1975 Missouri Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1975
| team = Missouri Tigers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Eight Conference
| short_conf = Big 8
| record = 6–5
| conf_record = 3–4
| head_coach = Al Onofrio
| hc_year = 5th
| captain =
| stadium = Memorial Stadium
}}
{{1975 Big Eight Conference football standings}}
The 1975 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The team compiled a 6–5 record (3–4 against Big 8 opponents), finished in a tie for fifth place in the Big 8, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 282 to 241. Al Onofrio was the head coach for the fifth of seven seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/missouri/1975-schedule.html|title=1975 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=November 12, 2016}}{{cite web|title=2016 Mizzou Football Media Guide|publisher=University of Missouri|page=158|access-date=November 12, 2016|url=http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/mutigers.com/documents/2016/7/13/16_fb_media_guide.pdf}} The team played its home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.
The team's statistical leaders included running back Tony Galbreath with 777 rushing yards, quarterback Steve Pisarkiewicz with 1,792 passing yards and 1,732 yards of total offense, wide receiver Henry Marshall with 945 receiving yards, and placekicker Tim Gibbons with 72 points scored.{{cite web|title=2014 Mizzou Football Records Book|publisher=University of Missouri|pages=26–27|access-date=November 12, 2016|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf|archive-date=September 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928041623/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1975
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|September 8|Monday}}
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Alabama
| opprank = 2
| site_stadium = Legion Field
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| score = 20–7
| attend = 63,000
| source = {{cite news |first=Al |last=Browning |title=Spell Tide misery Missouri |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ri8dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4J0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5232%2C893460 |newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News |via=Google News Archives |page=1 |date=September 9, 1975 |access-date=August 24, 2014}}{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Missouri shocks Alabama, 20–7 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X14sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Us0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7119%2C1254418 |newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal |via=Google News Archives |page=B3 |date=September 9, 1975 |access-date=August 24, 2014}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 5
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Champaign, IL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 30–20
| attend = 57,059
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 5
| opponent = Wisconsin
| site_stadium = Faurot Field
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| score = 27–21
| attend = 62,222
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 5
| opponent = Michigan
| opprank = 12
| site_stadium = Michigan Stadium
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
| score = 7–31
| attend = 104,578
| source = {{cite news|title=U-M Buries Missouri, 31-7|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Curt Sylvester|date=October 5, 1975|pages=1E, 4E|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42835007/um_buries_missouri_317/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Blue smashes Missouri, 31-7: Bo wins 100th of career|newspaper=The Michigan Daily|author=Jeff Liebster|date=October 5, 1975|pages=1, 8|url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754530/325|via=Bentley Historical Library}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| time =
| w/l = w
| rank = 12
| opponent = Oklahoma State
| opprank = 14
| site_stadium = Faurot Field
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| score = 41–14
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 10
| opponent = Colorado
| opprank = 12
| site_stadium = Folsom Field
| site_cityst = Boulder, CO
| score = 20–31
| attend = 50,239
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| time =
| w/l = w
| rank = 15
| opponent = Kansas State
| site_stadium = Faurot Field
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| score = 35–3
| attend = 62,860
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| time =
| w/l = l
| rank = 12
| opponent = Nebraska
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Faurot Field
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–30
| attend = 68,195
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 19
| opponent = Iowa State
| site_stadium = Cyclone Stadium
| site_cityst = Ames, IA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 44–14
| attend = 41,861
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time =
| w/l = l
| rank = 18
| opponent = Oklahoma
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = Faurot Field
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 27–28
| attend = 67,518
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 18
| opponent = Kansas
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Lawrence, KS
| gamename = Border War
| score = 24–42
| attend = 46,851
}}
}}
Roster
- TE Charley Douglass
- QB Pete Woods