Missouri head football coach Eli Drinkwitz shouts directions to players during the first day of fall practice Monday at the Kadlec Practice Fields. The Tigers are scheduled to open their season Sept. …
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Missouri is scheduled to begin its pandemic-delayed 2020 football season with a home game against Alabama on Sept. 26.
That will be Eli Drinkwitz’s head coaching debut with the Tigers, and it will come against the No. 3 Crimson Tide and Nick Saban.
Missouri’s remaining home games are against Georgia, Arkansas, Kentucky and Vanderbilt.
MU will go on the road to face LSU, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi State and Tennessee.
During a Zoom call with local media last month, Drinkwitz was asked about the possibility of adding SEC West division opponents as part of an altered schedule, which ultimately happened when the league changed to a 10-game, Southeastern Conference-only slate.
Drinkwitz replied: “If we play a conference-only schedule, would Lou Saban or Nick Saban be the head coach at Alabama?”
His poking fun at President Donald Trump’s slip-up on a conference call, mistakenly remembering the first name of the Crimson Tide leader, is now set to come full circle in less than six weeks.
Saban is 13-0 in season openers as Alabama's head coach. He's 12-1 in SEC openers. The loss came on Sept. 19, 2015, vs. Mississippi.
The Tigers have not won a season opener against an FBS opponent since 2011, a 17-6 win over Miami (Ohio).
Here is a look at the Tigers’ full 2020 schedule, announced Monday night:
Sept. 26: Alabama
Oct. 3: at Tennessee
Oct. 10: at LSU
Oct. 17: Vanderbilt
Oct. 24: at Florida
Oct. 31: Kentucky
Nov. 7: OPEN
Nov. 14: Georgia
Nov. 21: at South Carolina
Nov. 28: Arkansas
Dec. 5: at Mississippi State
eblum@columbiatribune.com
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