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 ...
in
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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