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Oklahoma State Post-Game Notes vs. Missouri
October 18, 2009 | Cowboy Football
Oct. 18, 2009
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Oklahoma State Post-Game Notes vs. Missouri
:: Fifth-year head coach Mike Gundy improved to 32-24 in his career, including a 2-1 mark vs. Missouri.
:: OSU is now 22-28 in the all-time series against Missouri, with a 12-11 advantage in Stillwater.
:: Tonight's attendance of 55,752 marked the second-largest single-game crowd in OSU history. OSU has had five of the top 11 crowds in its football history during the 2009 season.
:: Serving as Oklahoma State captains for tonight's game were offensive lineman Russell Okung, defensive back Perrish Cox and linebacker Patrick Lavine.
:: With his 11-yard touchdown run in the opening quarter, senior Keith Toston moved into the top 10 on OSU's career rushing touchdown list. He now has 21, tying him with teammate Kendall Hunter for 10th all time.
:: Toston also moved up OSU's career scoring list. He now has 146 points, which ranks 18th all time.
:: Adding to his list of achievements, Toston became the 17th player in OSU history to rush for 2,000 yards in a career. Toston finished with 87 yards against Missouri and has 2,004 for his career.
:: Sophomore Hubert Anyiam surpassed his career highs for receptions and yards just over 10 minutes into the game. He finished with 10 catches for 119 yards after posting previous career bests of three catches for 58 yards last week at Texas A&M.
:: Anyiam became the second OSU receiver to top 100-receiving yards in a game this season, joining Dez Bryant (161 yards vs. Rice).
:: Anyiam's 10 receptions were the most by a Cowboy in a game since Dez Bryant had 13 in last year's Holiday Bowl.
:: Junior kicker Dan Bailey converted three point-after attempts and is now 113-of-113 on PATs in his career.
:: Bailey's 51-yard field goal in the fourth quarter was the longest of his career, surpassing his previous long of 45 yards set in last year's Holiday Bowl. It also marked OSU's first field goal of 50-plus yards since Jason Ricks booted a 53 yarder on Sept. 2, 2006.
:: Bailey added 15 points to his career scoring total, giving him 185 and moving him into 14th place on OSU's all-time list.
:: Senior Lucien Antoine's 26-yard interception return for a touchdown was the first interception and first score of his career. It was the second defensive touchdown for the Cowboys this season (Booker fumble return vs. Rice).
:: Senior running back Beau Johnson made the first start of his career tonight.
:: By halftime, senior cornerback Perrish Cox had tied his career high of seven tackles, which he last set in 2007 vs. Sam Houston State. Cox finished with seven stops.
:: Cox also recorded his first interception of the season in the third quarter. It was the seventh interception of his career.
:: Senior linebacker Donald Booker led OSU with nine tackles. He has topped the Cowboys in tackles in three of the last four games.
:: Senior linebacker Andre Sexton finished with six tackles and now has 276 for his career to move into 17th on OSU's all-time list.
Missouri Game Notes
1st Quarter • Starters on offense tonight (# career starts / # 2009 starts): RG Kurtis Gregory (34 / 6); WR Jared Perry (22 / 6); TB Derrick Washington (20 / 6); C Tim Barnes (20 / 6); LT Elvis Fisher (20 / 6); WR Danario Alexander (9 / 6); WR Wes Kemp (6 / 6); QB Blaine Gabbert (6 / 6); RT Dan Hoch (6 / 6); LG Austin Wuebbels (6 / 6); TE Andrew Jones (5 / 4)... • Starters on defense tonight (# career starts / # 2009 starts): LB Sean Weatherspoon (34 / 6); CB Carl Gettis (30 / 6); DT Jaron Baston (20 / 6); LB Luke Lambert (16 / 5); CB Kevin Rutland (6 / 6); LB Andrew Gachkar (6 / 6); DT Dominique Hamilton (5 / 5); S Jasper Simmons (5 / 5); DE Aldon Smith (5 / 5); DE Brian Coulter (4 / 3); S Jarrell Harrison (2 / 2)... • The Tigers got the opening kick and drove 78 yards on 14 plays and opened scoring with a 21-yard Grant Ressel FG to make it 3-0 at the 11:28 mark. The kick made Ressel 12-of-13 on the season... • The score marked the first time since the season opener against Illinois that Mizzou had scored on its opening possession. The Tigers also got a FG on that drive, as they drove 79 yards for the score there...
2nd Quarter • After OSU took the lead, the Tigers responded with a 97-yard drive that culminated in a 1-yard TD run by TB Derrick Washington at the 14:02 mark to give Mizzou a 10-7 lead. It was the first rushing TD by a Tiger tailback since game #3 against Furman, and it was the 3rd rushing TD of the season for Washington and the 21st of his career... • The 97-yard TD drive equaled the longest of the season for Mizzou, when the Tigers drove 97 yards on 11 plays at Nevada for a 4th-quarter TD pass (4 yards from Gabbert to WR Jared Perry)... • Later in the quarter, Gabbert connected with WR Danario Alexander on a 48-yard TD pass to give MU a 17-14 lead with 6:23 left. It was Gabbert's first TD pass since the 4th-quarter toss to Perry at Nevada, and it was the 12th of the season for the true sophomore... • The TD catch for Alexander was the 5th of the season and the 13th of his career. That moved Alexander into a tie for 6th place on the MU career TD receptions list. For a full listing, please refer to the sidebar on page 13 of MU's game notes... • Alexander ended the half with 6 catches for 161 yards, just 9 yards shy of his career best of 170 yards at Nevada on Sept. 25th... • The MU single-game receiving yardage record is 236 yards, achieved twice by WR Justin Gage, in 2001 vs. Baylor and in 2002 vs. Bowling Green...
