April 13, 2013
Columbia, Mo. -
The University of Missouri Football team held its second major scrimmage of its 2013 spring camp Saturday morning inside the Dan Devine Indoor Pavilion. In the controlled and situational scrimmage, the Tiger defense claimed the upper hand, and came away with a 29-9 victory over their offensive counterparts.
The defense closed the day out in strong fashion, grabbing a pair of interceptions during two-minute drill work. Sophomore CB David Johnson got the first one against the #1 offense, and shortly after that, senior LB Donovan Bonner picked off a deflected pass for the #1 defense.
Senior DE Michael Sam had a big day Saturday, as he recovered a pair of fumbles and had a 1/2 sack to help lead the defense, while fellow line mate Matt Hoch forced a fumble and was credited with 1 1/2 sacks of his own.
It wasn't all defense on Saturday, as all five Tiger quarterbacks each threw a touchdown pass. The biggest play of the day came when senior QB James Franklin found sophomore WR Dorial Green-Beckham down the left sideline late in the day for what was a 50-yard catch-and-run touchdown play. Green-Beckham caught the nicely-thrown ball about 20 yards downfield, and he made one move to break a tackle as he burst to paydirt. Green-Beckham had a huge day, as he led all receivers with 8 receptions for 135 yards and the score.
Franklin led all QBs with 167 yards passing, while freshman Maty Mauck added 143 and Corbin Berkstresser 120.
The Tigers wrap up their 2013 spring camp this week, and will hold a full-scale practice on Tuesday, followed by a light workout Thursday afternoon. That will mark the final preparation for the 2013 Black & Gold Spring Game, set for Saturday, April 20th at Faurot Field/Memorial Stadium at 1 p.m.
Stay tuned to www.MUTigers.com for more details about the Black & Gold Game!
Here are the statistics from Saturday's scrimmage:
SCORING PLAYS
Scoring Description
James Driskell 22 pass from Eddie Printz
Marcus Lucas 12 pass from Maty Mauk
Gavin Otte 22 pass from Trent Hosick
Levi Copelin 5 pass from Corbin Berkstresser
Russell Hansbrough 1 rush
Dorial Green-Beckham 50 pass from James Franklin
PASSING STATISTICS
Tiger Comp. Att. Yds. TD Int.
James Franklin 15 24 170 1 1
Maty Mauk 12 25 143 1 1
Corbin Berkstresser 13 27 130 1 0
Trent Hosick 8 9 78 1 0
Eddie Printz 5 7 37 1 0
TOTALS 53 92 558 5 2
RECEIVING STATISTICS
Tiger Rec. Yds. TD
Dorial Green-Beckham 8 135 1
Marcus Lucas 6 41 1
Reid Swearingen 5 44 0
Jaleel Clark 4 88 0
Bud Sasser 4 33 0
Sheldon Gerau 4 26 0
Darius White 3 27 0
Cameron Chancey 3 18 0
L'Damian Washington 2 32 0
Jake Brents 2 19 0
Levi Copelin 2 16 1
Tyler Hanneke 2 13 0
James Driskell 1 22 1
Gavin Otte 1 22 1
Brandon Colbert 1 8 0
Wesley Leftwich 1 8 0
Sean Culkin 1 6 0
Eric Waters 1 4 0
Miles Drummond 1 1 0
Andrew Stevens 1 -5 0
TOTALS 53 558 5
FIELD GOALS
Tiger FG-FGA Makes Misses
Andrew Baggett 4-7 42, 22, 35, 29 32, 35, 42
Blake Owens 1-2 32 42
Nick Coffman 1-1 22
RUSHING STATISTICS
Tiger Att. Yds. TD
Greg White 5 48 0
Morgan Steward 5 39 0
Marcus Murphy 5 19 0
Russell Hansbrough 4 29 1
Henry Josey 4 27 0
Maty Mauk 4 25 0
Tyler Davis 4 16 0
Miles Drummond 3 22 0
Corbin Berkstresser 2 23 0
James Franklin 2 13 0
Andrew Stevens 1 34 0
TOTALS 39 295 1
INTERCEPTIONS
Tiger INTs Yds. TD
Donovan Bonner 1 0 0
David Johnson 1 0 0
DEFENSIVE SUPERLATIVES
Tackles For Loss - 1 each: Harold Brantley, Clarence Green, Denzel Martin.
QB Sacks - Matt Hoch (1.5), 1 each: Donovan Bonner, Brayden Burnett, Markus Golden, Darvin Ruise, Michael Sam, Michael Scherer, Lucas Vincent (1/2).
Pass Break Up - 1 each: Kentrell Brothers, John Gibson, Denzel Martin, Randy Ponder, Xavier Smith, Braylon Webb.
Recovered Fumbles - Michael Sam (2), 1 each: Torey Boozer, Zach Edwards.
Forced Fumbles - Matt Hoch (1).
