A week after scoring 64 points, Missouri State's offense couldn't get going until late and fell short while clinching a losing season for the first time in three seasons under head coach Bobby Petrino.
The Bears (3-6, 1-5) fell for the sixth time in the last seven weeks in a 20-13 loss at South Dakota (3-6, 2-4) on Saturday afternoon in Vermillion, South Dakota.
A losing season marks the first time the Bears will finish the year below .500 when they went 1-10 in 2019 which was ultimately the final year the program was led by previous head coach Dave Steckel.