Missouri 33, Minnesota 17 January 1, 2015 - Citrus Bowl Stadium - Orlando, FL

NCAAF   FINAL               1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH   TOTAL
                            ---  ---  ---  ---   -----
        MISSOURI (16)         0   10    9   14    33
        MINNESOTA (25)        7    0   10    0    17   FINAL

        SCORING SUMMARY
     
        1ST QTR: MINN - TD, RODRICK WILLIAMS 20 YD RUN (RYAN SANTOSO KICK), 5:42
        2ND QTR: MISS - FG, ANDREW BAGGETT 21 YD, 6:39
                 MISS - TD, BUD SASSER 25 YD PASS FROM MATY MAUK (ANDREW BAGGETT 
                        KICK), 1:04
        3RD QTR: MISS - FG, ANDREW BAGGETT 33 YD, 13:03
                 MINN - TD, MAXX WILLIAMS 54 YD PASS FROM MITCH LEIDNER (RYAN
                        SANTOSO KICK), 11:48
                 MISS - TD, MATY MAUK 18 YD RUN (PASS FAILED), 9:16
                 MINN - FG, RYAN SANTOSO 38 YD, 7:22
        4TH QTR: MISS - TD, RUSSELL HANSBROUGH 78 YD RUN (ANDREW BAGGETT KICK),
                        9:22
                 MISS - TD, BUD SASSER 7 YD PASS FROM MATY MAUK (ANDREW BAGGETT 
                        KICK), 4:51
                                                                                

Extended Box

NCAAF                 1  2  3  4   F 
                      -  -  -  -   -- 
Missouri              0 10  9 14   33 
Minnesota             7  0 10  0   17  FINAL 

 Minnesota-R Williams 20 run (Santoso kick)
 Missouri-FG Baggett 21
 Missouri-Sasser 25 pass from Mauk (Baggett kick)
 Missouri-FG Baggett 33
 Minnesota-M Williams 54 pass from Leidner (Santoso kick)
 Missouri-Mauk 18 run (pass failed)
 Minnesota-FG Santoso 38
 Missouri-Hansbrough 78 run (Baggett kick)
 Missouri-Sasser 7 pass from Mauk (Baggett kick)

                       Missouri   Minnesota
First downs                  18          19 
Rushed-yards             45-337      33-106 
Passing yards                97         267 
Sacked-yards lost          3-18        2-12 
Return yards                  8          13 
Passes                  12-19-2     22-33-0 
Punts                    4-40.5      5-40.8 
Fumbles-lost                0-0         5-3
Penalties-yards            2-15        6-45 
Time of possession        30:05       29:55 

Individual Statistics 
RUSHING: Missouri-Murphy 12-157, Hansbrough 15-114, Mauk 11-38, Brantley 1-19,
Witter 2-12, Webb 1-0. Minnesota-Cobb 21-81, R Williams 1-20, Maye 2-15,
Leidner 9-(-10).

PASSING: Missouri-Mauk 12-19-2-97. Minnesota-Leidner 21-31-0-258, Cobb 1-1-0-9,
Maye 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Missouri-Sasser 7-68, Murphy 2-16, N Brown 1-14, Culkin 1-1,
D White 1-(-2). Minnesota-M Williams 7-98, Maye 3-75, Cobb 4-33, Edwards 1-21,
Fruechte 3-14, Plesk 2-13, Leidner 1-9, M Thomas 1-4.

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Game Story

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Marcus Murphy ran for 159 yards, Russell Hansbrough added
114 yards and a touchdown and No. 16 Missouri beat No. 25 Minnesota 33-17
on Thursday in the Citrus Bowl.

Missouri (11-3) won its third straight bowl game to reach 11 victories for
the fourth time in school history.

Minnesota (8-5) trailed 19-17 entering the fourth quarter, but Missouri
pulled away on Hansbrough's 78-yard touchdown run and Maty Mauk's 7-yard
scoring pass to Bud Sasser.

It was Minnesota's first January bowl appearance since a 21-3 win over
UCLA in the 1962 Rose Bowl, but the Gophers dropped their seventh straight
bowl game.

"Our future is good, but it's disappointing, and it will hurt," Minnesota
coach Jerry Kill said. "We haven't gone here in a long, long time. And I
thought our kids would be a little bit tight today, and they weren't. They
went out and played hard. So it's another step, and we've just got to keep
moving forward."

Mauk settled down to throw two TD passes after interceptions on the Tigers'
first two possessions. The Tigers forced three turnovers.

Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner had his best game this season through
the air, completing 14 of his first 15 passes, including 14 straight into
the third quarter. He finished 21 of 31 for 258 yards and a touchdown.

The Tigers used an onside kick to open the third quarter to stretch out
their halftime lead to 13-7.

"You feel like you're so set coming on the first half, down by three, and
then had some things not go our way, a fake and muff the punt, and it
sucks," Minnesota sophomore tight end Maxx Williams said.

The Golden Gophers responded on the ensuing series with a 54-yard touchdown
pass from Leidner to Williams. Williams leaped over cornerback Aarion Penton
and stepped over another defender before diving into the end zone.

But Missouri quickly answered, needing just three plays after a muffed
Minnesota punt for Mauk to give the Tigers a 19-14 lead on an 18-yard
touchdown run.

It tightened to 19-17 by the start of in the fourth quarter before Hansbrough
got free and rumbled for his score that put the Tigers' up by nine with 9:28
to play.

Missouri survived a disastrous offensive start to lead 10-7 at halftime in
a game that started with the teams combining for three turnovers in the first
four minutes.

Mauk opened the game by being picked off by Derrick Wells on the Tigers'
third play from scrimmage. Minnesota would give it right back, though, when
Leidner fumbled after being sandwiched in the backfield by defensive ends
Markus Golden and Shane Ray.

The Tigers then went just four more plays before Mauk's pass was intercepted
for the second time, this time in the end zone by Briean Boddy-Calhoun.

The Gophers finally ended the drought on the ensuing series, capping an
11-play, 80-yard drive with a 20-yard touchdown run by Rodrick Williams. It
was part of a bruising first quarter that saw Minnesota gain 76 yards on the
ground.

That was flipped in the second quarter, as the Tigers used its own rushing
attack to set up the passing game. In all, the Tigers outgained the Gophers
156-41 in the second quarter.

“You can want to win all you want,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. “You
can try as much as you can try. The bottom line is you’ve got to make plays.
And we had guys making plays.”