The 2023 season's largest margin: Missouri 48, Arkansas 14. A 34-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Top-10 Year
Missouri finished 2023 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Brady CookQB3,302 passing yards
- Cody SchraderRB1,617 rushing yards
- Nathaniel PeatRB317 rushing yards
- Luther Burden IIIWR1,205 receiving yards
- Theo Wease Jr.WR661 receiving yards
- Mookie CooperWR447 receiving yards
- Jaylon CarliesDB64 tackles
- Joseph CharlestonS60 tackles
- Ty'Ron HopperLB55 tackles
- Darius RobinsonDL8.5 sacks
- Johnny WalkerDE6 sacks
- Nyles GaddyDL4 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Missouri 39, LSU 49. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Missouri beat Ohio State 14-3 in the postseason.
"M-I-Z"
2023 is a middle chapter for Missouri — 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.