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Missouri State Game Notes 2020-21 Game Notes Rick Kindhart Director of Athletics Communications Office: (417) 836-4585 MISSOURI STATE Cell: (417) 849-5865 Email: [email protected] 2020-21 BEARS SCHEDULE MISSOURI STATE AT OKLAHOMA GAME 1 SEPTEMBER Sat. 12 at (5) Oklahoma SoonerSports.TV ............ 6:00 p.m. DATE: Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 Sat. 26 at (11) Central Arkansas ..................... 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. (Central) OCTOBER LOCATION: Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Sat. 17 (11) Central Arkansas (HC) ..............7:00 p.m. (86,112), Norman, Okla. SPRING GAMES SERIES: First meeting TBA at South Dakota* ........................................ TBA TV: SoonerSports.TV (pay-per-view) TBA Youngstown State* ...................................TBA (Chad McKee, Chuck Long) TBA at North Dakota* ......................................... TBA RADIO: KWTO 101.3 FM | MSU Bears Radio Network TBA Southern Illinois* ......................................TBA Missouri State #5 Oklahoma (Art Hains, Dennis Heim) TBA at Indiana State* ......................................... TBA BEARS SOONERS TBA North Dakota State* .................................TBA LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast.com TBA Illinois State* .............................................TBA 0-0 0-0 TICKETS: SoonerSports.com | (405) 325-2424 TBA at Northern Iowa* ....................................... TBA * Missouri Valley Football Conference games (order to be determined) FOLLOW THE BEARS Home games (bold) at Robert W. Plaster Stadium, Springfield All times Central and subject to change. @MoStateFootball MissouriStateBears.com /MissouriStBears Valley-Football.org SERIES HISTORY /MoStateFootball #MSUBears | #BearsUnite Missouri State Record vs. Oklahoma .............................0-0 at Home ......................................................................0-0 at Norman ..................................................................0-0 FIRST AND TEN First Meeting ................................................................... n/a ♦ Saturday’s game marks the Missouri State debut of head coach Bobby Petrino who enters the 2020 cam- Last Meeting ................................................................... n/a paign with a career record of 119-56 (.680) with previous head coaching stints at Louisville (2003-06, 2014-18), Arkansas (2008-2011) and Western Kentucky (2013). STATS FCS TOP 25 POLL ♦ This is not only the first-ever meeting between Missouri State and Oklahoma in football, it is also coach 1. North Dakota State (147) .......................0-0 3675 Petrino’s first game against the Sooners. In his career, Petrino is 4-3 vs. current Big XII members as a head coach 2. James Madison .......................................0-0 3411 -- 2-0 vs. Kansas State, 1-1 vs. TCU, 1-1 vs. West Virginia, and 0-1 vs. Texas. 3. Northern Iowa .........................................0-0 3269 ♦ The Bears have 9 players on their 2020 roster from the state of Oklahoma, including 3 returning lettermen 4. Weber State ...........................................0-0 3198 -- Daniel Allen (OL, Miami), Greg McCalister (S, Oklahoma City), and Damoriea Vick (WR, Oklahoma City). The 5. South Dakota State ..............................0-0 2911 roster also features 4 true freshmen and a pair of redshirt freshmen from the Sooner State. True freshman Grant 6. Montana State ........................................0-0 2884 Goodson (OL) is from Norman and attended Norman High School. 7. Montana ..................................................0-0 2753 ♦ Jordan Murray (Jr., Lee’s Summit, Mo.) enters the 2020 season with a reception in 21 consecutive games, 8. Villanova .................................................0-0 2499 tied for the seventh-longest streak in program history. In 2018, Murray broke the Bears freshman receiving record 9. Illinois State ..........................................0-0 2471 with 33 catches for 378 yards while earning FCS Freshman All-America honors. Murray caught 24 passes for 280 10. Kennesaw State .....................................0-0 2178 yards last season with a team-high 5 touchdown catches. 11. Central Arkansas ..................................1-0 2093 ♦ This is the 31st straight year Missouri State (NCAA Division I FCS) has played at least one NCAA Division I 12. Sacramento State ....................................0-0 2085 13. Austin Peay .............................................0-1 2030 FBS program in football. The Bears have played multiple FBS games in six seasons (1990, 1992, 1998, 2011, 14. Nicholls State ..........................................0-0 1392 2012 and 2015) and have played 14 FBS games against teams from Oklahoma (0-8 at Oklahoma State and 0-6 at 15. Furman ....................................................0-0 1239 Tulsa). MSU is 1-36 all-time vs. FBS foes with its lone win coming Sept. 1, 1990 at UNLV. 16. Wofford ....................................................0-0 1089 ♦ Lorenzo Thomas (Sr., Jasper, Texas) begins the season ranked 20th on Missouri State’s career receiving 17. Albany ....................................................0-0 825 yards list (1,031). Thomas has 85 receptions in 32 games and needs 43 yards to reach Brad St. Louis (1996-99) 18. Eastern Washington ...............................0-0 817 at the No. 19 spot on the lifetime receiving yardage list. St. Louis played 10 seasons with the NFL’s Bengals. 19. North Carolina A&T ................................0-0 809 ♦ Projected MSU starting quarterback Jaden Johnson (RFr., Memphis, Tenn.) would become the Bears’ first 20. New Hampshire ......................................0-0 759 freshman QB starter since Kierra Harris made his debut at Arkansas on Sept. 3, 2011. 21. Southeastern Louisiana ..........................0-0 652 ♦ Missouri State head coach Bobby Petrino and Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley have mentored three of 22. Sam Houston State .................................0-0 597 the last four Heisman Trophy winners -- Lamar Jackson (2016), Baker Mayfield (2017) and Kyler Murray (2018). 23. Monmouth ................................................0-0 577 ♦ Missouri State is a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference which has produced eight of the last 24. Southern Illinois ...................................0-0 568 nine national champions at the NCAA Division I FCS level. The MVFC has five teams ranked in the FCS presea- 25. Southeast Missouri State .......................0-0 499 son Top 25 -- including four of the top nine -- with two additional teams receiving votes. As of 8/25/20. Missouri State opponents in bold. ♦ The Bears have been one of the least-penalized teams in the FCS the last four years in a row. Last season, Others Receiving Votes: Jacksonville State (357), Florida A&M Missouri State was flagged 59 times for 496 yards (11 games), which ranked 19th and 17th, respectively among (301), Citadel (283), Central Connecticut State (200), Towson all FCS programs. In terms of number of times penalized per game, MSU previously ranked 18th nationally in (199), Dartmouth (195), Yale (193), Delaware (193), Princeton 2018 (4.91), 7th in 2017 (3.45), and 7th in 2016 (4.36). (143), San Diego (104), North Dakota (66), South Carolina State ♦ Tyler Lovelace (Sr., Lee’s Summit, Mo.) ranked 3rd nationally in 2019 with 3 fumble recoveries. The standout (25), Alcorn State (22), Houston Baptist (19), Richmond (18), linebacker now has 5 fumble recoveries in his MSU career, which puts him two away from breaking into the Bears’ Chattanooga (16), Holy Cross (15), Elon (15), UIW (15), UT Martin (14), Youngstown State (12), Portland State (12), McNeese (10), top 10 in career recoveries. UC Davis (9), Maine (7), Duquesne (5), Charleston Southern (4), ♦ The Missouri State offensive line includes four returning starters -- Daniel Allen (Sr., Miami, Okla.), Derek Eastern Kentucky (2). Kohler (Jr., Platte City, Mo.), Andrew Colvin (Sr., Gainesville, Fla.) and Arin Reynolds (Sr., Newport, Ky.) -- while eight different returning lettermen on the O-line have starting experience. In fact, MSU’s returning offensive trenchmen have combined for 46 career starts, including 11 by Allen and 10 by Kohler. ♦ At No. 5 in the AP Preseason Top 25, Oklahoma represents the highest-ranked team MSU has ever played. The Bears have played five Top 25 FBS foes over the years, including previous high No. 12 Oregon (9/17/11). Game 1 - Missouri State at Oklahoma Sept. 12, 2020 Missouri State Game Notes MISSOURI STATE QUICK FACTS OFFENSE TWO DEEP Missouri State University Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown Notes Founded ....................................................................................1905 LT 79 Daniel Allen* 6-5 300 Sr. 1L Miami, Okla. Started all 11g in 2019, including last 5 at LT Location ....................................................................Springfield, Mo. 76 Jake Swope 6-7 290 RFr. 1SQ West Plains, Mo. Returning squad member | redshirted in 2019 Address ............................................................ 901 S. National Ave. .................................................................Springfield, MO 65897 LG 78 Charles Carter* 6-5 305 Sr. 1L/4SQ Belton, Mo. 5th-year squadman | 3 career starts (1 in 2019) Enrollment (Fall 2019) ............................................................26,001 50 Paul Sogialofa 6-5 325 Jr. TR Pago Pago, Samoa Transfer from Modesto (Calif.) JC University Website ................................................MissouriState.edu OC 72 Derek Kohler** 6-3 300 Jr. 2L/3SQ Platte City,