Schedule shakeups for 2022 Mizzou football season
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Mizzou football team will now be opening up the season in a rare week night game against Louisiana Tech. MU will kick off against the Bulldogs on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m.
"Opening up 2022 in front of a primetime national television audience on ESPNU is a tremendous way to kick off the football season," Director of Athletics Desireé Reed-Francois said in a press release. "Fans can visit Columbia on Thursday night and join us in creating yet another memorable experience for our student-athletes before enjoying the extended Labor Day weekend. We want to give our Tigers every chance to be successful and will take advantage of having an earlier report date and additional practice days leading into our road opener at Kansas State on Sept. 10."
The match up will be Mizzou's first mid-week game since Nov. 5 of 2015 when the Tigers hosted the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
In addition, CBS Sports announced that MU's annual Battle Line Rivalry game against Arkansas will, again, be moved to the Friday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 25. The game will take place at Faurot Field with kickoff set for 2:30 p.m.
