Missouri vs. New Mexico Game Notes
9/10/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 10, 2005
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New Mexico at Missouri Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium - Columbia, Mo. - September 10, 2005 - 6 p.m.
Game Notes
This evening's game marks the first time Missouri and New Mexico have met on the gridiron since 1980, when the Tigers picked up a 47-16 win in Columbia. New Mexico's victory evens the all-time series between the two schools at 1-1.
Mizzou drops to 9-6 all-time record against Mountain West Conference opponents, and the Lobos raise their record to 17-56-2 all-time against the Big 12.
Missouri Team Notes
Mizzou falls to 79-31-4 (.693) all-time in home openers, and, prior to this evening, hadn't lost a home opener since dropping a 20-13 decision to Bowling Green in 2001.
Nine different receivers caught at least one pass for the Tigers against New Mexico, one week after 10 different players came up with a catch versus Arkansas State.
Three players - sophomores Marcus Woods and William Franklin and freshman Chase Coffman - hauled in six catches for Mizzou on the evening, while two Tigers had four catches, two had two and two had one.
For the second time in as many games this season, Brad Smith, Marcus Woods and Tony Temple each had at least seven carries. The trio all had at least 10 against the Lobos, led by Smith's 29 attempts.
The Tigers ran for 242 yards against New Mexico, marking just the seventh time in 61 games that a Lobos opponent has broken the 200-yard mark.
Missouri Player Notes
Senior quarterback Brad Smith became Mizzou's all-time leading passer on Saturday evening, throwing for 248 yards against New Mexico, giving him 7,060 yards for his career and eclipsing Jeff Handy's mark of 6,959.
With his 165-yard rushing effort against the Lobos, senior quarterback Brad Smith broke the all-time Mizzou rushing record, previously held by former Mizzou running back Zack Abron (3,198). Smith finished the game with 3,248 career rushing yards.
Senior quarterback Brad Smith scored his 33rd career touchdown this evening, passing Bob Steuber (1940-42) for third in school history. Smith also jumped to fifth on Mizzou's all-time scoring list, with 196 points.
Senior quarterback Brad Smith accounted for four touchdowns on the evening (3 rush, 1 pass), giving him 80 in his career and passing Matt Leinart of idle USC for the title of NCAA active career leader in that category.
Senior quarterback Brad Smith rushed for at least 100 yards for the 14th time in his career this evening, extending his Mizzou record in the category. Former Mizzou running back Zack Abron is the next closest on the list with 11.
With 248 passing yards, senior quarterback Brad Smith notched his 13th 200-yard passing game, tying him for the most in school history with Jeff Handy.
Senior quarterback Brad Smith's 165 rushing yards on the evening are his most since rumbling for 195 against Iowa State in 2003.
Senior quarterback Brad Smith started his 38th straight contest this evening, moving him within one of Mike Morris (1994-97) for sixth place all-time in consecutive games started.
Senior quarterback Brad Smith's 29 rushing attempts are a new career high.
Junior linebacker Dedrick Harrington has three tackles for loss in two games this season, and is second on the team with 18.5 career TFLs (Simpson 25.0).
Sophomore running back Tony Temple's 36-yard kickoff return in the third quarter was the Tigers' longest on the season, besting the previous season long of 30 yards he produced in the first quarter against the Lobos. Temple would add a 32-yard return in the fourth quarter and finished the game with 121 kickoff return yards.
Sophomore kicker Adam Crossett kicked a 45-yard field goal in the second quarter, equaling the career best he set last week against Arkansas State. Entering the season, Crossett was 0-for-2 from a distance longer than 40 yards - he is 2-for-2 so far in 2005.
Redshirt freshman Jerrill Humphrey made his first career reception in the second quarter, for a gain of 12 yards.
Freshman tight end Chase Coffman hauled in six catches on the evening, giving him nine on the year. Current sophomore William Franklin had the most catches by a freshman last season with a total of six. Coffman also has two touchdowns on the year, doubling Franklin's total of two by a freshman last season.
Junior safety Brandon Massey recorded five tackles against the Lobos - he had recorded no more than one tackle in any other game as a Tiger.
Junior defensive end Xzavie Jackson registered eight tackles on the night, one shy of the career-high nine stops he recorded last season against Troy.
New Mexico Team Notes
With their victory over Mizzou, the Lobos snapped a seven-game losing streak in road openers, dating back to a 1998 loss to New Mexico State in Las Cruces, N.M.
With tonight's win, New Mexico moves to 2-0 for the first time since 1998, which was Rocky Long's first season as head coach at UNM.
Head Coach Rocky Long now stands alone as the most successful head coach in New Mexico history with 42 wins; he is 42-45 in his eight years at his alma mater and is 30-22 since 2001.
Prior to tonight's win, the last time the Lobos defeated a Big 12 opponent on the road was a 30-10 win over Texas Tech in 1983, when the Red Raiders were in the Southwest Conference.
The Lobos hadn't allowed an opposing runner to break the 150-yard mark since BYU's Reynaldo Brathwaite picked 169 yards on the ground in 2003. Mizzou's Brad Smith ran for 165 yards in this evening's game.
New Mexico also hadn't allowed an opponent since Navy's Aaron Polanco in 2003 to score three touchdowns in a game before the Tigers' Brad Smith accomplished the feat.
New Mexico Player Notes
Senior wide receiver Hank Baskett hauled in a career-high 10 catches for a career-high 209 yards and three scores against the Tigers. It was the sixth 100-yard receiving game of his career, and he is now tied for seventh on the New Mexico all-time touchdown receptions list with 12.
Senior wide receiver Hank Baskett tied a school record with three touchdowns receptions on the evening, becoming the first to do so since Pascal Volz had three against TCU in 1997.
Senior wide receiver Hank Baskett became just the third Lobo to gain 200 receiving yards in one game, and the first since Terrance Mathis in 1989.
In his second game back after tearing the ACL in his left knee in December of 2004, senior tailback DonTrell Moore had 94 yards rushing on 20 carries, more than doubling his 39-yard output against UNLV in the Lobos' season opener.
Junior kicker Kenny Byrd's 40-yard field goal in the fourth quarter is a new career long, besting his previous long of 31 yards set in 2002.
Junior tight end John Mulchrone's touchdown catch in the first quarter was his first score as a Lobo. Mulchrone transferred to New Mexico from Palomar College prior to this season.
Senior cornerback Gabriel Fulbright's two interceptions moved him into a four-way tie for fourth in school history with 12 career picks. This evening's game also marked the third multi-interception game of his career.
Junior quarterback Kole McKamey hasn't thrown an interception in 54 pass attempts this season, while throwing five touchdowns.
Senior defensive end Evory Thompson picked up a Mizzou fumble early in the third quarter and rumbled 28 yards for the touchdown - his first career score. It was New Mexico's third fumble return for a touchdown in their last 12 games.
Senior tailback DonTrell Moore's touchdown pass in the third quarter was the second of his career, and the first since he threw a 21-yard score against UNLV in 2003.
