The Morning Brew: Saturday, November 25, 2023
Your daily briefing on what's going on with Mizzou, and how to keep up with the Tigers.
Today is ... National Play With Dad Day
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Today's Schedule
- Men's Basketball: Loyola at Mizzou, 11 a.m. CT, Live Video, Live Audio, Live Stats
- Volleyball: Mizzou at Georgia, 1 p.m., Live Video, Live Stats
- Women's Basketball at Daytona Beach Classic: Mizzou vs. Kent State, 4:45 p.m., Watch, Listen, Live Stats
Mizzou Results
- Football: Mizzou 48, Arkansas 14
- Women's basketball, Daytona Beach Classic: Mizzou 66, Tennessee Tech 65. Grace Slaughter scored 11 points in the third quarter and finished with 18 to lead Missouri (5-1). Mama Dembele contributed a season-high 16 points, with five assists and two steals.
Did You Notice?
- Mizzou has reached the 10-win plateau during the regular season for just the sixth time, joining 2014 (10), 2013 (11), 2010 (10), 2007 (11) and 1960 (10). The Tigers are one of 24 FBS programs with six or more 10-win seasons since 2007.
- Through 12 games this season, MU has yet to trail at the half.
- Mizzou’s rushing attack totaled a season-high 258 yards on 43 attempts for an average of 6.0 yards per carry.
- Cody Schrader rushed for a Mizzou career high of 217 yards to hike his season total to 1,489 yards, climbing to third on the Tigers’ single-season rushing chart, passing Brad Smith’s 2003 total of 1,406 yards. Schrader also moved to within 115 yards of Tyler Badie’s Mizzou single-season rushing record (1,604 in 2021).
- Luther Burden's 1,197 receiving yards for the season ranks fourth all-time on MU’s single-season list, trailing only Danario Alexander (1,781), Jeremy Maclin (1,260) and Victor Bailey (1,210).
- The Tiger offensive line did not yield a sack for the third time this season.
- Missouri allowed a total of 225 yards of offense, its lowest in SEC play this season. The defense also forced six fumbles and recovered five, marking a 2023 season high for takeaways. Tristan Newsom (who also had a career-high 15 tackles) Marvin Burks Jr., Jayden Jernigan and Darius Robinson each registered his first career fumble recovery.
Mizzou Quote of the Day
“We were here to play football, they were here to fight.” — Eli Drinkwitz on the fight that led to three players ejected during Arkansas game
We'll Leave You With This ...
Yep, they brought cigars again ...
