COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team officially kicked off head coach Eli Drinkwitz’s sixth spring camp in Columbia, with the first of 13 total practices. There’s a lot of new faces up and down the roster, and even on the coaching staff, but the eyes of local media all turned to one of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz is set to kick off his sixth spring camp at the helm of Tiger football, as the team’s first practice will come on Friday morning. On Thursday, Coach Drink and a couple of his returning starters addressed the local media, ahead of camp that will come with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the fifth straight year, Mizzou football will kick off its season on a Thursday night. The program announced in a Tuesday press release that its 2026 season opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff will occur at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3 at Faurot Field. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5.
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It’s not quite spring, but Mizzou football is getting ready for fall. The Tigers started spring practice this week. Watch a news conference with the coach and players in the media player.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A student at the University of Missouri has started a petition to try and keep the current name of the school’s football stadium. MU announced on Feb. 10 it would sell corporate naming rights for Memorial Stadium. Once the university finds a buyer, that will mean that the ‘Memorial’ could be removed from the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The contract between the University of Missouri and the company that will help find a corporate sponsor for naming the school’s football stadium includes a list of which industries are “prohibited” from a naming partnership. MU announced on Feb. 10 it would sell corporate naming rights for Memorial Stadium. Once the university
Continue Reading Mizzou Athletics is looking for ways to make some cash and erase its deficit spending. One new idea is to sell naming rights to Memorial Stadium. Many Tigers faithful know Mizzou’s home by another name — Faurot Field, named for legendary coach Don Faurot. But the stadium itself is one of many throughout the nation
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Editor’s Note: This story has been edited to reflect the details of the renaming of Memorial Stadium accurately. In the near future, the home of Mizzou football is set to not only have a completely new look, with ongoing renovations to the north end zone, but also a new name. On Tuesday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday morning, Mizzou Athletics announced that it has received a $3 million donation from a pair of longtime supporters. The gift came courtesy of Tiger alums Paul and Lynn Ann Vogel and will go towards Mizzou’s revenue sharing efforts, recruiting and other opportunities, in addition to creating a new donor lounge
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tiger football added two more major recruits to its line up for next season. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz got a commitment from four-star wide receiver Cayden Lee. He started in all 15 games for Ole Miss on their College Football Playoff semifinal run, totaling 635 yards and three touchdowns on 44 catches.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team couldn’t find a way to close out a tight game against No. 21 Georgia, on Tuesday, losing their second-straight game 74-72. With the loss, the Tigers drop to 13-6 overall and 3-3 in Southeastern Conference action. It was a game that felt like Mizzou had to fight
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boosting the Tiger secondary has been one of the primary focuses for Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz, through the latest transfer portal window. That focus did not change, on Tuesday. The Tigers landed, by far, their most promising commitment with a pledge from one of the Top-10 talents available in the portal.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second time in the month of January, Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz made some late additions to his 2026 recruiting class. On Sunday night, a pair of high school standouts from the Kansas City area pledged to the Tigers to bring the number of prospects joining the 2026 roster to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the January transfer window nearing closing, head coach Eli Drinkwitz is still loading up for 2026 . The Tigers landed another highly touted cornerback recruit in former Oregon Duck Sione Laulea, becoming the fifth addition to the secondary. In his time in green and yellow, Laulea picked up 10 tackles, five
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz is still hard at work in the closing days of the January transfer portal window. On Tuesday, the leader of Tiger football grabbed three more commitments out the portal, as former Michigan cornerback Elijah Dotson, former Houston edge Cavan Tuley and former UConn backup quarterback Nick Evers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Eli Hoff, who is the Mizzou Athletic beat writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Head coach Eli Drinkwitz picked up a pair of d-lineman from Florida. Jaden Jones announced his decision to join the Tigers on Saturday after spending the past three season in Tallahassee at Florida State. The edge rusher picked up seven total tackles and one pass deflection in just seven career games with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Head coach Eli Drinkwitz added his third receiver from the transfer portal. The latest addition to the Tigers’ 2026 roster is former Florida wide out Naeshaun Montgomery. The true freshman was ranked as a four-star prospect out of high school. He appeared in just four games for the Gators, netting three catches
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Head coach Eli Drinkwitz reached double digit transfer signings for the 2026 season. Offensive Tackle Josh Atkins committed to Mizzou on Thursday morning. Previously at Arizona State, the 6-foot-4, 315 pounder made 39 consecutive starts at left tackle and was named a captain of the team for the previous season. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A second Auburn Tiger has officially committed to Mizzou. Kensley Louidor-Faustin announced on social media that he will be transferring to Mizzou for the 2026 season. In his sophomore season with Auburn, he recorded 20 tackles, three of them coming for a loss and one sack. Against MU, he netted just one
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