The 2023 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University as a member of the

Missouri Valley Football Conference The Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC), formerly the Gateway Football Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivi ...

(MVFC) during the

2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season The 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, is organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The regular seas ...

. The Bears were led by first-year head coach

Ryan Beard Ryan Beard (born 1988/1989) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the head coach for the Missouri State Bears of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). He played college football at Western Kentucky and later co ...

and played home games at

Robert W. Plaster Stadium Plaster Stadium (formerly SMS Stadium, Briggs Stadium, and Plaster Sports Complex) is a 17,500-seat football stadium located in Springfield, Missouri. It is home to the Missouri State Bears football team. History The stadium was built in 1941 as ...

Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which had an estimat ...

Schedule

Game summaries

at Kansas

References

Missouri State Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...

Missouri State Bears football seasons

Missouri State Bears football The Missouri State Bears football program is the college football team that represents Missouri State University located in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Missouri State competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS ...

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