Columbia, MO – With pressure to do more with the Mizzou football team this season after three straight seasons of .500 play and two bowl losses, head coach Eliah Drinkwitz delivered. He's now been named the 2023 SEC Coach of the Year.
Drinkwitz coached the team to their fifth 10-win regular season in program history and first since the 2014 season.
Mizzou finished the season in the Top 10 at 9th, the program's highest ranking in the College Playoff Era. The Tigers are now heading to Arlington, Texas for the first time since the 2013 season to play in the 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
It will be the Tiger's fourth appearance at the Cotton Bowl. The Tigers won the 2014 and 2008 Cotton Bowls against Oklahoma State and Arkansas respectively, but lost it in 1946 to the Texas Longhorns.
The 2023 Cotton Bowl is on Friday, Dec. 29 with kickoff at 7pm.