JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- With apologies to rock-and-roll legend Sammy Hagar, the Missouri S&T football team put one foot on the gas Saturday and didn't take it off until it had rolled up its biggest point total in 85 years.

The Miners, who entered Saturday's game at Lincoln having outscored its opponents 67-27 in the first quarter this season, ran out to a 35-0 lead before the opening quarter ended and continued the onslaught for the better part of the afternoon in an eventual 68-0 victory over the Blue Tigers at Dwight Reed Stadium.

The 68 points were the most for a Miner team in modern-day history and the most by any Miner team since 1923, when S&T defeated Kansas City 109-0. The Miners outgained the Blue Tigers by a margin of 582-to-51 in the yardage department, getting 33 first downs to Lincoln's four and forcing seven LU turnovers.

S&T dominated the contest right from the start, scoring touchdowns on each of its first six possessions including three on drives of 15 yards or less thanks to numerous mistakes made by the hosts.

The Miners' first score came on a seven-yard scoring run by David Shields (Florissant, Mo./Cardinal Ritter) to cap a 63-yard drive, then their second drive -- aided by a pass interference penalty -- ended with a nine-yard scoring pass from Jason Schlueter (Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon) to Mike Greaving (St. Louis, Mo./St. Mary's).

A play after a fumble gave the Miners the ball at the LU 11, Brad Guidry (Rusk, Texas/Rusk) connected with Greaving, who made a one-handed catch in the back of the end zone to make the score 21-0 with 3:16 left in the quarter.

Lincoln's next drive ended when Loren Severs (Macomb, Ill./Macomb) blocked Charles Christiansen's punt, which Matt Loula (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North) returned to the Lincoln nine to set up Shields' second touchdown run of the day and 11th of the season to tie the S&T single season record.

The Miners weren't done scoring in the first quarter, as Kirk Stilwell (Ballwin, Mo./Parkway South) picked off an Allen McClain pass when Lincoln got the ball back. On the very next play, Guidry hit Bryan Crider (Jefferson City, Mo./Helias) and the Jefferson City native took the ball 62 yards for another S&T touchdown.

After building the big first quarter lead, the Miners got three touchdowns from redshirt freshman Mike Wilson (Valrico, Fla./King) -- on runs of 45, 26 and 20 yards -- while Schlueter and Guidry each added an additional touchdown pass.

Schlueter threw a 13-yard scoring pass to Zach Howard (McKinney, Texas/Frisco), while Guidry's scoring toss covered 23 yards to Chad Shockley (St. James, Mo./John F. Hodge).

The Miners rolled up a season-high 356 yards on the ground, with Shields finishing with 112, Wilson with 97 on just five carries and Jake Drallmeier (Rolla, Mo./Rolla) getting 88. Schlueter and Guidry combined to go 18-of-21 for 226 yards and five touchdowns, with seven different receivers catching passes.

Defensively, the Miners held the Blue Tigers to just 40 yards on the ground and to 2-of-18 passing with five interceptions. Stilwell, Steve Edwards (Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart Griffin), Brian Jordan (Florissant, Mo./Hazelwood Central), Corey Taylor (Kansas City, Mo./Winnetonka) and Robbie Woodard (Tulsa, Okla./Holland Hall) all picked off passes in the game, as Lincoln had only 11 yards through the air on the two completions.

The Blue Tigers (1-7) ran only four of their 41 plays on the Miners' side of the field and the four came after a Miner turnover at their own 49-yard line.