Mizzou/Oklahoma State Post-Game Notes
10/11/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 11, 2008
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Pre-Game
- Senior QB Chase Daniel wore the honorary No. 25 jersey in honor of Aaron O'Neal, who wore the number before passing away in the summer of 2005 after a summer conditioning workout in Columbia...
- Missouri's captains for the game were S William Moore, QB Chase Daniel, WR Tommy Saunders, and DT Ziggy Hood...
- Oklahoma State's captains were P Matt Fodge, STAR Andre Sexton, LB Donald Booker, and OL Russel Okung...
- 68,349 in attendance, a sellout crowd that ties for second all-time since 1995, when the capacity dropped to the current level. The last time Missouri recorded a sellout crowd was against Nebraska, Oct. 11, 2003.
First Quarter
- Missouri began the game with an 11 play, 83-yard drive that resulted in an 18-yard Jeff Wolfert field goal. Missouri has scored on the opening drive in each of its six games this season, but this was the first time that scoring has opened on the strength of a field goal (four rushing touchdowns, one receiving)...
- During the drive, Chase Daniel had his longest run of the season, a 23-yard gain up the middle, breaking the previous long of 18 yards. TE Chase Coffman made his presence felt immediately, hauling in three receptions for 37-yards, including an impressive one-handed snag as he was pushed out of bounds...
- Oklahoma State countered by marching 71-yards in 13 plays, ending the drive with a QB Zach Robinson rushing touchdown from six yards out...
- Oklahoma State's 7-3 lead became only the second time this season Missouri has trailed at any point in a game. The Tigers went down 13-10 in the first quarter against Illinois after a Chase Daniel pass was intercepted and returned for a touchdown, but Jeremy Maclin returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown to put Missouri back in front...
- The three points scored by Missouri in the opening frame is their lowest first quarter point total of the season
Second Quarter
- Missouri's two first half punts marked only the third and fourth time that the Tigers have had to punt before half time this season...
- Missouri got back on the board on the strength of a five yard Derrick Washington touchdown run with 7:26 left in the half to make the score 10-7 in favor of the Tigers. Missouri went 36-yards in five plays and took 2:21 off the clock...
- Missouri DE Stryker Sulak ended a late surge from the Cowboys by forcing a fumble from QB Zach Robinson which was returned into Oklahoma State territory by DT Jaron Baston...
- Missouri took over with six seconds left on the clock. After a completion to TE Chase Coffman and a quick timeout call, PK Jeff Wolfert missed a 52-yard field goal attempt to keep the score at 10-7 heading into half time...
- The 10 points scored by the Tigers is the lowest first half total this season...
- QB Chase Daniel's nine incomplete passes in the first half are more than his entire game totals from the past four games. He had 19 in Missouri's first game against Illinois...
- Daniel's 54 rushing yards at the half were more than he has totaled in any other game this season and are the most since he totaled 72 against Nebraska last season in Columbia...
- WR Jeremy Maclin was held to zero receptions in the first half...
Third Quarter
- Oklahoma State opened second half scoring after only 57 seconds when Kendall Hunter ran 68 yards for a touchdown to make the score 14-10...
- CB Castine Bridges intercepted his first pass of the season with 10:05 left in the quarter...
- Jeremy Maclin's first catch of the night was for five yards at 13:58...
- Chase Daniel's interception to Ricky Price was his second on the season, the first came against Illinois...
- Jimmy Jackson scored on a one-yard run with 3:14 left to finish a Missouri drive that took 11 plays, went 95 yards, and took 4:23 off the clock. The touchdown made the score 17-14...
- Oklahoma State responded on their next drive with a 40-yard touchdown from Zach Robinson to Damian Davis to make the score 21-17. The drive took four plays, went 66 yards, and lasted 1:05...
- Chase Coffman's catch as the clock ran out in the third quarter, his 10th on the night, was his 200th career reception...
- Chase Daniel's 153 passing yards in the third quarter were greater than his entire first half total of 122...
Fourth Quarter
- Daniel's interception at the 8:03 mark was his second on the night; It marked the first time since last season's 41-31 regular season loss to Oklahoma that he has thrown multiple interceptions in a game...
- Oklahoma made the score 28-17 with 6:30 left after Zach Robinson connected with Damian Davis for a 31-yard touchdown pass. The Cowboys' drive took three plays, went 29 yards, and took 1:33 off the clock...
- With 4:27 left, Daniel completed a seven-yard pass to Danario Alexander to make the score 28-23 after a failed two-point conversion. The Missouri drive took nine plays, went 84 yards, and took 1:55 of the clock...
- The touchdown pass was Daniel's 16th of the season and the 78th of his career...
Post-Game
- This is the first time Missouri has lost to Oklahoma State since 2004 when the Cowboys won, 20-17, in Columbia...
- Chase Coffman's 11 receptions are a new career high. His previous high was 10, which he has done twice...
- Missouri's 64-yards rushing are their lowest total of the season...
- Daniel last had three interceptions against Oklahoma in '06...
- The 23 points scored by Missouri is the lowest total since their 21-16 loss at Iowa State in 2006...
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