#SEMOvsMIZZ Game Notes

9/5/2015 7:00:00 PM | Football

TEAM

Mizzou has now outscored SEMO 86-6 in the program's last two meetings combined. The Tigers improved to 3-0 all-time against the Redhawks.
Mizzou has won 14 consecutive season openers and 18-of-19 dating back to 1997. This is the program's 11th consecutive home-opening victory.
The Tigers improved to 15-0 all-time versus Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) opponents and 12-0 in 15 seasons under head coach Gary Pinkel. (570-96 combined score).
Mizzou has 26 defensive touchdowns since 2010 after a blocked punt (Kentrell Brothers) was returned for a score (Aarion Penton) in the third quarter. That mark is tied with Florida for the fourth-most in the nation in that time span.
Pinkel has 187 wins in his head coaching career. He's the fourth-winningest active coach in the FBS.

OFFENSE

Junior QB Maty Mauk threw two touchdown and completed 12 passes (22 att.) for 181 yards. He is ninth all-time for career passing yards in Mizzou history with 3,899.
Senior C Evan Boehm notched his team-high 41st career start in his 41st career game.
Sophomore WR J'Mon Moore hauled in his first career touchdown reception, catching a 27-yard strike from Mauk. The grab was the longest reception of Moore's career. He finished with a career-best 74 receiving yards.
Mizzou's first offensive drive was a five-play, 64-yard march to the end zone in just 1:15 of game clock.
Sophomore WR Nate Brown surpassed his career high in receiving yards midway through the first quarter. After his first reception of the game totaled a career-high 25 yards, the sophomore wideout secured his first career touchdown with a 23-yard grab three plays later. He finished with a career-best 69 receiving yards.
Freshman QB Drew Lock took the first snaps of his Mizzou career vs. SEMO, completing four of five passes for 51 yards on his lone second quarter drive, setting up a 39-yard field goal by Baggett.
The last time Mizzou had two quarterbacks toss for 50 or more yards in the first half was Mauk and James Franklin vs. Ole Miss in 2013.
Lock heaved a 78-yard touchdown pass to senior TB Tyler Hunt for Mizzou's longest play from scrimmage on Saturday. The connection was Lock's first career touchdown pass and Hunt's first career touchdown reception.
Freshman WR Thomas Richard secured his first career catch with a 4-yard grab in the second quarter.
Redshirt freshman WR Keyon Dilosa also recorded his first career catch, taking a screen pass 13 yards for a first down in the opening quarter.
Redshirt freshman DeSean Blair collected his first career reception with a 21-yard snag early in the fourth quarter.

DEFENSE

Senior LB Kentrell Brothers racked up 10 tackles in the game's first 24 minutes on only 26 SEMO plays from scrimmage. He finished with a career-high 16 tackles, which is the fourth-most at Mizzou during the Gary Pinkel era.
Brothers added 1.5 tackles-for-loss and a blocked punt, which was returned by Aarion Penton for a touchdown in the third quarter. The last time Mizzou returned a blocked punt was Malcom Williams on Oct. 24, 2009, vs. Texas.
Senior CB Kenya Dennis picked up just his second sack in a Mizzou uniform, bringing down the SEMO quarterback for a loss of 10 yards in the first quarter. Dennis added three more tackles and one pass break-up.
Mizzou's first takeaway of the 2015 season was a forced fumble by Charles Harris recovered by senior safety Ian Simon. It was the second forced fumble of Harris' career.
Sophomore LB Joey Burkett collected a career-high four tackles after totaling just one in his previous 13 games played.
Both redshirt freshman LB Brandon Lee and freshman DL Terry Beckner Jr. picked up their first career tackles on Saturday.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Senior PK Andrew Baggett was responsible for 10 points on Saturday, hitting home a pair of field goals and four extra points. He is just now 61 points shy of breaking the school record for points in a career by a Tiger.
Freshman PK/P Corey Fatony handled both kickoff and punting duties in his collegiate debut. He boasted a punt average of 46.4 yards, booting his longest punt 54 yards.
Mizzou's new punt returner, junior CB Aarion Penton, broke free for a 22-yard return on his third of four returns.

MISC.

Mizzou opened its season with 64,670 fans inside Memorial Stadium. The crowd was the most on hand for a Tiger home-opener since 2009 when 65,401 fans attended Mizzou's game vs. Bowling Green, a 27-20 win for the Black & Gold.