COLUMBIA, Mo. — A high number of COVID-19 cases among players, coaches and staff forced Mizzou to pull out of Wednesday’s Music City Bowl against Iowa, the team announced Sunday. With no chance to reschedule the matchup, the Music City Bowl became the latest canceled bowl game, and thus abruptly ending Eli Drinkwitz's debut Mizzou season with a 5-5 record.
"It's not the way we wanted to end it, but it is something that we can't control, and we wanted to make sure that the health and safety of our coaches our student athletes stayed at the forefront," Mizzou athletics director Jim Sterk said.