Skip To Main Content 02.08.24 Story Links Joplin, Mo. - Earlier this year at the NCAA Convention, a proposal that permits schools to play their first permissible contest one week earlier than the current legislative date was approved. This contest has been referred to as "week zero". The Missouri Southern football team has announced that their week zero opponent will be Midwestern State University, an NCAA Division II member of the Lone Star Conference. For the 2024 season, the Lions will travel to Wichita Falls, Texas to take on the Mustangs on their home turf. That season-opening contest is scheduled...