GAME 5 2020 MIZZOU FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Gainesville, Fla. 6:30 PM (CT) Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548) SEC Network Alt MIZZOU TIGERS Scoring Off | Def ___ 24.0 (71st) | 31.0 (59th) FLORIDA GATORS Scoring Off | Def ___ 42.3 (10th) | 33.3 (68th) Record ________________ 2-2 (2-2 SEC) Total Off | Def ___ 418.3 (42nd) | 365.0 (33rd) Record ________________ 2-1 (2-1 SEC) Total Off | Def ___ 464.0 (24th) | 495.0 (93rd) Head Coach ________Eliah Drinkwitz (1st) Rushing Off | Def _ 148.8 (59th) | 122.5 (29th) Head Coach ___________Dan Mullen (3rd) Rushing Off | Def __ 122.0 (79th) | 164.0 (57th) Career/Mizzou Record ____ 14-3 (2nd) | 2-2 Passing Off | Def __ 269.5 (29th) | 242.5 (54th) Career/UF Record ______ 92-52 (8th) | 23-6 Passing Off | Def __ 342.0 (10th) | 331.0 (95th) OC: Eliah Drinkwitz (field) Time of Possession ________ 32:41 (20th) OC: Brian Johnson Time of Possession ________ 27:29 (82nd) DC: Ryan Walters (field) Red Zone ________ 11-of-12 (91.7%) (26th) DC: Todd Grantham Red Zone _________15-of-15 (100.0%) (1st) 3RD Down ________ 29-of-61 (47.5%) (26th) 3RD Down _________ 16-of-28 (57.1%) (6th) FULL MEDIA INFORMATION STORY LINES SEC NETWORK ALTERNATE TIGERS LOOK FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN IN HALLOWEEN SHOWDOWN AT NO. 10/9 FLORIDA PBP: Mike Morgan ^ Mizzou Football (2-2, 2-2 SEC) heads to No. 10/9 Florida this Saturday for a Halloween contest in the Swamp which ANALYST: Hutson Mason will kick at 6:30 p.m. (CT) on SEC Network (alternate). The game was originally scheduled to be played Oct. 24 before REPORTER: Taylor Davis a COVID-19 outbreak within the Gators' program forced the game to be postponed until this Saturday. TIGER RADIO NETWORK ^ Mizzou is of course the winner of its last two games, downing defending national champion LSU, 45-41, on Oct. 10 XM: 382 | SIRIUS: 81 | INTERNET: 972 before dominating Kentucky in a 20-10 decision last Saturday at Memorial Stadium. The win over Kentucky snapped PBP: Mike Kelly a five-game losing skid to the Wildcats, which dated five years, 11 months and 23 days. ANALYST: Howard Richards ^ Florida last played Oct. 10, a 41-38 loss at No. 21 Texas A&M. The Gators have wins over Ole Miss (51-35) and South SIDELINE: Chris Gervino Carolina (38-24) this season. 2020 SCHEDULE (2-2, 2-2 SEC) TIGERS COMING OFF OF DOMINANT WIN OVER KENTUCKY ^ It’s not very often that a head coach has something like this to say following a win: “Both sides of the ball - they DATE MIZ RK OPP RK OPPONENT TV RESULT/TIME played the game exactly like we wanted it to be played in order to win, and that doesn’t happen very often.” But S 26 - | - 2 | 2 Alabama ESPN L, 38-19 that’s what first-year Mizzou head coach Eliah Drinkwitz had to say following Mizzou’s 20-10 win over Kentucky O 3 - | - 21 | 20 at Tennessee SEC Network L, 35-12 last time out. The Tigers grinded out 92 offensive plays with 62 rushes while limiting Kentucky to just 145 yards on O 10 - | - 17 | 16 LSU SEC Network Alt W, 45-41 36 total offensive plays in a lopsided game that was never quite as close as the score indicated. Below are some O 24 - | RV RV | RV Kentucky SEC Network W, 20-10 eye-catching stats from a win that snapped Mizzou's five-game skid against the Wildcats: O 31 - | RV 10 | 9 at Florida SEC Network Alt 6:30 PM ^ The 145 total offensive yards allowed by Mizzou’s defense were the fewest ever allowed in an SEC game by Mizzou. N 14 - | - - |- Georgia TBD TBD In fact, it was Mizzou’s best in a conference game since Nov. 26, 2011, when Kanas mustered just 137 total yards. N 21 - | - - |- at South Carolina TBD TBD ^ Kentucky ran just 36 offensive plays on Saturday while Mizzou ran 92. That led to a wide time of possession disparity N 28 - | - - |- Arkansas TBD TBD as Mizzou clocked in at 43:10 while Kentucky had the ball for just 16:50. The 43:10 TOP was the program’s best mark D 5 - | - - |- at Mississippi State TBD TBD since joining the SEC. The key was a 21-play drive to open the third quarter that spanned 9:35. Although Mizzou came D 12 - | - - |- Vanderbilt TBD TBD away with no points on that drive, Kentucky was never able to get on track in the second half thanks to Mizzou’s offense holding the ball for as long as it did, while controlling both lines of scrimmage. ^ A key to Mizzou holding the ball was its ability to convert third- and fourth-down situations. Mizzou was a combined #ZOUNOTES - STATS YOU NEED TO KNOW 14-for-25 (56 percent) on third and fourth downs last Saturday while Kentucky was just 2-for-9. Kentucky had just ^ 92-36: Mizzou dominated the time of possession battle in its win eight first downs in the game – two coming via penalty, fewest in a league game by an opponent since Colorado over Kentucky last week, to the tune of 92 offensive plays compared mustered seven in 2007. to 36 plays ran by the Wildcats. Mizzou held the ball for 43:10 in ^ Over the last two games, Mizzou’s defense has limited its opponents to a combine 2-for-19 (10.5 percent) mark on the game, its best mark since joining the SEC in 2012. Another third down. LSU was 0-for-10 while Kentucky as aforementioned was just 2-for-9. Mizzou in that span conversely is mind-blowing stat from last week's win was that senior RB Larry 19-for-35 (54 percent). This is a drastic improvement from the first two games of the season, as Mizzou's opponents Rountree III totaled more carries (37) than Kentucky ran offensive converted 55.6 percent of their third down chances. plays (36). ^ Mizzou RB Larry Rountree III had a career-high 37 carries for 126 yards and two touchdowns. He ran the ball more ^ 10.75: The number of tackles/game from junior LB Nick Bolton this times than Kentucky ran offensive plays (36). Mizzou’s 62 rushing attempts were its second-most ever in an SEC season, which ranks 21st nationally. Bolton earned SEC Defensive game and most since rushing 67 times at Tennessee in 2016. Player of the Week honors after accounting for 26 percent (7-of-26) ^ The 36 plays allowed by Mizzou’s defense are the fewest since allowing Bowling Green to run just 35 plays in 1998. of Mizzou's tackles and a sack in its victory over Kentucky. His 17 In a league game, you have to go all the way back to 1966 to find a similar performance when Kansas State ran just stops at No. 21/20 Tennessee tied for the second-most at Mizzou 36 plays for 172 yards in a 27-0 Mizzou win. Mizzou’s 92 plays were its most in a league game since Nov. 24, 2017, since the turn of the century and were the most since a 20-tackle when it had 102 snaps in a 48-45 win at Arkansas. performance by LB Sean Weatherspoon against Buffalo on Sept. 20, ^ Mizzou allowed just 47 passing yards against Kentucky, the fewest ever allowed by a Mizzou team in an SEC game, 2008. He was named Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of and fewest since Kansas had 45 yards in 2010. the Week following Mizzou's win over LSU. ^ 3-0: Mizzou is now 3-0 in games started by RS freshman QB Connor SERIES VS. FLORIDA Bazelak. In those three games - 2019 at Arkansas, 2020 vs. LSU, ^ Mizzou and Florida have played nine times over the years with the Tigers holding a 5-4 edge in the all-time series. Kentucky - Bazelak has completed 57-of-73 (78.0%) passes for 687 Before a 23-6 loss a year ago, Mizzou had won the two previous meetings with the Gators, including a 45-16 win in yards with 4 TDs and 0 INTs. Against LSU, his 85.3 completion Columbia in 2017 and a 38-17 road victory during the 2018 season when the Gators were ranked No. 13 nationally. percentage was Mizzou’s best-ever against a ranked opponent or ^ As part of the SEC, Mizzou has won four of eight meetings with the Gators. The only other game between the two FBS opponent, a mark that is also a Mizzou freshman record. SEC East foes was in the 1966 Sugar Bowl, a 20-18 Mizzou win in New Orleans. Mizzou finished that 1965 season ^ 55: Rushing yards needed by senior RB Larry Rountree III to with an 8-2 record and a final ranking of No. 6 nationally under head coach Dan Devine. become Mizzou's all-time leading rusher by a non-QB. He would ^ Mizzou is 2-2 all-time in games played in Gainesville. pass Tiger great Zack Abron if he reaches that mark. Rountree was the fastest Tiger to reach 2,000 rushing yards, needing just 28 games BOLTON, COOK EARN SEC WEEKLY HONORS to do so, and needs 1,146 rushing yards to catch Mizzou’s all-time ^ Mizzou junior LB Nick Bolton (Defensive) and OL Case Cook (Offensive Lineman) earned SEC weekly awards career rushing leader, QB Brad Smith (4,289 from 2002-05).