2023 Missouri State Bears football team
American college football season
The 2023 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by first-year head coach Ryan Beard and played home games at Robert W. Plaster Stadium in Springfield, Missouri.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | at Kansas* | | ESPN+ | L 17–48 | 41,091 |
September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | at UT Martin* | | ESPN+ | L 31–38 | 6,104 |
September 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Utah Tech* | | ESPN+ | W 59–14 | 11,002 |
September 30 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 10 Southern Illinois | | ESPN+ | L 20–33 | 10,359 |
October 7 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 7 North Dakota State | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | L 10–38 | 8,727 |
October 14 | 3:00 p.m. | at Western Illinois | | ESPN+ | W 48–7 | 2,809 |
October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Murray State![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | W 28–24 | 11,386 |
October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 24 Youngstown State | | ESPN+ | L 28–44 | 9,880 |
November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Illinois State | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | L 35–36 | 7,700 |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 15 Northern Iowa | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | W 35–16 | 6,898 |
November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 1 South Dakota State | | ESPN+ | L 17–35 | 15,637 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Game summaries
at Kansas
Missouri State Bears at Kansas Jayhawks
Period |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
Bears |
7 |
3 |
0 | 7 | 17 |
Jayhawks |
7 |
10 |
10 | 21 | 48 |
at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas
- Date: Friday, September 1, 2023
- Game time: 7:00 pm CDT
- Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 89 °F (32 °C)
- Game attendance: 41,091
- Referee: Henry Johns
- TV announcers (ESPN+): Chuckie Kempf, Ahman Green
- Pregame line: Kansas –32
Game information
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- First quarter
- 11:26 KU Devin Neal 48 yard run (Seth Keller kick good), 4–70, 1:49 KU 7–0
- 2:24 MSU Jmariyae Robinson 2 yard pass from Jacob Clark (Owen Rozanc kick good), 10–46, 5:37 7–7
- Second quarter
- 12:12 MSU Owen Rozanc 37 yard field goal, 7–53, 3:10 MSU 10–7
- 11:03 KU Luke Grimm 14 yard pass from Jason Bean (Seth Keller kick good), 3–75, 1:11 KU 14–10
- 1:05 KU Seth Keller 28 yard field goal, 10–75, 1:02 KU 17–10
- Third quarter
- 10:29 KU Dylan McDuffie 17 yard run (Seth Keller kick good), 9–69, 4:22 KU 24–10
- 3:18 KU Seth Keller 35 yard field goal, 10–55, 5:07 KU 27–10
- Fourth quarter
- 14:57 MSU Jmariyae Robinson 5 yard run (Owen Rozanc kick good), 6–75, 3:21 KU 27–17
- 10:18 KU Daniel Hishaw Jr. 24 yard run (Seth Keller kick good), 8–75, 4:39 KU 34–17
- 7:49 KU Devin Neal 6 yard pass from Jason Bean (Owen Piepergerdes kick good), 5–28, 2:21 KU 41–17
- 4:57 KU Sevion Morrison 5 yard Run (Seth Keller kick), 4–23, 2:14 KU 48–17
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Statistics
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MSU
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KU
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First downs |
10 |
27
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Plays–yards |
48–217 |
66–521
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Rushes–yards |
27–74 |
38–245
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Passing yards |
143 |
276
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Passing: comp–att–int |
14–21–2 |
22–28–0
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Time of possession |
26:13 |
33:47
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Team |
Category |
Player |
Statistics
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Missouri State
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Passing |
Jacob Clark |
14/21 143 yards 1 TD 2 INTa
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Rushing |
Jacob Clark |
8 carries 36 yards
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Receiving |
Celdon Manning |
2 receptions 31 yards
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Kansas
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Passing |
Jason Bean |
22/28 276 yards 2 TDs
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Rushing |
Devin Neal |
13 carries 94 yards 1 TD
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Receiving |
Lawrence Arnold Quentin Skinner |
4 receptions 77 yards
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