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2023 Missouri State Bears football team

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.

2023 Missouri State Bears football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record4–7 (3–5 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNick Petrino (4th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorL. D. Scott (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumRobert 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
As of May 1, 2024
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule edit

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 
  • 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
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries edit

at Kansas edit

See also: 2023 Kansas Jayhawks football team
Missouri State Bears at Kansas Jayhawks
Period 1 2 34Total
Bears 7 3 0717
Jayhawks 7 10 102148

at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, 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
  • Pregame line: Kansas –32
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
Statistics MSU KU
First downs 10 27
Plays–yards 48–217 66–521
Rushes–yards 27–74 38–245
Passing yards 143 276
Passing: comp–att–int 14–21–2 22–28–0
Time of possession 26:13 33:47
Team Category Player Statistics
Missouri State Passing Jacob Clark 14/21 143 yards 1 TD 2 INTa
Rushing Jacob Clark 8 carries 36 yards
Receiving Celdon Manning 2 receptions 31 yards
Kansas Passing 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 edit

  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.


 

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