Over-rated Badgers routed in Columbia
The #4 Wisconsin Badgers walked into Columbia with a long list of goals for their season. Big 10 championship, undefeated, national championship, and a whole bunch of other small goals.
The Badgers, featuring one of the best offensive lines in 2015, looked to use their balanced offense to nickle and dime the Missouri Tiger defense to pull out a victory.
Once the game kicked off Missouri forced a 3 and out by the Wisconsin defense, and then the Tigers marched 67 yards before settling for a 29 yard field goal by freshman Coleman.
Wisconsin marched down the field, and got themselves an amazing double bounce off the bottom bar and the left post on a 47 yard field goal from B. Williams to tie the game at 3-apiece. Then it got interested, as D. Steele and N. Bailey engineered a drive to take a 10-3 lead.
Missouri kept pouring it on, taking a 16-3 lead after one quarter.
Missouri's defense kept Wisconsin off-balanced, forcing a key fumble here
Missouri utilized Bailey's unique skill set of extremely accurate throws but not a lot of distance to nickle and dime their way down the field, relying on D. Steele and J. Ross to put together a 20-7 second quarter, making it 36-10 at the half.
The J. Ross and N. Bailey connection, hooking up for 2 touchdowns and 121 yards
Missouri had Wisconsin dead to rights, and they ended it mercifully, putting in the backups during the third quarter. The starters rotated in occasionally, but the backups did most of the work in a 28-8 second half that gave Missouri a sweet 64-18 victory over the #4 team in the nation.
B. Moore knocked down three passes from J. Harris before getting this crucial interception
N. Bailey was 21/27 for 219 yards and 2 TD
D. Steele carried the ball 24 times for 155 yards and 2 TD
T. Leach had 8 tackles, 1 sack, and 2 FF
| Wisconsin Badgers at Missouri Tigers |
| Sep 12, 2015 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| #4 Wisconsin Badgers (1-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| #1 Missouri Tigers (2-0) | 16 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 64 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| WIS | MIZZ |
| Total Offense | 291 | 548 |
| Rushing Yards | 144 | 214 |
| Passing Yards | 147 | 334 |
| First Downs | 18 | 21 |
| Punt Return Yards | 60 | 14 |
| Kick Return Yards | 97 | 61 |
| Total Yards | 448 | 623 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 3-11 | 11-14 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 2-1-0 | 8-5-2 |
| Penalties | 5 for 45 yards | 10 for 92 yards |
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