Eli Drinkwitz and the Missouri Tigers got the outcome they were after when they faced the Auburn Tigers on Saturday, coming out with a 21-17 comeback victory at Faurot Field.

One of the biggest occurrences in Mizzou’s win was the injury to Brady Cook, who finished the game 11-for-22 passing for 194 yards. The head coach had a lot of praise for Cook and the way the team rallied around him.

“That’s their guy. They believe in him more than anybody else. We all do. Nobody doubts that guy,” Drinkwitz said after the game.

Backup quarterback Drew Pyne stepped in the game while Cook was sidelined, completing 10 of his 21 passing attempts for 78 yards.

Cook had gone down with an ankle injury early during the first drive after he was tackled and had to remove himself from the action. There was some miscommunication surrounding whether or not Cook was permanently out of the game when he went down.

“I originally told you that the expectation is that Brady Cook would return to this game, but he has never come back out onto the field since we originally showed him going into the locker room,” ESPN sideline reporter Taylor McGregor said during the game. “I am now being told by the head athletic trainer here at Mizzou that he is still being evaluated and we should know more at halftime.”

Mizzou and Cook will look to stay on the right track as they face Alabama on Oct. 26.