2023 Missouri State Bears football team

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2023 Missouri State Bears football
Missouri State Athletics wordmark.svg
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record4–7 (3–5 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNick Petrino (4th season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinatorL. D. Scott (1st season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Robert W. Plaster Stadium
Seasons
  2022
2024  
2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 South Dakota State $^  8 0   15 0  
No. 4 South Dakota ^  7 1   10 3  
No. 3 North Dakota State ^  5 3   11 4  
No. 19 Youngstown State ^  5 3   8 5  
No. 16 North Dakota ^  5 3   7 5  
Northern Iowa  5 3   6 5  
No. 12 Southern Illinois ^  4 4   8 5  
Illinois State  4 4   6 5  
Missouri State  3 5   4 7  
Murray State  1 7   2 9  
Indiana State  1 7   1 10  
Western Illinois  0 8   0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by first-year head coach Ryan Beard and played home games at Robert W. Plaster Stadium in Springfield, Missouri.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.at Kansas * ESPN+ L 17–4841,091
September 96:00 p.m.at UT Martin *ESPN+L 31–386,104
September 232:00 p.m. Utah Tech *ESPN+W 59–1411,002
September 304:00 p.m.at No. 10 Southern Illinois ESPN+L 20–3310,359
October 72:00 p.m.No. 7 North Dakota State
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+L 10–388,727
October 143:00 p.m.at Western Illinois ESPN+W 48–72,809
October 212:00 p.m. Murray State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+W 28–2411,386
October 281:00 p.m.No. 24 Youngstown State ESPN+L 28–449,880
November 42:00 p.m. Illinois State
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+L 35–367,700
November 112:00 p.m.No. 15 Northern Iowa
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+W 35–166,898
November 182:00 p.m.at No. 1 South Dakota State ESPN+L 17–3515,637
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

at Kansas

Missouri State Bears at Kansas Jayhawks
Quarter1234Total
Bears730717
Jayhawks710102148

at David Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, Kansas

  • Date: Friday, September 1, 2023
  • Game time: 7:00 pm CDT
  • Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 89 °F (32 °C)
  • Game attendance: 41,091
  • Referee: Henry Johns
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Chuckie Kempf, Ahman Green
Game information
First quarter
  • 11:26 KU Devin Neal 48 yard run (Seth Keller kick good), 4–70, 1:49 KU 7–0
  • 2:24 MSU Jmariyae Robinson 2 yard pass from Jacob Clark (Owen Rozanc kick good), 10–46, 5:37 7–7
Second quarter
  • 12:12 MSU Owen Rozanc 37 yard field goal, 7–53, 3:10 MSU 10–7
  • 11:03 KU Luke Grimm 14 yard pass from Jason Bean (Seth Keller kick good), 3–75, 1:11 KU 14–10
  • 1:05 KU Seth Keller 28 yard field goal, 10–75, 1:02 KU 17–10
Third quarter
  • 10:29 KU Dylan McDuffie 17 yard run (Seth Keller kick good), 9–69, 4:22 KU 24–10
  • 3:18 KU Seth Keller 35 yard field goal, 10–55, 5:07 KU 27–10
Fourth quarter
  • 14:57 MSU Jmariyae Robinson 5 yard run (Owen Rozanc kick good), 6–75, 3:21 KU 27–17
  • 10:18 KU Daniel Hishaw Jr. 24 yard run (Seth Keller kick good), 8–75, 4:39 KU 34–17
  • 7:49 KU Devin Neal 6 yard pass from Jason Bean (Owen Piepergerdes kick good), 5–28, 2:21 KU 41–17
  • 4:57 KU Sevion Morrison 5 yard Run (Seth Keller kick), 4–23, 2:14 KU 48–17
StatisticsMSUKU
First downs1027
Plays–yards48–21766–521
Rushes–yards27–7438–245
Passing yards143276
Passing: compattint14–21–222–28–0
Time of possession26:1333:47
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Missouri StatePassingJacob Clark14/21 143 yards 1 TD 2 INTa
RushingJacob Clark8 carries 36 yards
ReceivingCeldon Manning2 receptions 31 yards
KansasPassing Jason Bean 22/28 276 yards 2 TDs
Rushing Devin Neal 13 carries 94 yards 1 TD
Receiving Lawrence Arnold
Quentin Skinner
4 receptions 77 yards

References

  1. "2023 Missouri State Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  2. "2023 Football Schedule - Missouri State". Missouri State University Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2023.