Texas ices win over Mizzou with bizarre turnover in final minutes
By Mark Kern
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Texas went to Columbia to take on Missouri in a game that had huge implications in both the SEC and the College Football Playoff. It was a back-and-forth game the entire way, with the Longhorns holding on to a 27-20 lead late.
The Tigers were trying to get a potential tying score, but the Longhorns were able to clinch the game in a wild play.
Austin Simmons threw a pass to Cayden Lee, but he fumbled the ball in the air, with Longhorns’ defender Graceson Littleton returning it inside the Missouri five-yard line.
Raleek Brown put the game away with an eight-yard touchdown, giving the Longhorns the 34-20 lead.
Missouri took a 20-13 lead in the third quarter, as Naeshaun Montgomery scored on a 72-yard pass from Simmons to take the lead.
This was a game that both teams needed to win, and the Longhorns responded by scoring the game’s final 21 points.
The schedule doesn’t get any easier next week, as the Longhorns will be on the road in Baton Rouge to take on LSU. That game will also have major implications when it comes to making it to the CFP, but the Longhorns remained right in the race with the win.
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