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 Chase Daniel broke the Mizzou single-game touchdown pass record on Saturday with five strikes through the air. |
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Chase Daniel Named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week
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Sept. 4, 2006 COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Chase Daniel era couldn't have gotten off to a much better start than it did Saturday evening, and because of that, the sophomore QB was named the Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week by a media panel on Monday. Daniel led Mizzou to a rousing 47-7 victory in which he broke the MU single-game record by throwing 5 TD passes in his first career start. He completed 23-of-32 passes on the night for 320 yards with no interceptions, and his passer rating of 207.44 was 8th-highest in the nation through games of Saturday. His yardage total ranked 8th-most in the country through Saturday, and only he and Texas Tech's Graham Harrell threw for as many as 5 TDs. Interestingly, the man that Daniel replaced - record-setting QB Brad Smith - also won Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors in his first career start in 2002 against Illinois. Ironically, that game was played on a Sept. 2nd date - as was Mizzou's game last Saturday. For the record, Smith won the award after leading MU to a surprise 33-15 win over the defending Big Ten champions, as he threw for 152 yards and rushed for 138 more and 1 TD.
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