The Mizzou Tigers and West Virginia Mountaineers have announced a home-and-home football series this morning for 2016 and 2019.
Mizzou and West Virginia will meet in 2016 and 2019 as part of a home-and-home football series that was announced this morning. The first game will take place in Morgantown, West Virginia on Sept. 3, 2016 and Mizzou will host West Virginia in Columbia on Sept. 7, 2019.
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The series announcement comes at a good time as both teams are playing well. Missouri is 7-2 and leads the SEC East division and West Virginia has played well in a very tough Big 12 conference this year with a 6-3 record so far with all three losses coming to current top six teams in college football.
The series will mark the first game between the programs since the 1998 Insight.com Bowl in Tucson, Ariz., when Mizzou claimed a 34-31 win to cap an eight-win season. That win gave Mizzou a 3-2 lead in the all-time series, which included home-and-home series in 1926-1927 and again in 1993-1994.
“We are very pleased to add a team the caliber of West Virginia to our schedule,” said Executive Associate Athletic Director Bryan Maggard, who oversees football scheduling. “We feel like this is a game that is appealing to the fan bases of both programs, and it helps us both add high-profile non-conference games to our schedules. We’re excited to have a chance to work together, and appreciate everyone coming together to make this happen on all sides,” he said.
Fans of both programs will have to wait a little while to see the teams play in 2016, but it will undoubtedly be an anticipated match up. Both teams will make bowl games this year and Mizzou may have a real shot at a high-profile bowl game if they can win-out.
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