Mizzou Prepares for Senior Night Matchup with Tennessee
11/8/2017 8:38:00 AM | Football
18 Seniors will play their last game on Faurot Field this Saturday as Mizzou looks to notch their fifth win of the season against Tennessee
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Football looks to keep it rollin' as the team prepares to host Tennessee in the final home game of the 2017 season Saturday night on Faurot Field. The Tigers will honor the 18 seniors on the roster before the game as a part of senior night at Memorial Stadium, but any emotions that may be brewing are being pushed aside by players and coaches as Mizzou continues to focus on staying 1-0 every week.
"It's kind of surreal," senior S Anthony Sherrils said. "This is going to be my last game in The Zou. The emotion has not hit yet, but we'll see when the time comes around. But, this doesn't change my preparation. I'm going to prepare the same every week. If it's senior night, graduation or any other night I'm going to prepare the same way, just because, we're in the SEC, you have to prepare every week, every game."
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Senior WR J'Mon Moore reflected that sentiment as he reflected on what running onto Faurot for the last time would mean to him.
"I'm just going to walk into it like any other game. This is my last game here at The Zou, and I want to win. I want to compete and do what I have to do for us to go out with a win. I'm going to miss playing in there, but I'm going to approach it just like a normal game and compete, go as hard as I can to make sure that we finish plus one at the end of the fourth quarter."
The Tigers have made a habit of sending the seniors off on a winning note at home, taking home victories in 10 of the last 12 senior night games, including an emotional 28-24 victory over Arkansas last season. Junior OL Paul Adams is well aware of that trend, and emphasized how important it is to the non-seniors to send the seniors out with a win.
"It's absolutely huge," Adams said. "We obviously did it last year against Arkansas, but senior night is all about them, this win is for them, this season is for them, these next three games that we have, it's all for them. So, sending them off with a win at home is just absolutely huge."
Included in this group are numerous key contributors and other very important members who have played crucial roles for the program over the years. Here's a look at the numbers what this class has contributed to the Tiger cause during the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons:
- 9 players who played in the 2014 SEC Championship Game vs. Alabama;
- Combined 553 career games played;
- Combined 179 career starts (with 15 of them having started at least once as a Tiger);
- Combined 654 tackles, 52.5 TFLs, 18.0 sacks and 7 INTs;
- Combined 204 receptions, 2,879 yards, 26 TDs;
Alec Abeln (OL)
Career: 25 games, 9 career starts at three positions (C, G, FB)
Eric Beisel (LB) – 2017 Captain
Career: 46 games, 5 starts – 91 tackles, 6.5 TFLs
Joey Burkett (LB)
Career: 46 games, 6 starts – 64 tackles, 1.0 TFL, 3 PBU, 1 int. return TD
Logan Cheadle (DB)
Career: 42 games, 6 starts – 51 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 11 PBU, 2 INTs
Dominic Collins (WR)
Career: 11 games, 1 start – 7 receptions, 104 yards, 1 TD
Marcell Frazier (DL)
Career: 33 games, 17 starts – 74 tackles, 21.0 TFLs, 13.0 sacks, 11 QBH, 3 FF
Jordan Harold (DL) – 2017 Captain
Career: 21 games, 11 starts – 35 tackles, 5.5 TFLs, 2.5 sacks, 2 QBH
Anthony Hines (DB)
Career: 31 games – 9 tackles
Tyler Howell (OL)
Career: 21 games, 15 starts
A.J. Logan (DL)
Career: 30 games, 14 starts – 39 tackles, 6.0 TFLs, 2 QBH, 1 FF
J'Mon Moore (WR)
Career: 46 games, 28 starts – 137 receptions, 2,135 yards, 19 TDs, 1 rush TD
2017: 9 games, 6 starts – 44 receptions, 740 yards, 8 TDs
Adam Ploudre (OL)
Career: 19 games, 8 starts
Jason Reese (TE)
Career: 46 games, 7 starts – 29 receptions, 369 yards, 5 TDs
Cameren Rivers (WR)
Career: 2 games
Adam Roland (OL)
Career: 1 game – Out in 2017 with leg injury
Anthony Sherrils (DB)
Career: 45 games, 26 starts – 169 tackles, 7.5 TFLs, 0.5 sacks, 3 INTs, 10 PBU, 2 FR
Thomas Wilson (DB)
Career: 43 games, 12 starts – 122 tackles, 3.0 TFLs, 1 INT, 6 PBU, 2 FF
Ish Witter (RB)
Career: 45 games, 14 starts – 407 rushes, 1,873 yards, 11 TDs, 32 receptions, 271 yards, 1 TD
2017: 9 games, 4 starts – 92 rushes, 504 yards, 3 TDs, 10 receptions, 78 yards, 1 TD
Mizzou will kick off against the Volunteers at 6:30 pm CT and will be televised on SEC Network. Tickets can be purchased at MUTigers.com or by calling the Mizzou Ticket Office at 1-800-CAT-PAWS. For all the latest on Mizzou Football, stay tuned to mutigers.com and follow the team on Twitter (@MizzouFootball) and like the team on Facebook and Instagram.
