Nov. 25, 2007

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• Chase Daniel broke his own school record for total offense in a season; with his 367 yards tonight, he now has 4,029 in 2007. That breaks his record of 3,906 yards set last year. He also extended his own school records for passing yards (3,951) and touchdown passes (33) in a season.
• Mizzou has now won 11 games for the first time in its history. The Tigers now own an 11-1 season record and improve to 54-53-9 against Kansas.
• With the 36-28 victory over the Jayhawks, the Tigers earned the program's first Big 12 North title and will battle with 10th-ranked Oklahoma next Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. (CT) in San Antonio, Texas, for the Big 12 Conference title.
• With 80,537 fans attending tonight's game, it marked the second-largest crowd to watch a game in Arrowhead Stadium.
• The win over Kansas gives Missouri a 8.0-4.5 advantage over the Jayhawks in the 2007-08 Border Showdown and moves the Tigers to 4-2 in football Border Showdown history.
• The last time Missouri collected back-to-back wins over the Jayhawks came in 2001 and 2002.

1st Quarter

• Senior C Adam Spieker and senior TE Martin Rucker made their 48th consecutive starts tonight, which tied them for the school record along with former QB Brad Smith (2002-05)…
• The Tigers took a 7-0 lead with just :29 seconds left, on a 1-yard TD pass from QB Chase Daniel to TE Martin Rucker on a 4th-and-1 play. The TD pass was Daniel's 31st of the season, extending his school season record…
• The TD catch was the 18th of Rucker's career, tying him for 2nd on the MU career list, with former WR Justin Gage (1999-2002). The TD catch was Rucker's 8th of the season…
• Rucker also made a huge play to keep the drive alive, as he covered a fumble by WR Tommy Saunders on the KU 4-yardline 4 plays before his TD…
• Mizzou led at the end of the quarter, 7-0, increasing MU's scoring advantage over opponents in the 1st quarter to 115-43 on the year…

2nd Quarter

• FS William Moore intercepted his 7th pass of the season on KU's 1st drive of the season, at the Tiger 2-yardline, breaking a streak of 213 consecutive passes by KU's Todd Reesing without having thrown an interception…
• The interception tied MU's single-season record of 7 interceptions, set in 1968 by former All-American Roger Wehrli. Moore entered the weekend tied for 2nd in the NCAA with his 6 INTs, and only 3 others had 7 on the year coming in – Elbert Mack of Troy, Tavious Polo of Florida Atlantic and Shane Careter of Wisconsin…
• The Tigers responded by driving 98 yards, taking 13 plays (5:14 TOP) to take a 14-0 lead at the 9:21 mark, as Daniel scrambled and found WR Danario Alexander on an 11-yard TD pass – Alexander's 2nd TD of the season…
• The 14-point lead marked the biggest deficit of the season for Kansas…
• The Tigers held a 14-0 lead at halftime, marking MU's first 1st-half shutout since Sept. 2, 2006 against Murray State. The last first-half shutout by Mizzou against a BCS opponent was Nov. 12, 2005 against Baylor…

3rd Quarter

• CB Castine Bridges ended KU's initial possession with his 1st career interception on a deflected pass, and he returned it 49 yards to the KU 40 yardline…
• The Tiger offense converted as it drove 40 yards, on 7 plays, taking 2:01 to make it 21-0 at the 10:36 mark as TB Jimmy Jackson scored from 1 yard out. The TD was the 7th of the 2007 season for Jackson, and the 10th of his career…
• The Tiger shutout held until the 7:21 mark, when KU's Brandon McAnderson scored from 1-yard out to make it 21-7 in favor of Mizzou…

4th Quarter

• Jeff Wolfert's 43-yard field goal was his third of the season from longer that 40 yards, and his first since a 48-yarder vs. Iowa State on Oct. 28. He is now 3-of-6 this season from 40 yards and longer, and hasn't missed from that distance since Sept. 15 vs. Western Michigan. Wolfert extends his perfect streak of converting kicks in conference play in his two years to 87 straight 64-of-64 PATs , and 23-of-23 field goals.
• Tommy Saunders' eighth and final reception of the night gave him 82 yards receiving, breaking his previous best of 72 yards at Iowa State last year. The eight receptions was a career high for Saunders, breaking his previous best of seven most recently hauled in at that same Iowa State game. Saunders finished the night with eight catches for 82 yards.
• With 12 seconds left on the clock, senior nose tackle Lorenzo Williams sacked KU quarterback Todd Reesing two yards deep in Kansas' endzone to record Missouri's first safety since its Nov. 10 home game against Texas A&M.
• A 4th-quarter 16-yard pass to Alexander gave him 117 receiving yards for the game, eclipsing his previous career-high of 84 yards set at Nebraska last year. Alexander finished the game with eight catches for 117 yards…