Nov. 11, 2000
By DENNE H. FREEMAN
AP Sports Writer
WACO, Texas -- Darius Outlaw threw two touchdown passes to Justin Gage and ran for another score as Missouri broke a four-game losing streak with a 47-22 victory over Baylor on Saturday.
Missouri (3-7, 2-5 Big 12), which had lost eight consecutive road games, quickly took Baylor's homecoming crowd of 29,873 out of the game.
Outlaw drove the Tigers to a touchdown on their second possession. He dashed 29 yards to set up his 5-yard touchdown pass to 6-foot-5 receiver Gage, who outjumped 5-foot-8 cornerback Daniel Wilturner.
Missouri made it 14-0 early in the second period when nose tackle Pat Mingucci recovered quarterback Josh Zachry's fumble at the Baylor 16. Missouri scored in three plays on Zack Abron's 4-yard run. Abron also had an 8-yard scoring run late in the game.
Zachry, a freshman who had played only nine snaps, was making his first start at quarterback. He was Baylor's fourth different starting quarterback this season.
Outlaw, redshirt freshman, scored on a 3-yard run with 3:18 left in half to give the Tigers a 21-0 bulge at halftime.
He put Missouri's fourth touchdown on the board in the third quarter. After hitting Gage with a 43-yard pass, Outlaw found him alone in the corner of the end zone for a 3-yard toss.
Zain Gilmore padded Missouri's margin with touchdown runs of 8 and 52 yards in the fourth period against the tiring Bears (2-8, 0-7).
Missouri held Baylor to only three first downs in the first two periods, but the Bears took the second half kickoff and marched 68 yards for a score on Melvin Barnett's 1-yard run. Zachry hit Reggie Newhouse with a 24-scoring toss and Rogert Quiroga with a 24-yarder in the fourth period.
It was Baylor's 20th consecutive Big 12 loss.