WATCH: Eli Drinkwitz takes questions ahead of Kansas State
Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz is scheduled to take questions from reporters at noon Tuesday ahead of this week’s home matchup against Kansas State.
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Mizzou defensive lineman earns SEC weekly honors
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou defensive end Nyles Gaddy was named the SEC co-defensive lineman of the week on Monday, after a multi-sack game against Middle Tennessee. The Jackson State transfer recorded three total tackles, two for a loss, as well as two sacks on Saturday night. It is the second multi-sack game of his career,
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Mizzou escapes Middle Tennessee to improve to 2-0
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 23-19 win against Middle Tennessee State University on Saturday night, but the victory didn’t come without its ups and downs. The Tigers had some offensive struggles against the Blue Raiders in the first half. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz named Brady
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Mizzou announces sellout against Kansas State
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team is set to play in front of a sold-out crowd in two weeks against Kansas State. The team announced on Wednesday that the game set for Saturday, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. against No. 15 Kansas State is a sell out. This is the first sellout at Faurot
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Brady Cook named Mizzou’s starting quarterback
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz said that his team will be moving forward with St. Louis-native Brady Cook as the starting quarterback for the 2023 season. He added that backup quarterback Sam Horn will still get opportunities for growth. Drinkwitz said not much will change in the quarterback room, as Cook had
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WATCH: Drinkwitz takes Mizzou football questions
Watch live as Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz takes reporters’ questions ahead of Week 2.
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RECAP: Mizzou football starts 1-0, as one quarterback has a ‘leg up’ in the competition
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team started the 2023 season off 1-0, with a 35-10 win over South Dakota on Thursday night. The biggest story line headed into that game was the ongoing competition between the quarterbacks: returning starter Brady Cook and redshirt freshman Sam Horn. Cook started the first half, while Horn took
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Mizzou wins big in home opener over South Dakota
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers starting off the season on a high note with a big time 35-10 win over South Dakota on a Thursday night prime-time kickoff at Faurot Field. You can watch extended highlights of MU’s win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/El8psi03St0 Brady Cook started the game at quarterback playing the
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Mizzou quarterback competition continues into regular season
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football season will kickoff at 7 p.m. on Thursday night and it’ll do so with no clear starting quarterback for the Tigers. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz will split snaps between returning starter Brady Cook and redshirt freshman Sam Horn to start the 2023 season. “The reality is that no quarterback
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With a defense full of vets, Mizzou leans on ‘trust’ headed into week one
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s year two with Blake Baker at the helm of the Mizzou defense, and the good news is, the group is returning nine starters from last season. The Tigers went 6-7 last season. Majority of the defense is in their final year of play at Mizzou and the main goal is to
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Were you impressed with Mizzou’s win over South Dakota?
The win was expected but it was the first on-field action of the season for a Tigers team with lots of questions coming into the year.
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Mizzou football Thursday night season kickoff likely to create traffic gridlock
The Missouri State Highway Patrol and University of Missouri police are advising everyone who is not going to the Mizzou football game to avoid downtown.
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Traffic impacts expected for Mizzou football home opener
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thursday is the University of Missouri’s home opening football game. With thousands of fans expected to attend, traffic impacts and delays can be expected throughout the game. The increase in crowds and number of people heading towards and around the stadium has caused some changes to traffic flow. Football_Traffic_PatternsDownload According to the
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Mizzou football releases week one injury report
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team released its injury report for week one on Tuesday, ahead of Thursday night’s season opener against South Dakota. Safety JC Carlies will be questionable headed into the game against the Coyotes. Linebacker Chad Bailey, running back Michael Cox, wide receiver Peanut Houston and offensive lineman Bence Polgar are
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MU asks employees to work from home Thursday, looks to ‘accommodate’ for football traffic
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced Tuesday on its social media that it is asking employees who work “on campus in non-public-facing roles” to work remotely Thursday. The University stated remote work should begin at noon, stating it is accommodating increased traffic in the area for Mizzou football’s season opener. The Tigers host
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One Mizzou football alum traded to the Eagles, another one waived
DENVER, Colo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou standout Albert Okwuegbunam is headed to Philadelphia. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported that the Denver Broncos traded the tight end to the Eagles, along with a seventh-round 2025 draft pick in exchange for a 2025 sixth-round pick. Okwuegbunam was originally drafted to Denver, as a fourth-round pick, in 2020. He
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Sunday Sit-down with KTGR’s Brenden Schaeffer
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on KTGR’s co-host of the ‘The Big Show,’ in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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Drinkwitz talks quarterback situation for week one; linebacker Chad Bailey ruled out
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz opened up game week on Friday with a press conference talking about the quarterback situation and giving an injury report. Drinkwitz announced that senior linebacker and captain Chad Bailey underwent surgery on Friday, meaning that he will be out for about 21 days. “Disappointed for Chad, I
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Sunday Sit-down with KTGR’s Andy Humphrey
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on KTGR’s Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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RECAP: Mizzou football wraps up fall camp ahead of 2023 season
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team held its final practice of fall camp on Saturday at Faurot Field, ahead of the season opener against South Dakota on Aug. 31. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz provided one more update on the ongoing quarterback competition. “We’ll see both of them [Brady Cook and Sam Horn], I anticipate,
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