Mizzou/Colorado Post-Game Notes

Oct. 25, 2008

General:

Game attendance: Sellout crowd of 68,349
Missouri's 58-0 win marked the largest margin of victory over Colorado and the its largest margin of victory in a conference game, with the previous record coming in a 57-0 win over Colorado in 1962.
The 58-0 win was Missouri's largest margin of victory under Gary Pinkel since a 52-point margin of victory against Nevada on September 13, 2008.
The victory was Missouri's first shutout since a 48-0 win over Ball State in 2004.
Missouri's last conference shutout came in a 48-0 win against Kansas on November 2, 1986.
The Tigers broke Colorado's string of 242 consecutive games where they scored, a streak that dated back to 1988.
The win tonight takes Missouri's record to 40-31-3 against Colorado in series history. The Tigers have won the last three meetings at home and four of the last five total.
Chase Daniel's passing completion percentage sets a Missouri single-game record of 83.8% (min. 30 attempts).

First Quarter:

Missouri won the toss. They received and defended the north goal.
Missouri's WR Tommy Saunders wore #25 tonight instead of #84 in honor of Aaron O'Neal.
Tonight was Jacquies Smith's (53) first start at DE. He is in for Tommy Chavis (48), who is out with an ankle injury from last week's meeting at Texas.
The first touchdown of the game, a rush by TB Derrick Washington, was Missouri's 20 touchdown drive of the season under two minutes. It was also Washington's 13th touchdown of the season.
The second touchdown of the game, a 1-yard pass from QB Chase Daniel to TE Chase Coffman, was Missouri's 21st touchdown drive of the season under two minutes. It was also Coffman's fifth touchdown of the season.
The PAT after the third touchdown of the game tied Missouri's most first quarter points under Gary Pinkel at 21, the fifth time the team accomplished the feat.
Coffman tied the NCAA record for most career interceptions for a tight end with 217. He entered the game with 213, and had four tonight so far. He tied Louisville's Ibn Green ('96-'99).

Second Quarter:

Missouri's second quarter field goal brought the team's season points off turnover total to 41.
PK Jeff Wolfert's second field goal attempt of the night puts him atop the NCAA active kicking accuracy leaders (combined FG/PAT kicks) at 95.5 percent.

Third Quarter:

Missouri kicked off defending the south goal.
WR Danario Alexander scored his fourth touchdown of the season on a four-yard pass from Daniel.
Daniel tied his own school record of five passing touchdowns on a 30-yard touchdown pass to WR Jeremy Maclin.

Fourth Quarter:

The seventh touchdown of the game, a 55-yard run by redshirt-freshman TB De'Vion Moore, was his first career touchdown. The drive, which lasted 11 seconds, marked the 22nd touchdown drive of the season under two minutes.
Missouri's time of possession for the game exceeded their season average of 25:40 with 26:37 against Colorado.

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