University of Missouri

Missouri football announces game with Idaho to round out 2017 schedule


University of Idaho quarterback Matt Linehan (left) escaped the pressure from Georgia Southern University defensive lineman Jonathan Battle when the teams played Oct. 11 in Statesboro, Ga. Idaho has agreed to play the Missouri Tigers on Oct. 21, 2017, in Columbia. The Vandals will be the Tigers’ fourth and final nonconference opponent for that season.
University of Idaho quarterback Matt Linehan (left) escaped the pressure from Georgia Southern University defensive lineman Jonathan Battle when the teams played Oct. 11 in Statesboro, Ga. Idaho has agreed to play the Missouri Tigers on Oct. 21, 2017, in Columbia. The Vandals will be the Tigers’ fourth and final nonconference opponent for that season. The Associated Press

Missouri announced Friday it has rounded out the 2017 football schedule.

The Tigers will host Idaho on Oct. 21, 2017, at Memorial Stadium, according to a news release from MU athletics.

Missouri had previously announced nonconference games against Missouri State (Sept. 2), Purdue (Sept. 16) and at Connecticut (Sept. 23).

“Our thanks to the Idaho administration and staff, we’re very pleased to work together to get this game scheduled,” MU executive associate athletic director Bryan Maggard, who oversees scheduling for Tigers football, said in a statement. “We appreciate their efforts and are glad to be able to close out the schedule for the 2017 season.”

Missouri, the two-time reigning SEC East division champions, are 2-0 against Idaho.

The Tigers beat the Vandals 14-10 in 1958 for the first win in Dan Devine’s tenure and won 24-0 in 1963. Both games were in Columbia.

Dates have not been announced for Missouri’s conference slate, but the Tigers will host Auburn, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee with road games at Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky and Vanderbilt.

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This story was originally published March 21, 2015 at 4:27 PM with the headline "Missouri football announces game with Idaho to round out 2017 schedule."

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