June 11, 2003
Columbia, Mo. - Big 12 Conference members have received the conference-games-only portion of 2004-07 football schedules.
Conference administrators, with approval of the Big 12 Board of Directors this week at meetings in Kansas City, announced the complete slate of 2004-07 league encounters. Non-conference contracts and future schedules of outside football opponents are being finalized by Big 12 schools.
The format for the next four years will remain the same as the previous eight seasons of Big 12 football play. The six squads in each division will play one another every year, and there will be a rotation of three teams from the opposite division every two years.
An example of the divisional format is South Division member Baylor facing Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech on an annual basis. The Bears face Iowa State, Nebraska and Missouri in conference play in 2004 and then take on those same three teams at opposite sites in 2005. In 2006 BU meets its five South Division partners along with Colorado, Kansas and Kansas State before facing the same eight teams at opposite locales in 2007.
Plans and ticket purchasing options for the 2003 Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 6 are being finalized, and the 2004 Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship also will be contested in a northern locale to be determined on Saturday, Dec. 4.
All games are subject to change, with all game times to be determined at a later date.
2004 MIZZOU SCHEDULE Date Opponent Oct. 2 Colorado Oct. 9 at Baylor Oct. 16 at Texas Oct. 23 Oklahoma State Oct. 30 at Nebraska Nov. 6 Kansas State Nov. 13 at Iowa State Nov. 20 Kansas
2005 MIZZOU SCHEDULE Date Opponent Oct. 1 Texas Oct. 8 at Oklahoma State Oct. 15 Iowa State Oct. 22 Nebraska Oct. 29 at Kansas Nov. 5 at Colorado Nov. 12 Baylor Nov. 19 at Kansas State
2006 MIZZOU SCHEDULE Sept. 30 Colorado Oct. 7 at Texas Tech Oct. 14 at Texas A&M Oct. 21 Kansas State Oct. 28 Oklahoma Nov. 4 at Nebraska Nov. 11 Kansas Nov. 18 at Iowa State
2007 MIZZOU SCHEDULE Sept. 29 at Kansas Oct. 6 Nebraska Oct. 13 at Oklahoma Oct. 20 Texas Tech Oct. 27 Iowa State Nov. 3 at Colorado Nov. 10 Texas A&M Nov. 17 at Kansas State