COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ahead of Saturday’s game against New Mexico State, there are a lot of emotions for Mizzou seniors as they reflect on their time at Faurot Field. Rock Bridge Alum Martez Manuel has been a leader of the Tigers defense this season and says why he’s walking away from his time at Mizzou
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Although the Mizzou football team needs two more wins to become bowl eligible this season, head coach Eli Drinkwitz said the group is focused on getting a win for the seniors this week, against New Mexico State. MU will honor its 21 seniors in Saturday’s game against the Aggies. You can watch
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Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz is scheduled to take questions from reporters at noon Tuesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After trailing Tennessee by just four points early in the third quarter, the Mizzou Tigers gave up 38 points in the second half to fall to the Vols 66-24. The Mizzou defense gave up a total of 724 yards. Vols quarterback Hendon Hooker passed for 355 yards and three scores, plus had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Head coach Eli Drinkwitz said that Neyland Stadium will likely be the toughest place that his team will play in this season, as the Tigers prepare to take on No. 5 Tennessee on Saturday. Mizzou is heading to Knoxville off a close loss to Kentucky at Faurot Field. The Tigers had a
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Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz will take questions from reporters at noon Tuesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou, Kentucky series is no stranger to controversy and a new one was added to the list on Saturday. With the Tigers down by just four points, the refs called a roughing the punter penalty on MU. It was a call that gave Kentucky the ball back and put the win
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the KTGR’s co-host of ‘The Big Show,’ Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers did not come out with the win in a close home game with the Kentucky Wildcats. Despite a 14 point fourth quarter, the Tigers came up short in the 21-17 loss in front of the biggest crowd in the Eli Drinkwitz era, 61,047 fans. You can watch the full
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou is set to kick off against the University of Kentucky at Faurot Field at 11:00 a.m Saturday. With more people in town, some traffic impacts are to be expected. Those attending the game will need to keep parking in mind, as spots can fill up quickly due to increased crowds. Several public
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced Saturday that the Board of Curators voted 7-0 to approve a two-year contract extension for head football coach Eli Drinkwitz through 2027. Drinkwitz led the Tigers to bowl appearances in both of his first two seasons and at Faurot Field, he has won nearly 71% of his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Details of Mizzou defensive coordinator Blake Baker’s new contract state that Baker will be staying with the Tigers through the 2025 season with a $2.9 million raise for the entire term. Baker will make $91,666.67 each month meaning $1,100,000.04 each year. That pay will continue to increase as his salary progresses with
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Mizzou is on a winning streak as the Kentucky Wildcats roll into Columbia this weekend.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It was announced Thursday that Mizzou has signed defensive coordinator Blake Baker through the 2025 season, which includes an increase in his annual salary. In his first season at Mizzou, the Tigers are allowing just 310.6 yards per game, which is a big improvement from the 2021 team which allowed 434.7 yards
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Year after year, the Mizzou and Kentucky football game seems to be a big momentum swinger for the Tiger football team. Heading into the 2022 match up, MU is coming into it on a two-game winning streak and fresh off of a win over then-No. 25 South Carolina. Despite the recent breakthroughs,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz said he is cautioning his team on the fine line between confidence and arrogance, after the group knocked off then-No. 25 South Carolina on Saturday. Coach Drink said confidence is something that you earn through preparation and arrogance is feeling like you can skip steps. The Tigers
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Mizzou head football coach Eli Drinkwitz will talk to reporters Tuesday as the Tigers prepare to take on the Kentucky Wildcats.
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COLUMBIA, SC. (KMIZ) The Mayor’s cup stays in Columbia as the Mizzou Tigers pull off the upset Saturday afternoon 23-10 against No. 25 South Carolina. The Tigers came out of the gate hot with a 14-0 lead credit to some work on the ground from Brady Cook and Cody Schrader, and the Gamecocks never seemed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After not scoring a point in the second half in the win against Vanderbilt, the Mizzou offense is working to fix what went wrong. “We just couldn’t get in a rhythm,” said quarterback Brady Cook. “We had a couple turnovers in the second half. We ran the ball well at times, but
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team salvaged a win against the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday, thanks to a big stop on fourth down from the Tiger defense. You can watch extended highlights from Tuesday’s practice in the video player below. https://youtu.be/wG68Ptb_ZfQ In the days following that win, head coach Eli Drinkwitz said his team
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