Missouri State University

March 26, 2012

SPRINGFIELD -- Missouri State head football coach Terry Allen and his Bears officially begin spring practice Tuesday (March 27) at Plaster Field. The team will work out 15 times before concluding April 21 with the team’s annual Maroon & White Game.

The Bears will conduct their first four workouts this week, scheduled for 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, before a 9:30 a.m. controlled intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday.  A complete list of spring workout dates is as follows:

• Tue., March 27 (3:15 - 5:45 p.m.) Practice #1
• Wed., March 28 (3:15 - 5:45 p.m.) Practice #2
• Fri., March 30 (3:15 - 5:45 p.m.) Practice #3
• Sat., March 31 (9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.) Practice #4 (Scrimmage 1)
• Tue., April 3 (3:15 - 5:45 p.m.) Practice #5
• Wed, April 4 (3:15 - 5:45 p.m.) Practice #6
• Thu., April 5 (9:00 - 11:00 a.m.) Practice #7*
• Tue., April 10 (3:15 - 5:45 p.m.) Practice #8
• Wed., April 11 (3:15 - 5:45 p.m.) Practice #9*
• Thu., April 12 (3:15 - 5:45 p.m.) Practice #10
• Sat., April 14 (10 a.m. - 12 p.m.) Practice #11 (Scrimmage 2)
• Tue., April 17 (3:15 - 5:45 p.m.) Practice #12
• Wed., April 18 (3:15 - 5:45 p.m.) Practice #13
• Fri., April 20 (3:15 - 5:45 p.m.) Practice #14
• Sat., April 21 (1:00 - 3:00 p.m.) Practice #15 (Maroon & White Spring Game)
• (Note: all workout dates and times are subject to change due to weather and other considerations).

Allen, who will begin his seventh season at the helm of the Bears, returns 36 lettermen and 60 total squad members from a 2011 squad that made a late-season surge to win its final two road games and two of its last four games overall. 

Missouri State will open its 2012 season on Sept. 1 at Kansas State before the team opens a five-game home slate on Sept. 15 against Murray State.

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