The Missouri State football team lost a heartbreaker to the University of Tennessee at Martin 32-31 in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs Saturday afternoon.
“It was definitely an emotional locker room,” senior quarterback Jason Shelley said. “We felt like we gave the game away.”
This was a historic season for the Bears. They hosted a playoff game for the first time since 1990, Shelley broke the single-season program passing record and won the Missouri Valley Football Conference offensive player of the year. Junior receiver Tyrone Scott broke the single-season program records for receiving yards and receptions.