COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 9 Mizzou football team remained unbeaten to start the 2024 season with a 38-0 win over Buffalo, in front of a sellout crowd at Faurot Field, on Saturday night. You can watch extended highlights of MU’s Week 2 victory in the video player below. https://youtu.be/eK4FK5CXaqw?si=aDvrXcdWMMEaaaLM You can watch the full
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics announced on Thursday that the football program has extended its sellout streak at Faurot Field. Tickets for MU’s Week 2 date with Buffalo are now officially sold-out. Since tickets to Week 3’s matchup against Boston College are already sold-out, Mizzou has reached eight straight sellout games, dating back to last
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a week one routing of Murray State, the Mizzou football team jumped up to No. 9 in the AP Top-25, on Tuesday. However, the MU’s minds are set on preparing for game two against the Buffalo Bulls. You can watch extended highlights of Tuesday’s practice in the video player below. https://youtu.be/tuVbHQe1_0s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team thoroughly dominated Murray State in the season opener, on Thursday, showing off its newcomers on the offensive and defensive side of the the ball. The 51-point shutout is a good way to start the season, but head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company aren’t patting themselves on the back.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Behind a historic start to its season-opener, Mizzou Football kicked off the 2024 season with a 51-point rout of Murray State. The Tigers scored three touchdowns by the 9:41-mark of the first quarter, putting 21 points on the scoreboard in its fastest time in program history. Eli Drinkwitz previewed the Murray State
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Kyle Helms brought on the Columbia Tribune’s Mizzou Athletics Beat Writer Calum McAndrew in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down to break down Mizzou Football’s 2024 season debut against the Murray State Racers. The Tigers shut out their season-opening opponent 51-0 on Thursday, Aug. 29. You can watch their full
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Memorial Stadium is set to have zero empty seats when Boston College visits Columbia in two weeks. Mizzou Athletics announced on Saturday that Sept. 14’s game against the Eagles is officially sold-out. MU has now sold-out four of the football team’s seven games at Faurot Field this season, including Oklahoma, Auburn and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson will be sticking around Columbia through 2028, the athletic department announced on Friday. Coach Anderson signed an extension that extended her contract two more years, as her original deal came to an end in 2026. “This commitment reflects my deep belief in the direction of our program
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) 11th ranked Mizzou Football was locked in from the opening kick of Thursday night’s season opener against Murray State. The Tigers began the 2024 campaign with a 51-0 win over the Racers in front of Faurot Field’s sixth straight sold-out crowd. You can watch extended highlights from Thursday’s big win in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s wide receiver room features plenty of continuity, following a Cotton Bowl championship season. The unit is returning its top six players from last season and is entering its second year with Kirby Moore as offensive coordinator, its third season under wide receivers coach Jacob Peeler and its final season with Brady
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Many hours of preparation, organization and laundry have to happen before the Missouri Tigers can take the field in their all-black uniforms on Thursday. MU’s Director of Equipment Operations Mike Kurowski said preparation for football’s first game starts during summer training camp. “The only time people know what we do is if
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) You couldn’t have written it any better if you tried. Two football players from the heart of St. Louis, who grew up watching their hometown team, have now helped revitalize that same team. After a couple of years of finishing the season at or below the .500 mark, Mizzou football stormed back
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced that defensive end Williams Nwaneri has been named to the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year watch list, on Wednesday. The award is given out the most outstanding freshman player, at any position, in college football. The award will be presented at the Maxwell Football Club Awards,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the sixth-straight game, the No. 11 Mizzou football team will be playing in front of a sellout crowd at Faurot Field. On Wednesday, MU Athletics announced that it had achieved its long-awaited goal of selling every single seat in Memorial Stadium. Much to the pleasure of head coach Eli Drinkwitz, who
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Week 1 of the 2024 college football season is upon us. A number of teams open up play on Thursday, including the No.11 Missouri Tigers, who host Murray State at 7 p.m. Thursday at Faurot Field. We’ve already seen some excitement this season with No. 10 Florida State losing to Georgia Tech
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ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones spoke with the Mike Kelly, the voice of the Missouri Tigers, ahead of the season premiere of Tiger Talk. Tiger Talk is a weekly radio show hosted by Kelly, which previews the upcoming football games with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz, assistant coaches and players. For the first time
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou Athletic Director Laird Veatch in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair talked about the upcoming football season and plans for Veatch’s first year at the helm of Tiger athletics. “You know, I’ve been in this profession all my career, so over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou soccer team suffered its second loss of the season, on Sunday night, in a 2-0 shutout against No. 23 Saint Louis. Head coach Stefanie Golan’s team did put the pressure on early with shots from junior Keegan Good and seniors Leah Selm and Milena Fischer, but all were off the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football is now in full Murray State mode with its season opener arriving on Thursday night. The Tigers held a practice at the team’s practice fields at the Mizzou Athletic Training Complex on Sunday afternoon as part of their preparation for Week 1. You can watch extended highlights from Sunday’s practice
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Tiger football standouts earned SEC preseason honors, on Thursday. Wide receiver Luther Burden and offensive linemen Armand Membou and Cam’Ron Johnson were all named to the 2024 Preseason Coaches All-SEC Team, ahead of kickoff against Murray State on Aug. 29. Burden earned a spot on the first time, while Membou and
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