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Oct 19, 2024; Columbia, Missouri, USA; Missouri Tigers quarterback Brady Cook (12) is tackled by Auburn Tigers nose tackle Jalen McLeod (35) during the first half at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nBrady Cook shook off an ankle injury and passed for 194 yards as No. 19 Missouri rallied for a 21-17 homecoming victory over Auburn on Saturday in Columbia, Mo.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n After getting hurt early in the first quarter and sitting out until late in the third quarter, Cook help Missouri (6-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) erase a 14-point deficit.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Down 17-14, Missouri marched 95 yards on 17 plays to score the winning touchdown on Jamal Roberts’ 4-yard run with 46 seconds left.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Payton Thorne was 17 of 29 for 176 yards and a touchdown for Auburn (2-5, 0-4).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Auburn running back Jarquez Hunter had 85 combined yards rushing and receiving. Towns McGough kicked a 32-yard field goal, but he also missed from 30 yards.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Cook was hurt on Missouri’s first possession. Drew Pyne replaced him and completed 10 of 21 passes for 78 yards.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Nate Noel, Missouri’s leading rusher, suffered a foot injury during the first half. He returned briefly in the second half, but Marcus Carroll took over as the lead running back and rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Blake Craig kicked field goals from 51 and 38 yards for Missouri, but he missed from 49 and 55 yards.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Missouri took a 3-0 lead on its first possession, moving 41 yards to set up Craig’s 51-yard field goal.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Auburn tied the game 3-3 late in the second quarter on McGough’s 32-yard field goal. That capped a 64-yard drive highlighted by Thorne’s 18-yard pass to Hunter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Thorne’s 47-yard touchdown pass to Cam Coleman propelled Auburn to a 10-3 lead 2:26 into the third quarter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Auburn upped its lead to 17-3 when Antonio Kite recovered Luther Burden III’s muffed punt in the end zone.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Craig’s 38-yard field goal, set up by a 20-yard Carroll run, cut Missouri’s deficit to 17-6 with 11:08 left in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n After McGough missed a 30-yard field goal, Cook returned to the field and hit a 78-yard pass to Mookie Cooper to set up Carroll’s 2-yard TD run 3 seconds into the fourth quarter. Cook’s two-point conversion run cut Auburn’s lead to 17-14.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Missouri started its last offensive possession on its own 5-yard line. Cook kept it alive with a 14-yard scramble, then he hit a key fourth-down completion to Burden and a pass to Theo Wease on third down to set up Roberts’ winning run.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n