17
2-5 , 0-4
21
Winner
6-1 , 2-1
17
21
Winner
| Staff | 1st | 2nd | Third | 4th | F |
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0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 21 |
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Regardless of taking part in by means of harm, Brady Cook dinner led a pair of lengthy landing drives that helped No. 19 Missouri register the come-from-behind victory over Auburn, 21-17, earlier than a sellout crowd on Homecoming at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Subject on Saturday.
Cook dinner, hobbled by an harm suffered on the sport’s first possession, missed practically the whole first half and far of the third quarter earlier than rallying Mizzou (6-1, 2-1) to its eighth consecutive Homecoming victory. That stretch marked the longest consecutive for the varsity that invented the custom, and first victory over Auburn (2-5, 0-4) because the 1973 Solar Bowl. Moreover with Saturday’s win, MU is bowl eligible for the fifth consecutive season.
Trailing 17-6, Cook dinner returned to the sport with 31 second remaining within the third quarter and accomplished a Third-and-10 go over the center that Mookie Cooper took 78 yards to the Auburn two-yard line. It was the longest non-scoring go completion at Missouri in not less than the final 60 years. On the primary play of the fourth quarter, Marcus Carroll barreled into the top zone for a landing and Cook dinner ran for a two-point conversion to deliver MU inside 17-14.
The 2 groups exchanged 5 punts till Missouri took over at its personal five-yard line with 4:26 to play. Cook dinner marched the Tigers 95 yards in 17 performs, changing a 4th-and-5 play with a 16-yard completion to Luther Burden III, and a Third-and-10 to Theo Wease Jr. On the 9, Jamal Roberts ran for 5 yards to the 4, then broke three tackles on his approach to the top zone for the rating that put Mizzou up for good with simply 46 ticks remaining.
On Auburn’s closing possession, Daylan Carnell, Dreyden Norwood and Tre’Vez Johnson every broke up a go and Johnny Walker Jr. sacked quarterback Payton Thorne.
Cook dinner accomplished 11-of-22 passes for 194 yards. Burden III caught six passes for 49 yards and have become the twelfth Tiger to high 2,000 profession receiving yards. He now has 167 receptions for two,027 yards.
With the rating tied 3-3 at halftime, Auburn took the second-half kickoff and shortly scored on a 47-yard landing go from Thorne to Cam Coleman to take a 10-3 lead. Simply over a minute later, Burden III muffed a punt on the 15-yard line that bounded into the top zone the place it was recovered for a landing by Auburn’s Antonio Kite to up the result in 17-3.
Backup quarterback Drew Pyne, who for his practically three quarters of play accomplished 10-of-21 passes for 78 yards, led a 44-yard drive on MU’s subsequent possession that ended with a 38-yard subject objective by Blake Craig to drag the deficit to inside 17-6. Auburn’s Cities McGough then missed a 30-yard subject objective earlier than Cook dinner returned to ship his heroics.
Within the first quarter, Craig kicked a 51-yard subject objective, the fourth 50-plus subject objective of his younger profession, tying him with Jeff Jacke for third on the MU profession lists, and McGough countered with a 32-yarder for Auburn.
Missouri’s protection restricted Auburn to 286 whole yards, and simply 22 yards – 4 speeding and 18 passing, within the fourth quarter alone.
Security Marvin Burks Jr. and linebacker Corey Flagg Jr. every had 9 tackles, whereas linebacker Triston Newson added seven.
Earlier than as we speak Auburn had been 150-1 during the last 20 years when main by 14-or-more factors within the second half.
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The Tigers journey to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, subsequent week to tackle the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday, Oct. 26. Sport time at Bryant-Denny Stadium will likely be both 2:30, 3:15 or 6:30 p.m. and the sport will likely be televised on both ABC or SEC Community.
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