| 2023 Missouri State Bears football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
| Record | 4–7 (3–5 MVFC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Nick Petrino (4th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | L.D. Scott (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Robert W. Plaster Stadium (capacity: 17,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 South Dakota State $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 South Dakota ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 North Dakota State ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 North Dakota ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Youngstown State ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Southern Illinois ^ | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at Kansas* | ESPN+ | L 17–48 | 41,091 | |
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | at UT Martin* | ESPN+ | L 31–38 | 6,104 | |
| September 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Utah Tech* | ESPN+ | W 59–14 | 11,002 | |
| September 30 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 10 Southern Illinois | ESPN+ | L 20–33 | 10,359 | |
| October 7 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 7 North Dakota State |
| ESPN+ | L 10–38 | 8,727 |
| October 14 | 3:00 p.m. | at Western Illinois | ESPN+ | W 48–7 | 2,809 | |
| October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Murray State |
| ESPN+ | W 28–24 | 11,386 |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 24 Youngstown State | ESPN+ | L 28–44 | 9,880 | |
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Illinois State |
| ESPN+ | L 35–36 | 7,700 |
| November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 15 Northern Iowa |
| ESPN+ | W 35–16 | 6,898 |
| November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 1 South Dakota State | ESPN+ | L 17–35 | 15,637 | |
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Game summaries
at Kansas
Missouri State Bears at Kansas Jayhawks
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Bears | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Jayhawks | 7 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 48 |
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
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| Statistics | MSU | KU |
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| 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 |
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| 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
- ↑ "2023 Missouri State Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ↑ "2023 Football Schedule - Missouri State". Missouri State University Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
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