COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri is starting off with a sellout.
Thursday's football home opener against Murray State reached sellout status Wednesday morning, Mizzou athletics said, extending a streak of full stadiums.
The Tigers' sellout streak is now at six games, dating back to the beginning of last season's surprise breakout.
MU coach Eli Drinkwitz had showed more of an edge than usual as he pushed fans to buy tickets for the opener, but his approach evidently worked.
“Our challenge is we need to sell out this first game,” Drinkwitz said last week. “We’re a top 11 program in the country coming off a Cotton Bowl win.