For the first time since 2017 and just the second time since Missouri football joined the Southeastern Conference, Auburn will visit Columbia this season.
The season is getting close. Mizzou will send three players to SEC Media Days in Dallas, with quarterback Brady Cook, wide receiver Luther Burden III and defensive tackle Kristian Williams set to join coach Eli Drinkwitz on Tuesday at the unofficial beginning of the college football calendar. In seven weeks, Missouri will open its season on Aug. 29 against Murray State on Faurot Field.
MU’s game against Auburn will be its seventh of the season and is part of the Week 8 slate on Oct. 19, falling the week after the Tigers visit UMass for their final nonconference matchup of the season.
The SEC has already announced that the Missouri-Auburn matchup, which will be MU’s homecoming game, will kick off in the early window, meaning it will begin between 11 a.m. and noon on Oct. 19.
Can Missouri make sure the unusually early parade remains unspoiled?
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Quarterback: Payton Thorne will quarterback the Auburn Tigers this season after an up-and-down first season on the job. Thorne, who previously spent three years at Michigan State, threw for 1,755 yards, 16 touchdowns and 10 interceptions in 13 games last season. Auburn’s average of 162.2 passing yards per game last year was the lowest in the conference.
