Daniels Leads No. 25 Missouri Past Illinois State 38-17

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) _ Chase Daniel threw three touchdown passes and No. 25 Missouri had 581 yards of total offense Saturday in a 38-17 win over Illinois State. <br/><br/>Daniel was 21-for-34 for 294 yards

Saturday, September 22nd 2007, 4:39 pm

By: News On 6

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) _ Chase Daniel threw three touchdown passes and No. 25 Missouri had 581 yards of total offense Saturday in a 38-17 win over Illinois State.

Daniel was 21-for-34 for 294 yards and two interceptions. He has thrown 13 touchdown passes this season after setting a school record with 28 in 2006 in his first year as a starter.

Jeremy Maclin scored on a second-quarter pass and a 67-yard punt return in the fourth quarter. Tony Temple also scored twice, on a first-quarter pass and third-quarter 1-yard run, and rushed 18 times for 101 yards.

Luke Drone was 22-for-37 for 242 yards, one touchdown and one interception for Illinois State (2-2) of the Football Championship Subdivision _ the former Division I-AA. Geno Blow gained 116 yards on 21 carries. Eyad Salem caught seven passes for 106 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown.

Missouri (4-0), worked quickly on offense. The Tigers scored on drives lasting 17 seconds, 3:11, 2:40, 3:33 and 2:04, and on Maclin's punt return. On 24 scoring drives this season, the Tigers' average time of possession is 2:08.

Daniel's receivers did most of the work on the scoring passes.

On the first play from scrimmage, Will Franklin caught a pass on a wide receiver screen at the Missouri 43 and ran the distance. Later in the quarter, Daniel threw a short pass to Temple, who ran in for an 11-yard score.

Missouri drove 97 yards after Illinois State failed to convert on fourth-and-goal from the 3 early in the second quarter. The 8-yard touchdown to end the drive came as Daniel appeared to run, then flipped forward to Maclin, who ran it in.

Illinois State's Parrish Fisher scored on a 4-yard run in the second quarter.