According to a release from Mizzou Football, the Tigers will kick off the 2023 campaign with back-to-back night games from Memorial Stadium.

ESPN announced a pair of University of Missouri football home game times as the network released its schedule of games for the first three weeks of the season. On Saturday, September 9, the Tigers will play Middle Tennessee at 6:00 PM CDT. This game will be simulcast on the SEC + Network and ESPN. The next week, Saturday, September 16, the Tigers will play at 11:00 AM CDT with TV coverage available from the SEC Network.

Broadcast networks previously announced that Mizzou will open the season with a night game against South Dakota on Thursday, August 31, at 7:00 PM CDT from Memorial Stadium. This game will be available on the SEC Network. The Tigers will also play on Black Friday at Arkansas at 3:00 PM, and that game will be carried on CBS.

The 2023 Mizzou Tigers Football Schedule is as follows:

  • Thursday, August 31, vs. South Dakota, 7:00 PM
  • Saturday, September 9, vs. Middle Tennessee, 6:00 PM
  • Saturday, September 16, vs. Kansas State, 11:00 AM
  • Saturday, September 23, vs. Memphis (in St. Louis at the Dome at America's Center), TBA
  • Saturday, September 30, @ Vanderbilt, TBA
  • Saturday, October 7, vs. LSU, TBA
  • Saturday, October 14, @ Kentucky, TBA
  • Saturday, October 21, vs. South Carolina, TBA
  • Saturday, November 4, @ Georgia, TBA
  • Saturday, November 11, vs. Tennessee, TBA
  • Saturday, November 17, vs. Florida, TBA
  • Friday, November 24, @ Arkansas, TBA

Sedalia's News Leader 1050 KSIS is your home for the Mizzou Tigers in Sedalia. We'll have the opening game of the season Thursday night August 31. While Learfield Sports has not announced a broadcast time at this point in the summer, I would expect their broadcast to begin with pre-game programming at about 5:00 PM. 1050 KSIS will carry all Mizzou Football games, except those which conflict with St. Louis Cardinals baseball games. Of the football games where a start time has been announced, the only conflict with Cardinals baseball is the game on Saturday, September 9.

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