Texas Scores 21 Straight to Beat Missouri 34-20
Texas trailed Missouri 20-13 in the third quarter and then scored 21 straight points. That is how it ended up winning 34-20, and it is how Texas got to 7-2 while Missouri fell to 6-3.
Missouri threw the first punch. Austin Simmons found Brett Norfleet from 2 yards out, Arch Manning answered with a 24-yard pass to Derrek Cooper, and the game stayed tied or within a score for the first three quarters. It was tied four times, and the only lead change was Texas going ahead for good at 5:03 of the fourth. Blake Craig kicked field goals of 22 and 48 yards, Gianni Spetic matched them with a 27 and a 34, and then Naeshaun Montgomery took a 72-yard pass from Simmons for a 20-13 Missouri lead with 4:52 left in the third.
It lasted exactly three minutes. Manning threw a 25-yard touchdown to Jermaine Bishop Jr. at 1:52 to tie it, and then Raleek Brown took over the fourth quarter, catching a 23-yard Manning pass at 5:03 and running 8 yards for the last score with 1:25 left. Missouri did not score in the fourth.
The stat line is a strange one: Texas lost two fumbles to Missouri's one and neither team threw an interception, so this was no turnover game. Texas threw for 297 yards and ran for 106, Missouri 252 and 84. Manning went 28 of 38 with three touchdowns, and Simmons 23 of 43 with two. For fantasy, Brown was the one, 31.3 points, a season high, from 85 rushing yards, six catches and two touchdowns.