The 2007 season was a huge breakthrough, as everyone can tell. Missouri finished a top ten team, had a Heisman finalist in Chase Daniel, and won 10 games for the first time since 1960.
The team scored 558 points, which wasn’t just the first time the Tigers had reached 500 points in a season—it was also the first time they reached 400 points in a season, with the previous high being 399 in 2003.
With all of the above in mind, let’s take a look at Pinkel’s record broken down by site:
| Site | Wins | Losses | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 27 | 13 | 40 |
| Away | 12 | 21 | 33 |
| Neutral | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Bowls | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 45 | 37 | 82 |
The neutral site games are three games against Illinois in St. Louis, a game against Kansas in Kansas City, and a Big 12 championship game.
Given that Pinkel is 45-37 (.549) overall, none of these were going to look all that great. The .675 home record isn’t bad all things considered, but the 12-21 (.364) road record is dismal. Then again, I suppose that’s how you end up with three losing records and three seasons with five losses in your first six years.
Here is Pinkel’s record broken down by tier of opponent. As always, first-tier opponents are teams that had a winning percentage of .750 or better, second tier were .500 to .749, third tier opponents were .250 to .499, and fourth tier opponents were .249 and below.
| Tier | Wins | Losses | Pct. | Avg. Scored | Avg. Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 2 | 12 | .143 | 20 | 36 |
| Second | 17 | 18 | .486 | 28 | 26 |
| Third | 21 | 14 | .600 | 35 | 23 |
| Fourth | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 36 | 9 |
Pinkel clearly has been dreadful against the top tier. One win was against Nebraska in 2003, the Tigers' first since 1978. The other was over Kansas this past season.
Five of the losses are to Oklahoma and three are to Texas. The remaining four came to Colorado and Nebraska in 2001, and Kansas State and Bowling Green in 2002. These results seem to confirm Peter’s perception of Pinkel being a coach who can’t get over the hump in big games.
Pinkel is still under .500 against second tier teams despite going 4-0 against them last season. His record against third tier teams isn’t very good, but at least he hasn’t lost to a fourth tier team. These results seem to confirm Peter’s perception of Pinkel being a coach who loses games he shouldn’t.
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