Insight Bowl Post-Game Notes
12/29/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 29, 2010
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1st Quarter
- MU Head Coach Gary Pinkel enters tonight's game 3-3 in bowl games at Mizzou, while MU is looking to improve on its alltime bowl record of 12-15...
- Iowa won the coin toss and elected to receive. Mizzou started with a lineup of Aldon Smith (DE), Terrell Resonno (DT), Jimmy Burge (DT), Jacquies Smith (DE), Andrew Gachkar (LB), Will Ebner (LB), Zaviar Gooden (LB), Carl Gettis (CB), Kevin Rutland (CB), Jarrell Harrison (S), and Kenji Jackson (S). This marked the second straight game for this starting lineup...
- Iowa took the opening kick and drove for a TD to make it 7-0 at the 10:32 mark. It marked only the third time this season a Tiger opponent has driven for a TD on its opening possession of the game. The other instances were Nebraska and San Diego State...
- Hoping to continue a trend, Mizzou has won its last two bowl games when it trailed, 7-0 - in the 2008 Alamo vs. Northwestern and in the 2005 Independence Bowl vs. South Carolina...
- The Tigers had a different look for its offensive starters tonight, as Travis Ruth (LG) and Rolandis Woodland (WR) both made their first career starts...
- Mizzou answered with a 23-yard Grant Ressel FG to make it 7-3 with 3:53 left in the quarter to cap a 17-play, 75-yard drive that consumed 6:39 of clock time. That was the most plays and the most clock time consumed this season on a Tiger scoring drive, eclipsing the previous longs of 15 plays (twice) and time of possession (6:33 at Iowa State)...
- It was also the first time Mizzou ended a game-opening drive with a field goal. In its 12 regular-season games, Mizzou had scored six times, with all of them being touchdowns...
- Ressel improved to 17-of-19 on FGs for the season, but the make was the first one for him since making a 33-yarder on Nov. 13th against Kansas State. He hadn't attempted a kick since...
- The quarter ended with MU trailing, 7-3...
2nd Quarter
- Iowa extended its lead to 14-3 on a 62-yard TD run early in the quarter, and after a Tiger drive stalled at the Hawkeye 40-yardline, Iowa drove to make it 17-3 on a 34-yard FG with 7:28 remaining...
- Mizzou responded with a crisp 9-play, 82-yard drive capped by a 10-yard Henry Josey TD run at the 4:51 mark to pull to within 17-10. It was Josey's first TD run since Sept. 25th against Miami (Ohio), and his 5th of the season...
- The Tiger defense held after allowing one Hawkeye first down, and the Tigers drove downfield for another prime scoring opportunity, but QB Blaine Gabbert was intercepted in the endzone on a ball that went off the hands of WR Jerrell Jackson...
- Mizzou outgained Iowa in total offense by a 293-243 margin, including a 284-to-124 edge in passing yardage, while the Hawkeyes held a 119-to-9 edge on the ground...
- Blaine Gabbert ended the half 23-of-31 passing for 284 yards and the one interception. It was the most passing yards in any half this year for Gabbert, eclipsing the 233 yards he threw for in the first half at Texas A&M on Oct. 16th. The total was shy of the 322 yards he threw for in the first half in 2009 vs. Baylor...
- WR Jerrell Jackson had 7 catches for 118 yards in the half, giving him his second 100-yard outing of the season (139 vs. Oklahoma on Oct. 23rd)...
- Iowa was not whistled for a penalty in the first half, while the Tigers were guilty of just two penalties for only 21 yards...
3rd Quarter
- After Iowa kicked a short FG to take a 20-10 lead, Mizzou answered with a Blaine Gabbert 7-yard TD run at the 4:34 mark to pull to within 20-17. It was the second straight game with a rushing TD for Gabbert, and his third rushing TD overall in the last four games (his 5th of the season overall)...
- The scoring drive covered 8 plays, and went 77 yards, taking 2:24 off the clock...
- The Tiger defense got into the action next, when senior CB Kevin Rutland gathered his team-best 3rd interception of the year, returning it 25 yards to the MU 43-yardline. It was the 17th INT of the year for the Tiger defense, a year after notching only 8 INTs in 2009...
- Mizzou's offense continued its momentum, and drove for a TD to take a 24-20 lead, on a 3-yard TD pass from Gabbert to TE Michael Egnew with 0:54 seconds left...
- That TD gave MU 79 points scored this season off of 28 opponent turnovers...
4th Quarter/Post-Game
- Blaine Gabbert set Insight Bowl records for most completions (41), attempts (57), and most plays (70). All three numbers eclipsed those set by Texas Tech's Graham Harrell (36/55/60) in the 2006 game vs. Minnesota...
- Gabbert's 41-of-57 night for 434 yards broke Mizzou all-time bowl records as well. The 41 completions and 57 attempts broke Chase Daniel's 27-of-44 night vs. Northwestern in the 2008 Alamo Bowl, while the 434 yards broke Daniel's 359 yards thrown vs. Oregon State in the 2006 Sun Bowl...
- T.J. Moe set an Insight record for most receptions with his 15 grabs. That broke KU's Dezmon Briscoe's 2008 record of 14 set vs. Minnesota. It also broke Mizzou's all-time bowl record of eight catches, set twice by Thomson Omboga vs. Arkansas, and Chase Coffman vs. South Carolina, in the 2003 and 2005 Independence Bowls, respectively...
- As a team, Mizzou set school bowl records with 86 total plays of offense (85 vs. Auburn, 1973 Sun), and 32 first downs (25 vs. Arkansas, 2003 Independence)...
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