Boulder, CO (Sports Network) - Chase Daniel completed 26-of-44 passes for 421 yards and five touchdowns, leading the ninth-ranked Missouri Tigers to a 55-10 demolition of the Colorado Buffaloes.

Daniel's only mistake was an interception on his first pass attempt as the Tigers (8-1, 4-1 Big 12) won their third straight after their lone loss of the season, 41-31, at Oklahoma on Oct. 13. Tight end Chase Coffman was the recipient of three of Daniel's scoring passes for Missouri, which scored 48 unanswered points on the way to the win. Jeremy Maclin had 108 yards receiving on six catches for the Tigers.

"Chase Daniel is pretty darn good," said Colorado head coach Dan Hawkins. "They (the Tigers) have a good team, good personnel, and a good scheme. They really know how to run it. It's very efficient. You really have to dot your I's and cross your T's to have a chance against a team like this."

Cody Hawkins completed 12-of-25 passes for 100 yards and one interception for Colorado (5-5, 3-3), which has dropped three of four. Byron Ellis had the only Buffaloes touchdown, a two-yard run barely two minutes into the first quarter.

"We started out really well," said Hawkins. "We had the momentum in the beginning of the game but after that, we couldn't get into a rhythm. We struggled in all areas. When one area of your team struggles or isn't working, your whole team struggles. We have to come back and get better, we're a young team and sometimes you have growing pains."

Missouri broke away from the Buffaloes with a 24-0 performance in the second quarter.

Daniel hit Maclin in stride breaking across the middle of the field on a post pattern for a 46-yard score, pushing the Tigers on top 14-10 barely a minute into the second quarter. Jeff Wolfert added a 27-yard field goal with just over ten minutes remaining to boost Missouri to a 17-10 lead.

A 37-yard connection from Daniel to William Franklin was the big play on the next Mizzou drive, which Tony Temple capped with a four-yard TD run, handing the Tigers a 24-10 edge with 5:54 to play in the half.

The Tigers were not done in the first half, though, as they marched down the field on their next possession. Daniel, on a 3rd-and-7 from the Colorado 25, avoided two rushers by rolling to his right, and threw over the middle of the field to Coffman, who broke three arm tackles on the way to the end zone, and the Tigers led 31-10.

The rout was on in the second half. The second scoring toss from Daniel to Coffman, this one from 23 yards out, boosted Mizzou to a 38-10 lead with 9:29 left. A 22-yard Wolfert field goal gave the Tigers a 31-point lead.

Coffman's five-yard scoring grab, his third of the game, gave Missouri a 48-10 lead with just 45 seconds left in the third quarter.

A three-yard TD run by Derrick Washington capped the blowout, pushing the Tigers lead to 45 points with 4:23 remaining.

Daniel had a rough start, as his first pass attempt was picked off by George Hypolite and returned six yards to the Missouri 11. Three plays later, Ellis dove in from two yards out, and the Buffaloes had a 7-0 lead just 93 seconds into the game.

Daniel made up for his mistake on his next play, a 72-yard connection to Franklin that set Missouri up at the Colorado five-yard-line. Three plays later Daniel found Martin Rucker for a three-yard scoring pass, tying the game just over a minute after Colorado scored.

A blocked punt later in the quarter gave the Buffaloes great field position, at the Mizzou 37, but Colorado couldn't punch it in, and had to settle for a 24-yard field goal by Kevin Eberhart with 2:10 left in the quarter, putting Colorado on top 10-7.