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Oklahoma State and Missouri – Familiar Foes
December 28, 2018 | Cowboy Football
MEMPHIS - Oklahoma State and No. 23 Missouri face off in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Monday and what sets this bowl apart from others is the fact that the two teams involved have a long history with one another from their days as rivals in the Big Eight and Big 12 Conference.
Missouri holds a 29-23 all-time series advantage over Oklahoma State and won the most recent meeting in the 2014 Cotton Bowl, but the Cowboys have won three of the last four head-to-head clashes with the Tigers and four of the last six.
One of the most notable meetings between the two came in 2008, when Oklahoma State stopped a Missouri offense that had been scoring at will all season, intercepted quarterback Chase Daniel three times in the second half and upset the third-ranked Tigers, 28-23, to silence a sellout crowd at Faurot Field in Columbia.
"It was a big win for our program," OSU head coach Mike Gundy said. "It was on national TV with a big audience and they were really good. I remember going into that game - I don't think they had a three-and-out all year and it was the middle of the year. They had Chase Daniel. On the first series, we had them in third and 15 and they converted. They threw the ball to (Chase Coffman) and I thought `great'. Then I think we stopped them with three or four three-and-outs that game.
Zac Robinson and Damian Davis hooked up on a pair of long scores in the second half, and Patrick Lavine's interception at the Oklahoma State 31-yard line with 1:41 to go was the clincher.
Missouri was poised to challenge for No. 1 with a strong effort after top-ranked Oklahoma lost to Texas and No. 2 Alabama had the weekend off.
Instead, it was the coming-out party for the Cowboys.
And it was Robinson, not Daniel, who played like a Heisman Trophy front-runner. Robinson was 19-for-28 for 215 yards and two touchdowns. Kendall Hunter had 154 yards on 24 carries and a 68-yard scoring run.
Daniel was 39-for-52 for 390 yards and a touchdown for Missouri, which had won 10 in a row and 18 of 19 at home but were held 19 points below their scoring average. Derrick Washington, averaging 100 yards per game, was held to 11 yards on eight carries with a 5-yard scoring run.
That win was Oklahoma State's first over a team ranked in the top 10 of the Associated Press poll under Gundy. The Cowboys have since toppled seven other top-10 foes, including two such wins this season – over No. 6 Texas and No. 7 West Virginia.
"It was a really big win for us on a big stage that gave our players some evidence that we can do this," Gundy said. "You have to win one to make people think that you can do it and I think that was a big game for our university and for our program."
Fans can purchase tickets to this year's AutoZone Liberty Bowl game by visiting okstate.com/tickets or by calling 877-ALL-4-OSU.
Missouri holds a 29-23 all-time series advantage over Oklahoma State and won the most recent meeting in the 2014 Cotton Bowl, but the Cowboys have won three of the last four head-to-head clashes with the Tigers and four of the last six.
One of the most notable meetings between the two came in 2008, when Oklahoma State stopped a Missouri offense that had been scoring at will all season, intercepted quarterback Chase Daniel three times in the second half and upset the third-ranked Tigers, 28-23, to silence a sellout crowd at Faurot Field in Columbia.
"It was a big win for our program," OSU head coach Mike Gundy said. "It was on national TV with a big audience and they were really good. I remember going into that game - I don't think they had a three-and-out all year and it was the middle of the year. They had Chase Daniel. On the first series, we had them in third and 15 and they converted. They threw the ball to (Chase Coffman) and I thought `great'. Then I think we stopped them with three or four three-and-outs that game.
Zac Robinson and Damian Davis hooked up on a pair of long scores in the second half, and Patrick Lavine's interception at the Oklahoma State 31-yard line with 1:41 to go was the clincher.
Missouri was poised to challenge for No. 1 with a strong effort after top-ranked Oklahoma lost to Texas and No. 2 Alabama had the weekend off.
Instead, it was the coming-out party for the Cowboys.
And it was Robinson, not Daniel, who played like a Heisman Trophy front-runner. Robinson was 19-for-28 for 215 yards and two touchdowns. Kendall Hunter had 154 yards on 24 carries and a 68-yard scoring run.
Daniel was 39-for-52 for 390 yards and a touchdown for Missouri, which had won 10 in a row and 18 of 19 at home but were held 19 points below their scoring average. Derrick Washington, averaging 100 yards per game, was held to 11 yards on eight carries with a 5-yard scoring run.
That win was Oklahoma State's first over a team ranked in the top 10 of the Associated Press poll under Gundy. The Cowboys have since toppled seven other top-10 foes, including two such wins this season – over No. 6 Texas and No. 7 West Virginia.
"It was a really big win for us on a big stage that gave our players some evidence that we can do this," Gundy said. "You have to win one to make people think that you can do it and I think that was a big game for our university and for our program."
Fans can purchase tickets to this year's AutoZone Liberty Bowl game by visiting okstate.com/tickets or by calling 877-ALL-4-OSU.
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