Kansas vs. Missouri football game, our region’s best rivalry, shifts to Friday night on national TV
The bitter college football feud between Kansas and Missouri, dating back to Civil War raids and torched cities, returns to Lawrence this year — and we received additional details Friday about the 2026 installment. In short, the best football game in the heartland has been upgraded. The schools announced that kickoff has moved to Sept.
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The Kansas and Missouri football rivalry comes back to Lawrence this year. (Illustration by Eric Thomas for Kansas Reflector) The bitter college football feud between Kansas and Missouri, dating back to Civil War raids and torched cities , returns to Lawrence this year — and we received additional details Friday about the 2026 installment. In short, the best football game in the heartland has been upgraded.
The schools announced that kickoff has moved to Sept. 11, a Friday night. They also secured national television coverage, making the game one of the only college games available.
KU’s website bills the match-up as the “ Friday Night Battle ” or, less poetically, “ The StorageMart Border Showdown . ” Mizzou simply calls it “ Friday Night Football . ” (Jayhawk fans should be doubly grateful: Shifting the game to Friday gives their team an extra day before the long trip to London for a match against Arizona State.
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