Mizzou Football

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Over the course of the first four weeks of the season, the Mizzou football team has shown its ability to fight. The No. 25 Tigers clawed back for come-from-behind wins against both Kansas and Troy, and fell just short of the same feat against Mississippi State on Saturday. But, the goal for

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones spoke with the Mike Kelly, the voice of the Mizzou Tigers, ahead of the Mizzou football’s Week 5 homecoming clash against No. 8 Florida. Tiger Talk is a weekly radio show hosted by Kelly, which previews the upcoming football games with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz,

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second time in two weeks, Mizzou defensive end Daeden Hopkins is being recognized by the Southeastern Conference for his play on the field. On Monday, the league announced that the Hermann, Missouri native is the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week, marking the second time he’s earned that honor this

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Apparently NIL deals aren’t just limited to college athletes, these days. On Monday, Friskies, a popular cat food brand, announced that Mizzou’s mascot – Truman the Tiger – has signed a first-of-its-kind NIL deal with the Frisky program. The deal with bring together some of college athletics’ most notable feline mascots. As

STARKVILLE, Ms. (KMIZ) The 2026 unbeaten streak came to an end in for the Tigers in Davis Wade Stadium. Mizzou came face to face with another 3-0 team in the opening SEC test of the year. But in a top 25 showdown, it was Mississippi State kept their winning ways alive. “Credit to Mississippi State,

STARKVILLE, Miss. (KMIZ) No. 19 Mizzou football will get its first tase of SEC play under the lights at Davis Wade Stadium, on Saturday night in Starkville. The Tigers and the Bulldogs are set to kickoff at 6:45 pm CT on SEC Network. It’ll be a clash between unbeaten squads, as both Mississippi State and

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones spoke with the Mike Kelly, the voice of the Mizzou Tigers, ahead of the Mizzou football’s Week 4 clash against No. 24 Mississippi State. Tiger Talk is a weekly radio show hosted by Kelly, which previews the upcoming football games with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz,

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 19 Mizzou football will begin its nine-game SEC journey, this week. On Saturday, the Tigers will make the trip to Davis Wade Stadium for a night-game against No. 24 Mississippi State. And, in that game, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company will be present for a world record attempt, as Bulldog

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After securing a statement win on the road against Kansas, the Tigers returned to Columbia on Saturday to face their final test before SEC play begins. If they were to enter that week with their undefeated season in tact, they’d need to take down another 2-0 team in the Troy Trojans. Despite

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The gauntlet that is Southeastern Conference football is right around the corner. No. 20 Mizzou has just one more non-conference match up left in the 2026 season, before beginning its toughest conference slate in years. Although the Tigers are 2-0 headed into Saturday’s game against Troy, head coach Eli Drinkwitz highlighted quite

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones spoke with the Mike Kelly, the voice of the Mizzou Tigers, ahead of the Mizzou football’s Week 3 matchup against Troy. Tiger Talk is a weekly radio show hosted by Kelly, which previews the upcoming football games with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz, assistant coaches and

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following a win over Kansas in enemy territory, on Friday, a pair of Tiger standouts have earned weekly honors from the Southeastern Conference. Quarterback Austin Simmons, alongside defensive end Daeden Hopkins were each named SEC Players of the Week, the conference announced on Monday morning. Simmons earned co-Offensive Player of the Week

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Eli Drinkwitz, who is the Mizzou football beat writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (KMIZ) Separated by a state line and connected by more than a century’s worth of bad blood, Missouri and Kansas were one of the marquee games of the weekend, as two of college football’s oldest rivals met on Friday night. Although there was a lot of talk leading up to the game…when that