LSU vs. Missouri by the numbers
No. 23 LSU (3-2, 2-1) at No. 21 Missouri (5-0, 1-0)
11 a.m. CDT Saturday (ESPN)
Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri
1 Loss for LSU in the past 11 games away from Tiger Stadium that kicked off before noon local time. The lone defeat came at Missouri on Oct. 10, 2020, by a 45-41 score. Before that, LSU’s most recent defeat in an away game with a morning kickoff came to Texas 35-20 in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1, 2003.
2 Consecutive games with two 100-yard receivers for LSU. In the Tigers’ 34-31 victory over Arkansas on Sept. 23, WR Brian Thomas Jr. had five receptions for 133 yards and two TDs and WR Malik Nabers had eight receptions for 130 yards and two TDs. In LSU’s 55-49 loss to Ole Miss on Sept. 30, Thomas had eight receptions for 124 yards and three TDs and Nabers had eight receptions for 102 yards. This is the first time in school history that the same duo has posted back-to-back games with 100 receiving yards.
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3 Previous games have been played between LSU and Missouri. No. 18 Missouri won 20-15 in the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 23, 1978. LSU won 42-7 on Oct. 1, 2016, in Baton Rouge. Missouri upended No. 17 LSU 45-41 on Oct. 10, 2020, in Columbia.
3 Consecutive games with more than 300 passing yards for Missouri QB Brady Cook. He’s the fourth player in school history to accomplish that feat. Cook had 356 passing yards in a 30-27 victory over Kansas State on Sept. 16, 341 in a 34-27 victory over Memphis on Sept. 23 and 395 in a 38-21 victory over Vanderbilt on Sept. 30.
3 Consecutive games with an interception for Missouri CB Kris Abrams-Draine.
4 Consecutive games with at least 100 receiving yards for Missouri WR Luther Burden III after he had 11 receptions for 140 yards and two TDs in the Tigers’ 38-21 victory over Vanderbilt last week. Burden had eight receptions for 117 yards in a 23-19 victory over Middle Tennessee on Sept. 9, seven receptions for 114 and two TDs in a 30-27 victory over Kansas State on Sept. 16 and 10 receptions for 177 yards in a 34-27 victory over Memphis on Sept. 23. He almost reached 100 in Missouri’s season-opener, with seven receptions for 96 yards and one TD in a 35-10 victory over South Dakota on Aug. 31.
6 Players in major-college football history have had at least 10,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards, including LSU QB Jayden Daniels. The other players with at least 10,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards are TCU’s Trevone Boykin, Baylor’s Robert Griffin III, Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick, Central Michigan’s Dan LeFevour and Oregon’s Marcus Mariota. Current LSU head coach Brian Kelly also was LeFevour’s head coach.
8 TD receptions for LSU WR Brian Thomas Jr., tied for the most in the nation this season with Michigan WR Roman Wilson.
10 Years since Missouri had a 6-0 record, which the Tigers would own again by winning on Saturday. Missouri started the 2013 season by winning its first seven games.
10 Teams have not recovered an opponent’s fumble this season, including three SEC members – Florida, Georgia and Missouri. LSU has lost two of its three fumbles this season.
18 TDs have been accounted for by LSU QB Jayden Daniels in the past four games. Daniels had five TD passes in a 72-10 victory over Grambling on Sept. 9, two TD passes and two TD runs in a 41-14 victory over Mississippi State on Sept. 16, four TD passes in a 34-31 victory over Arkansas on Sept. 23 and four TD passes and one TD run in a 55-49 loss to Ole Miss on Sept. 30.
144 First downs have been recorded by the LSU offense this season, the most in the nation.
348 Consecutive passes without an interception by Missouri QB Brady Cook, the longest streak in SEC history. With 41 passes without an interception in last week’s 38-21 victory over Vanderbilt, Cook broke the record established by Kentucky QB Andre Woodson of 325 passes without an interception, a streak straddling the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Cook hasn’t been intercepted since the Tigers played Vanderbilt last season.
644 Receiving yards for Missouri WR Luther Burden III, the most in the nation this season. LSU WR Malik Nabers ranks second with 625.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.