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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri is starting off with a sellout.

Thursday's football home opener against Murray State reached sellout status Wednesday morning, Mizzou athletics said, extending a streak of full stadiums.

The Tigers' sellout streak is now at six games, dating back to the beginning of last season's surprise breakout. 

MU coach Eli Drinkwitz had showed more of an edge than usual as he pushed fans to buy tickets for the opener, but his approach evidently worked.

“Our challenge is we need to sell out this first game,� Drinkwitz said last week. “We’re a top 11 program in the country coming off a Cotton Bowl win. In my opinion, if we don’t sell out the first game, then that shows me that we’re not where we want to be as a fan base yet. I mean, that’s just the reality of it. Don’t sit on the sideline and wait: ‘It’s got to be this game.’ No, it doesn’t. Come watch this team and be excited about this team and embrace this team."

Two other games on the 2024 schedule have already sold out: The single-game ticket supplies were quickly exhausted for Missouri's October 19 homecoming game against Auburn and November 9 Big 12 reunion against Oklahoma.

Mizzou also sold out of season tickets, crossing the 40,000-threshold for those sales for the first time since 2015. Student season ticket sales have more than doubled since 2022.