Missouri S&T's football record book was referred to often Saturday afternoon on a day when the Miners did the one thing they set out to do when the day started -- lock up a winning season.

The Miners got their sixth win of the year in impressive fashion, running up their second-highest offensive total in school history as they blasted Southwest Baptist 63-23 on Senior Day at Allgood-Bailey Stadium. They also got a bonus Saturday, as Saint Joseph's 30-7 win over Central State gave the Miners the Great Lakes Football Conference title.

The title is the first league title for Missouri S&T in football since 1983 when it shared the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship.

Two of the seniors put their name in the record book in a game where S&T surpassed the 60-point mark for the second week in row, something that had not happened since 1914.

Brad Guidry (Rusk, Texas/Rusk) spearheaded the Miner passing attack by completing 31-of-42 passes for a career-high 437 yards and seven touchdowns -- breaking the S&T record shared by Evan Gray and Joe Winters. The 437 yards were the sixth-most in school history in one game.

Guidry got the Miners on the scoreboard on the game's opening possession, which was set up by Zach Howard (McKinney, Texas/Frisco)'s 45-yard kickoff return to start the contest. Three plays into the drive, Guidry connected with Howard for an 11-yard scoring pass to put S&T in front.

After the Miner defense stopped SBU's potent offense on a fourth-and-six play at the S&T 30, the Miners put together a 10-play scoring drive that culminated in a one-yard touchdown run by David Shields (Florissant, Mo./Cardinal Ritter) -- his 12th on the ground this season that also broke the school's single-season mark shared by Bob Berry and Terry Ryan.

The Bearcats got their first points of the day on a 21-yard field goal by Justin Finch, but another big kickoff return by Howard put S&T in business at the Bearcats' 28-yard line. A little under two minutes later, Mike Greaving (St. Louis, Mo./St. Mary's) hauled in an 11-yard touchdown pass from Guidry to give S&T a 21-3 lead.

Johnnie King's 65-yard touchdown catch cut the lead to 21-10 late in the first period, then the teams played scoreless football for the balance of the half. However, the scoring resumed after the intermission and much of it came from the home team.

On the first play of the second half, Steve Edwards (Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart Griffin) picked off a Steve Gachette pass and ran it back to the SBU 25, which was followed four plays later by the first of three touchdown catches by Jordan Beard (Rusk, Texas/Rusk) as he escaped from a defender and dove inside the pylon to extend the lead.

The Bearcats closed the margin to 11 again on Clint Carroz's one-yard touchdown run, but S&T answered by rattling off 28 unanswered points to bust the game wide open.

Guidry got the drive going with a 21-yard run to get the ball into SBU territory, then completed the drive by hitting Beard for a 40-yard touchdown pass.

Beard got into the end zone again on the Miners' next possession, as he hauled in a pass along the sideline in front of the S&T bench and raced to the end zone to give the Miners a 42-17 lead.

Guidry got his record-tying touchdown pass on a 12-yard scoring pass to Chad Shockley (St. James, Mo./John F. Hodge) early in the fourth quarter, then broke the mark when he connected with Howard on a crossing pattern for an 18-yard score.

Mike Wilson (Valrico, Fla./King) wrapped up the scoring with just over a minute to play when he raced 67 yards for his fourth touchdown in the last two weeks.

Beard had a big day in the receiving department for the Miners, as he caught eight passes for 201 yards and the three scores. Bryan Crider (Jefferson City, Mo./Helias) also caught seven passes on the day while Mike Greaving (St. Louis, Mo./St. Mary's) had six grabs. Howard finished the day with 181 all-purpose yards.

S&T finished the afternoon with 666 yards of total offense, a mark surpassed only by the 697 posted by the Miners in the Oct. 18 win over Kentucky Wesleyan. S&T finished with 217 yards on the ground and 449 passing; they have racked up 1,248 yards over the last two weeks of play.

Defensively, the Miners gave up 469 yards but kept the Bearcats off the scoreboard for the better part of the day, forcing two turnovers and stopping SBU on downs twice. Defensive end Matt Loula (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North) had three sacks on the afternoon and also forced two fumbles.

The Miners, 6-4 on the season, will finish its 2008 season next Saturday when they face Truman State in a make-up game of the August 28 contest that was postponed due to lightning. Game time will be at 1 p.m. in Kirksville, Mo.