2022 — The 2022 Season

Missouri State's 2022 season (5-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 5-6
Final Result Non-bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -6.7 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ Cent Ark 27-14 W vs UT Mar 35-30 L @ Arkansas 27-38 L vs Sout Sta 14-28 L @ Nort Dak 31-48 L vs Sout Ill 21-38 L @ Nort Iow 20-41 W vs West Ill 64-14 L @ Sout Dak 13-20 W vs Youn Sta 25-22 W @ Indi Sta 24-7
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2022 season's largest margin: Missouri State 64, Western Illinois 14. A 50-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Missouri State 20, Northern Iowa 41. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Bear Up"
— Missouri State fanbase voice · 2022· synthesized
What It Meant

2022 is a middle chapter for Missouri State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.