COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) _ DeVaughn Black ran for 205 yards and two touchdowns as Missouri outscored Western Michigan 48-34 Saturday.

Zain Gilmore also ran for 139 yards on 17 carries and tight end Dwayne Blakley tied a Missouri team record with three touchdown catches.

Tim Lester, the nation's fifth-ranked passer coming into the game, tried to spark Western Michigan (1-2) from a 31-14 halftime deficit.

Lester's third-quarter lateral to Corey Alston set up a 60-yard halfback pass to Micah Zuhl. Robert Sanford scored one play later to make it 34-21.

After Black's second touchdown run at the end of the third quarter, Lester connected with Steve Neal from the 3 to make it 41-27 early in the fourth quarter.

Blakley's third touchdown catch with 8:41 left moved Missouri (2-0) ahead 48-27, but Lester again rallied the Broncos, throwing a 6-yard touchdown pass to Neal with 4:51 remaining.

Lester didn't get another chance to rally the Broncos as he finished with 260 yards passing, four touchdowns and one interception.

Tigers quarterback Jimmy Dougherty started his second straight game, and was relieved as expected by fellow sophomore Kirk Farmer in the second quarter. Both threw first-half touchdown passes to Blakley.

After Blakley caught a 4-yard pass from Dougherty to cap the Tigers' opening possession, the Broncos' Steve Neal tied the game at 7 on a 3-yard pass from Lester near the end of the first quarter.

On the first play of the second quarter, Dougherty's third-down pass from the Western Michigan 31 was intercepted by Ronald Rogers. After Western Michigan punted, Missouri scored on each of its remaining possessions of the half.

Black, in his second game as the replacement for departed second-team All-American tailback Devin West, scored on a 1-yard run with 3:55 left in the half. Blakley's second TD reception, this one from Farmer, made it 21-7.

Lester's second touchdown pass of the day got the Broncos within 21-14 two minutes later. Missouri closed the half by scoring 10 points in 55 seconds.

Eric Spencer caught a 28-yard pass from Farmer. After Missouri linebacker Barry Odom intercepted Lester's second-down pass with 21 seconds left, Brad Hammerich pushed Missouri up 31-14 with a 22-yard field goal to end the half.