COLUMBIA, MO. • It’s only May but never too early to start looking ahead to the fall and football season. For the next 12 weeks we’ll give you an early glimpse at Missouri’s regular-season opponents, starting with West Virginia.
For the first time since 1996, the Tigers open the season on the road against a power conference opponent on its home field. No dress rehearsals this fall for Barry Odom’s debut season. How rare are season openers like this? Incredibly rare for the Tigers. Here are MU's last 10 season openers on a power conference team’s home field.