For the first time since the 2022 season, Missouri football is headed to Florida for its postseason game.
The Tigers will play the Virginia Cavaliers in the Gator Bowl at NRG Stadium in Jacksonville on Dec.
27. MU has made bowl game appearances in six consecutive seasons under head coach Eli Drinkwitz.
Virginia will come into the game motivated after coming one win short of a College Football Playoff spot. The Cavaliers were slated to earn a bid as one of the five strongest conference champions, but were upset by Duke 27-20 in the ACC’s conference championship game on Saturday. Virginia finished the season 10-3, with its other losses coming to North Carolina State and Wake Forest. Virginia has never won 11 games in program history.
Mizzou enters the game looking for its ninth win of the year after an 8-4 regular season. A bowl victory would cap one of the most successful three-year runs in program history; the Tigers have never won nine games in three consecutive seasons.
The game kicks off Dec. 27 at 9:15 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN.
