Missouri State Bears’ Update (Post-Season)

Larkdight Studios
Aug 25
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Larkdight Studios Missouri State Bears' Program Rebuild (Season 1) August 25, 2025 5:00PM CST

With the Missouri State Bears coming off a huge win over the Delaware Blue Hens in the C-USA Championship, capping off a season for the ages for this program, they now eye a huge mountain that anyone tied to this program thought was a very distant goal in the College Football Playoffs. HC Mitchell Franconia is writing the history books with this historic run that the Missouri State Bears are on right now. Competition is about to get way harder than Conference USA, but you still have to go out there and execute to win football games. We will be in for an electric show nonetheless when the Missouri State Bears take on the Penn State Lions in the opening round of the 2025 College Football Playoffs. The Nittany Lions are favored by 21 points, making this an even more difficult challenge knowing that the majority of people don’t believe in you. But underdogs make for really good stories.

RECORD UPDATE

Week 1 @ Missouri Tigers W 31-28 Watch

Week 2 vs Marshall Thundering Herd W 31-15 Watch

Week 3 @ SMU Mustangs W 37-34 (OT) Watch

Week 5 vs Western Kentucky Hilltoppers W 28-3 Watch

Week 6 vs Kent State Golden Flashes W 42-7 Watch

Week 7 @ Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders W 17-14 Watch

Week 9 @ New Mexico State Aggies W 17-10 Watch

Week 10 vs FIU Panthers W 28-21 Watch

Week 11 @ Liberty Flames W 28-21 Watch

Week 12 vs UTEP Miners W 25-14 Watch

Week 13 @ Kennesaw State Owls W 17-3 Watch

Week 14 vs LA Tech Bulldogs W 3-0 Watch

C-USA vs Delaware Blue Hens W 24-0 Watch

2025 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS SEEDING

#1 Oregon Ducks (13-0) #2 Texas Tech Red Raiders (13-0) #3 Miami Hurricanes (12-1) #4 Clemson Tigers (11-2) #5 Arizona State Sun Devils (10-2) vs #12 Duke Blue Devils #6 Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2) vs #11 Missouri State Bears

#7 Michigan Wolverines (10-3) vs #10 Georgia Bulldogs

#8 LSU Tigers (10-3) vs #9 Pittsburgh Panthers

C-USA CONFERENCE STANDINGS (2025)

#1 Missouri State (9-0) (13-0)

#2 Delaware (7-2) (8-5)

3. Jacksonville State (5-3) (7-5)

4. UTEP (5-3) (7-5)

5. LA Tech (5-3) (7-5)

6. Middle Tennessee (4-4) (6-6)

7. FIU (4-4) (7-5)

8. New Mexico State (4-4) (6-6)

9. Kennesaw State (3-5) (5-7)

10. Western Kentucky (2-6) (4-8)

11. Liberty (1-7) (3-9)

12. Sam Houston (0-8) (2-10)

*MSU defeated DEL in C-USA Champ 24-0

STAT RECAP - INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATS

QB Jacob Clark (Sr): 268/394 (68%), 2846 YDS, 30 TD, 11 INT, 154.4 QBR

RB Shomari Lawrence (Sr): 176 CAR, 830 YDS, 4.7 AVG, 9 TD, 2 REC TD, 14 BTK, FUM

WR Jmariyae Robinson (Jr): 64 REC, 713 YDS, 5 TD, 309 RAC, 6 DROPS

WR James BlackStrain (Sr): 52 REC, 622 YDS, 7 TD, 203 RAC, 4 DROPS

WR Liam O’Reilly (Jr): 43 REC, 478 YDS, 5 TD, 190 RAC, 3 DROPS

TE Jeron Askren (Fr): 56 REC, 699 YDS, 6 TD, 242 RAC, 9 DROPS

TE Dillon Hipp (Fr): 18 REC, 139 YDS, 2 TD, 26 RAC, 6 DROPS

DT Heath Smith (Jr): 33 TKL, 16 TFL, 9.5 SACKS, FF

DT Mitchell Toney (Jr): 10 TKL, 6 TFL, 4.5 SACK

ED DJ Wesolak (Jr): 43 TKL, 27 TFL, 12.5 SACKS, FREC, 5 DEFL

ED Davon Townley Jr (Sr): 33 TKL, 22 TFL, 14 SACKS, 2 FF, FREC

LB Jared Lloyd (Jr): 55 TKL, 6 TFL, 1.5 SACKS

LB Jalen Brooks (Sr): 51 TKL, 9 TFL, SACK

LB Jashawn Cooper (So): 23 TKL, 2 TFL, SACK, INT

CB Camron Williams (Fr): 55 TKL, 4 TFL, 2 INT

CB Thomas Anderson (Sr): 45 TKL, 3 TFL, INT, 6 DEFL

CB Navonn Barrett (So): 17 TKL, TFL, 10 DEFL

S Gregory Alexis (Sr): 67 TKL, 16 TFL, 2 SACKS, INT

S Keaton Renfro (Sr): 47 TKL, 5 TFL, INT, 5 DEFL

S Khalil Anderson (Sr): 43 TKL, 3 TFL, SACK

K Yousef Obeid (So): 9/12 FG (75%), 33/33 XP (100%)

P Stewart McDonald (Fr): 17 PUNTS, 600 YARDS, 35.3 AVG, 2 IN20

K/PR Isaiah McMorris (Fr): 19 KR, 388 YDS, 20.4 AVG / 26 PR, 208 YDS, 8.0 AVG

KR Dylan Dixson (So): 13 KR, 250 YDS, 19.2 AVG

STAT RECAP - TEAM STATS

Total Yards – 3798 (#129 Nation) (#12 C-USA)

Passing Yards – 2916 (#105 Nation) (#10 C-USA)

Rushing Yards – 882 (#127 Nation) (#10 C-USA)

Points/Game – 25.3 (#101 Nation) (#7 C-USA)

Total Yards/Game – 316.5 (#129 Nation) (#12 C-USA)

Pass Yards/Game – 243.0 (#105 Nation) (#10 C-USA)

Rush Yards/Game – 73.5 (#127 Nation) (#10 C-USA)

First Downs/Game – 18.6 (#59 Nation) (#3 C-USA)

Total Yards Allowed – 2906 (#1 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

Passing Yards Allowed – 2466 (#5 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

Rushing Yards Allowed – 440 (#1 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

Opp Points Per Game – 14.2 (#1 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

Total Yards Allowed/Game – 242.2 (#1 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

Pass Yards Allowed/Game – 205.5 (#5 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

Rush Yards Allowed/Game – 36.7 (#1 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

Sacks – 43 (#4 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

FRECs – 2 (#107 Nation) (#8 C-USA)

INTs – 5 (#18 Nation) (#11 C-USA)

3rd Down Efficiency – 59/111 (55%) (#9 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

4th Down Efficiency – 17/21 (90%) (#5 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

2-PT Conversions – 2/5 (66%) (#78 Nation) (#5 C-USA)

Redzone Offense – 31TD-5FG/50 ATT (62%) (#30 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

Redzone Defense – 13 TD-3FG/31 ATT (41%) (#1 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

WEEKLY AWARDS RECAP (2025)

National DPoTW (Week 12 vs UTEP Miners) – ED Davon Townley Jr (Sr)

Conf-USA OPoTW (Week 3 @ SMU Mustangs) – WR Jmariyae Robinson (Jr)
Conf-USA OPoTW (Week 6 vs Kent State Golden Flashes) – RB Shomari Lawrence (Sr)
Conf-USA OPoTW (C-USA Championship vs Delaware Blue Hens) – RB Shomari Lawrence (Sr)