A fast start to what turned out to be a record-setting day for the Missouri S&T football team set the tone as the Miners routed Kentucky Wesleyan 58-7 on Homecoming at Allgood-Bailey Stadium.

The Miners scored on their first five possessions of the game and finished the afternoon with an S&T single-game record 697 yards of total offense, breaking the mark of 601 set 38 years ago in a win over Northwest Missouri State.

The big offensive day was set up by Miner quarterbacks Jason Schlueter (Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon) and Brad Guidry (Rusk, Texas/Rusk), who combined to set a school mark by completing 21 straight passes to start the game. The duo finished the day by completing 34-of-41 passes for 454 yards and three touchdowns.

S&T also ran for 243 yards on the day and scored its first five touchdowns on the ground. After the Miners' first drive stalled deep in Panther territory and led to a 24-yard field goal by Joe Drahos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington), the offense kicked into high gear.

A pass from Schlueter to Zach Howard (McKinney, Texas/Frisco) put the Miners at the KWC one-yard line, where Jerome Miller (Toronto, Ont./Don Bosco) went in to put the Miners up 10-0. On the Miners' next possession, Guidry hit Mike Greaving (St. Louis, Mo./St. Mary's) for 35 yards to set up a two-yard scoring run by David Shields (Florissant, Mo./Cardinal Ritter).

Miller scored his second touchdown five minutes into the second quarter on a three-yard run, then Shields went in from the two with just under five minutes remaining in the half to give the Miners their halftime lead of 31-0.

After Shields' two-yard touchdown run at the 11:04 mark of the third quarter pushed the S&T lead to 38, the Panthers got on the scoreboard when Chris Owen connected with David Smith, who ran through the Miner defense for a 59-yard touchdown to make the score 38-7.

The Miners weren't through on offense, as Chad Shockley (St. James, Mo./John F. Hodge) caught two scoring passes -- of 32 yards from Guidry and 22 yards from Schlueter -- and Zach Howard (McKinney, Texas/Frisco) caught one of 13 yards from Guidry over the next 10 minutes of action.

Schlueter, who started the contest, was 17-of-19 for 204 yards and Guidry finished 17-of-22 for 250 yards. Five different receivers caught at least five passes for S&T, with Jordan Beard (Rusk, Texas/Rusk) making eight catches for 137 yards and Shockley catching six for 118 yards and the two scores.

Greaving and Howard had seven catches apiece. while Miller had 81 yards on the ground for the Miners and Shields finished with 72 and the three scores. S&T did not punt on any of its 12 possessions in the contest.

The Miner defense held the Panthers to 89 yards in the first half and 266 for the game while forcing two turnovers. S&T got six tackles each from Justin Butler (Tulsa, Okla./Holland Hall), Jon Landstra (O'Fallon, Mo./Fort Zumwalt North) and Brett Hanten (Peoria, Ariz./Ironwood).