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PROVO — The BYU Cougars announced a two-game football series with the SEC’s Missouri Tigers on Thursday. The first meeting will take place at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, home of the Kansas City Chiefs, on Nov. 14, 2015. BYU will then host Mizzou in Provo on Nov. 7, 2020.
“It’s a great opportunity and challenge for our football team to play such a fine school as Missouri,” said BYU Athletic Director Tom Holmoe. “They are a new SEC school with a rich football tradition going back to the Big 12. It will also be exciting for our team to play at Arrowhead Stadium in a region of the country where we haven't been in awhile.”
The Cougars and Tigers have met only once before in football, when BYU beat Missouri in the 1983 Holiday Bowl.
“We’ve been focused on bringing FBS football back to Arrowhead Stadium for some time and have investigated a number of ways to accomplish that,” Chiefs President Mark Donovan said. “We want to thank both Missouri and BYU for making this possible. We know that this will be a unique opportunity for the players, coaches and fans of both institutions to experience the iconic Arrowhead atmosphere.”
Donovan also added that current Chiefs head coach and former BYU Cougar player Andy Reid was the “secret weapon” in making this game happen.
During Wednesday night’s “BYU Football with Bronco Mendenhall” show on KSL Newsradio and BYUCougars.com, coach Mendenhall talked about his excitement for the 2015 BYU football schedule, saying, “Wait ’til you see our schedule next year. … I think it's the most dynamic schedule BYU's ever had … it's amazing what's gonna happen."
With the Tigers officially announced for 2015, the Cougars now have road games scheduled against Nebraska, Michigan, UCLA, San Jose State and Utah State, a neutral site game against Missouri, and will host Boise State, UConn, East Carolina, Cincinnati, Idaho State and Fresno State in Provo.
To make room for the Mizzou game in 2015, BYU will likely postpone or cancel a previously scheduled game with UNLV.
