COLUMBIA, Mo. – The annual Battle Line Rivalry presented by Shelter Insurance® between Mizzou Football and Arkansas has been set for Friday, Nov. 25, with a 1:30 p.m. CT kickoff on CBS, as announced Wednesday. The 2016 season will mark the third consecutive year that CBS has broadcast the game on the Friday following Thanksgiving. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 26, before being picked up by CBS.

This year will mark the third installment of the annual rivalry between the border foes. Mizzou won the initial meeting in the rivalry in 2014, clinching a second consecutive SEC East Division title with a 21-14 win. Arkansas won last year’s meeting in Fayetteville, 28-3.

Mizzou and Arkansas have met seven times over the years and twice since Mizzou joined the SEC in 2012. Mizzou owns a 4-3 advantage over the Razorbacks in history. Two of the seven games in the series have come in bowl games – Mizzou lost the 2003 Independence Bowl, 27-14, while Mizzou defeated Arkansas in the 2008 Cotton Bowl, 38-7, thanks to a Cotton Bowl-record 281 rushing yards and four TDs by RB Tony Temple.

— Mizzou Athletics —