Mississippi State Stays Unbeaten, Beating Missouri 31-24 Late
Cayden Lee had 11 catches, 156 yards and two touchdowns, scored the most fantasy points of anyone on the field (38.6), and his team still lost. Such is life. Mississippi State beat Missouri 31-24 and is 4-0.
It looked easy early. Kamario Taylor threw a 43-yard touchdown to Sanfrisco Magee in the first quarter and an 11-yarder to Fluff Bothwell with 24 seconds left in it, and State was up 14-0. Missouri then scored 17 straight: a Blake Craig field goal, a nine-yard Austin Simmons touchdown pass to Donovan Olugbode, and a 21-yard Simmons touchdown to Lee early in the third quarter, which put the Tigers up 17-14. Kyle Ferrie tied it 17-17 with a 28-yard field goal, and Simmons found Lee again from 28 yards out. That made it 24-17 Missouri with 2:53 left in the third.
That was as far ahead as the visitors got. Bothwell's four-yard run with 7:09 left tied it again at 24. Taylor then went back to Magee, a 24-yard touchdown with 3:57 to play, and that was the winning score. State's last 14 points came after the 24-17 deficit, which counts as winning the way you are supposed to.
The yardage was close to even and a little in State's favor: 499 total yards to 414, with Taylor throwing for 360 and one interception. Missouri's defense sacked him four times, and still gave up the 31. Bothwell carried 25 times for 122 yards and added six catches for 55, one of them a touchdown.
Mississippi State is 4-0. Missouri falls to 3-1. For fantasy, this was a three-way shootout: Lee, Bothwell (35.7) and Taylor (33.1) all cleared 33.