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{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1952)}}
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{{BLP sources|date=October 2016}}
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| name = Gary Pinkel
| image = Gary-Pinkel-Mizzou-vs-Nevada-Sept-13-08.jpg
| alt = 
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|4|27}}
| birth_place = [[Akron, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1970–1973
| player_team1 = [[Kent State Golden Flashes football|Kent State]]
| player_positions = [[Tight end]]
| coach_years1 = 1974–1975
| coach_team1 = [[Kent State Golden Flashes football|Kent State]] ([[Graduate assistant|GA]])
| coach_years2 = 1976
| coach_team2 = [[Washington Huskies football|Washington]] (TE)
| coach_years3 = 1977–1978
| coach_team3 = [[Bowling Green Falcons football|Bowling Green]] (WR)
| coach_years4 = 1979–1983
| coach_team4 = Washington (WR)
| coach_years5 = 1984–1990
| coach_team5 = Washington ([[Offensive coordinator|OC]]/WR)
| coach_years6 = 1991–2000
| coach_team6 = [[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo]]
| coach_years7 = 2001–2015
| coach_team7 = [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]
| overall_record = 191–110–3
| bowl_record = 7–4
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 1 [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]] (1995)<br>3 [[Mid-American Conference|MAC West Division]] (1997–1998, 2000)<br>3 [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12 North Division]] (2007–2008, 2010)<br>2 [[Southeastern Conference|SEC East Division]] (2013–2014)
| awards = 2× [[Mid-American Conference football awards#Coach of the Year|MAC Coach of the Year]] (1995, 1997)<br>Kent Athletic Hall of Fame (1997)<br>[[Southeastern Conference football individual awards#Coach of the Year|SEC Coach of the Year]] (2014)
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| CFBHOF_year = 2022
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'''Gary Robin Pinkel''' (born April 27, 1952) is an American former [[college football]] coach.  He served as the head football coach at the [[Toledo Rockets football|University of Toledo]] from 1991 to 2000 and the [[Missouri Tigers football|University of Missouri]] from 2001 to 2015, compiling career record of 191–110–3. Pinkel has the most wins of any head coach in the history of the Toledo Rockets football program and led the [[1995 Toledo Rockets football team|1995 team]] to a [[Mid-American Conference]] championship. He also holds the record for most wins by a head coach of the Missouri Tigers football program.

Before becoming a head coach, Pinkel served as an assistant at the [[Washington Huskies football|University of Washington]], under [[Don James (American football)|Don James]], from 1979 through 1990, the last six of those years as an [[offensive coordinator]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Matter |first=Dave |date=October 20, 2013 |title=Pinkel on Don James: 'My coach, my mentor, my friend' |url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/eye-on-the-tigers/pinkel-on-don-james-my-coach-my-mentor-my-friend/article_a279abe0-01aa-578c-8259-1b3a290a8b7a.html |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]}}</ref> Pinkel was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 2022.

==Early life==
Born in [[Akron, Ohio]], Pinkel graduated from [[Kenmore High School]] and attended [[Kent State University]], where he played [[tight end]] for the [[Kent State Golden Flashes|Golden Flashes]] under head coach [[Don James (American football)|Don James]]. Pinkel received his bachelor's degree in education in 1973 and began his coaching career as a graduate at Kent State under James, who left after the 1974 season for Washington. Pinkel joined him in [[Seattle]] for a season in 1976, spent two years at [[Bowling Green Falcons football|Bowling Green]], then returned to Washington for 12 seasons.

Pinkel and [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] head coach [[Nick Saban]] were college teammates. Pinkel took over the head coaching job at [[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo]] in 1991 when Saban left to become defensive coordinator for the [[Cleveland Browns]].

His roommate at Kent State was [[Jack Lambert (American football)|Jack Lambert]], who would have a [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] career as [[middle linebacker]] for the legendary [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] teams of the 1970s.  .<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://athlonsports.com/college-football/kent-state%E2%80%99s-terrific-trio|title=Kent State's Terrific Trio in 1972: Nick Saban, Jack Lambert and Gary Pinkel}}</ref> Pinkel did post-graduate studies at Kent State and [[Bowling Green State University]], and was inducted into the Kent State Varsity "K" Hall of Fame in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.supportgoldenflashes.com/Hall_of_Fame_Members/ |title=Hall of Fame Members - Support Golden Flashes |access-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204051143/http://www.supportgoldenflashes.com/Hall_of_Fame_Members/ |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Head coaching career==
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===Toledo===
Pinkel posted a record of 73–37–3 ({{winning percentage|73|37|3}}) in ten seasons at Toledo, including a 53–23–3 ({{winning percentage|53|23|3}}) record in conference. His teams won three West Division titles and the conference championship in 1995.

In 1995, Pinkel's Rockets finished undefeated with an 11–0–1 record, won the Vegas Bowl and finished ranked in the top 25 of the [[AP poll]]. They were one of only three teams in the nation to finish the regular season undefeated. The others were [[1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] and [[1995 Florida Gators football team|Florida]], who played for the [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championship]].

In [[2000 Toledo Rockets football team|2000]], Toledo went to [[2000 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State]] and defeated [[Joe Paterno]]'s Nittany Lions, 24–6. Pinkel guided Toledo to a 10–1 record that season, 6–1 in conference play.

===Missouri===
Arriving at Missouri after the [[2000 Missouri Tigers football team|2000]] season,<ref name="PinkelHired">{{cite news|title=Missouri Picks Pinkel |agency=The Associated Press |work=CBS Sports |date=November 29, 2000 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missouri-picks-pinkel/ |access-date=February 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031065644/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/11/29/sports/main253386.shtml |archive-date=October 31, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> Pinkel led the [[Missouri Tigers football|Tigers]] to ten bowl games in fifteen years, winning six. The first was in 2003, a 27–14 loss to [[2003 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas]], and the second was a thrilling 38–31 come-from-behind win over the [[2005 South Carolina Gamecocks football team|University of South Carolina]] on December 30, 2005. Missouri then lost to Oregon State, 39–38, in the Brut Sun Bowl. In [[2007 Missouri Tigers football team|2007]], a historic year for the Mizzou program, Pinkel led his team to a No. 1 AP ranking at the end of the regular season after finishing 11–1. They fell to [[2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]] in the Big 12 Championship game, and played in the [[2008 Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton Bowl Classic]] against [[2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas]]. The Tigers throttled the Razorbacks, strolling to an easy 38–7 victory and a final season ranking of No. 4 in the AP Poll.

Pinkel's other accomplishments while at Mizzou include ending the Tigers 24-year losing streak to [[2003 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] in [[2003 Missouri Tigers football team|2003]] with a 41–24 win in [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Connelly |first=Bill |date=2017-06-24 |title=THE PINKEL YEARS: Exorcising demons |url=https://www.rockmnation.com/2017/6/24/15854304/2003-missouri-nebraska-football-brad-smith-losing-streak |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Rock M Nation |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lyons |first=Dan |title=This Stat Shows How Dominant Nebraska Football Has Been Historically |url=https://thespun.com/big-ten/nebraska-cornhuskers/nebraska-football-win-streaks-stat |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=The Spun: What's Trending In The Sports World Today |language=en}}</ref> Since this win, the two schools have had an intense rivalry, with Missouri falling short in the series only 3–4, until both schools left the conference.

In [[2006 Missouri Tigers football team|2006]], Pinkel led the Tigers to a 6–0 start, the team's first 6–0 start since 1973.  However, the team finished 8–5.

During the [[2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2007 season]], Pinkel guided the Tigers to a 12–2 season with an average of 40 points per game, a Big 12 North Championship, and a 38–7 [[2008 Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton Bowl Classic]] victory over Arkansas. The season's most memorable moment came when Missouri defeated rival Kansas 36–28 on a nationally televised game at Arrowhead Stadium. The win propelled Missouri to the No. 1 ranking and ruined Kansas' previously unbeaten record. The only losses during the season twice came at the hands of the [[2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma Sooners]]. The first loss was on the road in [[Norman, Oklahoma|Norman]] and the second was in the Big 12 Championship. Pinkel's Tigers were tied with the Sooners at half time but ended up losing. If the Tigers had won they might have retained their then number one [[2007 BCS computer rankings|BCS ranking]] and could have played for the [[2008 BCS National Championship Game|BCS National Championship]].

In [[2008 Missouri Tigers football team|2008]], Pinkel guided his Tigers to a second consecutive Big 12 North title and a chance to have back to back double digit win seasons. Despite four tough losses, the 2008 campaign concluded with a Big 12 North Championship, the first back to back 10 win season in Missouri history and an Alamo Bowl victory against Northwestern.

On November 25, 2008, Pinkel signed a new seven-year contract that would bring him $2.3 million per year, from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2015.<ref>[http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112508aae.html Mizzou, Gary Pinkel Agree to New Contract], Mutigers.com, November 25, 2008</ref>

On October 23, 2010, Pinkel guided the Tigers to their first win over the [[2010 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma Sooners]] since 1998, winning 36–27.<ref>https://mutigers.com/news/2010/10/23/no_18_tigers_beat_no_3_oklahoma_36_27.aspx</ref> The Sooners were ranked No. 1 in the BCS Poll at the time, leading to the third straight week that a No. 1 team lost.  The Tigers finished the regular season 10-2 (6-2 Big 12), but Nebraska qualified for the Big 12 Championship due to having the tiebreaker with their prior 31–17 victory over Missouri.

[[2010-12 Southeastern Conference realignment|The Southeastern Conference asked Missouri to join in 2011]] in part so the league would not have an uneven number of teams after [[Texas A&M]] became the SEC's 13th member. The 2011 season was a letdown, marked by Missouri's record falling to 8-5 and Pinkel's arrest on DUI charges in mid-November. Pinkel's [[2012 Missouri Tigers football team|2012 team]] finished 5-7 in the SEC East Division and was the first in eight seasons to not go to a bowl game; [[University of Florida|Florida]] president [[Bernard Machen]] later said that other members saw Pinkel as a "quality guy" but "didn't think Missouri had been that good of late". The [[2013 Missouri Tigers football team|2013]] and [[2014 Missouri Tigers football team|2014]] teams were very successful, however, winning the division in both years; "We had no idea Pinkel was gonna turn around and beat us and be that good that quick", Machen added.<ref name="dearmond20161021">{{cite web | url=https://missouri.rivals.com/news/zero-trust-inside-mizzou-s-move-to-the-southeastern-conference | title=Zero Trust: Inside Mizzou's move to the Southeastern Conference | publisher=PowerMizzou.com | date=October 21, 2016 | access-date=October 21, 2016 | author=DeArmond, Gabe}}</ref>

During the 2015 season, the University of Missouri campus was impacted by [[2015–2016 University of Missouri protests|protests]]. These protests made their way to the football team, who announced they would go on strike until their demands were met. Pinkel stood behind the striking players, tweeting “Mizzou Family stands as one.” and added in a later interview “They had tears in their eyes and asked if I would support them and I said I would ― it’s about supporting my players when they needed me. I did the right thing and I would do it again.”<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-10 |title=Mizzou Football Coach On Backing Player Boycott: 'I Did The Right Thing And I Would Do It Again' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mizzou-gary-pinkel-football-boycott_n_56412a8ee4b0307f2caeb178 |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref>

Beginning with the [[2002 NFL draft]], Pinkel has had 26 players selected, including seven first-round choices since 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-pinkel-deserves-a-statue/article_fad5a44f-8686-56aa-ac13-950f876aa781.html |title=Bernie: Pinkel deserves a statue |author=Bernie Miklasz |newspaper=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=December 6, 2013}}</ref>

On November 13, 2015, Pinkel announced he would retire at the end of the season.  He stated that he has [[non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]], and wants to spend his remaining years with family and friends.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saying He Has Cancer, Missouri Coach Is Resigning (Published 2015) |website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823074027/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/sports/ncaafootball/citing-illness-gary-pinkel-is-resigning-as-missouri-coach.html?hp |archive-date=2019-08-23 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/sports/ncaafootball/citing-illness-gary-pinkel-is-resigning-as-missouri-coach.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news}}</ref>

==Honors and achievements==
Pinkel is the record holder for all-time wins at both Toledo and Missouri.

For his accomplishments at Toledo, Pinkel was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in February 2009.

Pinkel released his autobiography "The 100-Yard Journey: A Life in Coaching and Battling for the Win" (Triumph Books) in September 2017.

On 1/10/22, it was announced that Gary Pinkel would be inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/33036350/andrew-luck-rashaan-salaam-gary-pinkel-headline-2022-college-football-hall-fame-selections|title = Luck, Salaam, Pinkel to College Football HOF|date = January 10, 2022}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo Rockets]]
 | conf      = [[Mid-American Conference]]
 | startyear = 1991
 | endyear   = 2000
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1991 NCAA Division I-A football season|1991]]
 | name         = [[1991 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]
 | overall      = 5–5–1
 | conference   = 4–3–1
 | confstanding = T–3rd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1992 NCAA Division I-A football season|1992]]
 | name         = [[1992 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]
 | overall      = 8–3
 | conference   = 5–3
 | confstanding = T–3rd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1993 NCAA Division I-A football season|1993]]
 | name         = [[1993 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]
 | overall      = 4–7
 | conference   = 3–5
 | confstanding = T–7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1994 NCAA Division I-A football season|1994]]
 | name         = [[1994 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]
 | overall      = 6–4–1
 | conference   = 4–3–1
 | confstanding = 6th
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1995 NCAA Division I-A football season|1995]]
 | name         = [[1995 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]
 | overall      = 11–0–1
 | conference   = 7–0–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | bowlname     = [[1995 Las Vegas Bowl|Las Vegas]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = 24
 | ranking2     = 24
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1996 NCAA Division I-A football season|1996]]
 | name         = [[1996 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]
 | overall      = 7–4
 | conference   = 6–2
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | bowlname     = 
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[1997 NCAA Division I-A football season|1997]]
 | name         = [[1997 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]
 | overall      = 9–3
 | conference   = 7–1
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(West)</small>
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[1998 NCAA Division I-A football season|1998]]
 | name         = [[1998 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]
 | overall      = 7–5
 | conference   = 6–2
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(West)</small>
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1999 NCAA Division I-A football season|1999]]
 | name         = [[1999 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]
 | overall      = 6–5
 | conference   = 5–3
 | confstanding = T–2nd <small>(West)</small>
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 | bcsbowl      = 
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[2000 NCAA Division I-A football season|2000]]
 | name         = [[2000 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]
 | overall      = 10–1
 | conference   = 6–1
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Toledo
 | overall    = 73–37–3
 | confrecord = 53–23–3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri Tigers]]
 | conf      = [[Big 12 Conference]]
 | startyear = 2001
 | endyear   = 2011
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2001 NCAA Division I-A football season|2001]]
 | name         = [[2001 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 4–7
 | conference   = 3–5
 | confstanding = T–4th <small>(North)</small>
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2002 NCAA Division I-A football season|2002]]
 | name         = [[2002 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 5–7
 | conference   = 2–6
 | confstanding = 5th <small>(North)</small>
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2003 NCAA Division I-A football season|2003]]
 | name         = [[2003 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 8–5
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = 3rd <small>(North)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[Independence Bowl|Independence]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2004 NCAA Division I-A football season|2004]]
 | name         = [[2004 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 5–6
 | conference   = 3–5
 | confstanding = T–3rd <small>(North)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2005 NCAA Division I-A football season|2005]]
 | name         = [[2005 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 7–5
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = T–2nd <small>(North)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2005 Independence Bowl|Independence]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2006]]
 | name         = [[2006 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 8–5
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = T–2nd <small>(North)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2006 Sun Bowl|Sun]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2007]]
 | name         = [[2007 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 12–2
 | conference   = 7–1
 | confstanding = T–1st <small>(North)</small> 
 | bowlname     = [[2008 Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = 5
 | ranking2     = 4
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2008]]
 | name         = [[2008 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 10–4
 | conference   = 5–3
 | confstanding = T–1st <small>(North)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2008 Alamo Bowl|Alamo]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = 16
 | ranking2     = 19
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2009]]
 | name         = [[2009 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 8–5
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = T–2nd <small>(North)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2009 Texas Bowl|Texas]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2010]]
 | name         = [[2010 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 10–3
 | conference   = 6–2 
 | confstanding = T–1st <small>(North)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2010 Insight Bowl|Insight]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = 18
 | ranking2     = 18
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2011]]
 | name         = [[2011 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 8–5<ref>The record accounts for Gary Pinkel's suspension from coaching the November 19, 2011 game versus Texas Tech.</ref>
 | conference   = 5–4
 | confstanding = 5th
 | bowlname     = [[2011 Independence Bowl|Independence]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri Tigers]]
 | conf      = [[Southeastern Conference]]
 | startyear = 2012
 | endyear   = 2015
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2012]]
 | name         = [[2012 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 5–7
 | conference   = 2–6
 | confstanding = 5th <small>(Eastern)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2013]]
 | name         = [[2013 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 12–2 
 | conference   = 7–1 
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(Eastern)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2014 Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = 5 
 | ranking2     = 5 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division 
 | year         = [[2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2014]]
 | name         = [[2014 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 11–3
 | conference   = 7–1 
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(Eastern)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2015 Citrus Bowl|Citrus]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 11
 | ranking2     = 14
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =  
 | year         = [[2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2015]]
 | name         = [[2015 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]
 | overall      = 0*–7
 | conference   = 0*–7
 | confstanding = T–6th <small>(Eastern)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Missouri
 | overall    = 113*–73
 | confrecord = 63*–57
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 186*–110–3
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = two
 | polltype = 
}}

<small>{{va|*}} Missouri vacated its wins in 2015 due to [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] action.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Football Quick Facts |url=https://mutigers.com/sports/2023/8/28/2023-football-quick-facts.aspx |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=University of Missouri Athletics |language=en}}</ref></small>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.gpmade.org/}}
* {{College Football HoF|2500}}

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