Missouri Hangs 54 on Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Leads 40-0 at Half
Austin Simmons threw 19 passes and completed 17 of them. Four went for touchdowns, and Missouri led 40-0 at halftime on its way to a 54-14 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The Tigers (1-0) did their work early and then mostly coasted. The Golden Lions (0-1) did not score until the third quarter.
Simmons opened with a 25-yard touchdown to Shaun Terry II, and found Donovan Olugbode from 14 yards before the first quarter ended, so it was 14-0. Jamal Roberts ran in from a yard out to make it 21-0 early in the second. Then came the stretch that ended it. A safety made it 23-0 at 5:52, Simmons hit Olugbode for 35 yards at 5:44, and Cayden Lee caught a 47-yarder at 4:01 for 37-0. That is 16 points in under two minutes of game clock. Blake Craig's 32-yard field goal as the half expired made it 40-0.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff finally got on the board when Za'Marion Webber ran 27 yards with 2:31 left in the third, and it was 40-7. Matt Zollers scored from five yards to make it 47-7, David Brewer IV caught a 16-yard touchdown from Jack Schierholz to make it 47-14, and Preston Hatfield closed the night with a nine-yard run for the 54-14 final.
Missouri finished with 562 total yards, 357 through the air and 205 on the ground, and lost one fumble. Olugbode caught eight balls for 116 yards and two touchdowns, and the lost fumble was his.
For fantasy, Simmons scored 33.9 Promethium points and Olugbode scored 31.6 even with the fumble. Lee added 18 on four catches and one 47-yard touchdown. A big night for anyone who owned a Tiger.