The construction of Missouri football’s south end zone complex at Memorial Stadium has brought another change to the Tigers’ gameday operations: Mizzou’s bench will switch sidelines for 2018 home football games, the athletic department announced Tuesday.
MU will use the west sideline, while its opponents will use the east one. Mizzou has not been on the west sideline since the 2000 season. Missouri had considered switching sidelines a year ago.
“It was our intent to switch sidelines and make the necessary seating changes at the same time the South End Zone facility came on-line in 2019,” Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk said in a statement.