University of Missouri
8-5
Oklahoma State
7-6
No. 23 @MizzouFootball Falls in 60th Annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl
12/31/2018 6:45:00 PM | Football
Lock becomes the 35th QB in FBS history to pass for 12,000 career yards in loss
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – No. 23 Mizzou Football lost the 60th Annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl to Oklahoma State, 38-33, Monday afternoon (Dec. 31) at Liberty Bowl Stadium. Mizzou finishes the year 8-5 overall while Oklahoma State closes the year 7-6 with the win. The 2018 season marked just the 12th time in program history that Mizzou won eight games and the team finished the year with its most wins since 2014.
Mizzou senior QB Drew Lock went 23-for-38 for 373 yards and three touchdowns, a new Mizzou bowl record. His outing Monday moved his career passing total to 12,193, becoming just the 35th FBS quarterback ever to reach 12,000 career yards. He is just the second SEC QB to accomplish that feat. Lock ranks third in SEC history in career passing touchdowns (98) and second in career passing yards (12,193).
TURNING POINT
Mizzou held a 16-14 lead late in the second quarter, but ran out of time on its final drive of the half as it took the two-point edge into the intermission. Oklahoma State got the ball first to begin the second half after deferring its selection to the second half after winning the coin toss. It took the ball and went 75 yards on 10 plays for a touchdown to take a 21-16 lead.
On Mizzou's ensuing possession, Drew Lock found Jalen Knox on a screen play and a tackle jarred the ball loose and Oklahoma State recovered deep in Mizzou territory. Three plays later, Chuba Hubbard found pay-dirt as Oklahoma State opened a 28-16 lead.
Mizzou got a 26-yard field goal from Tucker McCann on the ensuing drive to cut the lead to 28-19. On Oklahoma State's next drive, Mizzou forced a third-and-13 deep Cowboy territory, but OSU QB Taylor Cornelius found Tyron Johnson for a 32-yard gain to move the sticks. The two then hooked up again on the very next play, this time of a 46-yard score to put the game out of reach, 35-19.
Senior S Cam Hilton intercepted a pass deep in Mizzou territory and Lock found Johnson for 86 yards and a score on the very next play to cut the lead to 35-26. Hilton again came up with a huge interception to stall another Oklahoma State drive and Mizzou turned it into points on a 55-yard run on an option pitch by RB Larry Rountree III, cutting the lead to 35-33.
Mizzou then forced a stop and blew up an attempted fake punt deep in OSU territory. Mizzou failed to convert a first down after the fake punt and had to settle for a 42-yard field goal attempt. Oklahoma State blocked the kick and went down the field to kick a field goal. That gave the Pokes a 38-33 lead with 5:54 to play.
TOP TIGERS
- Senior QB Drew Lock set a Mizzou bowl record with three touchdown passes and went 28-for-38 and 373 yards in his final game as a Tiger.
- RS junior WR Johnathon Johnson finished with a career-high 185 yards on nine catches with a touchdown.
- Senior TE Kendall Blanton caught his second TD of the season in the second quarter on a 16-yard strike from Lock. It was his sixth career TD and first since Sept. 8 vs. Wyoming.
- True freshman WR Dominc Gicinto hauled in his second career TD in the second quarter as well, a five-yard strike from Lock. It was his second TD in the last three games as his first career TD grab came in the season's penultimate regular season game at Tennessee (Nov. 17).
- Sophomore RB Larry Rountree III posted his sixth career 100-yard game Monday. He went over 100 yards in the first half alone, posting 102 yards while averaging 7.3 per tote. He finished the game with 204 yards, the second-most ever in Liberty Bowl history.
- Senior WR Emanuel Hall finished the game with 72 yards on two catches, putting him over 2,000 receiving yards in his career. He is just the 10th Mizzou pass catcher to haul in more than 2,000 career yards. The other nine played in the NFL. He is the first WR to go over 2,000 in a career since J'Mon Moore did so.
NOTES
- Mizzou's appearance in the 60th Annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl is the program's 33rd all-time bowl appearance. Mizzou is now 15-18 in bowl games,
- Mizzou finishes 2018 with an 8-5 record, its most wins since the 2014 season. Mizzou has won eight games in a season for just the 12th time in program history and first time under third-year head coach Barry Odom.
- Mizzou still leads the all-time series with Oklahoma State, 29-24, and is now 1-1 in bowl games against its former Big 12 rival.
- Mizzou senior QB Drew Lock became just the 35th FBS quarterback in history to pass for more than 12,000 career yards as he closes his Mizzou career with 12,193 after passing for 373 Monday. He finishes his career second in SEC history in career passing yards and third in touchdowns (99).
- Senior WR Emanuel Hall caught a 58-yard pass in the first quarter, putting him over 2,000 receiving yards in his career. He is just the 10th Mizzou pass catcher to haul in more than 2,000 career yards. The other nine played in the NFL. He is the first WR to go over 2,000 in a career since J'Mon Moore did so.
- Lock hooked up with Memphis native Johnathon Johnson for an 86-yard strike in the fourth quarter, the third-longest pass play in Liberty Bowl history.
- Sophomore RB Larry Rountree III rushed for 204 yards in the game, the second-most in Liberty Bowl history.
Team Stats
MU 0, OSU 7
OSU - Stoner, Dillon 30 yd pass from Cornelius, T. (Ammendola, Matt kick) 11 plays, 80 yards, TOP 4:12
MU 3, OSU 7
MU - McCann, Tucker 24 yd field goal 6 plays, 74 yards, TOP 2:36
MU 10, OSU 7
MU - Gicinto, Domini 5 yd pass from Lock, Drew (McCann, Tucker kick) 16 plays, 97 yards, TOP 5:48
MU 10, OSU 14
OSU - Johnson, Tyron 7 yd pass from Cornelius, T. (Ammendola, Matt kick) 9 plays, 65 yards, TOP 2:18
MU 16, OSU 14
MU - Blanton, Kendal 16 yd pass from Lock, Drew (McCann, Tucker kickfailed) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:56
MU 16, OSU 21
OSU - Wallace, Tylan 9 yd pass from Cornelius, T. (Ammendola, Matt kick) 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:11
MU 16, OSU 28
OSU - Hubbard, Chuba 4 yd run (Ammendola, Matt kick), 3 plays, 26 yards, TOP 1:14
MU 19, OSU 28
MU - McCann, Tucker 26 yd field goal 12 plays, 67 yards, TOP 6:01
MU 19, OSU 35
OSU - Johnson, Tyron 46 yd pass from Cornelius, T. (Ammendola, Matt kick) 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:12
MU 26, OSU 35
MU - Johnson, Johnat 86 yd pass from Lock, Drew (McCann, Tucker kick) 1 plays, 86 yards, TOP 0:10
MU 33, OSU 35
MU - Rountree, Larry 55 yd run (McCann, Tucker kick), 2 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:28
MU 33, OSU 38
OSU - Ammendola, Matt 27 yd field goal 11 plays, 66 yards, TOP 3:28
