2007 December Madness Tourney - MU vs. Ill.

The simulated 16-team college football tournament - First Round Missouri vs. Illinois

What if college football had a 16-team tournament at the end of the year to decide a championship? WhatIfSports.com has taken the CFN Championship Series and run a simulation for each round. Go to the WhatIfSports.com December Madness page for further breakdowns of all the games.
 

FIRST ROUND
 

Illinois (11) at Missouri (6)

 

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Illinois	0	10	6	13	29
Missouri	14	10	0	7	31

Play by Play:    Click here for the quarter-by-quarter play-by-play breakdown 

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
Mizzou	8:07	TD	Tony Temple 1 yd. run (Wolfert kick)	0-7
Mizzou	1:53	TD	Chase Daniel 8 yd. run (Wolfert kick)	0-14
2nd Quarter
Mizzou	12:09	TD	Jeremy Maclin 75 yd. run (Wolfert kick)	0-21
Ill	6:37	TD	Arrelious Benn 2 yd. run (Reda kick)	7-21
Mizzou	2:12	FG	Jeff Wolfert 21 yds.	7-24
Ill	0:37	FG	Jason Reda 36 yds.	10-24
3rd Quarter
Ill	3:57	TD	Rashard Mendenhall 51 yd. run (Reda missed extra point)	16-24
4th Quarter
Mizzou	14:21	TD	Jimmy Jackson 3 yd. run (Wolfert kick)	16-31
Ill	7:15	TD	Juice Williams 12 yd. run (Reda kick)	23-31
Ill	0:16	TD	Juice Williams 3 yd. run (2-PT conversion failed)	29-31

Team Statistics
	Illinois	Missouri
First Downs	29	25
- Rushing	24	12
- Passing	5	12
- Penalty	0	1
3rd Down Eff	8/16	8/15
4th Down Eff	1/1	0/0
Rushes-Yards	69-357	40-189
Avg Rush	5.2	4.7
Comp-Att-Int	6-10-0	20-30-0
Passing Yards	82	240
Sacks-Yards	0-0	5-36
Fumbles-Lost	0-0	2-1
Punts-Avg	6-41.0	4-39.0
KR-Avg	6-13.7	6-19.5
PR-Avg	4-5.5	6-14.3
Penalties-Yard	3-15	1-5
Time of Possession	30:31	29:29

Illinois Individual Stats

Missouri Individual Stats

Rushing
	Att	Yds	20+	L	TD
Rashard Mendenhall	29	181	1	51	1
Juice Williams	16	81	0	17	2
Troy Pollard	11	59	0	11	0
Arrelious Benn	11	26	0	7	1
Daniel Dufrene	2	10	0	8	0

Rushing
	Att	Yds	20+	L	TD
Jeremy Maclin	4	115	1	75	1
Tony Temple	17	62	0	13	1
Jimmy Jackson	3	12	0	7	1
Chase Daniel	16	0	0	10	1

Receiving
	Rec	Yds	20+	40+	L	TD
Rashard Mendenhall	2	25	0	0	18	0
Jeff Cumberland	1	23	1	0	23	0
Kyle Hudson	1	13	0	0	13	0
Jacob Willis	1	13	0	0	13	0
Arrelious Benn	1	8	0	0	8	0

Receiving
	Rec	Yds	20+	40+	L	TD
Martin Rucker	5	68	0	0	19	0
Jeremy Maclin	3	65	2	0	31	0
Danario Alexander	4	40	0	0	16	0
Tommy Saunders	3	29	0	0	17	0
Chase Coffman	2	17	0	0	10	0
William Franklin	1	13	0	0	13	0
Tony Temple	1	6	0	0	6	0
Jimmy Jackson	1	2	0	0	2	0

Passing
	Comp.	Att.	Yards	TD	INT
Juice Williams	6	10	82	0	0

Passing
	Comp.	Att.	Yards	TD	INT
Chase Daniel	20	30	240	0	0

Field Goals
	Made	Missed
Jason Reda	36	-

Field Goals
	Made	Missed
Jeff Wolfert	21	47

Player of the Game:
Jeremy Maclin (Missouri)