Missouri vs. Kentucky by the numbers

Missouri vs. Kentucky by the numbers

Missouri (5-1, 1-1) at No. 24 Kentucky (5-1, 2-1)

6:30 p.m. CDT Saturday (SEC Network)

Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky

3 Of the four players averaging the most receiving yards per game in the nation this season are SEC wide receivers, including Missouri’s Luther Burden III. Burden has 54 receptions for 793 yards and five TDs for a 132.2 yards-per-game average, LSU’s Malik Nabers has 46 receptions for 771 yards and six TDs for a 128.5 yards-per-game average and South Carolina’s Xavier Legette has 32 receptions for 606 yards and three TDs for a 121.2 yards-per-game average. Joining the SEC wide receivers in the top four is Washington WR Rome Odunze, who has 32 receptions for 608 yards and four TDs for a 121.6 yards-per-game average.

4 Consecutive games with more than 300 passing yards for Missouri QB Brady Cook. He’s the second player in school history to accomplish that feat, following Chase Daniel (2005-2008), who did so twice. 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, 395 in a 38-21 victory over Vanderbilt on Sept. 30 and 411 in a 49-39 loss to LSU on Oct. 7.

4 Interceptions for Kentucky CB Maxwell Hairston this season, tied for the national lead. Among the six other players with four interceptions this season is Auburn CB Jaylin Simpson.

5 Consecutive games with at least 100 receiving yards for Missouri WR Luther Burden III after he had 11 receptions for 149 yards in the Tigers’ 49-39 loss to LSU 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, 10 receptions for 177 yards in a 34-27 victory over Memphis on Sept. 23 and 11 receptions for 140 yards and two TDs in the Tigers’ 38-21 victory over Vanderbilt on Sept. 30. 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 Consecutive games with a TD for Kentucky RB Ray Davis, who is tied for the national lead with 12 TDs this season. Davis is the first Kentucky player to score a TD in each of the Wildcats’ first six games in a season. Davis ran for two TDs in a 44-14 victory over Ball State on Sept. 2, caught a TD pass in a 28-17 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 9, had one TD run and one TD reception in a 35-3 victory over Akron on Sept. 16, ran for two TDs in a 45-28 victory over Vanderbilt on Sept. 23, had three TD runs and one TD reception in a 33-14 victory over Florida on Sept. 30 and caught a TD pass in a 51-14 loss to Georgia on Oct. 7.

7 Teams have not recovered an opponent’s fumble this season, including two SEC members – Georgia and Missouri. The Tigers’ opponents have fumbled five times this season. Kentucky has lost two of its six fumbles this season.

9 Victories for Kentucky and four for Missouri in the Wildcats-Tigers series. Since Missouri joined the SEC, Kentucky leads 7-4.

33 Solo tackles for Kentucky CB Maxwell Hairston this season, seven more than any other player in the SEC.

653 Rushing yards for Kentucky RB Ray Davis this season, the most in the SEC.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.