FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas and Missouri State have canceled a 2025 football game and the Razorbacks have replaced the game with Alabama A&M, according to records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. Both records are dated Aug. 9.
The Arkansas-Alabama A&M game is scheduled to be played Aug. 30, 2025, at Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville.
Arkansas was scheduled to host Missouri State on the same date, but that game was scheduled in March 2021, well before the Bears accepted an invitation to join Conference USA beginning in 2025.
According to the canceled game contract, Missouri State will pay Arkansas to cancel the game. That amount is redacted.
Missouri State would have served as the Razorbacks’ annual opponent from the Football Championship Subdivision in 2025. Alabama A&M competes in the FCS as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
In addition to the Alabama A&M game, Arkansas is scheduled to play nonconference games in 2025 vs. Arkansas State in Little Rock, Notre Dame in Fayetteville and at Memphis.