2023 Missouri State Bears football team

American college football season

2023 Missouri State Bears football

Conference| Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record| 4–7 (3–5 MVFC)
Head coach|

* Ryan Beard (1st season)

Offensive coordinator| Nick Petrino (4th season)
Offensive scheme| Multiple
Defensive coordinator| L. D. Scott (1st season)
Base defense| 3–4
Home stadium| Robert W. Plaster Stadium

Seasons

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2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 1 South Dakota State $^  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 15  | - | 0  |
No. 4 South Dakota ^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
No. 3 North Dakota State ^  |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 4  |
No. 19 Youngstown State ^  |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
No. 16 North Dakota ^  |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Northern Iowa |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  |
No. 12 Southern Illinois ^  |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
Illinois State |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  |
Missouri State |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Murray State |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
Indiana State |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 10  |
Western Illinois |  | 0  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 11  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - FCS playoff participant

As of August 10, 2024
Rankings from STATS Poll

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

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September 1| 7:00 p.m.| at Kansas*|

* David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
* Lawrence, KS

| ESPN+| L 17–48| 41,091
September 9| 6:00 p.m.| at UT Martin*|

* Graham Stadium
* Martin, TN

| ESPN+| L 31–38| 6,104
September 23| 2:00 p.m.| Utah Tech*|

* Robert W. Plaster Stadium
* Springfield, MO

| ESPN+| W 59–14| 11,002
September 30| 4:00 p.m.| at No. 10 Southern Illinois|

* Saluki Stadium
* Carbondale, IL

| 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|

* Hanson Field
* Macomb, IL

| ESPN+| W 48–7| 2,809
October 21| 2:00 p.m.| Murray State|

* Robert W. Plaster Stadium
* Springfield, MO

| ESPN+| W 28–24| 11,386
October 28| 1:00 p.m.| No. 24 Youngstown State|

* Stambaugh Stadium
* Youngstown, OH

| 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|

* Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
* Brookings, SD

| 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

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### at Kansas

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See also: 2023 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Missouri State Bears at Kansas Jayhawks

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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

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

Statistics  | MSU  | KU

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First downs | 10 | 27
Plays–yards | 48–217 | 66–521
Rushes–yards | 27–74 | 38–245
Passing yards | 143 | 276
Passing: comp–att–int | 14–21–2 | 22–28–0
Time of possession | 26:13 | 33:47
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Missouri State  | Passing | Jacob Clark | 14/21 143 yards 1 TD 2 INTa
Rushing | Jacob Clark | 8 carries 36 yards
Receiving | Celdon Manning | 2 receptions 31 yards
Kansas  | Passing | Jason Bean | 22/28 276 yards 2 TDs
Rushing | Devin Neal | 13 carries 94 yards 1 TD
Receiving | Lawrence Arnold
Quentin Skinner | 4 receptions 77 yards

## References

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1. ^ "2023 Missouri State Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
2. ^ "2023 Football Schedule - Missouri State". Missouri State University Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2023.

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