ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Talk about being sending yourself off on Senior Day in style.
Griffon Football said goodbye to 11 seniors and the 2022-23 season with a 41-0 victory over Lincoln on Saturday at Spratt Stadium. One senior made sure to rewrite the history books before left, as running back Titus McCoy tore up Lincoln for two Griffon single-game records of 289 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns, breaking Tony Williams' 26-year old record of 283 yards, and tying Dalton Krysa's five-touchdown performance against Lincoln in 2010. He came into the game with148 yards and four TDs, and ended the day as the backfield's leader scorer.
McCoy scored once in the first quarter, twice in the second, one in the third and twice in fourth. Reagan Jones chipped in with a 37-yard TD run of his own to begin the second quarter, as MWSU as a team rushed a new game record of 462 yards. The 41-0 final marks this as MWSU's second-time ever with two shutouts in one season, following in the 1975 team's footsteps with a defensive goose egg recorded to begin and end the season.
GAME NOTABLES
- Missouri Western's seven sacks is tied for the fourth-most by a team in program history, doing so for the first time since Nov. 8, 2014, vs. Nebraska-Kearney. MWSU had 10 sacks coming into Saturday.
- A.J. Crayton's second sack of the season gives 12 to cap his Griffon career, placing him 10th in all-time program history. C.J. Ravenell's half-sack gives him 11.5, tying him for 11th with still a season of eligibility to go.
- Jones' 116 yards marks the fifth time in his career where's he has eclipsed the century mark The Griffons are 4-1 when he does so. He ends 2022 as MWSU's leading rusher 700 yards, moving past his total of 614 from 2021.
- Traveon James ends the season with a team-high 700 yards, making him the third Griffon wide receiver in seven years to do so. Cooper Burton also finished 700 yards in 2021.
- With two tackles today, Kobe Cummings ends his Griffon career with 282 tackles — the fifth most in MWSU history.
- D.J. Stirgus finishes his career with 30 pass breakups, placing him eighth all-time in program history.
SENIOR SENDOFFS
Missouri Western Football graduates 11 seniors, consisting of the following below.
- Titus McCoy - RB
- Kobe Cummings - DB
- Domanic Chapa - DB
- Isaac Wallace - LB
- D.J. Stirgus - DB
- Tristan Davis - DB
- Dakari Streeter - DL
- Noah Price - OL
- P.J. Braun - OL
- Keegan Zars - OL
- A.J. Crayton - DL
