No. 9 MISSOURI at COLORADO
Site—Folsom Field, Boulder, Colo.
Kickoff—4:40 p.m. MDT.
TV—FSN.
Records—No. 9 Missouri (7-1, 3-1 Big 12), Colorado (5-4, 3-2 Big 12)
Coaches—Missouri, Gary Pinkel (117-73-3 career, 44-36 at Missouri), Colorado, Dan Hawkins (99-37-1 career, 7-14 at CU).
Last Meeting—Missouri won 28-13 in Columbia, Mo., on Sept. 30, 2006.
Key Players—Colorado CB Terrence Wheatley had three interceptions last weekend against Texas Tech. … Buffs LB Jordon Dizon leads the nation with 123 tackles this season. Dizon was poked in the eye late in the Texas Tech game but is listed as probable. … Missouri TE Martin Rucker is the nation’s leading tight end in catches (6.8) and yards (73.9) per game. … WR Jeremy Maclin is ninth in the NCAA in all-purpose yards per game (186.9). … CU QB Cody Hawkins has thrown for 2,090 yards this season. He’s on pace to throw for 2,800 yards. Colorado has had a quarterback throw for more than 2,500 yards only four times. … Missouri S Justin Garrett will fill in for Cornelius “Pig” Brown, who ruptured his Achilles’ tendon last Saturday against Iowa State.
Extra Points—Colorado is attempting to win its 400th game all-time in conference play. … The Buffaloes lead the nation in fourth-down conversion tries with 23. They’ve converted 11 times. … The Tigers offense is averaging 498.6 yards a game, which is seventh in the nation. They’re also scoring 40.4 points a game. … Colorado is averaging 25.3 points a game. … Mizzou’s No. 9 ranking is its highest since peaking at No. 8 in the 1981 season. … The Tigers are 7-3 all-time as the ninth-ranked team in the AP poll. … The Buffaloes’ 41 wins over AP-ranked teams since the start of the 1989 season is the seventh most in the nation in that time span.
