No. 9 Missouri (4-1, 1-1 SEC) limps out of College Station, Texas after being embarrassed 41-10 by Texas A&M (5-1, 3-0 SEC).

Texas A&M jumped ahead with a touchdown on their first possession of the game. Faced with a 3rd & 6 from the Mizzou 26, running back Amari Daniels rushed forward for 25 yards to the edge of the goal line. Daniels finished the job on the next play with a touchdown run up the middle.

The Aggies scored on their next two drives, including a second touchdown from Daniels on the second play of the second quarter. Within the blink of an eye the Tigers trailed 17-0. 

Missouri allowed their third rushing touchdown in the second quarter, as Le’Veon Moss got in on the action with a 1-yard touchdown run. The drive was kept alive thanks to a pair of conversions on third and long. Behind the sticks on 3rd and 13, Connor Weigman completed a 40-yard jump ball to Jahdae Walker, pushing the ball into Tiger territory. 

The A&M running game jumped back on the horse in the second half, as Moss scored on the first play from 75 yards out. Another field goal during the third quarter pushed the lead to 34. 

Missouri finally cracked the scoreboard late in the third quarter, as Brady Cook rolled out to find Theo Wease Jr. streaking down the field. Wease walked into the end zone on the 59-yard catch for his first touchdown of the season.

The Tigers had several chances to score during the first half, including what seemed like a 75-yard receiving touchdown by Luther Burden III. However, that play was called back due to an ineligible man downfield.

The Aggies pushed the lead back to 34 in the fourth quarter as Moss scored his third touchdown of the day, this one from 18 yards out. The Tigers scored once more to make the deficit look prettier, as Blake Craig knocked home a 23-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining.

Texas A&M finished the game with 236 yards on the ground. Moss led the way with 138 on only 12 carries.

“Just being able to use different looks,” defensive lineman Kristian Williams said. “Same side counters, you got powers, you got different counters out of different looks and it’s a lot to handle…but at the end of the day y’all [work] as the team, 236 yards like you said is unacceptable.

Offensively, Missouri struggled to advance the ball, with 79 total yards of offense in the first half. The rush game was an issue all-around, finishing with only 68 yards on 30 attempts. A large part of that inefficiency was the amount of sacks taken, as Cook went down six times for a loss of 25 yards.

“[We] weren’t able to establish a rhythm with the game. When the score got lopsided we really weren’t able to even try to run the football. So they put a lot of pressure on the offensive line and them do what they did best,” head coach Eliah Drinkwitz said. 

Another issue came down to third down conversions, as the Tigers finished the game 5-15 on the money down. By contrast Texas A&M finished 7-12 on third down, constantly keeping their drives alive even in dire circumstances. 

This marked the biggest loss for the Tigers since they lost 66-24 against Tennessee back in 2022.

The Tigers will be back on the road again in a matchup against UMass at 11 a.m. on Oct. 12 in Amherst, Mass.