This Thursday, Mizzou (4-4, 1-4) will face No. 25 Mississippi State (6-2, 2-2) at Faurot Field. Both teams will be coming off their bye weeks. Gary Pinkel's 15-year tenure at Mizzou has given us a pretty large sample of bye week results.
Only in 2006 has Gary Pinkel's team had its first bye week later in the season than in 2015.
Bye records since Gary Pinkel took over as head coach of Mizzou in 2001:
2001: 36-3 home loss to #4 Nebraska after a two week[1] Sept. bye, 24-3 road loss to Kansas State after Nov.