| The Game |
| Date |
December 6, 2008 |
| Time |
7:00 p.m. (CT) |
| Location |
Kansas City, Mo. |
| Stadium |
Arrowhead (79,451) |
| Tickets |
OU Athletics Ticket Office |
| Travel |
Sooner Sports Travel |
| Television |
ABC |
| Radio |
Sooner Sports Network |
| Complete Info |
Sooner Gameday Central |
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| University of Missouri |
| Location |
Columbia, Mo. |
| Enrollment |
28,000 |
| Head Coach (Season) |
Gary Pinkel (8th) |
| Offensive Coordinator |
Dave Christensen |
| Defensive Coordinator |
Matt Eberflus |
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| 2008 Tigers |
| Record |
9-3 Overall, 5-3 Big 12 |
| Home / Road / Neutral |
5-1 / 3-1 / 1-1 |
| Last Game |
L, 40-37 vs. Kansas |
| Lettermen Returning |
37 |
| Off / Def / Specialists |
14 / 22 / 1 |
| Lettermen Lost |
19 |
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| The Series |
| Games Played |
93 |
| Series Record |
OU leads 65-23-5 |
| Last Meeting |
38-17, OU on 12/2/2007 |
| First Meeting |
22-5, MU on 11/12/1902 |
| Average Score |
22-12, OU |
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| Missouri Schedule |
| Aug. 30 |
W, 52-42 vs. Illinois |
| Sept. 6 |
W, 52-3 vs. SE Missouri St. |
| Sept. 13 |
W, 69-17 vs. Nevada |
| Sept. 20 |
W, 42-21 vs. Buffalo |
| Oct. 4 |
W, 52-17 at Nebraska |
| Oct. 11 |
L, 23-28 vs. Oklahoma St. |
| Oct. 18 |
L, 31-56 at Texas |
| Oct. 25 |
W, 58-0 vs. Colorado |
| Nov. 1 |
W, 31-28 at Baylor |
| Nov. 8 |
W, 41-28 vs. Kansas State |
| Nov. 15 |
W, 52-20 at Iowa State |
| Nov. 29 |
L, 40-37 vs. Kansas |
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| Further Scouting |
| Newspapers |
Kansas City Star |
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Columbia Missourian |
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Columbia Daily Tribune |
| Official Site |
MUTigers.com |
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| Stats (per game) |
Oklahoma |
Missouri |
| Rushing Offense |
202.42 (21) |
165.17 (46) |
| Passing Offense |
354.25 (3) |
344.25 (4) |
| Passing Eff. |
184.57 (2) |
165.40 (7) |
| Total Offense |
556.67 (3) |
509.42 (6) |
| Scoring Offense |
53.33 (1) |
45.00 (4) |
| Rushing Defense |
109.83 (18) |
119.42 (24) |
| Pass Defense |
249.67 (98) |
277.08 (116) |
| Pass Eff. Defense |
115.62 (38) |
131.42 (80) |
| Total Defense |
359.50 (66) |
396.50 (91) |
| Scoring Defense |
24.83 (60) |
24.67 (58) |
| Net Punting |
34.00 (77) |
37.00 (25) |
| Punt Returns |
8.63 (66) |
9.48 (50) |
| Kickoff Returns |
25.09 (7) |
21.93 (44) |
| Turnover Margin |
1.67 (2) |
0.08 (55) |
| Sacks |
3.25 (3) |
2.33 (42) |
| Tackles for Loss |
8.00 (T-7) |
8.00 (T-7) |
| Sacks Allowed |
0.92 (T-5) |
1.08 (T-12) |
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(#) National Rank of 119 Teams |
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• WR Jeremy Maclin, So.
• TE Chase Coffman, Sr.
• LB Sean Weatherspoon, Jr.
• RB Derrick Washington, So.
• LB Brock Christopher, Sr.
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• QB Chase Daniel, Sr.
• S William Moore, Sr.
• DE Stryker Sulak, Sr.
• S Justin Garrett, Sr.
• PK Jeff Wolfert, Sr. |
Backers MU will have, particularly in what should be a home-field environment in Kansas City. Believers are another matter. "Nobody's going to be expecting us to win," Weatherspoon said...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Contrary to what might have been the anticipated reaction, confirmation of Missouri's third meeting with Oklahoma in football in less than 14 months was not greeted by groans...
Kansas City Star
The Big 12 Conference football teams might have thrown away the script this season, but they somehow find themselves with the original ending: Missouri vs. Oklahoma in the title game...
Columbia Missourian
Missouri has been reduced to national title spoiler, a role the Tigers will play Saturday. Still, despite the disappointment within their season, it is a role the Tigers are capable of pulling off...
Tulsa World
The Tigers, while banged up, still boast one of the best offenses in the nation, led by quarterback Chase Daniel, receiver Jeremy Maclin and tight end Chase Coffman...
The Oklahoman
The defense has been problematic, and it's hard to see how the Tigers can slow down the juggernaut that is Oklahoma. Missouri has given up at least 400 yards in six games...
Rivals.com
It probably tasted like sour grapes. But the simple, perhaps saving-grace truth, for Missouri football is that the Tigers will still play in the Big 12 Conference championship...
Kansas City Star
Missouri had a lot of baggage when Gary Pinkel was hired before the 2001 season, and it took him seven years to become the favored son at Mizzou...
Kansas City Star
Even as Mizzou prepares for what perhaps will be the defining moment of its season in the Big 12 title game Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium, it also is moving into a transitional phase...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Did the BCS mess put OU behind in its preparation for Missouri? Not really. For the most part, the Sooners kept their normal routine, starting with the coaches watching film Sunday...
The Oklahoman
Oklahoma will be defending many of the same weapons that got Missouri into last year's Big 12 title game. Quarterback Chase Daniel, wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, tight end Chase Coffman...
Tulsa World
The Oklahoma Sooners argued their case eloquently. They said nothing. Just football. Just a 61-41 victory in hostile environs over a No. 11-ranked archrival. There's your tiebreaker...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Sometimes, one play remains ingrained in the psyche of Heisman voters. Sam Bradford might have produced one of those memory-grabbing plays Saturday night...
ESPN.com
Bradford has become their spokesman. He is the unassuming superstar, the team player, the guy who would rather tout his offensive linemen than his completion percentage...
The Oklahoman
The Sooners are going to Kansas City because a set of completely impartial judges evaluated the data and determined that Oklahoma had a more impressive season than Texas...
Sports Illustrated
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops woke up Sunday morning with a strange feeling. His Sooners had beaten No. 11 Oklahoma State 61-41 a few hours earlier, but something didn't feel right...
Norman Transcript
College football's most debated tiebreaker ever, if not its strangest, has spoken. "We're glad it's over," said OU head coach Bob Stoops. He is most glad that his team emerged...
Tulsa World |
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