior78 Nick Demien – Freshman79 Taylor Davis – SophomoreTight ends 81 Eric Waters – Freshman82 Michael Egnew – Junior86 Beau Brinkley – Junior87 Andrew Jones – Junior89 Matt Hoch – Freshman|width="25"|  |valign="top"|

Quarterbacks   1 James Franklin – Freshman  7 Tyler Gabbert – Freshman11 Blaine Gabbert – Junior12 Jimmy Costello – Junior16 Ashton Glaser – FreshmanRunning (Tail) backs   4 Kendial Lawrence – Sophomore26 De'Vion Moore – Junior35 Matt Davis – Senior38 Jared Culver – Sophomore40 Greg White – Freshman41 Henry Josey – Freshman43 Marcus Murphy – FreshmanDefensive line   3 Jacquies Smith – Junior18 Marcus Malbrough – Sophomore50 Diondre Ellis – Freshman51 Bryson Cofield – Freshman52 Michael Sam – Freshman55 Brayden Burnett – Freshman57 Brad Madison – Sophomore58 Brendan Donaldson – Junior59 Ben Eskelsen – Freshman85 Aldon Smith (End) – Sophomore90 Dominique Hamilton – Junior91 Jimmy Burge – Sophomore92 Corey Sudhoff – Freshman93 Terrell Resonno – Junior94 Marvin Foster – Freshman96 Lucas Vincent – Freshman97 Kony Ealy – Freshman98 Bart Coslet – Senior99 George White – SophomoreLinebackers   5 Josh Tatum – Junior  6 Andrew Gachkar – Senior10 Tavon Bolden – Freshman12 Darvin Ruise – Freshman15 Donovan Bonner – Sophomore 25 Zaviar Gooden – '''' Sophomore 32 Will Ebner – Junior 33 Luke Lambert – Senior 35 Jeff Gettys – Senior 36 Jared Parham – Freshman 47 Adam Burton – Freshman 48 Andrew Wilson – Freshman 54 Michael Brennan – Freshman

|width="25"|  |valign="top"|Safety11 Jarrell Harrison – Senior 34 Tony Randolph – FreshmanStrong Safety30 Kenronte Walker – JuniorFree Safety10 Jasper Simmons – Senior † 13 Kenji Jackson – Junior 17 Matt White – FreshmanDefensive backs  1 Kip Edwards – Sophomore   7 Munir Prince – Senior †† 14 Daniel Easterly – Freshman 19 Carl Gettis – Senior 20 Kevin Rutland – Senior 21 Trey Hobson – Junior 22 Robert Steeples – Sophomore 26 Xavier Smith – Freshman 28 Randy Ponder – Sophomore 31 E.J. Gaines – Freshman 43 Tony Buhr – Senior 45 Tyler Davis – Freshman 46 Tyler Holt – Freshman 49 Braylon Webb – FreshmanPunters92 Christian Brinser – Freshman 95 Grant Ressel – Junior 97 Trey Barrow – Sophomore 99 Matt Grabner – SeniorKickers'95 Grant Ressel – Junior97 Trey Barrow – Sophomore'' † Suspended 9/27. †† Knocked out in training camp drill. Retired.

Coaching staff Name Position Yearsat MU Alma mater (Year) Gary Pinkel Head coach 10 Kent State (1975) David YostYost Tabbed To Take Over As Offensive Coordinator , December 12, 2008. Assistant head coachOffensive coordinatorQuarterbacks, Recruiting Coordinator 10 Kent State (1992) Dave Steckel Linebackers, defensive coordinator 10 Kutztown (1982) Barry Odom Safeties 8 University of Missouri (1999) Cornell Ford Cornerbacks 10 Toledo (1991) Andy HillJosh Henson Joins Football Coaching Staff: Henson will serve as Co-offensive Line Coach, February 10, 2009 Receivers coachWide receivers, tight ends 15 University of Missouri (1985) Brian Jones Running backs 10 Connecticut (1981) Craig Kuligowski Defensive line 10 Toledo (1991) Bruce Walker Assistant Co-offensive Line 10 Central Washington (1983) Josh Henson Assistant Co-offensive Line 2 Oklahoma State (1998) Dan Hopkins Director of football operations 4 University of Missouri (2004) Nick Otterbacher Director of football recruiting 7 Toledo (2002)

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Game summaries

Illinois @ St. Louis, Missouri

McNeese State

Powered by freshman RB Henry Josey, Missouri rolls to easy victory

San Diego State

Miami (OH)

Colorado

@ Texas A&M

Missouri's defense stifles A&M as Blaine Gabbert tosses 3 TDs

Oklahoma

QB Blaine Gabbert won Big 12 honors, sharing co-offensive player-of-the-week. Gahn McGaffie was named the special teams player-of-the-week.

Gabbert finished 30 of 42 for 308 yards and a score. In the fourth quarter, he completed 8-of-9 passes for 95 yards and one touchdown.

McGaffie returned the opening kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown. It was the first kickoff return for a touchdown for Mizzou since Jeremy Maclin did it in 2008, and was the first time Mizzou returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown since Roger Wehrli went 96 yards for a score against Iowa State in 1967.

It was the first time Gabbert was named player-of-the-week this season.

This was the first time Missouri started 7–0 since 1960.

During Oklahoma's final play from scrimmage, fans began pouring over the walls and running onto the field to celebrate the victory. In the chaos, 30 Missouri fans were arrested for trespassing, setting off a legal battle that ended later that month when the university declined to press charges.

@ Nebraska

Roy Helu Jr. rushes for a school-record 307 yards; Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez hobbled

@ Texas Tech

Kansas State

Blaine Gabbert's 3 TDs, defensive plays give Mizzou edge over error-prone K-State

@ Iowa State

#15 Mizzou uses fake punt to outlast Iowa State

Kansas @ Kansas City, Missouri

Gary Pinkel's 150th career win as a coach (77-48 at Missouri, 73-37-3 at Toledo).

Missouri had never played better defensively in a Big 12 game—and now the Tigers might never play another Big 12 game.

In a 35–7 victory over Kansas on Saturday, the Tigers (No. 14 BCS, No. 15 AP) held their archrivals to 141 yards, the fewest they allowed a conference opponent in the Big 12's 15 seasons.

In the 119th meeting between these programs, Missouri evened the all-time series (according to the NCAA record book) at 55-55-9. The Tigers won four of the last five. Missouri wrapped up a 10-win season for the fourth time in school history and third under coach Gary Pinkel.

Iowa (Insight Bowl) @ Tempe, Arizona

Statistics

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Scores by quarter (through December 28, 2010)

Rankings

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