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Mizzou axes 2025 road game against Miami Ohio, will open season against Central Arkansas

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri football has made a scheduling swap for the 2025 season.

Mizzou will no longer face Miami University of Ohio on the road and will instead add a previously unreported home game against Central Arkansas.

That game is scheduled for Saturday, August 30, 2025, according to a contract between MU and Central Arkansas obtained by the Post-Dispatch through an open records request. Missouri will pay Central Arkansas $500,000 for its participation in the game.

The Tigers and Bears have never played each other in football. Central Arkansas is a Football Championship Subdivision, or FCS, program that plays in the United Athletic Conference.