College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Missouri 51, Vanderbilt 28
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, October 5, 2013
Where: Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee
Temperature: 83°
Head Official: Matt Austin
Attendance: 36892

Missouri 51, Vanderbilt 28: James Franklin completed 19-of-28 passes for 278 yards and four touchdowns as the visiting Tigers defeated the Commodores to remain undefeated.

L'Damian Washington caught three passes for 86 yards and two touchdowns while Marcus Lucas and Eric Waters each caught TD passes for Missouri (5-0, 1-0 SEC). Henry Josey added 69 rushing yards and two touchdowns for the Tigers while Franklin chipped in 63 yards on the ground.

Austyn Carta-Samuels was 29-for-41 with 338 yards, two touchdowns and an interception for Vanderbilt (3-3, 0-3). Jordan Matthews caught seven balls for 123 yards and a touchdown, and leading rusher Jerron Seymour finished with 96 yards from scrimmage - 65 on the ground.

Missouri scored the first 20 points - all in the first quarter - as Franklin connected with Washington (26 yards) and Waters (11), and kicker Andrew Baggett hit from 44 and 29. Josey's 5-yard TD and Baggett's 41-yard field goal gave the Tigers a 30-7 halftime edge.

Carta-Samuels threw for one third-quarter touchdown and ran for another, but Vanderbilt only got as close as 37-21 with 3:19 left in the third. A Franklin-to-Washington 45-yard scoring strike with 9:13 left finished the scoring.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Missouri entered the game eighth in the country in scoring at 45.5 points per game. ... Matthews has logged 100-plus receiving yards in five of six games this season. ... The teams combined for 991 yards of total offense.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Missouri   Vanderbilt
Henry Josey Player Jerron Seymour
14 Attempts 12
69 Yards 65
4.9 Avg Yards 5.4
2 Touchdowns 0
0 Long 0
Receiving
Missouri   Vanderbilt
L'Damian Washington Player Jordan Matthews
3 Receptions 7
86 Yards 123
28.7 Avg Yards 17.6
2 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Missouri 523 245 278 6 3 1 7.0 1
Vanderbilt 468 130 338 4 0 0 2.0 2