Missouri Tigers
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| University | University of Missouri |
| Conference |
SEC (primary) MAC (wrestling) |
| NCAA | Division I/FBS |
| Athletic director | Jim Sterk |
| Location | Columbia, Missouri |
| Varsity teams | 18 |
| Football stadium | Faurot Field ("The Zou") at Memorial Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Mizzou Arena |
| Baseball stadium | Taylor Stadium |
| Other arenas | Hearnes Center |
| Mascot | Truman the Tiger |
| Nickname | Tigers |
| Fight song | Fight, Tiger |
| Colors | Black and Old Gold |
| Website | www |
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The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri, located in Columbia, Missouri, United States. The name comes from a band of armed guards called the Fighting Tigers of Columbia who, in 1864, protected Columbia from guerrillas during the Civil War.
The University of Missouri (often referred to as Mizzou or MU) is the flagship institution of the University of Missouri System. The women's teams are sometimes called the Lady Tigers, but often both the men's and women's teams are simply called the Tigers. 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 one sponsored by an SEC member school, competes in the Mid-American Conference.
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.
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