COLUMBIA, Mo. 鈥 Some scheduling clarity for Missouri鈥檚 football team came on Tuesday as the Southeastern Conference released kickoff times and TV windows for the entirety of the Tigers鈥 2024 season.
While there is still some room for games to be flexed between certain time slots, the summer announcement vastly predates the usual 12-days-in-advance determination of when games will begin, making logistical plans for games and travel far easier.
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The SEC and ESPN, which now televises all games controlled by the conference, have designated three windows for games. Early ones will begin between 11 a.m. and noon, afternoon games between 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., and night contests between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Games that received a 鈥渇lex鈥 designation on Tuesday will fall into afternoon or night slots closer to their dates.
Mizzou鈥檚 Sept. 21 game against Vanderbilt has been designated a flex game, which means it will begin between 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The Tigers鈥 first road game of the season, a trip to Texas A&M on Oct. 5, will kick off at 11 a.m. and be televised nationally on ESPN or ABC.
Timing and broadcast information for a unique road nonconference game on Oct. 12 at Massachusetts is yet to be announced because the SEC does not control that telecast.
Missouri鈥檚 homecoming game, Oct. 19 against Auburn, will take place in the early window. MU requested an afternoon or evening kickoff to accommodate the homecoming parade and festivities that usually occupy the morning of that Saturday but did not receive it 鈥 though the university will still host its usual events and work with the early game time.
Games on Oct. 26 at Alabama and Nov. 9 at home against Oklahoma are both flexes between the afternoon and night slots.
MU鈥檚 final three games of the season 鈥 Nov. 16 at South Carolina, Nov. 23 at Mississippi State and Nov. 30 at home against Arkansas 鈥 will have afternoon kickoffs.
The time and TV information for some of MU鈥檚 early season games already had been released.
The Tigers will open their season at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at home against Murray State on the SEC Network. Missouri鈥檚 second game, against Buffalo, will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, shown on SEC Network+ and ESPN+. A home game against Boston College on Saturday, Sept. 14, will get a new TV window that will be in use on the SEC Network this season: 11:45 a.m.
