Nov. 1, 2008
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No. 14 MISSOURI (7-2, 3-2) 31, BAYLOR (3-6, 1-4) 28
FLOYD CASEY STADIUM • WACO, TEXAS
NOV. 1, 2008 • ATTENDANCE: 35,142
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• Missouri leads the all-time series 10-2; Missouri has won seven straight meetings, all of which have come since the inception of the Big 12 Conference. Missouri leads 4-1 in games played in Waco.
• Baylor is 41-156-6 all-time against ranked opponents, 26-137-5 when unranked and playing a ranked opponent. The Bears have lost 16 straight against ranked opponents and are 2-42 against ranked opponents since the inception of the Big 12.
• Baylor is 9-30 against Big 12 North opponents, winning five of its last 12 such games.
• Baylor is 34-38-4 all-time on homecoming.
• Baylor is 29-59-5 all-time on the first weekend of November, including a 1-12 mark in Big 12 play. The Bears are 5-7-2 all-time on Nov. 1.
TEAM NOTES
• Baylor has lost 17 consecutive games when trailing at halftime. The Bears' last victory when trailing at the half was Oct. 21, 2006, overcoming a 35-17 deficit for a 36-35 victory over Kansas.
• Baylor has at least one rushing touchdown in nine consecutive games. This is the longest such streak by a Baylor team since a 14-game run over the 1997 and 1998 seasons and the longest within one season since a nine-game streak to end the 1991 season.
• Baylor quartebacks ended their school-record streak of seven consecutive games without an interception.
• Baylor's program-record streak of consecutive passes without an interception ended at 200.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• QB Robert Griffin established an NCAA Bowl Subdivision record with 209 consecutive pass attempts without an interception to start a career, regardless of class. The previous mark (202) was set by Southern California's Brad Otton over the 1994 and 1995 seasons.
• Griffin came up four pass attempts shy of tying the overall Big 12 Conference record for consecutive pass attempts without an interception (213, Reggie McNeal, Texas A&M, 2003-2004; Todd Reesing, Kansas, 2007).
• Griffin became just the fifth player in Baylor history with at least 10 rushing touchdowns in one season. He is the first to accomplish the feat since John Henry in 1993.
• Griffin became the first player in Baylor history with 10 rushing touchdowns and 10 passing touchdowns in the same season.
• Griffin established single-game career highs in pass attempts (35) and pass completions (26).
• Griffin moved into fifth place on Baylor's single-season total yards chart (2,275).
• Griffin moved into third place on Baylor's single-season touchdown responsibility list (21).
• RB Ray Sims' third-quarter touchdown was the first of his career.
• LB Joe Pawelek became the first Baylor linebacker to amass 100-plus tackles in a season since Dean Jackson in 1996.
• Paweelek recorded his 13th career game with 10-plus tackles, including eight of nine games this season.
• Pawelek moved into a sixth-place tie on Baylor's single-game assisted tackles list (64).
• Pawelek's second-quarter interception was the fifth of his career, the third of which came in the opponent's end zone.
• FS Jordan Lake recorded his ninth career game with 10-plus tackles, including three straight.
• IR Mikail Baker moved into an eighth-place tie on Baylor's career kickoff returns list (43).
• Baker moved into sixth place on Baylor's career kickoff return yardage chart (1,079).
• LG Chris Griesenbeck and CB Tim Atchison both made their first career starts.
