Midweek Edition Notes MIZZOU FOOTBALL TIGER NEWS & NOTES Colorado Buffaloes (3-0, 0-0) at Missouri Tigers (2-1, 0-0) October 2, 2004 — Faurot Field — Columbia, Mo. 2004 KICKOFF: 2:30 p.m. (central time). COACHING STAFF STADIUM: Faurot Field/Memorial Stadium (68,349 — FieldTurf surface). Opened in 1926. MU is 226-157-20 there alltime, including 8 straight wins dating from 2003. GARY PINKEL ____________________ Head Coach RADIO: Tiger Network (Mike Kelly, play-by-play/John Kadlec, color). Carried on over Kent, ‘75 _____________________ 4th Year at MU 50 stations statewide, and on the Internet at www.mutigers.com. DAVE CHRISTENSEN✪ _____ Asst. HC/Off. Coord./Off. Line TV: ABC Sports. Gary Thorne, Tim Brant & Terry Bowden will be in the booth, with Western Washington, ‘85 ___________ 4th Year at MU Sam Ryan reporting from the sidelines, and Chris Pfeiffer producing. ✪ RANKINGS (AP/ESPN-USA): MU – RV/RV; CU – RV/RV. MATT EBERFLUS ______________ Def. Coord./Safeties SERIES: MU leads, 35-30-3 overall, but CU has won 5 straight and 17 of the last 19. Toledo, ‘93 ___________________ 4th Year at MU COACHES: CORNELL FORD ___________________ Cornerbacks Mizzou: Gary Pinkel (Kent, ‘75), 19-20 at MU (4th year) and 92-57-3 overall (14th Toledo, ‘91 ___________________ 4th Year at MU year). Pinkel is 0-3 vs. Gary Barnett and Colorado. ANDY HILL ____________________ Wide Receivers Colorado: Gary Barnett (Missouri, ‘69), 37-28 at CU (6th year) and 80-84-2 overall Missouri, ‘85 __________________ 9th Year at MU (15th year). Barnett is 3-0 vs. Gary Pinkel and 5-0 vs. his alma mater overall. BRIAN JONES __________________ Running Backs TIGERS AND BUFFALOES GET BIG 12 SEASON KICKED OFF IN COLUMBIA Connecticut, ‘81 ________________ 4th Year at MU The Missouri Tigers (2-1 overall) open the Big 12 Conference season Saturday after- CRAIG KULIGOWSKI __________________✪ Def. Line noon as they play host to the upstart Colorado Buffaloes (3-0) at Faurot Field. Kickoff for Toledo, ‘91 ___________________ 4th Year at MU the game, which will be televised by ABC Sports, is set for 2:30 p.m. After a bye week, Mizzou is looking to continue the momentum built from a 48-0 win DAVE STECKEL ____________________ Linebackers Kutztown, ‘82 _________________ 4th Year at MU over Ball State on Sept. 18th in Columbia. The Tigers were solid in virtually all areas in the game, as they outgained the Cardinals 471-142 in total yards, and won the turnover battle, BRUCE WALKER ___________ Tight Ends/Asst. Off. Line 2-0 in the shutout victory. Central Washington, ‘83 ___________ 4th Year at MU Colorado comes calling riding a three-game winning streak, and they’ve surprised DAVID YOST✪ _________ Quarterbacks/Recruiting Coord. many prognosticators along the way. After enduring a tough off-season off the field, the Kent, ‘92 _____________________ 4th Year at MU Buffaloes have banded together and won tough games to begin the season against Colorado State (27-24), at Washington State (20-12) and moved to 3-0 last time out with a ✪ — Gameday Location in Pressbox 52-21 win over North Texas. CU is also coming off a bye week. All Times Central Standard 2004 TIGER SCHEDULE & RESULTS ▲ — Homecoming Date MU Rank Opponent (AP/ESPN Rank) TV Time/Result Series Standing Quick Facts Sept. 4 18/17 Arkansas State — W, 52-20 MU, 1-0 Brad Smith has 296 yds. in offense and 4 TDs (3 pass/1 rush) Sept. 9 19/17 at Troy ESPN2 L, 24-14 Tied, 1-1 Tigers out-stat Troy in most categories, but can’t hold onto 14-0 lead Sept. 18 RV/RV Ball State — W, 48-0 MU, 3-0 MU outgains BSU 471-142 and outscores BSU 28-0 in 2nd quarter Oct. 2 RV/RV Colorado (RV/RV) ABC 2:30 p.m. MU, 35-30-3 Buffs have won five straight in the series and 17 of last 19 overall Oct. 9 —/— at Baylor TBA TBA MU, 7-2 MU has averaged 44.8 PPG (4 games) vs. BU since Big 12 formed Oct. 16 —/— at Texas (5/5) TBA TBA UT, 13-5 MU has 23 players on its roster from the state of Texas Oct. 23 —/— ▲ Oklahoma State (25/24) TBA TBA MU, 27-19 3-of-4 Big 12 meetings between MU-OSU have gone to overtime Oct. 30 —/— at Nebraska (—/RV) TBA TBA NU, 61-33-3 MU looks for 1st back-to-back wins against NU since 1973-74 Nov. 6 —/— Kansas State (RV/RV) TBA TBA MU, 55-29-5 Tigers look to break 11-game KSU win streak in series Nov. 20 —/— Kansas TBA TBA MU, 52-51-9 Series is tied 4-4 since Big 12 formed in 1996 Nov. 27 —/— at Iowa State ABC/FSN TBA MU, 54-33-9 MU closed 2003 regular season w/45-7 win over ISU in Columbia Colorado at Mizzou — Oct. 2, 2004 STAKES ARE HIGH AS LEAGUE PLAY BEGINS TALE OF THE TAPE Everyone has aspirations for a conference [NCAA Ranking in Brackets] championship, and those hopes will be put to the MIZZOU ________________ COLORADO test Saturday for the first time for both Mizzou and 437.67 [24] ____ Total Offense ___ 361.00 [62] Colorado, as league play begins for both teams. MEDIA INFO 192.67 [30] ___ Rushing Offense __ 168.33 [44] Mizzou was a pre-season pick to win the Big FOOTBALL INFORMATION CONTACT: 7___________ TDs Rushing __________6 12 North division by many prognosticators, while Chad Moller 245.00 [32] ___ Passing Offense __ 192.67 [72] (W) 573/882-0712 (H) 573/474-6620 Colorado didn’t receive much mention in that area. 7___________ TDs Passing ___________3 FAX 573/882=4720 (Cell) 573/268-3110 With their 3-0 start to the season, however, the 38.00 [13] ____ Scoring Offense ___ 33.00 [27] Faurot Press Box--573/882-7311 or 7312 Buffaloes have turned heads and shown that E-Mail Address -- [email protected] 291.00 [28] ___ Total Defense __ 452.00 [102] they’re just as capable of winning the division as 108.33 [33] __ Rushing Defense __ 105.67 [31] any team in the North. 1________ TDs Allowed Rushing ________3 The Buffaloes are averaging 33.0 points per 182.67 [41] ___ Passing Defense _ 346.33 [116] game behind an offense led by TB Bobby Purify, 4_________TDs Allowed Passing ________4 MEDIA SCHEDULE who ranks 14th in the NCAA with an average of 14.67 [20] ____ Scoring Defense ___ 19.00 [44] AVAILABILITY OVERVIEW 118.0 yards per game. QB Joel Klatt is 7th in the +0.67 [37] ___ Turnover Margin __ +0.33 [44] Head Coach Gary Pinkel Big 12 in both passing yards (188.7 p/g) and pass 6-2 ________ Fumbles/Lost ________ 5-2 •Monday, 10:40-10:50 a.m. efficiency (127.4 rating). 3________ Interceptions Thrown ________2 •Monday, 3:30-4:00 p.m. Colorado has rushed for 6 TDs on the year, 15.50 [107] __ Kickoff Return Avg. __ 29.00 [10] •Tuesday, 10:00-11:00 a.m. and will go against a Tiger defense that has al- 15.40 [14] ___ Punt Return Avg. ___ 9.00 [66] •Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m. lowed only 1 rushing score thus far in 2004. •Postgame on Saturday 37.36 [38] ___ Net Punting Avg. ___ 39.87 [19] The Buff defense is allowing only 105.67 yards Tiger Assistant Coaches 8-63 __________ Sacks By ________ 10-68 per game on the ground, and will provide a chal- •Monday, 4:00-5:00 p.m. 3-25 ________ Sacks Allowed ________ 3-23 lenge for a Tiger rushing attack that comes in av- •Postgame on Saturday 27:32 ____ Avg. Time of Possession ____ 28:38 eraging just under 200 yards per game (192.67). Tiger Players 48% ______ 3rd Down Conversions _____ 33% •Monday, 4:00-5:00 p.m. 50% ______ 4th Down Conversions _____ 0% •Postgame on Saturday CROWD OF 60,000+ ANTICIPATED SATURDAY SUNDAYS •Updated MU game notes and stats are After getting solid crowds in excess of 57,000 each for its first two home games, the Missouri generally available by 7 p.m. To be included on Tigers are hoping to play before a boisterous crowd of more than 60,000 this Saturday versus the e-mail list (PDF version), please e-mail Chad Colorado. Moller at the above address. If MU gets 60,000 people in the seats Saturday, it would mark the largest crowd to see an MU- •Media player/coach interview requests for Colorado game at Faurot Field since 1980, when 72,333 packed the house to see MU down the Monday media day must be submitted to Chad Moller (by phone/fax/e-mail) by NO LATER Buffaloes, 45-7 for Homecoming. The largest MU-CU crowd at Faurot since that game was 57,261 than 12 p.m. in 1998, when Mizzou won a 38-14 contest. Mizzou drew 57,012 fans for its Sept. 4 season opener versus Arkansas State — which MONDAYS marked the biggest crowd for a season opener at MU in 23 years. The last time MU had a bigger •Coach Gary Pinkel is available on the weekly crowd for an opener was in 1981, when MU downed Army, 24-10, before a crowd of 60,033. Big 12 Conference Call, from 10:40 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Call 913/981-5507 to participate. •A press briefing is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.