COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Southeastern Conference has finalized schedules for league members for the 2016 football season, as released Thursday by the league office. The Missouri Tigers will face a 12-game schedule with one bye week next year, in a slate which features seven home games and five road contests.

The season will get underway on the road, as Mizzou will travel to Morgantown, W.V., to face the West Virginia Mountaineers. It will mark the first time since 1996 that Mizzou has opened its season with a true road game. After a Sept. 10 home opener against Eastern Michigan, the Tigers will close out the month with home games against Georgia (Sept. 17) and Delaware State (Sept. 24).

A pair of games in challenging road environments will await Mizzou once the calendar flips to October. It starts with an SEC road opener at LSU on Oct. 1st as Mizzou will make its first-ever appearance at Death Valley, in a game that will mark only the second all-time meeting between MU and LSU (Mizzou won a 20-15 decision in the 1978 Liberty Bowl). Following an open date on Oct. 8, the Tigers will hit the road again for an Oct. 15 game at Florida. October closes with a pair of home games, including Homecoming on Oct. 22nd against Middle Tennessee and an Oct. 29 visit to Faurot Field by Kentucky.

The final month of the season will see the Tigers alternate home and away games, and the stretch run will begin with a Nov. 5 game at South Carolina, followed by a Nov. 12 home contest with Vanderbilt. After a Nov. 19 game at Tennessee, the Tigers will close the 2016 regular season with cross-division rival Arkansas on Nov. 26. Times and television information for all games will not be finalized until a later date.

2016 MIZZOU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
9/3 at West Virginia
9/10 vs. Eastern Michigan
9/17 vs. Georgia
9/24 vs. Delaware State
10/1 at LSU
10/15 at Florida
10/22 vs. Middle Tennessee
10/29 vs. Kentucky
11/5 at South Carolina
11/12 vs. Vanderbilt
11/19 at Tennessee
11/26 vs. Arkansas

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