Missouri vs. Vanderbilt by the numbers
No. 23 Missouri (4-0, 0-0) at Vanderbilt (2-3, 0-1)
3 p.m. CDT Saturday (SEC Network)
FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee
1 Previous Missouri-Vanderbilt game featured a ranked team. In 2019, No. 22 Missouri lost to Vanderbilt 21-14 in Nashville. It’s the only loss for the Tigers in their past seven games with the Commodores. Missouri is ranked 23rd in this week’s AP Poll.
3 Consecutive games with at least 100 receiving yards for Missouri WR Luther Burden III after he had 10 receptions for 177 yards in the Tigers’ 34-27 victory over Memphis last week. Burden became the fifth Missouri player to record three consecutive 100-yard receiving games, and his output against Memphis was the most for a Missouri player since Jonathan Johnson had 185 receiving yards in a 38-33 loss to Oklahoma State in the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 31, 2018. Burden had eight receptions for 117 yards in a 23-19 victory over Middle Tennessee on Sept. 9 and seven receptions for 114 and two TDs in a 30-27 victory over Kansas State on Sept. 16. 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. Burden is the second Missouri player with at least seven receptions in each of the first four games of a season, joining TJ Moe, who accomplished the feat in 2010.
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8 Consecutive Missouri seasons have included a loss for the Tigers in their first SEC road game. The Tigers haven’t won their first SEC road game in a season since 2014, when Missouri won 21-20 at South Carolina.
10 Victories for Missouri, four victories for Vanderbilt and one tie in the Tigers-Commodores series.
10 Years since Missouri had a 5-0 record, which the Tigers would own again by winning on Saturday. Missouri started the 2013 season by winning its first seven games.
12 Years since Vanderbilt has not lost its first two SEC games. In 2011, the Commodores opened their conference campaign by beating Ole Miss 30-7. In every season since, Vanderbilt has lost at least its first two league games. The Commodores opened their 2023 SEC schedule last week with a 45-28 loss to Kentucky.
20 Consecutive conference games played in August and September have been lost by Vanderbilt. Since the Commodores defeated Ole Miss 30-7 on Sept. 17, 2011, Vanderbilt has lost its 16 SEC games in September and its three SEC games in August.
306 Consecutive passes without an interception by Missouri QB Brady Cook, the second-longest streak in SEC history. Cook hasn’t been intercepted since the Tigers played Vanderbilt last season. Kentucky QB Andre Woodson has the longest streak of passes without an interception with 325 straddling the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
403 Rushing yards for Missouri RB Cody Schrader, the most in the SEC this season. Vanderbilt is last in the SEC in rushing defense, allowing an average of 150 yards per game on the ground.
11,243 Career punting yards for Missouri P Matthew Hayball. Hayball is the only punter in any of the NCAA’s four divisions of football who has more than 11,000 punting yards. He has averaged 45.2 yards on his 249 punts.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.