Tigers to punt on their next possession after gaining one first down. After the Tiger defense forced a punt, Daniel was intercepted on a tipped pass near the sideline, and OU converted by driving only 24 yards for a game-icing TD, on TB Chris Brown's 3rd TD of the game.
Mizzou wouldn't die easily, though, as Daniel led an 80-yard TD drive that culminated in a 5-yard TD pass to TE Martin Rucker to account for the final score.
Mizzou outgained Oklahoma on the night by a total offense margin of 418-to-384. The Tigers gained nearly 135 more yards than Oklahoma was allowing coming into the game, and their defense held the Sooners nearly 100 yards below their season average coming in -- OU came into the game ranked 11th in both total defense (283.33 ypg) and total offense (482.17 ypg).
Maclin was an offensive star in defeat, as he gained 189 all-purpose yards, including 104 on kickoff returns (one of which he returned 56 yards, representing the longest KOR for MU since 2002). He also ran 4 times for 32 yards and 2 TDs, while catching 5 passes for 53 yards.
Missouri 41, Texas Tech 10
Oct. 20, 2007 • Columbia, Mo.
Missouri's improving defense intercepted Graham Harrell four times, returning one for a score, while throttling the nation's top offense in a 41-10 victory over No. 22 Texas Tech on Saturday.
Texas Tech forced Missouri, minus injured Tony Temple, to run the ball, and the Tigers did so with great success. They gained 212 yards on the ground and Daniel had 210 yards passing on only 19 attempts, both season lows.
Backup tailback Jimmy Jackson had 59 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries. Freshman Derrick Washington added 66 yards on nine carries for Missouri, which rebounded from a 10-point loss at Oklahoma last week and is 2-1 during a three-game stretch against ranked opponents.
The scoring total was by far a season low for Texas Tech, which entered the game first in points ( 50) and yards (582)
per game. Missouri scored on its first four possessions of the second half to top its 40-point average, though the game didn't come close to fulfilling expectations of a points-fest featuring two of the most prolific passers in the country.
Texas Tech had 388 yards total offense, 101 yards fewer than the previous low against Iowa State.
Texas Tech was stopped in its first four attempts on fourth down against Missouri, which surrendered 41 points against Oklahoma. The Red Raiders finished 3-for- 6 on four th do wn.
Missouri kept it on the ground for the most part against a defense designed to stop the passing game. Daniel completed 14 passes, including a 57-yard touchdown to Jeremy Maclin in the fourth quarter.
Texas Tech was shut out in the first quarter for the second straight game, trailing 10-0, although the Red Raiders' defense kept it close. The lone touchdown came on a 38-yard interception return by Stryker Sulak on a ball tipped high in the air, and Missouri had to settle for a 21- yard field goal later in the quarter after a drive that fizzled at the 1.
Missouri 42, Iowa State 28
Oct. 27, 2007 • Columbia, Mo.
Lorenzo Williams recovered a fumble in the end zone at the start of the second half, giving No. 13 Missouri breathing room and momentum in a 42-28 victory over the Cyclones. The Tigers, who entered the game seventh in the nation in total offense at 518 yards per game, won despite being held to a season-low 366 yards. Mizzou averaged more than a full yard per play more than ISU, ( 5.6-to- 4. 5), but the Cyclones held a massive edge in time of possession (38:22-to-21: 38), keeping the ball away from the potent Tiger offensive attack.
Jimmy Jackson, Tony Temple, Martin Rucker and Jeremy Maclin each scored for Missouri. The Tigers had been punishing teams at Faurot Field, beating then-No. 22 Texas Tech 41-10 last week and then-No. 25 Nebraska 41-6 three weeks ago.
Missouri lost safety Cornelius "Pig" Brown for the season with a ruptured
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Tony Temple ( 22) Achilles tendon in the fourth quarter. Brown, twice named Big 12 defensive player of the week, had been a big factor in the Tigers' improving defense.
Missouri's play at the end of the half and right after the break was instrumental in winning for the 14th time in the last 15 home games. Iowa State's Bret Meyer scored on a 1-yard run with 24 seconds left in the half to cut the deficit to 17-14, and Missouri got downfield fast enough for Jeff Wolfert's 48-yard field goal on the final play.
Stryker Sulak stripped Meyer on a sack inside the 5 on the third play of the second half. Williams fell on the ball in the end zone and Missouri added a 2-point conversion for a 28-14 cushion.
Williams beat Sulak in a footrace to the ball.
Iowa State scored on its next drive on a 1-yard pass from Meyer to Marquis Hamilton before Missouri put the game away on Rucker's 10-yard reception and Maclin's 17-yard run on a reverse, the latter coming early in the fourth quarter to make it 42-21.
Missouri 55, Colorado 10
Nov. 3, 2007 • Boulder, Colo.
Chase Coffman caught three of Chase Daniel's five TD passes as the Tigers trounced the Buffaloes 55-10 for their first win in Boulder since 1997.
His three TDs gave Coffman 19 for his three-year career, surpassing the school
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