Missouri State and Northern Arizona met for the first time in history Saturday at Plaster Stadium.
Many would call this Missouri State’s first true home game after last Thursday’s odd weather move up.
Bearfest Village was packed as usual, the student crowd was miniscule — as usual — but the Missouri State football program did not play as usual, winning 40-8 over No. 20 Northern Arizona.
Before the match up, headlines marked that this could be the game Missouri State’s football program made a name for itself.
Northern Arizona flew into Springfield for the sixth Big Sky-Missouri Valley Football Conference meeting this season in which the MVFC now leads 4-2 this season.