COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Southeastern Conference has finalized the 2018 football schedules for all 14 league members, as announced Tuesday by the league office. Mizzou will play seven games at Faurot Field/Memorial Stadium next season, including the annual Battle Line Rivalry game Presented by Shelter Insurance against Arkansas (Nov. 24).

The 2018 season will begin with a pair of home non-conference games against UT-Martin on Sept. 1 and Sept. 8 against Wyoming. The Labor Day weekend matchup with UT-Martin will mark the first-ever gridiron meeting between the schools, as will the next week against Wyoming.

Week three will see the Tigers take to the road to face Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind. on Sept. 15. Mizzou will be making its fourth appearance there, but first since 1954. The September portion of the 2018 schedule will close out with the SEC opener on Sept. 22 in Columbia against Georgia. It marks the third time since joining the SEC that Mizzou has started conference play against UGA (2012, 2016).

After an open date on Sept. 29, the Tigers will take to the road for consecutive away contests at South Carolina (Oct. 6) and at Alabama (Oct. 13), the latter of which will be Mizzou’s first-ever game in Tuscaloosa. The Tigers played Alabama in Birmingham in 1975, and claimed a 20-7 upset win over the second-ranked Tide.

 

The Tigers will return home for two weeks, beginning with an Oct. 20 game against Memphis, followed by Kentucky on Oct. 27. The Memphis game will mark Homecoming for Mizzou, continuing the proud tradition made famous on the MU campus beginning in 1911.

When the calendar turns to November, Mizzou will alternate away home games each week, beginning with a Nov. 3 game in The Swamp at Florida, followed by a Nov. 10 home game with Vanderbilt. The regular-season schedule closes with a Nov. 17 game at Tennessee, and wraps up with the budding Thanksgiving Week rivalry game with Arkansas.

2018 MIZZOU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Sept. 1 vs. Tennessee-Martin
Sept. 8 vs. Wyoming
Sept. 15 at Purdue
Sept. 22 vs. Georgia
Oct. 6 at South Carolina
Oct. 13 at Alabama
Oct. 20 vs. Memphis
Oct. 27 vs. Kentucky
Nov. 3 at Florida
Nov. 10 vs. Vanderbilt
Nov. 17 at Tennessee
Nov. 24 vs. Arkansas

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