2008 Missouri Tigers football team explained

Year:2008
Team:Missouri Tigers
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Division:North Division
Short Conf:Big 12
Coachrank:16
Aprank:19
Record:10–4
Conf Record:5–3
Head Coach:Gary Pinkel
Hc Year:8th
Off Coach:Dave Christensen
Oc Year:8th
Off Scheme:Spread
Def Coach:Matt Eberflus
Dc Year:8th
Def Scheme:4–3
Captain:Chase Daniel
Ziggy Hood
William Moore
Tommy Saunders
Stadium:Faurot Field
(Capacity: 68,349)
Champion:Big 12 North Division co-champion
Alamo Bowl champion
Bowl:Alamo Bowl
Bowl Result:W 30–23 OT vs. Northwestern
Conf Champ:Big 12 Championship
Conf Champ Result:L 21–62 vs. Oklahoma

The 2008 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned in his eighth season with Mizzou, and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium.

Quarterback Chase Daniel returned for his final year of eligibility and led the Tigers to a second appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game.[1]

Recruits

Key Losses:

Five junior Tigers will return for the 2008 season after turning down the NFL Draft, including QB Chase Daniel, TE Chase Coffman, SS William Moore, Delaware Stryker Sulak and DT Ziggy Hood.[1] The Tigers will have 16 returning starters, 10 on defense and six on offense.[3]

Redshirt freshman DE John Stull was removed from the team on January 11, 2008, after being arrested on drug charges.[4]

22 Recruits list.

Following their Cotton Bowl Classic victory, Mizzou landed a number of previously committed recruits from the state of Missouri. QB Blaine Gabbert from Ballwin, Missouri is the No. 1 rated prep player in the state of Missouri, and No. 1 rated pro-style quarterback in his recruiting class.[5] and the Tigers landed him after he had previously committed to Nebraska.[6] According to Rivals rankings, the Tigers also landed WR Wes Kemp (#5), TE Andrew Jones (#3), DE Alden Smith (#6) and RB Drew Temple (#11), brother of former Tigers player Tony Temple all from in-state high schools.[7]

From out of state, the Tigers landed OT Dan Hoch, who like Gabbert previously committed to Nebraska.[8]

Game summaries

Illinois

See also: 2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.

In a close contest where Missouri held a big lead for most of the game, Illinois cuts it to within 10 near the end but gets no closer.

Southeast Missouri State

Missouri takes a commanding 42–0 lead over their FCS competition in their best defensive performance of the year, the first half really showcased their offensive abilities. The second half was a mere formality as Missouri's backups played the entire second half.

Nevada

See also: 2008 Nevada Wolf Pack football team.

Derrick Washington, Jeremy Maclin, and Jeff Wolfert scored for Missouri, and Colin Kaepernick rushed for a 1-yard touchdown for Nevada in the first quarter.

Chase Daniel passed to Jared Perry for 27 yards for a 2nd-quarter touchdown. Brett Jaekle kicked a field goal for Nevada, followed by Washington's 2-yard touchdown for Missouri. Maclin caught a pass (14 yards) from Daniel for Missouri, followed by a Kaepernick pass (42 yards) to Marko Mitchell for a Nevada touchdown.

Third quarter was all Missouri. Daniel passed to Maclin for a 49-yard touchdown, Tommy Saunders passed to Chase Coffman for a 32-yard touchdown and then Chase Paton rushed for a 3-yard touchdown. Jeff Wolfert kicked a 24-yard field goal for Missouri.

Buffalo

See also: 2008 Buffalo Bulls football team.

Missouri looked a bit flat at times against Buffalo but still won in commanding fashion.

At Nebraska

See also: 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.

Chase Daniel threw three touchdown passes, Derrick Washington ran for 139 yards and scored three times, as Missouri mopped up Nebraska for their first road win against the Cornhuskers in 30 years (1978). The Tigers never had to punt all game.

The 35-point defeat was the Huskers' most lopsided home loss in 53 years.

Oklahoma State

See also: 2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team.

Oklahoma State handed Missouri their first loss as well as forced their first three and outs all year, giving teams a blueprint on how to slow down the Tigers' "video game offense" which looked unstoppable up to that point.

At Texas

See also: 2008 Texas Longhorns football team.

Sportscasters touted the 2005 contest with the Missouri Tigers as a showcase between two of the best dual-threat quarterbacks playing in college football, pitting Missouri quarterback Brad Smith against Vince Young of Texas.[9] [10] The two players combined for 582 yards total offense. Both Young and Smith led their respective team in rushing yards. Young had 108 rushing yards while Smith had 57. Young had 236 passing yards compared to Smith's 181. Texas won the game 51–20[11] to extend its series lead over Missouri to 15–5.[12] The two teams did not face each other in 2006 or 2007.[13]

Like the 2005 game, the 2008 matchup was billed as a battle between two great quarterbacks, Colt McCoy of Texas and Chase Daniel of Missouri having both been mentioned as possible Heisman trophy candidates. Texas was playing their first home game as a number-one ranked team since 1977. Missouri won their first five games of 2008 and had moved into third place in the nation before they were upset at home by the Oklahoma State Cowboys and fell to eleventh place. The Tigers came into the game with a 0–10 record against number-one ranked teams, and they had not won a football game in Austin since 1896.[14]

To help ensure that the Longhorns did not dwell on the emotional victory over the Sooners one week earlier, the UT coaching staff called the team together and buried the TX/OU game ball in the UT practice field on the Monday before the game. The morning of the game the betting line on the morning of the game was Texas by points; the over/under was 65.[15] The temperature was 72°F at kickoff, with clear skies.[16] ESPN College GameDay was in Austin for the game, which set a new attendance record (UT, state of Texas, Big12 Conference) of 98,383.

Missouri won the coin toss and elected to receive the kickoff. They returned the ball to their 40 yard-line. On the first play from scrimmage, Missouri tried a reverse, but Texas dropped them for a loss and Missouri went three-and-out. Missouri had gone without a three-and-out for the whole season until having two during their loss the previous week against Oklahoma State. The Missouri punt rolled to the Texas 5-yard line. Colt McCoy led the Longhorns 95-yards for a touchdown.[17]

Texas had the ball 5-times in the first half and scored a touchdown each time, taking a 35–0 lead. Missouri scored a field goal at the end of the first half to make the score 35–3. Texas was forced to punt on their first possession of the second half and Missouri scored a touchdown to narrow the lead to 35–10. Texas rebounded with a touchdown and Missouri was never able to cut the lead to less than 25 points.[17] The final score was Texas-56, Missouri-31.[17] [18]

McCoy completed the game with 337 yards on 29-of-32 passing with two touchdowns, rushed for two more and at one point completed a school-record 17 passes in a row. His completion ratio of 79% coming into the game improved as he completed 91% of his passes in this game. His four touchdowns put him in first place for the most career touchdowns scored at Texas (82), passing Vince Young (81).[19]

ESPN's recap of the game said, "And when McCoy dribbled the ball on the ground only to pick it up and throw a strike that kept the last drive of the half alive, he created the 'Did you just see that?' moment of the season so far. With one half of near-perfect football, Texas buried not only the remnants of the Sooners and the Tigers, but any doubt about who deserves to be No. 1. For now."[19]

Colorado

See also: 2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team.

The Tigers won their 600th game since their inception in 1890, in an overwhelming 58–0 shutout of the Buffaloes in the Tigers' Homecoming game at Faurot Field rolling up 491 total offensive yards. Chase Daniel passed for 302 yards, and the runners ran for another 189 yards. Daniel was 31-for-37 throwing five touchdowns, intercepted once. Jeremy Maclin had 11 pass receptions for 134 yards with two touchdowns. The defense was outstanding, holding Colorado to a mere 41 net yards rushing and 158 passing for only 199 total offensive yards.[20]

At Baylor

See also: 2008 Baylor Bears football team.

Missouri looked good early but barely scraped by Baylor for another flat performance in what was quickly becoming a disappointing season for the Tigers.

Kansas State

See also: 2008 Kansas State Wildcats football team.

Getting back on track, Missouri routed Kansas State coasting on a commanding 24–3 halftime lead.

At Iowa State

See also: 2008 Iowa State Cyclones football team.

Iowa State put up very little resistance against the much better Missouri Tigers who played their backups for most of the second half.

Kansas (Border Showdown in Kansas City, Missouri)

See also: 2008 Kansas Jayhawks football team.

On November 30, offensive coordinator Dave Christensen accepted the job as head coach for the Wyoming Cowboys in 2009.[21]

Kansas also got their revenge for having their perfect season ruined the previous year by handing the Tigers their third loss and all but guaranteeing they wouldn't play in a BCS bowl game unless they got a win over Oklahoma.

Oklahoma (Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship in Kansas City, Missouri)

See also: 2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team.

QB Chase Daniel became the Missouri career total offense yardage leader with 13,256. He entered the game with 12,988 yards and had 268 total yards (255 passing, 13 rushing) in the game. He moved ahead of Brad Smith (13,088) and had 13,256 at halftime. Senior CB Tru Vaughns made his first career start. PK Jeff Wolfert improved his career PAT mark to a perfect 182 of 182. TE Chase Coffman recorded his 30th career touchdown reception. He was already Missouri's all-time touchdown reception leader. Former walk-on WR Tommy Saunders moved into sixth place on the MU career receptions list. He finished the game with 144 to pass current Kansas City Chiefs' Will Franklin.[22]

Jeremy Maclin leads all of major-college football in all-purpose yards per game with 203.54 (2,646 yds. in 13 G), over 20 yards more than second-place Jahvid Best (California).[23]
He has 1,221 receiving, 987 kickoff return, 250 rushing, and 188 punt returns yardage.[24]

On December 11, TE Chase Coffman won the prestigious John Mackey Tight End Award as the nation's top tight end.[25]

Through 13 games in 2008, MU's offense ranks 4th in the nation in passing (340.38 ypg), 6th in total offense (497.46 ypg), 6th in scoring (43.15 ppg) and 8th in pass efficiency (162.69 rating).

On December 12, Pinkel said the new offensive coordinator will be present quarterbacks' coach and recruiting coordinator, David Yost.[26]

Northwestern (16th Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas)

See also: 2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team and 2008 Alamo Bowl.

Coaching staff

Name Position Years
at MU
Alma mater (Year)
Gary Pinkel[27] Head coach 8 Kent State (1975)
Assistant head coach
Offensive coordinator
Quarterbacks
Offensive line
8 Western Washington (1985)
Associate head coach
Defensive coordinator
Safeties
8 Toledo (1993)
Cornell Ford Cornerbacks 8 Toledo (1991)
Andy Hill Wide receivers 13 University of Missouri (1985)
Brian Jones Running backs 8 Connecticut (1981)
Craig Kuligowski Defensive line 8 Toledo (1991)
Linebackers 8 Kutztown (1982)
Bruce Walker Tight ends
Assistant offensive line
8 Central Washington (1983)
David Yost Quarterbacks
Recruiting coordinator
8 Kent State (1992)
Assistant AD for football operations 6 University of Missouri (1999)
Nick Otterbacher Director of football recruiting 5 Toledo (2002)

Coaching staff from: Web site: Missouri Tigers - 2008 Roster. CSTV.com. December 28, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20080101143324/http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/miss-m-footbl-mtt.html#Numerical. January 1, 2008. live.

Rankings

(as of January 9, 2009)

See also: 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.

See also: 2008 NCAA Division I-A football season.

See also: Missouri Tigers football under Gary Pinkel.

Statistics

Statistics from: Web site: Missouri Tigers – Cumulative Season Statistics. CSTV.com. December 31, 2008. January 2, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090211205745/http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2008-2009/teamcume.html. February 11, 2009. dead.

Team

(to December 29, 2008)

MU Opp
SCORING   591   381
  Points per Game   42.2   27.2
FIRST DOWNS   358   327
  Rushing   100   110
  Passing   235   199
  Penalty   23   18
RUSHING YARDAGE 2,153 1,748
  Gained 2,407 2,219
  Lost   -254   -471
  Attempts   417   510
  Avg per Rush   5.2   3.4
  Avg. per game   153.8   124.9
  TDs Rushing   28   19
PASSING YARDAGE 4,625 4,013
  Comp-Att-Int 404-565-18 374-583-14
  Avg per Pass   8.2   6.9
  Avg per Catch   11.4   10.7
  Avg. per game   330.4   286.6
  TDs Passing   41   29
MU Opp
TOTAL OFFENSE 6,778 5,761
  Total plays    982 1,093
  Avg. per play    6.9     5.3
  Avg. per game 484.1 411.5
Fumbles-Lost 13-8 19-8
Penalties–yards 58-524 98-827
  Avg. per game 37.4 59.1
Punts–yards 34-1,397 72-2,788
  Avg per Punt 41.1  38.7
Net punt avg 37.7 32.9
Time of Possession/Game 26:08 33:31
3rd down conversions 87/163 (53%) 106/230 (46%)
4th down conversions 6/14 (43%) 14/27 (52%)
Sacks By–yards   33-254   16-94
Misc. Yards   14   0
Touchdowns Scored    76    50
Field goals–attempts-Long 20-27 (74%) 10-14 (71%)
On-Side Kicks   0-0   1-1
Red-Zone Scores   58-65 (89%)   36-50 (72%)
Red-Zone TDs   46-65 (71%)   29-50 (58%)
PAT–attempts 73-73 (100%) 47-49 (96%)
ATTENDANCE 387,120 264,910
  Games / Avg. per game   6 / 64,520 4 / 66,228
  Neutral Site 4 / 68,138

Scores by quarter

(through December 29, 2008)

Offense

Rushing

(to December 29, 2008)

Name GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
Derrick Washington 14 177   1,078 42 1,036 5.9 17 59 74.0
14   40     306 13   293 7.3   2 56 20.9
14   69     384 103   281 4.1   1 48 20.1
Jimmy Jackson 14   59     275 28   247 4.2   6 37 17.6
De'Vion Moore 13   41     251 20   231 5.6   1 55 17.8
  5   6     37 15   22 3.7   0 30   4.4
Shawn Scott   3   4     23   1   22 5.5   0   8   7.3
Tommy Saunders 14   3     14   0   14 4.7   0   8   1.0
Jerrell Jackson 13   2     11   1   10 5.0   0 11   0.8
Chase Patton   8   5     19 10     9 1.8   1 11   1.1
12   2       6   0     6 3.0   0   3   0.5
Tyrone Reece   2   3       3   5     -2 -0.7   0   3   -1.0
TEAM 11   4       0   8     -8 -2.0   0   0   -0.7
Jared Perry 14   2       0   8     -8 -4.0   0   0   -0.6
TOTAL 14 417   2,407 254 2,153 5.2 28 59 153.8
Opponents 14 510   2,219 471 1,748 3.4 19 93 124.9

Passing

(to December 29, 2008)

Name (G) Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
Chase Daniel (14) 159.44 385-528-18 72.9 4,335 39 80 309.6
Chase Patton (8) 176.47 12-18-0 66.7 196   1 48   24.5
Blaine Gabbert (5)   66.25   5-13-0 38.5   43   0 14   8.6
Tommy Saunders (14) 479.20   2-2-0100.0   51   132   5.1
Chase Coffman (12) 0.00   0-1-0  0.0   0   0   0   0.0
Danario Alexander (12) 0.00   0-1-0  0.0   0   0   0   0.0
TEAM (11) 0.00   0-2-0   0.0   0   0   0   0.0
TOTAL (14) 157.84 404-565-18 71.5 4,62541 80 330.4
Opponents (14) 133.58 374-583-14 64.2 4,013 29 65 286.6

Receiving

(to December 29, 2008)

Name GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
14 102 1,260 12.4 13 80   90.0
12 90   987 11.0 10 48   82.2
Tommy Saunders 14 72   833 11.6   7 69   59.5
Jared Perry 14 41   567 13.8   4 38   40.5
Derrick Washington 14 29   277   9.6   2 28   19.8
12 26   329 12.7   5 39   27.4
Andrew Jones 13 20   146   7.3   0 15   11.2
Jerrell Jackson 13   9   98 10.9   0 15   7.5
Earl Goldsmith 13   5   58 11.6   0 17   4.5
Michael Egnew 13   4   22   5.5   0   7   1.7
Jimmy Jackson 14   3   26   8.7   0 13   1.9
Wes Kemp   7   1   15 15.0   0 15   2.1
Jon Gissinger 14   1   10 10.0   0 10   0.7
Colin Brown 14   1   -3 -3.0   0   0   -0.2
TOTAL 14 404 4,625 11.4 41 80 330.4
Opponents 14 374 4,013 10.7 29 65 286.6

Field Goals / PAT

(to December 29, 2008)

Special teams

(to December 29, 2008)

NamePuntingKickoffs
No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdNo. Yds Avg TB OB
Jeff Wolfert 7   297 42.4 54 1 0 3 0 103   6,550 63.6 15 1
Jake Harry 26 1,057 40.7 55 3 5 10 0
Grant Ressel 1   43 43.0 43 0 1 0 0
Tanner Mills 3   203 67.7 0 0
TOTAL 34 1,397 41.1 55 4 6 13 0 106   6,753 63.7 15 1
Opponents 72 2,788 38.7 69 6 20 23 1 70   3,903 55.8 4 1
NamePunt ReturnsKick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long
23 270 11.7 1 75 42 1,010 24.0 1 99
Tommy Saunders 2 24 12.0 0 15
Will Ebner 2   6 3.0 0 0
Jimmy Jackson 10 119 11.9 0 22
Tru Vaughns 3   67 22.3 0 24
Jon Gissinger 3   26   8.7 0 12
Earl Goldsmith 2   22 11.0 0 15
Jeff Gettys 1   1   1.0 0 1
TOTAL 27 300 11.1 1 75 61 1,245 20.4 1 99
Opponents 11 35 3.2 0 11 88 2,018 22.9 1 97

Interceptions

(to December 29, 2008)

Name No. Yds Avg TD Long
  3 100   33.3 2 65
Brock Christopher   3   39   13.0 1 22
Kenji Jackson   2   34   17.0 0 25
Jaron Baston   1   5   5.0 0   5
Castine Bridges   1   7   7.0 0   7
Kevin Rutland   1   12   12.0 0 12
Jeff Gettys   1   27   27.0 1 27
  1   17   17.0 1 17
Carl Gettis   1   27   27.0 0 27
TOTAL 14 268   19.1 5 65
Opponents 18 158   8.8 1 39

Fumble Returns

(to December 29, 2008)

Name No. Yds Avg TD Long
Jaron Baston   1   18 18.0 0 18
TOTAL   1   18 18.0 0 18
Opponents   1   23 23.0 0 23

Defense

(to December 29, 2008)

NameGPTacklesSacksPass defenseFumblesBlkd
Kick
Saf
Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No.-Yds Int-Yds. BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF
GP Solo Tackles Ast Total Tackles TFL-Yds Sacks:No.-Yds Pass:No. Int-Yds Pass BrUp Pass QBH Fumbles:Rcv-Yds FF Blkd Kick Saf-->14   76 79 155 18.5-75   5.0-46   3-100   7   6   - 2   - -
Brock Christopher 14   51 54 105   7.5-20   1.0-6   3-39   6   3   1-0 -   - -
Justin Garrett 14   51 38   89   1.5-3   -   -   6   3   - -   - -
12   55 31   86   6.5-19   1.0-10   1-17   6   1   - 3   - -
Carl Gettis 14   52 26   78   4.0-8   -   1-27   4   -   1-0 -   - -
Castine Bridges 12   49 20   69   4.5-8   0.5-2   1-7   7   -   - -   - -
Kenji Jackson 13   40 22   62   -   -  2-34   1   -   - 1   - -
Ziggy Hood 14   31 31   62   7.0-42   5.0-37  -   2 12   2-0 -   1 -
Luke Lambert 14   30 28   58   3.5-7   1.0-2  -   1   -   1-0 1   - -
Stryker Sulak 14   29 26   55 15.5-106 10.5-94  -   6   6   - 6   1 -
Tru Vaughns 14   26 23   49   2.5-5   1.0-4  -   3   -   - -   - -
Jaron Baston 14   17 32   49   8.0-22   1.0-8  1-5   1   1   2-18 -   - -
Jacquies Smith 14   22 24   46   3.0-6   1.0-3  -   2   2   - -   - -
Tommy Chavis 13   21 23   44   6.0-31   3.0-20  -   2   6   - 2   - -
Del Howard 13   22 19   41   -   -  -   1   -   - -   - -
Hardy Ricks 14   26 13   39   1.5-6   -  -   -   1   - -   - -
Brian Coulter 12   13 16   29   6.5-44   3.0-22   -   2   1   - 2   - -
Andrew Gachkar 14   13 15   28   1.0-2   -   -   1   -   - -   - -
Kevin Rutland 14   16   9   25   -   -   1-12   5   -   1-0 -   - -
Will Ebner 14   15   6   21   3.0-20   -   -   -   1   - -   1 -
Dominique Hamilton 13   8 10   18   0.5-0   -   -   1   -   - 1   - -
Chris Earnhardt 7   7 10   17   1.0-4   -   -   -   2   - -   - -
Trey Hobson 12   10   6   16   1.0-1   -   -   1   -   - -   - -
Terrell Resonno 14   7   6   13   1.0-2   -   -   -   1   - -   - -
TEAM 11   4   7   11   -   -   -   1   -   - -   - 1
Van Alexander 8   2   5   7   -   -   -   -   -   - -   - -
Jeff Gettys 14   5   1   6   -   -   1-27   -   -   - -   - -
Others (17) 14   11 13   24   -   -   -   -   -   - -   - -
TOTAL 14 709 593 1,302 103-431 33- 254 14-268 66 46   8-18 18   3 1
Opponents 14 510 526 1,036 77-250 16- 94 18-158 38 16   8-23 9   2 1

Notes and References

  1. Associated Press. Five Tigers to stay next year, drop NFL Draft plan January 8, 2008
  2. Web site: Watson . Graham . January 3, 2008 . Good news for MU is that 2008 could be even better . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080104070830/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/mizzou/story/8D7D38081FFA6E8F862573C50017B791?OpenDocument . 2008-01-04.
  3. DeArmond, Mike (January 8, 2008) Missouri's five draft-worthy juniors all returning The Kansas City Star.
  4. Web site: Watson . Graham . January 12, 2008 . MU's Stull is kicked off team . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080113153640/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/mizzou/story/9F0F9D07A2BB4BAD862573CE0015E012?OpenDocument . 2008-01-13.
  5. Web site: Gabbert is Mizzou's star attraction . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081005024839/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/mizzou/story/C73F6BE3667D59C4862573E700180713?OpenDocument . 2008-10-05.
  6. DeArmond, Mike (January 7, 2008) St. Louis receiver switches to Mizzou The Kansas City Star.
  7. http://missouri.rivals.com/commitlist.asp Missouri Commitments List 2008
  8. DeArmond, Mike (January 8, 2008) Iowa HS football star who committed to Huskers changes to Missouri The Kansas City Star.
  9. News: Hot Stuff. Sports Illustrated. September 30, 2006. Walters, John. December 14, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20070102215423/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/john_walters/09/30/weekend.pickoff/index.html. January 2, 2007. live.
  10. News: Putting Their Feet Up. Columbia Daily Tribune. May 17, 2006. Matter, Dave. December 14, 2006.
  11. Web site: Texas vs Missouri Tigers . October 1, 2005 . University of Texas at Austin Department of Athletics . July 30, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060706181702/http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/000_stats/05/ut4.htm . July 6, 2006 . dead .
  12. Web site: All-Time Records vs. Opponents . University of Texas at Austin Department of Athletics . July 30, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081217163452/http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-record-teams.html . December 17, 2008 .
  13. Web site: All-Time Results . University of Texas at Austin Department of Athletics . October 29, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071014191859/http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=1349&change_well_id=2 . October 14, 2007 . dead .
  14. News: Missouri Football Moves On. https://archive.today/20081020100420/http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/10/12/missouri-football-moves/. dead. October 20, 2008. Andrew. Astleford. Columbia Missourian. October 12, 2008. October 16, 2008.
  15. Web site: Betting Line – NCAA football. Vegas.com. October 18, 2008. October 18, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081019220735/http://www.vegas.com/gaming/sportsline_ncaaf.html. October 19, 2008. live.
  16. Web site: Hour-by-hour forecast for Austin, Texas. The Weather Channel. October 18, 2008. October 18, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080915232250/http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/USTX0057?from=36hr_fcstHourLink_undeclared. September 15, 2008. live.
  17. Web site: (11) Missouri 31, (1) Texas 56 – McCoy, No. 1 Texas ride 35-0 lead past No. 11 Mizzou – Play-by-play. ESPN. October 18, 2008. October 18, 2008.
  18. Web site: (11) Missouri 31, (1) Texas 56 – McCoy, No. 1 Texas ride 35-0 lead past No. 11 Mizzou – Drive chart. ESPN. October 18, 2008. October 18, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081023202719/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/drivechart?gameId=282920251. October 23, 2008. dead.
  19. News: (11) Missouri 31, (1) Texas 56 – McCoy, No. 1 Texas ride 35-0 lead past No. 11 Mizzou – Recap. ESPN. October 18, 2008. October 18, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081022105738/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=282920251. October 22, 2008. dead.
  20. https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=282990142 Missouri Tigers vs. Colorado Buffaloes, Oct. 25 Box Score
  21. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/mizzou/story/0EB5B8E1460E90378625751100681E58?OpenDocument Christensen to Wyoming
  22. Web site: Mizzou/Oklahoma Post-Game Notes . 2008-12-07 . https://archive.today/20120715031208/http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/120708aab.html . 2012-07-15 . dead .
  23. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/mizzou/story/A2875B5C782E40058625751F0014CBDF?OpenDocument Maclin says jump to NFL isn't a done deal yet
  24. Web site: Missouri Football "Overall Individual Statistics" ('All Purpose') . 2008-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090211205745/http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2008-2009/teamcume.html#TEAM.IND . 2009-02-11 . dead .
  25. Web site: Coffman Wins John Mackey Tight End Award: Senior Becomes First-Ever Tiger To Win National Position Trophy . 2008-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090305143010/http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121108aab.html . 2009-03-05 . dead .
  26. Web site: Yost Tabbed To Take Over As Offensive Coordinator . 2008-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081217053546/http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121208aad.html . 2008-12-17 . dead .
  27. Web site: Gary Pinkel bio . 2007-12-29 . 2007-12-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071212160356/http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/pinkel_gary00.html . dead .