SportsDirect Inc. staff
Nov 9, 2013
No. 9 Missouri 48, Kentucky 17: Redshirt freshman Maty Mauk tied a school record with five touchdown passes - four to Dorial Green-Beckham, also a school mark - as the visiting Tigers routed the Wildcats.
Henry Josey added 113 yards on the ground and scored three touchdowns for Missouri (9-1, 5-1 SEC), which remains atop the SEC East. Green-Beckham caught seven passes for 100 yards.
Jalen Whitlow passed for 225 yards and rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown for Kentucky (2-7, 0-5), which has not won a conference game since beating Tennessee in the 2011 season finale. Raymond Sanders caught four passes for 70 yards and rushed for 34 yards and a score.
The Wildcats took a 3-0 lead on Joe Mansour's 21-yard field goal on their opening possession and stopped the Tigers on their first two series. Missouri reeled off 28 straight points to end the half, as Mauk threw a pair of TD passes to Green-Beckham and Josey added a 4-yard touchdown run and a 6-yard touchdown reception.
Kentucky opened the second half with an impressive drive capped by Whitlow's 1-yard run and had the ball back with a chance to pull closer, but Raymond Sanders fumbled after a long reception and Missouri took advantage. Mauk and Green-Beckham hooked up for two more scores and Josey broke an 86-yard touchdown run to put it away.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Missouri has forced a turnover in 40 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the FBS. กญ Green-Beckham's four touchdown receptions bettered the former record of three, achieved by five players, most recently Danario Alexander in 2009 against Kansas State. กญ Kentucky lost for the first time this season when passing for more yards than its opponent.