The Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) has released a revised football schedule for the 2024 season.
The revision follows an announcement from Western Illinois earlier this summer that the school will depart the MVFC and join the Ohio Valley Conference beginning in 2024. As a result, the previously announced 2024 MVFC schedule had to be scrapped.
Missouri Valley Football Conference members will continue to play an eight-game conference football schedule with three non-conference games. An extra non-conference game can be scheduled in certain years depending on the calendar, and the 2024 and 2025 seasons are the next two years when that occurs.
MVFC members for the 2024 season include Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Murray State, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Southern Illinois, and Youngstown State.
Below is the MVFC schedule for the 2024 season. Non-conference contests are not included.
2024 Missouri Valley Football Schedule
Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024
Murray State at North Dakota
North Dakota State at Illinois State
Southern Illinois at South Dakota
Youngstown State at Missouri State
Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024
Illinois State at Southern Illinois
Indiana State at Youngstown State
North Dakota at North Dakota State
South Dakota at Murray State
South Dakota State at Northern Iowa
Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024
Missouri State at Illinois State
Murray State at Indiana State
North Dakota State at Southern Illinois
Northern Iowa at South Dakota
Youngstown State at South Dakota State
Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024
Illinois State at Murray State
Indiana State at Missouri State
Northern Iowa at North Dakota
South Dakota at Youngstown State
South Dakota State at North Dakota State
Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024
Missouri State at Northern Iowa
North Dakota at Youngstown State
North Dakota State at Murray State
South Dakota at South Dakota State
Southern Illinois at Indiana State
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024
Murray State at South Dakota State
North Dakota at Indiana State
Northern Iowa at North Dakota State
Southern Illinois at Missouri State
Youngstown State at Illinois State
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024
Illinois State at Northern Iowa
Indiana State at South Dakota
Missouri State at Murray State
South Dakota State at North Dakota
Youngstown State at Southern Illinois
Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024
Illinois State at Indiana State
Missouri State at North Dakota State
Northern Iowa at Youngstown State
South Dakota at North Dakota
Southern Illinois at South Dakota State
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024
Indiana State at Northern Iowa
Murray State at Southern Illinois
North Dakota at Illinois State
North Dakota State at South Dakota
South Dakota State at Missouri State
[h/t @DomIzzoWDAY]
Missouri Valley Football Schedule
Dan-ke, @KevinKelleyFB,
When you reported the WIU Leatherneck
s were transferring to the BigSouth-OhioVC in 2024: my impression of WIU’s Athletics & Uni. Administration was impressed.
Ronald Reagan’s Alma Mater could grow into this Conference as more than the guaranteed minnow it is in the MVFC Big pond.
Ronald Reagan attended Eureka College!
Here’s when each school has a bye in 2024:
Week 5: UNI, SDSU, Indiana St
Week 6: Missouri St
Week 7: UND
Week 8: SIU
Week 9: Illinois St
Week 10: USD
Week 11: NDSU
Week 12: Murray St
Week 13: YSU
Even though YSU’s Week 13 bye looks brutal, keep in mind FCS and FBS schools will have 2 byes in 2024, as the season will start on August 30.
There’s no second bye in FCS, because the extra week is an extra game. And with YSU already having their non-conference schedule set, they’ll be playing the entire season without a bye.
They will get a bye before the FCS Playoffs, if they make it.
Thanks on the YSU correction.
Although only some FCS schools will be playing 12 games in 2024, most will still be playing 11 I believe.
Also, I just noticed that Murray State’s week 12 bye is actually a non-conference game against Kentucky. Their byes will be in Weeks 2 & 4.
Yes, the MVFC grid did not specify bye dates.