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COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri football returns home for the final two games of the 2022 regular season and will face New Mexico State for the first time – in a nonconference matchup – on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m. CT inside Faurot Field / Memorial Stadium.
The Tigers will honor their 2022 season class in a pregame ceremony on the field. The game is set to air on ESPNU and the Tiger Radio Network. Tickets are available by calling 1-800-CAT-PAWS or buying online!
SENIOR SALUTE
Mizzou will honor its seniors in a pregame ceremony, offensive players Jack Abraham, Barrett Banister, D.J. Bullard, Kibet Chepyator, Tauskie Dove, Bobby Lawrence, Nathaniel Peat, Zeke Powell, Trenton Sederwall, Richard Taylor and Connor Wood; defensive players DJ Coleman, Tyrone Hopper II, Trajan Jeffcoat, Martez Manuel, Isaiah McGuire, Devin Nicholson, Darius Robinson, Jalani Williams and special teamers Jake Hoffman and Sean Koetting.
MISSOURI TIGERS
Head Coach Eliah Drinkwitz
Record at Mizzou 15-18 (Third Year)
Overall Record 27-19 (Fourth Year)
NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES
Head Coach Jerry Kill
Record at School 4-5 (First Year)
Overall Record 162-109 (24th Year)
GAME INFORMATION
Facility Memorial Stadium / Faurot FIeld
Capacity 62,621
Series Record First Meeting
In Columbia First Meeting
Last Meeting First Meeting
TV: ESPNU
• Play-by-Play Drew Carter Analyst Forrest Conoly
• Online: WatchESPN.com
• Mobile App: ESPN
RADIO: TIGER RADIO NETWORK
• Play-by-Play Mike Kelly Analyst Howard Richards Sideline Reporter Chris Gervino
• Local: 1580 AM / 105.1 FM
• Satellite: Sirius XM 137 or 190 / SXM App 961
• App: Mizzou Tigers / The Varsity Network: “Search Mizzou”
THE SERIES
Saturday marks the first meeting between the two programs.
THE COACHES
Eliah Drinkwitz is in his third season as Mizzou’s head coach. He led the Tigers to bowl appearances in each of his first two seasons, joining former head coach Warren Powers as the only two MU head coaches to achieve that feat. Additionally, only Powers won more games in his first two seasons at MU (1978-79, 15) than Drinkwitz (11). Prior to taking the Mizzou job, Drinkwitz was 12-1 as the head coach at Appalachian State in 2019. He had previous stops as the OC at NC State, Boise State and Arkansas State.
Jerry Kill is 4-5 in his second season at New Mexico State and 162-108 in 24 seasons as a head coach. The 35th head coach at NMSU, Kill has previous head coaching stops at the NCAA Division II, FCS and FBS levels, including: TCU (interim), Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Emporia State, Saginaw Valley State and Webb City HS.
STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS …
• The path forward for Mizzou is simple – win its final two games of the regular season and it would earn a bowl bid for the third-straight season. The Tigers last had three-straight bowl bids from 2009-11 – part of seven-straight postseason games between 2006-11.
• Mizzou announced a pair of contract extensions recently, adding two years to Head Coach Eliah Drinkwitz and three to Defensive Coordinator Blake Baker. Drinkwitz is locked up through the 2027 season while Baker is inked through 2025.
• WR Barrett Banister was named a semifinalist for the Wuerffel Trophy and is Mizzou’s nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy.
• DB Kris Abrams-Draine is tied for the top spot in the SEC in passes defended with 11, an average of 1.22 per game.
• The 2022 Tigers rank among the SEC’s top four teams in scoring defense (4th, 21.4 ppg), rushing defense (4th, 86.3 ypg), passing defense (4th, 192.4 ypg) and total defense (4th, 304.1 ypg).
• Four of Mizzou’s five SEC losses are by seven points or less and a combined 18 points, excluding Tennessee.
• With 61,047 fans packing Faurot vs. Kentucky, it marked the first back-to-back games with an attendance of 60,000 since 2015 (South Carolina and Florida). Mizzou has averaged 56,147 fans per game at home, an increase of nearly 10,000 fans per game from the Tigers’ 2021 averages of 46,516 fans per game.
• Academically, the 2.92 team grade point average in Spring 2022 was football’s highest in eighteen years, excluding the spring 2020 pass/fail period.
THE RARE DOUBLE
• QB Brady Cook had 106 yards rushing and 217 yards passing at Tennessee – the first Tiger to hit that mark since James Franklin vs. Oklahoma in 2011 (103 r, 291 p).
• Cook set career bests for carries (16), yards (106) and longest rush (40). He also went over 2,000 yards passing for the season.
• Chase Daniel accomplished the feat in 2008 against Kansas (103 r, 288 p) and Brad Smith did it five times.
• Cook’s 106 yards on the ground are the most by a Mizzou quarterback since Nov. 2, 2013 when Maty Mauk racked up 114 yards against Tennessee, which was also the last time a Mizzou quarterback broke triple digits in rushing yards.
THIRD & BANISTER
• WR Barrett Banister logged a career best seven receptions for a career high 73 yards at Tennessee.
• He has 29 catches on the season – his fourth-straight season with 27 or more catches, the first Tiger to accomplish the feat since Chase Coffman (2005-08).
• Banister also has a catch in 42 games during his career.
SACK ATTACK
• The Tigers defense racked up three sacks at Tennessee, the units third straight game with three or more sacks, marking the first time this feat has been accomplished since 2019 home matchups against West Virginia (3), SEMO (3) and South Carolina (4).
WALK THE LINE
• The Tennessee game marked the sixth different starting five for the offensive line this season.
• In Knoxville, the Tigers started LT Javon Foster, LG Xavier Delgado, C Connor Tollison, RG Connor Wood and RT Armand Membou.
Foster and Tollison have been the constants, starting the first 10 games.
• Delgado missed the ACU game and was replaced by Luke Griffin.
• Wood has started four games at RG and five at RT.
• At RG, Mitchell Walters had four starts and EJ Ndoma-Ogar had two – starting at South Carolina before being injured against Kentucky.
• RT Zeke Powell was injured in the Auburn game and was replaced by Wood and later Membou.
Hyrin White was injured in the spring and will not play this season.
YOUTH OF THE NATION
• WR Luther Burden III and OL Armand Membou both have earned starts as true freshmen this season with Burden starting seven games and Membou two.
• They’re the first true freshman players to earn starts for Mizzou since Evan Boehm (2012).
FIRST-HALF STOPPING POWER
• For the fifth time this season, Mizzou held their opponent to under 120 yards offense in the first half, with Kentucky only able to muster 119 yards.
• The Wildcats joins South Carolina (104), Vanderbilt (120), Florida (33) and Abilene Christian (51) in first-half offensive troubles against the Tigers.
MCGUIRE SNAGS SEC HONOR
• DL Isaiah McGuire was tabbed as the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week following the win at South Carolina.
• McGuire tied his career bests with three tackles for a loss and two sacks, finishing the game with five total stops. As a team, the Tigers had 11 TFLs and four sacks, holding the Gamecocks to 104 yards in the first half.
AHEAD BY A CENTURY
• Six Tigers have double-digit receptions with five hitting the century mark in total yards through 10 games: Dominic Lovett (49, 706), Luther Burden III (33, 264), Barrett Banister (29, 312), Mookie Cooper (16, 181, Tauskie Dove (14, 219) and Cody Schrader (13, 95).
RANKED ROAD DUB
• By knocking off No. 25 South Carolina 23-10, Mizzou registered its first win over a ranked opponent since defeating No. 17 LSU, 45-41, in 2020.
• The ranked victory on the road is the first since a 2018 win over No. 13 Florida, 38-17, in Gainesville.
KA-DEFENSE
• Vanderbilt’s leading receiver, Will Sheppard, who came into the game with eight receiving touchdowns on the season – was targeted 15 times, but covered mostly by Kris Abrams-Draine, he caught just three passes for 28 yards. Abrams-Draine had five tackles and broke up three passes – two of them in the end zone. In all, Mizzou defenders broke up 10 passes and held Vanderbilt to 49 percent passing.
• Mizzou’s pass defense held Vanderbilt’s quarterbacks to a 49 percent completion rate, marking the second time an opposing team has completed less than half its passes against the Tigers this year.
THE AMERICAN DREAM
• Cody Schrader is living the Tiger tale. A transfer from Division II Truman State and native of St. Louis, he joined the Missouri program in January, 2022.
In 2021, he led all of Division II with 2,074 rushing yards on 300 carries and 24 TDs..
• Schrader earned his first DI start on Sept. 1 and opened the second quarter with a 5-yard TD.
STAYING IN THE SHOW ME STATE
• The 2022 Tigers’ roster features 48 student-athletes from the state of Missouri, including nine from the 573, 24 from the St. Louis area and 11 from the Kansas City area.
2022 FOOTBALL TICKETS
Single-game and group tickets are available for Mizzou’s remaining 2022 home games by calling 1-800-CAT-PAWS or by visiting the football tickets page online.
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