Lewis leads comeback, Tigers stay undefeated
It was far from the smooth sailing Tigers fans have gotten used to this year, but the Missouri Tigers rebounded after a horrible first quarter and beat the Texas Longhorns 52-36. Despite the score the Longhorns were in the game until the last 3:15.
In an emotionally charged locker room the Tigers got motivated, and came out firing. Led by true freshman Rico Lewis and D. Steele the Tigers marched 77 yards on their first drive to take a 7-0 lead.
The Texas Longhorns used a brutal option run to eat up field, but didn't hit paydirt until 2:15 left in the first quarter, tying the game at 7-apiece.
The first half was all defense. D. Washington got yet another interceptionTexas kept forcing Missouri's offense off the field, and took a 14-7 lead. Missouri's defense fought back, gathering two safeties and making it 14-11 at halftime.
Lewis was sacked a lot in the first halfThe second half however was hell on wheels. The Tigers, behind in every statistical category, stormed the field for 41 second half points, erased the small deficit, and took a 52-36 victory!
The game was still close to the end, until A. Harrell broke free on a simple 3rd and 5 to try and end the game, and ended up going 72 yards for a TD, making it seem like it wasn't a truely epic battle.
Caldwell had a great day, including this 100+ yard interception return for a TDMissouri POTG:
Rico Lewis: 22 of 35 for 310 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT, sacked 3x
D. Steele 48 rushes for 228 yards, 2 TD
B. Caldwell, 5 tackles, 1 INT for 104 yards, 1 defensive TD
A. Roach, 11 tackles, 10 solo
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| Texas Longhorns at Missouri Tigers |
| Oct 17, 2015 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Texas Longhorns (5-1) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 36 |
| #1 Missouri Tigers (6-0) | 7 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 52 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| TEX | MIZZ |
| Total Offense | 683 | 570 |
| Rushing Yards | 111 | 260 |
| Passing Yards | 572 | 310 |
| First Downs | 25 | 28 |
| Punt Return Yards | 19 | 14 |
| Kick Return Yards | 95 | 143 |
| Total Yards | 797 | 727 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 8-16 | 5-15 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 1-1 | -0- |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 9-3-0 | 12-6-0 |
| Penalties | 1 FOR 15 yards | 4 for 37 yards |
| Posession Time | 24:12 | 23:48 |
| Scoring Summary |
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | TEX | MIZZ |
| 9:11 | (MIZZ) D. Steele 14 yard run (PAT) | 0 | 7 |
| 2:15 | (TEX) C. Bonds 13 yard pass from G. Herring (PAT) | 7 | 7 |
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | TEX | MIZZ |
| 9:11 | (MIZZ) Safety (by Missouri's defense) | 7 | 9 |
| 5:45 | (TEX) M. Onyegbule 3 yard pass from G Herring (PAT) | 14 | 9 |
| 1:18 | (MIZZ) Safety (by Missouri's defense) | 14 | 11 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | TEX | MIZZ |
| 11:01 | (TEX) T. Tolbert 9 yard pass from G. Herring (PAT) | 21 | 11 |
| 10:00 | (MIZZ) M. Smith 25 yard pass from R. Lewis (PAT) | 21 | 18 |
| 8:57 | (MIZZ) B. Caldwell 104 yard interception return (PAT) | 21 | 25 |
| 2:11 | (MIZZ) J. Ross 19 yard pass from R. Lewis (PAT) | 21 | 32 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | TEX | MIZZ |
| 8:01 | (TEX) J. Ratliff 2 yard run (2 pt) | 29 | 32 |
| 6:45 | (MIZZ) M. Smith 55 yard pass from R. Lewis (PAT) | 29 | 39 |
| 3:19 | (TEX) T. Tolbert 23 yard pass from G. Herring (PAT) | 36 | 39 |
| 2:11 | (MIZZ) D. Steele 0 yard run (missed kick) | 36 | 45 |
| 0:12 | (MIZZ) A. Harrell 72 yard run (PAT) | 36 | 52 |