Missouri-Indiana college football preview
When/where: 3 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Columbia
TV/radio: SEC Network; KMBZ (980 AM, 98.1 FM)
The series: Indiana leads 6-3-2
The line: Missouri by 13 1/2
MISSOURI (3-0)
Date | Opponent | Result/time |
Aug. 30 | South Dakota State | W, 38-18 |
Sept. 6 | at Toledo | W, 49-24 |
Sept. 13 | Central Florida | W, 38-10 |
Saturday | Indiana | 3 p.m. |
Sept. 27 | at South Carolina | 6 p.m. |
Oct. 11 | Georgia | TBA |
Oct. 18 | at Florida | TBA |
Oct. 25 | Vanderbilt | TBA |
Nov. 1 | Kentucky | TBA |
Nov. 15 | at Texas A&M | TBA |
Nov. 22 | at Tennessee | TBA |
Nov. 28 | Arkansas | 1:30 p.m. |
INDIANA (1-1)
Date | Opponent | Result/time |
Aug. 30 | Indiana State | W, 28-10 |
Sept. 13 | at Bowling Green | L, 45-42 |
Saturday | at Missouri | 3 p.m. |
Sept. 27 | Maryland | TBA |
Oct. 4 | North Texas | TBA |
Oct. 11 | at Iowa | 11 a.m. |
Oct. 18 | Michigan State | 2:30 p.m. |
Nov. 1 | at Michigan | 2:30 p.m. |
Nov. 8 | Penn State | TBA |
Nov. 15 | at Rutgers | TBA |
Nov. 22 | at Ohio State | TBA |
Nov. 29 | Purdue | TBA |
What’s at stake
No. 18 Missouri will try to go unbeaten in non-conference regular-season play for the seventh time in the last nine seasons. A win also would give the Tigers their seventh 4-0 start since 2006.
Cheers if …
Quarterback Maty Mauk keeps up a streak of five consecutive starts with at least three touchdown passes. Missouri’s offense is humming behind Mauk’s magnificence, but coach Gary Pinkel wants to see continued, steady improvement. It wouldn’t hurt for the Tigers to crank up a ground game averaging only 4.7 yards per carry either.
Jeers if …
Missouri plays sloppy and sluggish, suggesting the Tigers might be looking ahead to a trip next weekend to South Carolina. Indiana is coming off a 45-42 loss at Bowling Green, but the Hoosiers are capable of putting up points in bunches and the Tigers’ margin for error isn’t unlimited.
Three things about Indiana
1 Despite playing in one fewer game than every other running back in the top 12, Indiana junior Tevin Coleman currently fifth in the nation with 437 yards and first in rushing yards per game (218.5). He averages 9.3 yards per carry with five touchdowns in two games.
2 Don’t sleep on quarterback Nate Sudfeld. The 6-foot-5 junior has completed more than 71 percent of his passes and brings some athleticism and mobility, though Indiana only has one touchdown through the air and no pass plays longer than 34 yards yet this season.
3 He’s no Markus Golden or Shane Ray, but Indiana senior defensive end Bobby Richardson has recorded three sacks in two games. Meanwhile, junior bandit Nick Mangierri, a hybrid safety/linebacker in the Hoosier’s 3-3 scheme, has two sacks.
Key matchup
Missouri’s linebackers vs. Coleman. Indiana’s star running back has accounted for 475 yards from scrimmage in 51 touches. He is the Hoosiers’ catalyst, so the Tigers need to avoid assignment miscues and missed tackles against Coleman, while building off the second-half shutout against Central Florida.
MISSOURI OFFENSE
P | No. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. |
WR | 21 | Bud Sasser | 6-2 | 220 | Sr. |
WR | 88 | Jimmie Hunt | 6-0 | 205 | Sr. |
LT | 65 | Mitch Morse | 6-6 | 305 | Sr. |
LG | 70 | Anthony Gatti | 6-6 | 305 | Sr. |
C | 77 | Evan Boehm | 6-3 | 320 | Jr. |
RG | 73 | Mitch L. Hall | 6-5 | 310 | Jr. |
RT | 60 | Connor McGovern | 6-4 | 300 | Jr. |
TE | 80 | Sean Culkin | 6-6 | 245 | So. |
WR | 8 | Darius White | 6-3 | 205 | Sr. |
QB | 7 | Maty Mauk | 6-0 | 195 | So. |
TB | 6 | Marcus Murphy | 5-9 | 190 | Sr. |
K | 99 | Andrew Baggett | 6-1 | 215 | Jr. |
MISSOURI DEFENSE
P | No. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. |
DE | 33 | Markus Golden | 6-3 | 260 | Sr. |
DT | 89 | Matt Hoch | 6-5 | 295 | Sr. |
NG | 96 | Lucas Vincent | 6-2 | 300 | Sr. |
DE | 56 | Shane Ray | 6-3 | 245 | Jr. |
LB | 10 | Kentrell Brothers | 6-1 | 240 | Jr. |
LB | 30 | Michael Scherer | 6-3 | 230 | So. |
LB | 40 | Clarence Green | 6-0 | 225 | Jr. |
CB | 1 | John Gibson | 6-0 | 190 | So. |
SS | 9 | Braylon Webb | 6-0 | 200 | Sr. |
FS | 21 | Ian Simon | 6-0 | 195 | Jr. |
CB | 11 | Aarion Penton | 5-10 | 185 | So. |
P | 92 | Christian Brinser | 6-2 | 195 | Sr. |
INDIANA OFFENSE
P | No. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. |
WR | 1 | Shane Wynn | 5-7 | 167 | Sr. |
WR | 14 | Nick Stoner | 6-1 | 190 | Sr. |
LT | 78 | Jason Spriggs | 6-7 | 300 | Jr. |
LG | 68 | David Kaminski | 6-4 | 295 | Jr. |
C | 64 | Collin Rahrig | 6-2 | 285 | Sr. |
RG | 67 | Dan Feeney | 6-4 | 305 | So. |
RT | 62 | Ralston Evans | 6-4 | 290 | Jr. |
TE | 85 | Michael Cooper | 6-5 | 256 | Jr. |
WR | 15 | Isaiah Roundtree | 5-11 | 197 | Sr. |
QB | 7 | Nate Sudfeld | 6-5 | 230 | Jr. |
RB | 6 | Tevin Coleman | 6-1 | 210 | Jr. |
K | 90 | Aaron Del Grosso | 5-10 | 195 | Fr. |
INDIANA DEFENSE
P | No. | Player | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. |
DT | 99 | Adarius Rayner | 6-2 | 307 | Jr. |
NT | 93 | Ralph Green III | 6-5 | 307 | So. |
DE | 95 | Bobby Richardson | 6-3 | 286 | Sr. |
BAN | 56 | Nick Mangieri | 6-5 | 260 | Jr. |
LB | 4 | Forisse Hardin | 6-1 | 230 | Sr. |
LB | 2 | T.J. Simmons | 6-0 | 230 | So. |
LB | 42 | David Cooper | 6-1 | 236 | Sr. |
CB | 24 | Tim Bennett | 5-9 | 185 | Sr. |
FS | 40 | Antonio Allen | 5-10 | 205 | So. |
SS | 37 | Mark Murphy | 6-2 | 215 | Sr. |
CB | 17 | Michael Hunter | 6-1 | 192 | Jr. |
P | 36 | Erich Toth | 6-3 | 200 | Jr. |
Tod Palmer’s pick: Missouri 45-24
Indiana’s defense was on the field for 113 plays and allowed 571 yards against Bowling Green. Missouri shouldn’t have trouble putting up points, and its defense, which shut out Central Florida in the second half, is rounding into form.
Tod Palmer, tpalmer@kcstar.com
This story was originally published September 18, 2014 at 1:08 PM with the headline "Missouri-Indiana college football preview."