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Game 3 - No.6 kennesaw state owls (2-1) AT missouri state bears (0-2) 2019 SCHEDULE Saturday, Sept. 21 • 2:02 p.m. (CT) Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Robert W. Plaster Stadium (17,500) • Springfield, Mo. Aug. 29 at (RV) Northern Arizona (Pluto) L, 23-37 Radio: KTXR 101.3 FM/Bears Football Radio Network (Art Hains, Dennis Heim) Sept. 14 at Tulane (ESPN3) L, 6-58 TV: KOZL-TV/ESPN+ (Don West, Dan Lucy) Live Stats: MissouriStateBears.com • Twitter: @MoSateFootball Sept. 21 (6) Kennesaw State (ESPN+) 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+) Oct. 5 at Western Illinois* 3:00 p.m. Location...... Kennesaw, Ga. Location...... Springfield, Mo. Oct. 12 South Dakota* (ESPN3) 2:00 p.m. Enrollment...... 35,000 Enrollment...... 26,182 Oct. 19 at North Dakota State* (ESPN+) 2:30 p.m. Conference...... Big South Conference...... MVFC Head Coach...... Brian Bohannon Head Coach...... Dave Steckel Oct. 26 UNI* (H) (ESPN+) 2:00 p.m. Alma Mater...... Georgia (1993) Alma Mater...... Kutztown (1982) Nov. 2 South Dakota State* (ESPN3) 2:00 p.m. Career Record...... 39-13 (5th year) Career Record...... 12-34 (5th year) Record at MSU...... 39-13 (5th year) Record at MSU...... 12-34 (5th year) Nov. 9 at Southern Illinois* (ESPN3) 2:00 p.m. 2018 Overall/South (finish)...... 11-2/5-0 (1st) 2018 Overall/MVFC (finish)...... 4-7/2-6 (9th) Nov. 16 at Illinois State* (ESPN+) 12:00 p.m. Nov. 23 Indiana State* (ESPN+) 2:00 p.m. Bears set for home opener against sixth-ranked kennesaw state

*Missouri Valley Football Conference game; (H) Homecoming; all times The Game • Led by preseason all-league selection Tyler Currie, Central; Radio broadcasts of all MSU games carried live on KTXR FM the Bears offense brings back six starters, including 101.3 in Springfield and the Bears Football Radio Network throughout The Missouri State Bears open their 78th season at senior quarterback , who passed for the state of Missouri Robert W. Plaster Stadium Saturday (Sept. 21) afternoon Peyton Huslig 2,113 yards last fall to rank fifth all time on MSU’s with a 2 p.m. non-conference game against the No. 6 single-season passing chart. HEAD TO HEAD Kennesaw State Owls on Family Weekend. • Bears senior long snapper Chandler Collins was

named to STATS Inc.’s 2019 FCS Preseason All- MSU Category KSU The Bears are in search of their first win of the 2019 America squad, picking up third-team honors. campaign and host a national top 10 program for 14.5 Scoring Offense 41.3 • MSU’s defense will welcome back seven starters, led the second year in a row. Last season, coach Dave 48.5 Rushing Offense 388.7 by two-time All-MVFC linebacker Angelo Garbutt and Steckel’s squad topped No. 9 Illinois State, 24-21, at preseason all-conference picks and 208.5 Pass Offense 127.7 Plaster and later fell to top-ranked North Dakota State on McNeece Egbim . senior day. Matt McClellan 115.76 Pass Efficiency 161.98 • Missouri State’s rushing defense held Northern Ari- 257.0 Total Offense 516.1 zona to just 2.4 yards per carry in last week’s season The contest will be broadcast live locally on KOZL-TV opener; for the game, the Bears allowed just 88 yards 31 First Downs 73 and online through ESPN+, with Don West and Dan Lucy on 36 carries. describing the action. The game will also be carried on 47.5 Scoring Defense 11.0 • In last week’s loss at Tulane, Missouri State redshirt the Missouri State Radio Network, as Art Hains and freshman caught a touchdown pass for the 193.0 Rushing Defense 75.7 Dennis Heim will once again have the call. DJ Frost 296.5 Pass Defense 147.0 second straight contest, hauling in an 11-yard pass from Huslig in the second quarter in New Orleans. • Missouri State holds an all-time mark of 215-171-12 181.50 Pass Defense Efficiency 105.88 • The Bears also got a great effort from Egbim, who (.555) at Plaster Stadium. registered a game-high eight tackles in his 20th 489.5 Total Defense 222.7 • The Bears are 68-35-4 in home openers, including a straight start at linebacker. -1 Turnove