Columbia, MO (Sports Network) - Backup tailback Jimmy Jackson ran for three touchdowns, as the 15th-ranked Missouri Tigers pounded the 22nd-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders, 41-10, in a Big 12 Conference clash.
Chase Daniel completed 14-of-19 passes for 210 yards with a score and an interception for Missouri (6-1, 2-1), which suffered its first loss of the campaign last weekend, falling to Oklahoma, 41-31. Derrick Washington rushed for 66 yards on nine carries, and Jeremy Maclin caught a pair of passes for 64 yards and a score. Safety Pig Brown notched a game-high 14 tackles with 4 1/2 for a loss.
"You go into a game like this against such a good football team, you know how much damage they can do on offense in seconds," Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. "My first thought on this game: Certainly I'm very proud of my team."
Graham Harrell completed 44-of-69 passes for 397 yards and a score but got picked off four times for Texas Tech (6-2, 2-2), which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Shannon Woods rushed for 30 yards on 10 carries, and Danny Amendola caught 11 balls for 94 yards. Edward Britton caught a 68-yard touchdown pass.
"I didn't think we executed very well," Texas Tech coach Mike Leach said. "We never really played together. We came close to some opportunities which we didn't capitalize on. I don't know how many times we stripped the ball and almost had a fumble, but we just didn't get it."
Missouri's defense sparked the game's scoring when Stryker Sulak returned an interception 38 yards for a touchdown less than five minutes into play. Jeff Wolfert's 21-yard field goal with 2:13 remaining in the first put the Tigers ahead 10-0 heading into the second.
Texas Tech got on the board just past the midway point of the second quarter when Harrell found Britton for a 68-yard TD.
But, about a minute later Jackson punched it in from the one-yard line, as a 33-yard pass play to Chase Coffman down the right sideline, and a pair of rushes by Washington for 20 yards and 11 yards set up the score.
The Red Raiders stayed within reach down the stretch, as Alex Trlica converted a 45-yard field goal with 22 ticks left for a 17-10 halftime deficit.
Coming out of the locker room, though, Missouri picked up where it had left off. Jackson capped an eight-play drive with a three-yard touchdown run with 7:34 left in the third for the lone score in the stanza, and the Tigers took a 24-10 margin into the fourth.
Less than a minute into the fourth quarter, Jackson finished a 13-play drive, which chewed up nearly five minutes, with another one-yard touchdown scamper.
Daniel next went to the passing game, needing just two plays to score after Maclin took the ball 57 yards to paydirt on a post pattern with 9:36 remaining. A 39-yard Wolfert field goal accounted for the final margin.
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