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Mizzou/Colorado Post-Game Notes

Oct. 25, 2008

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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.