GAME 11 2019 MIZZOU FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Columbia, Mo. 6:30 PM Memorial Stadium (62,621) SEC Network MIZZOU TIGERS Scoring Off | Def ___ 26.0 (86th) | 19.5 (19th) TENNESSEE Scoring Off | Def __ 23.9 (102nd) | 23.0 (38th) Record ________________ 5-5 (2-4 SEC) Total Off | Def ___ 388.2 (82nd) | 297.6 (10th) Record ________________ 5-5 (3-3 SEC) Total Off | Def ___343.5 (109th) | 348.6 (34th) Head Coach __________ Barry Odom (4th) Rushing Off | Def _ 157.7 (72nd) | 131.7 (34th) Head Coach _______ Jeremy Pruitt (2nd) Rushing Off | Def _ 1210.5 (85th) | 194.5 (26th) Career Record ________24-24 | 12-18 SEC Passing Off | Def ___ 230.5 (71st) | 165.9 (6th) Career Record _____ 10-12 (2nd) | 5-9 (SEC) Time of Possession ________ 29:06 (86th) OC: Derek Dooley (booth) Time of Possession ________ 29:53 (69th) OC: Jim Chaney Red Zone ________27-of-35 (77.1%) (104th) DC: Ryan Walters (field) Red Zone ________26-of-38 (68.4%) (125th) DC: Derrick Ansley, Chris Rumph 3RD Down ________55-of-132 (41.7%) (50th) 3RD Down ________55-of-150 (36.7%) (96th) FULL MEDIA INFORMATION STORY LINES SEC NETWORK MIZZOU HOSTS TENNESSEE ON SENIOR DAY, LOOKING FOR BOWL ELIGIBILITY PBP: Tom Hart ^ Mizzou Football (5-5, 2-4 SEC) will play its final of seven home games at Memorial Stadium this Saturday (Nov. 23) ANALYST: Jordan Rodgers at 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network, welcoming SEC East foe Tennessee (5-5, 3-3 SEC). REPORTER: Cole Cubelic ^ Mizzou will be looking to snap a four-game skid as the Vols come to town Saturday, doing so with a three-game win streak in tote, with four wins in their last five games. With both teams at 5-5 on the season, the winner will become TIGER RADIO NETWORK bowl eligible (keep in mind Mizzou's current postseason ban from the NCAA is currently under appeal and the Tigers XM: 190 | SIRIUS: 133 | INTERNET: 961 will be eligible with a win). PBP: Mike Kelly ^ Saturday's game will be broadcast on SEC Network with Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers and Cole Cubelic on the call. ANALYST: Howard Richards Mizzou fans can also hear the game on the Tiger Radio Network with Mike Kelly, Howard Richards and Chris Gervino SIDELINE: Chris Gervino on the call. 2019 SCHEDULE (5-5, 2-4 SEC) TIGERS HONORING 18 SENIORS AT 2019's FINAL HOME GAME DATE MIZ RK OPP RK OPPONENT TV TIME CT ^ Saturday, Mizzou will honor its 18 seniors. The Tigers have won all three senior day games under fourth-year head A 31 rv | - - | - at Wyoming CBS Sports Network L, 37-31 coach Barry Odom. Mizzou's 18 seniors are listed below: S 7 - | - - | - West Virginia ESPN2 W, 38-7 - CB Demarkus Acy (captain) S 14 - | - - |- SE Missouri SEC Network (alt) W, 50-0 - DB Ronnell Perkins (fifth year) - WR Jonathan Nance (graduate transfer) S 21 - | - - | - South Carolina SEC Network (alt) W, 34-14 - QB Kelly Bryant (graduate transfer) O 5 rv | - - | - Troy SEC Network W, 42-10 - WR Justin Smith (fifth year) O 12 rv | - - | - Ole Miss (Homecoming) ESPN2 W, 38-27 - WR Johnathon Johnson (fifth year) O 19 22 | - - | - at Vanderbilt SEC Network L, 21-14 - DB Richaud Floyd (fifth year) O 26 rv | - - | - at Kentucky SEC Network L, 29-7 - K/P Tucker McCann N 9 - |- 6 | 6 at Georgia ESPN L, 27-0 - DB Khalil Oliver (graduate transfer) N 16 - | - 10 | 10 Florida CBS L, 23-6 - DL Franklin Agbasimere (fifth year) N 23 - | - - | - Tennessee SEC Network 6:30 p.m. - LB Jacob Trump (medically retired) N 29 - | - - | - at Arkansas (in Little Rock) CBS 1:30 PM - LB Cale Garrett - LB Joe Hoy #ZOUNOTES - STATS YOU NEED TO KNOW - OL Thomas Grossman - OL Jonah Dubinski (medically retired) ^ 50-17: The score of the last two Mizzou-Tennessee games, both in - OL Yasir Durant Mizzou's favor. - OL Tre'Vour Wallace-Simms ^ 571.5: Average total offense by the Tigers in each of their last two - DL Tyrell Jacobs games vs. Tennessee. In Mizzou's last three games, including 2016's 63-37 loss at Neyland, the team is averaging an incredible 627.7 TIGERS IN THE MIDDLE OF TOUCH SCHEDULE STRETCH total yards per game in that span. ^ Mizzou has had a strange schedule this season, opening on the road at Wyoming way back in August before playing ^ 343.0: Average rushing yards by Mizzou in its last two games against a school-record five straight home games with a bye sprinkled in from Sept. 7 through Oct. 12. The Tigers then went Tennessee. In fact, over its last three games vs. Tennessee the Tigers on the road for three-straight games, closing with a contest at then-sixth-ranked Georgia. The Tigers finally returned are averaging 368.7 yards per game on the ground. home last week to face No. 11 Florida, having gone 35 days between home games. Mizzou is the only Power 5 team ^ 165.9: Passing yards per game allowed by Mizzou, the nation's to go that long between home games this season and it is tied with Ball State, Northern Illinois and Kent State for fourth-best mark and the SEC's best. the longest such streak nationally this season. ^ 52: Tackles by sophomore LB Nick Bolton over his last five games. ^ Additionally, Mizzou is coming off of back-to-back games vs. teams ranked in the Top 11 nationally. Mizzou's bout at Bolton is having an All-SEC caliber year during a breakout sophomore Georgia (Nov. 9) and last Saturday's tilt vs. No. 11 Florida marked the first time that Mizzou has played Top 11 teams season. He leads the SEC in tackles (8.8 per game and 88 total), solo in back-to-back weeks since the 2007 season when it defeated second-ranked Kansas, 36-28, in Kansas City one tackles (6.1 and 61 total) and he is also leading the SEC with 10.2 week prior to losing the Big 12 Championship game to ninth-ranked Oklahoma, 38-17. tackles per game during league contests. He has an incredible 43 ^ Now, the Tigers get a Tennessee team that has won three straight and four of five, before closing the regular season solo tackles in six SEC games. next Friday (Nov. 29) vs. Arkansas in Little Rock. ^ 13: Mizzou's last 13 interceptions have all been converted to touchdowns, dating back to last year's game at Tennessee. Every SERIES VS. TENNESSEE interception it has had since that game has been converted to a ^ Mizzou leads the all-time series with Tennessee, 5-2, with all seven meetings coming since Mizzou joined the SEC touchdown, including four pick-six scores. in 2012. Mizzou won the initial meeting in a wild, 51-48 four overtime decision at Neyland Stadium. Mizzou won the ^ 5: Defensive TDs for Mizzou this season, the nation's second-best first three meetings between the two SEC East rivals, including wins in 2013 and 2014 as the Tigers claimed back- mark. All five of Mizzou's defensive scores have come at home this to-back SEC East championships. ^ Tennessee won two straight in the series from 2015-16, including a 63-37 win in 2016. season. ^ Mizzou has won the last two meetings in the series, both by a score of 50-17. ^ 155: Rushing yards needed by junior RB Larry Rountree III to move ^ Last year, Mizzou got a pair of huge defensive plays that led to scores and then-senior QB Drew Lock guided a into solo possession of fifth place on Mizzou's career rushing yards dominant Mizzou offense all afternoon as Mizzou improved to 7-4 overall with what was then its eighth-consecutive list. He would pass Tiger legend Henry Josey if he reaches that mark. November win. Rountree is averaging 145 yards per game against Tennessee in his ^ Then a junior, CB DeMarkus Acy hauled in his second and third career interceptions in the game. He returned his career. #ShowMe @MIZZOUFOOTBALL 2 STORY LINES PRO-NUN-SEE-A-SHUN GUIDE first interception 78 yards to set up a second-quarter Mizzou PASS DEFENSE AMONG NATION'S BEST score and ice the game. ^ Heading into Saturday's game vs. Tennessee, Mizzou ranks PLAYERS _________________________ PLAY-urz ^ With 135 yards on the ground, then-sophomore RB Larry sixth nationally and tops in the SEC in passing yards allowed Franklin AGBASIMERE ___________ag-BAZZ-ih-mear Rountree III recorded his fourth career game of 100 rushing per game, limiting opponents to just 165.9 yards through the Tyler BADIE _________________________ BAY-dee yards. In his career, Rountree is averaging 145 yards per game air over 10 games (on pace for fewest allowed since 2005 SIMI BAKARE ___________SIM-eee buh-CAR-eee Connor BAZELAK __________________BAY-zuh-lack (6.6 per carry) on the ground vs. Tennessee while scoring a - 151.3). That is a stark contrast from last year’s group that Larry BOROM _______________________ BORE-um pair of TDs. finished 112th nationally, allowing opposing teams to throw Z’CORE Brooks ____________________zuh-CORE-ee ^ Over Mizzou's last two games vs. Tennessee, both 50-17 for 262.0/game through the air. Right now, that is a 106-place D.J. BULLARD _______________________BULL-urd wins, the Tigers are averaging 571.5 total yards of offense per improvement in the national rankings, the best among any AKIAL Byers ________________________uh-KEE-ull game, including an incredible 343.0 per game on the ground.