| Missouri Tigers | |
|---|---|
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| University | University of Missouri |
| Conference | SEC (primary) Big 12 (wrestling) |
| NCAA | Division I (FBS) |
| Athletic director | Laird Veatch |
| Location | Columbia, Missouri |
| Varsity teams | 20 (9 men's and 11 women's) |
| Football stadium | Faurot Field ("The Zou") at Memorial Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Mizzou Arena |
| Baseball stadium | Taylor Stadium |
| Other venues | Hearnes Center |
| Mascot | Truman the Tiger |
| Nickname | Tigers |
| Fight song | "Every True Son - Fight Tigers!" |
| Colors | Old gold and black[1] |
| Website | www |
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The Missouri Tigers intercollegiate athletics programs represent the University of Missouri, located in Columbia. The name comes from a band of armed Union Home Guards called the Fighting Tigers of Columbia who, in 1864, protected Columbia from Confederate guerrillas during the American Civil War.[2]
The University of Missouri (often referred to as Mizzou or MU) is the flagship institution of the University of Missouri System.[3] Mizzou is a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and is the only NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision program in Missouri. Its wrestling program, the only wrestling program sponsored by an SEC member school, competes as an affiliate member of the Big 12 Conference.[4]
Prior to joining the SEC in 2012, Missouri was a charter member of the Big 12 Conference, which was created with the merger of the former Big Eight Conference and four schools from the former Southwest Conference (one of these schools, Texas A&M, joined the SEC with Missouri in 2012), and which began athletic competition in the 1996–97 academic year. Missouri competed in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association starting in 1907, which officially changed its name to the Big Eight Conference in 1964. They have so far won 8 NCAA football Championship titles.
- ^ Mizzou Athletics Brand Identity Guidelines (PDF). July 9, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
- ^ "Archived version of University of Missouri, Official Athletic Site of the Mizzou Tigers Traditions". Mutigers.cstv.com. October 11, 2006. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "About Mizzou | University of Missouri". Missouri.edu. December 16, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
- ^ "Big 12 Adds Missouri as Affiliate Member in Wrestling". big12sports.com. April 22, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.