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Mizzou/Kansas Post-Game Quotes

Nov. 27, 2010

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1st Quarter

  • Mizzou took the opening kick and marched 69 yards for a TD, as junior TB De'Vion Moore capped the 10-play drive with a 3-yard TD run, his team-leading 7th rushing TD of the year (9th of his career). That marked the 6th time in 12 games in 2010 that MU has scored a TD on its game-opening possession (first since Texas Tech on Nov. 6th)…
  • Mizzou converted three third-downs on the drive, a much-welcomed sign for an offense that ranked 98th in the NCAA in third down conversions coming in (35.1…)…
  • Mizzou's defense was active early on, as it recorded a pair of sacks to force a 3-and-out series by the Jayhawks on their ensuing possession. Junior DT Terrell Resonno got loose for a 12-yard sack on the 1st play (2nd of season, 2nd of career), and on 3rd down, senior LB Andrew Gachkar sacked the Jayhawk QB for a loss of 16 yards (1st of season, 4th of career) to force a 4th-and-29 situation on the KU 10-yardline…
  • Junior LB Will Ebner returned to the lineup after missing the previous two games due to a strained neck sustained at Texas Tech on Nov. 6th. Ebner got the start Saturday, marking his 7th start of the season…
  • The offense capitalized on a short field and drove for a TD to make it 14-0 with 2:41 to play, as sophomore WR T.J. Moe scored on a 2-yard jet sweep. It was Moe's 1st rushing TD of his career, and he became the 8th Tiger this season to register a rushing TD. The last time MU had eight different players with a rushing TD in a season was 1970…
  • Kansas responded with a drive into MU territory, but had to settle for a 42-yard field goal attempt, which was missed wide left. Tiger opponents now have made just 8-of-18 FGs on the season (44.4…), a stark drop from 2009, when Tiger foes connected on 18-of-19 FGs (94.7…)…
  • The quarter ended with MU holding a 14-0 lead. In 29 quarters of Big 12 play this season, MU has now pitched 14 shutout quarters, with this being the 5th straight (thanks to the Columbia Daily Tribune's Dave Matter for that factoid)…
  • Mizzou ended the quarter 4-of-5 on 3rd-down conversions offensively, while the Tiger defense held KU to 0-of-3 on 3rd down tries…

2nd Quarter

  • Mizzou took a 21-0 lead at the 13:33 mark on a 31-yard TD run by sophomore TB Kendial Lawrence, the 4th of the season (4th career) for him. That capped a 4-play, 59-yard drive that featured rushes on all four plays…
  • At the 13:09 mark, LB Andrew Gachkar grabbed an interception to snuff out a Jayhawk drive. It was Gachkar's 2nd INT of the season, as well as his 2nd career pickoff…
  • Just a few plays later, Gachkar raced downfield to down a punt at the Kansas 1-yardline to pin the Jayhawks deep. He ended the half with a team-best 4 tackles (2 solo, 2 assisted), including the 1 QB sack, 2.0 TFLs overall, plus the INT and punt downing…
  • The half would end with MU holding a 21-0 lead. Mizzou held a big edge statistically, outgaining the Jayhawks 250-to-72 in total offense. Mizzou's offense was very balanced, to the tune of 126 passing yards (12-of-19, 1 INT), coupled with 124 rushing yards on 23 attempts (5.4 avg.)…

3rd Quarter

  • After Mizzou forced a three-and-out to open the quarter, KU got the ball back on their 2nd INT of the game. The Jayhawks drove 46 yards for a TD on a 3-yard run at the 5:42 mark to break MU's shutout string at 6 quarters. The previous score put up against MU was a TD pass by Kansas State with 1:11 remaining in the game on Nov. 13th. Mizzou went 100 minutes, 29 seconds of clock time between allowing scores…
  • The Tiger offense answered with a long TD drive to reclaim a 21-point advantage. Mizzou went 73 yards in 11 plays, and consumed 4:48 off the clock, going ahead by a 28-7 score when QB Blaine Gabbert went over from 1 yard out on 3rd-and-goal at the 1-yardline with 0:47 seconds left in the quarter. It was Gabbert's 4th rushing TD of the season (7th career)…

4th Quarter/Postgame

  • Mizzou closed out the scoring with a 5-yard TD run by De'Vion Moore with 2:56 to play to make it 35-7. Moore upped his season rushing TD total to 8 on the play, while it was his 10th career rushing TD…
  • The 28-point win is the largest over KU since 1988, when Mizzou won, 55-17…
  • Mizzou outgained Kansas by a 397-to-141 total on the day, and that represents the fewest yards gained by a Big 12 opponent against the Tigers since the inception of the Big 12 Conference in 1996. The previous low offensive output against MU by a Big 12 team was in 1999 by Texas Tech, when the Red Raiders gained 169 yards in a loss at Mizzou on Oct. 30th (MU 34, Tech 7)…
  • The last time a conference opponent gained fewer yards against Mizzou was in 1980, when Kansas was held to 126 yards of offense in a MU 55-7 win…
  • Overall, the 141 yards allowed to Kansas was the lowest by any Tiger opponent since Southwest Texas was held to 116 in 2001…
  • Missouri won its 119th meeting with the University of Kansas on Saturday. The Tigers have won four of the last five meetings in the series and now boasts a 56-54-9 series advantage…
  • The Tigers also now own a commanding 9.5-to-3.5 lead in this year's M&I Bank Border Showdown. Missouri has won four consecutive Border Showdowns vs. Kansas…
  • Missouri shutout Kansas in the first half. The Tigers shutout Big 12 foes in 18-of-32 quarters this season. The Tigers also boast two league shutouts vs. Colorado and Iowa State. Another interesting fact is that Big 12 North teams have scored in just five of 20 quarters vs. the Tigers…
  • Missouri claimed at least a share of the Big 12 North title for the third time in the last four years…
  • For the fourth time in school history Mizzou is a 10-win program. The Tigers have won 10 games in a season three times in the last four seasons as well…
  • Missouri's senior class extended their win total to 40. That's a school record. The previous mark was 38 set by the 2009 senior class. The 2008 senior class is third with 37…
  • Missouri has dominated Big 12 North foes since 2007. The Tigers finished division play 17-3 vs. North opposition, the best among all divisional foes. Nebraska was second at 15-5…
  • TJ Moe moved up on a pair of Missouri Top-10 single-season lists. The sophomore made five catches and now has 77 total catches this season, which ranks #8 on Missouri's yearly list…
  • Moe had 84 receiving yards on the day. He now has 894 yards this year, which ranks 10th in school single-season history. He needs 26 yards to pass Justin Gage (920 yards in 2001) for #9…
  • Michael Egnew also moved up Missouri's single-season receiving chart. The talented TE made five grabs and has 83 catches this season, which is fifth in single-season history. He is just one catch behind Martin Rucker (2007) for fourth place. He is also seven catches behind Chase Coffman (2008) for the Missouri single-season TE pass reception record. Coffman caught 90 passes that year…
  • Punter Matt Grabner has enjoyed a tremendous season as a starter. Grabner had his fifth punt downed inside the opposition 2-yard line this year. Today's kick was downed inside the 1 by senior Andrew Gachkar…
  • Missouri's defense recorded three interceptions on the day, tying a season high. The Tigers had three interceptions vs. Illinois and McNeese State as well. The Tigers have 16 team INT's this year. Andrew Gachkar, Carl Gettis and Jarrell Harrison all had an interception on Saturday and an incredible 10 different Tigers have at least one pick this year and six different players are tied for the club lead with two interceptions…