Missouri football vs. Kentucky final score and recap: Tigers down UK, clinch bowl eligibilty
Missouri football is looking to rebound after suffering its first loss of the season against LSU last weekend.
Follow along with us here for live updates and scoring plays from the game today.
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FINAL: Missouri 38, No. 23 Kentucky 21
Mevis all-but shuts the door
Kris Abrams-Draine gets his interception. The defense gets six sacks. Missouri is about to be bowl-eligible.
Harrison Mevis makes it 38-21, MU.
Schrader rumbles in for Missouri
The weather has been worsening. The Kentucky defense has been on the field for too much time. It's also crunch time.
That's Cody Schrader's music.
Schrader rumbled in from 19 yards out to give Missouri a two-score lead in the fourth quarter.
Missouri grabs a fourth-quarter lead
On third and goal from the goal line, the Tigers punch it in.
The fake sweep to Luther Burden ends in a one-yard touchdown run for Brady Cook. Missouri goes for two to make it a seven-point game, and Schrader punches it in.
MU is in front again.
End of the third quarter: Kentucky 21, Missouri 20
Kentucky regains the lead
Missouri's defense almost had an interception, but Kris Abrams-Draine's catch was ruled incomplete.
That gave Kentucky life, and the Wildcats took advantage.
UK regained the lead on a short touchdown pass, taking a 21-20 lead on Missouri late in the third quarter. That was a 71-yard drive, kept alive by a third-down conversion by Devin Leary scramble.
Mevis capitalizes on the Missouri takeaway
Drey Norwood opened the second half in the one-way Missouri needed. He recovered a fumble that Joseph Charleston forced, and MU was in business.
A short drive stalled in UK territory, and Mevis nailed a field goal to give the Tigers a 20-14 lead.
Halftime: Missouri 17, Kentucky 14
Cook to Wease, Missouri leads
Missouri has the lead.
The Tigers' have taken the biggest punch in the face, and responded resiliently. Cook hits Wease for an 18-yard score and MU leads 17-14.
Harrison Mevis cuts Kentucky's lead to four
After forcing a Kentucky punt, Missouri drove to a goal-to-go situation. That ended with a Mevis field goal.
It's 14-10, Kentucky still leads.
What? Luke Bauer touchdown!
A bad snap. It's fourth down. Luke Bauer comes on to punt.
Luke Bauer hits Marquis Johnson for a fake punt touchdown. Missouri trails 14-7.
What?
Yep.
Tigers are back in it.
End of the first quarter: Kentucky 14, Missouri 0
Kentucky goes up two scores on the Missouri turnover
The Wildcats picked off Brady Cook for the third time this season and made sure they made the Tigers pay for it.
Kentucky bowled into the end zone on a 13-yard scramble by Devin Leary. The Tigers defense is struggling to stop anything. Kentucky has run 18 plays to Missouri's seven.
Kentucky gets on the board first
After forcing a Missouri three and out to start the game, Kentucky marched right down the field and into the end zone.
Devin Leary found Ray Davis for a seven-yard touchdown catch to put the Wildcats up 7-0. Davis beat the coverage, which was Johnny Walker Jr.
Missouri to get the ball first
Missouri has won the coin toss, and elected to receive.
The Tigers and Brady Cook will get the ball to start first today.
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PROBABLE
Luther Burden III
Brady Cook
Marcellus Johnson
QUESTIONABLE
Chad Bailey
Tre’Vez Johnson
Mekhi Miller
Cody Schrader
OUT
Peanut Houston
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
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This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Missouri football vs. Kentucky: final score and recap
