Texas Longhorns almost pull the upset
In a game filled with a lot of history, and the shoe on the other foot as the Texas Longhorns were trying to play spoiler against undefeated Missouri, the Texas Longhorns were one hit away from ending the Tigers perfect season.
MU struck first, opening up a 3-0 lead thanks to reliable G. Ressel's 21 yard field goal. The Horns responded in the second quarter thanks to Garrett Gilbert and his 68 yard TD pass to M. Davis, putting Texas up 7-3.
Missouri went 3 and out, and Gilbert wasted no time hitting M. Williams with a 50 yard TD pass, giving UT a 14-3 lead. Missouri responded with a 31 yard strike to R. Woodland to cut the game to 14-10. Garrett Gilbert drove Texas down to the 25, but when he went for a pass on 1st and 10 Will Ebner hit him hard on a blitz and ended Gilbert's game with a concussion. The loss of Gilbert as Texas's offensive leader showed immediately, as Texas struggled to get back into their rhythm.
M. Davis hauls in a catch that ends up being a 50 yard TD strike to give Texas a 14-3 lead
Missouri started a drive with 4:45 left in the third and D. Moore had an amazing 89 yard rush for a TD but it was called back due to offensive holding and went 3 and out.
Missouri got a decent drive going later in the third but choked and relied on G. Ressel to nail a 42 yard field goal to make it 14-13 with 2:04 left in the 3rd quarter. The Texas offense kept going 3 and out with Case McCoy not being able to get anything going.
McCoy snapped out of it and drove the Longhorns down to striking distance, and threw a perfect pass, only K. Jackson from Missouri got in the way and gobbled it up. Missouri went 3 and out again but they had stopped the Horns from gaining a larger lead that would have been almost impossible to overcome.
K. Edwards interception stops the Longhorn's attempt at a TD
The Tiger defense held, and with 2:45 left in the fourth quarter Z. Gooden made the biggest catch of his life, an interception deep in Texas territory to set up the Tiger offense with their best field position of all day. The offense faltered again but G. Ressel nailed a 25 yard chip shot to put the Tigers up 16-14, their first lead since the game was 3-0.
Z. Gooden nails an interception and returns it to give Missouri an easy scoring opportunity
Texas went 4 and out, and Missouri was running out the clock when D. Moore broke a 37 yard rush on third down to give Missouri a 23-14 lead with 21 seconds left.
C. McCoy was determined to not lose, and nailed D. Hales with a 81 yard TD strike with 0:02 left. Texas recovered the onside kick, but the final hail mary attempt fell incomplete as time ran out and Missouri prevailed 23-21 over Texas.
Missouri POTG: James Franklin went 24/41 with 294 yards and 1 TD
D. Moore had 14 rushes for 87 yards and 1 TD
Texas POTG: G. Gilbert went 9/13 for 138 yards and 2 TD
| Nov 12, 2011 - TX at MU |
| TEAM | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| #21 Texas (6-2) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| #6 Missouri (9-0) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| TX | | MU |
| 235 | Total Offense | 416 |
| 37 | Rushing Yards | 98 |
| 208 | Passing Yards | 318 |
| 13 | First Downs | 19 |
| Scoring Summary |
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | TX | MU |
| 3:44 | (MU) G. Ressel 21 yard FG | 0 | 3 |
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | TX | MU |
| 5:01 | (TX) Davis 68 yard catch TD from G. Gilbert (PAT) | 7 | 3 |
| 3:23 | (TX) M. Williams 50 yard catch TD from G. Gilbert (PAT) | 14 | 3 |
| 1:33 | (MU) R. Woodland 31 yard catch from J. Franklin (PAT) | 14 | 10 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | TX | MU |
| 2:04 | (MU) G. Ressel 42 yard FG | 14 | 13 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | TX | MU |
| 1:49 | (MU) G. Ressel 25 yard FG | 14 | 16 |
| 0:21 | (MU) D. Moore 37 yard rush TD (PAT) | 14 | 23 |
| 0:02 | (TX) D. Hales 80 yard catch TD from C. McCoy (PAT) | 21 | 23 |