PRE-GAME

• Second all-time meeting between Western Michigan and Missouri (Mizzou leads, 1-0-0)
• Only fourth meeting with a Big 12 team in WMU history (1-2-0) and last since 1999
• Bill Cubit, Chris Tabor, Kyle Blecha and A.J. Ricker all have ties to Missouri University
• Western Michigan lost the coin toss for the third-straight game this season

FIRST QUARTER

• Third-straight game WMU opponent has scored on opening drive (Chase Daniel to Jeremy Maclin, 24 yds.)
• Third-straight game WMU has punted after its opening drive
• Mizzou touchdown at 3:23 mark of first quarter was first rushing touchdown of the year (Tony Temple, 1 yd.)
• WMU passing leader - Tim Hiller (6-for-7, 38 yds., 1 INT)
• WMU rushing leader - Mark Bonds (4-24 yds.)
• WMU receiving leader - Branden Ledbetter (2-16 yds.)
• WMU tackles leader - C.J. Wilson - 4 (3-1)
• Largest deficit after first quarter (14 points)

SECOND QUARTER

• First punt of Tim Hiller's career (17 yds.)
• First WMU points come at 6:11 mark - Mike Jones field goald (25 yds.)
• Anthony Gebhart recorded second-career interception, breaking Daniel's Big 12 record of 254 passes without a pick (18 shy of Trent Dilfer's NCAA record)
• Interception marked the 29th-straight game Western Michigan has caused at least one turnover
• WMU passing leader - Tim Hiller (17-for-21, 108 yds., 1 INT)
• WMU rushing leader - Brandon West (9-35 yds.)
• WMU receiving leader - Jamarko Simmons (5-50 yds.)
• WMU tackles leader - Anthony Gebhart - 7 (3-4)
• Largest first-half deficit (28 points)

THIRD QUARTER

• C.J. Wilson intercepted Chase at the 9:16 mark and returned for a score (46 yards)
• Third-straight season with a pick-six for Wilson (55-yd. TD return at Virginia - 9/3/05); (66-yd. TD return at Ohio - 10/7/06) - new WMU record; ties Jay Baker (Miami - 1995-98) for third in the MAC
• First pick-six for WMU since 10/21/07 at Ball State - Ameer Ismail (29 yds.)
• WMU passing leader - Tim Hiller (21-for-28, 143 yds., 1 INT)
• WMU rushing leader - Mark Bonds (9-46 yds.)
• WMU receiving leader - Jamarko Simmons (9-85 yds.)
• WMU tackles leader - Anthony Gebhart 12 (7-5) - career high

FOURTH QUARTER

• Tim Hiller hit Branden Ledbetter for 27-yard touchdown to cap seven-play, 63-yard drive
• It was Ledbetter's 10th-career touchdown, fourth all-time at WMU
• WMU had outscored Mizzou, 21-7, at that point of the second half
• Four-straight games with at least 10 receptions for Jamarko Simmons

POST-GAME

• First 0-3 start for Western Michigan since 1996 season
• WMU plays first Division I FCS opponent since 2005 (Southern Illinois) on Sept. 22 (Central Connecticut State)