How to watch, listen and stream Missouri State vs. UT-Martin football in the FCS Playoffs
Missouri State is back in the FCS Playoffs for the second season in a row and more history will be made when the Bears take the field on Saturday.
The No. 10 Bears (8-3) will host No. 13 UT-Martin (9-2) in the first round of the FCS Playoffs at 3 p.m. at Plaster Stadium.
Saturday will mark the first time Missouri State has hosted a postseason game since 1990. With a win, it would be the program's first playoff victory since 1989.
Missouri State is led by second-year head coach Bobby Petrino who has led the program to consecutive postseason appearances when the program hadn't reached the playoffs since 1990. The Bears enter this postseason on a four-game winning streak and a second-place finish in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.
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UT-Martin enters on a one-game losing streak but as the reigning Ohio Valley Conference champions. The Skyhawks are making their second postseason appearance in their Division I era, joining a 16-team FCS field in 2006 when the program lost to Southern Illinois.
The Skyhawks have injury questions surrounding the team heading into this game — particularly with their starting quarterback, Keon Howard, who missed their loss to Southeast Missouri State last week.
The winner of the game will advance to the second round where it will play No. 8 national seed Montana State in Bozeman, Montana. The Bobcats went 9-2 this season and are undefeated at home. They lost 29-10 at Montana to close out the regular season.
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How to watch Missouri State vs. UT-Martin
Game time: 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 27
Where: Plaster Stadium; Springfield, Missouri
TV channel: None
Stream: ESPN+
Radio broadcast: KWTO-FM 101.3 (Art Hains, Dennis Heim)
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Wyatt D. Wheeler is a reporter and columnist with the Springfield News-Leader. You can contact him at 417-371-6987, by email at wwheeler@news-leader.com or Twitter at @WyattWheeler_NL. He's also the co-host of Sports Talk on Jock Radio weekdays from 4-6 p.m.
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