University of Missouri Athletics
TEAM NOTES
- The announced attendance at Neyland Stadium on Saturday was 101,012. That’s the fourth-largest crowd to ever see Mizzou play.
- Mizzou racked up 420 rushing yards as a team, which was the most against an FBS school since the Tigers totaled 469 yards on the ground at Texas Tech in 2003.
- In the third quarter, Mizzou’s offense completed a 14-play, 82-yard scoring drive. The 14 plays were the most in a single scoring drive this season.
- Mizzou’s 37 points at Tennessee were the most points the Tigers have scored in a true road game since notching 42 at Florida on Oct. 18, 2014.
- Mizzou racked up 740 yards of total offense against the Volunteers, setting a program record for most yards gained against an FBS opponent.
- The 740 yards were the most ever recorded by a Tennessee opponent.
- The Tigers have surpassed 600 total yards of offense in four games this season, which is the most in program history in a single season.
- Mizzou ran a season-high 110 plays at Tennessee, the second-most in a game in program history. It’s the third time this season that the Tigers have run 100 or more plays in a game this season.
- Mizzou converted 41 first downs on Saturday, setting a new program record for most first downs in a single game.
- Mizzou now has 27 first-year starters this season, which is tied with Illinois for the most in the nation.
INDIVIDUAL OFFENSE
- Freshman OL Jonah Dubinski earned his first career start, taking over at center.
- True freshman RB Damarea Crockett padded his freshman single season rushing touchdown record with a 22-yard touchdown run on Mizzou’s opening drive. He now has 10 TDs this season.
- Crockett ran for 225 yards on Saturday and now has 1,062 yards on the ground this season, breaking Tiger legend Brad Smith’s freshman single season rushing record.
- The 225 rushing yards were the most by any freshman in a single game in program history and rank eighth all-time at Mizzou.
- Crockett is one of just four running backs in program history to run for at least 225 yards on the ground in a single game.
- Crockett also matched Smith’s freshman record for most 100-yard games in a single season with five.
- Crockett’s performance was the first 200-yard game for a Mizzou player vs. an FBS school since Tony Temple in the 2008 Cotton Bowl. It’s also the most by any running back this season against Tennessee and the second most rushing yards Tennessee has ever allowed to a single game (Dexter McCluster - 282 yards).
- With a 29-yard rush with 12:03 remaining in the third quarter, Crockett surpassed 1,000 yards on the season, joining Smith as the only freshmen in program history to do so.
- Crockett is Mizzou’s first Tiger with 1,000 yards rushing in a season since Russell Hansbrough in 2014 and the first SEC freshman with 1,000 rushing yards since Nick Chubb and Leonard Fournette in 2014.
- Crockett’s 10 rushing touchdowns are the most by a Mizzou tailback since Hansbrough in 2014.
- Junior RB Ish Witter ran for a career-high two touchdowns and totaled a career-high 163 yards on the ground. It’s the second time this season that Crockett and Witter both reached the century mark on the ground in the same game, with the last time coming vs. Middle Tennessee on Oct. 22.
- On Mizzou’s opening scoring drive, senior TE Sean Culkin got things rolling with a 24-yard reception. He now has five catches of 20+ yards in the last six games. Culkin had just two receptions of 20+ yards in his career before that.
- Sophomore RB Nate Strong recorded a 23-yard rush in the second quarter. It was the longest run of Strong’s career.
- Strong finished with a career-high 39 rushing yards.
- Sophomore QB Drew Lock tallied his second career rushing touchdown and first of the 2016 season with a 2-yard score in the second quarter.
- Freshman WR Dimetrios Mason caught a 50-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. With 66 receiving yards on Saturday, Mason now has 525 receiving yards this season, which is the second-most by any freshman in program history.
INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE
- Redshirt freshman SS Ronnell Perkins matched his career-high with eight tackles.
- Redshirt junior LB Eric Beisel led Mizzou with 10 tackles. Beisel became the third Tiger this season to post double-digit tackles in multiple games, joining Michael Scherer and Thomas Wilson.
