The 2023 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Ryan Beard, the Bears compiled an overall record of 4âÂÂ7 with a mark of 3âÂÂ5 in conference play, placing ninth in the MVFC. Missouri State played home games at Robert W. Plaster Stadium in Springfield, Missouri.
The media picked the Bears to finish in eighth place.
Missouri State had six players selected to the 2023 All-MVFC Preseason Team. Two from the defense, two from the offense, and two from the specialists. Two players were picked to the first team and four to the second team.
Preseason All-MVFC Team