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For the second straight week, Faurot Field was the site of a slaughter.Missouri was decimated by Auburn 51-14 on Saturday night, its third consecutive loss by at least four touchdowns. Like last week against Purdue, the result was solidified early: Auburn led 14-0 after seven minutes, 21-0 after 17 minutes and 28-0 after 23 minutes.Then, 2 minutes, 37 seconds into his postgame press conference, coach Barry Odom released the emotion he had suppressed through a dismal three-game [...]

After 51-14 loss to Auburn, Missouri coach insists he's the right coach to lead Tigers' turnaround.

COLUMBIA, Mo. • The botched handoff that broke quarterback Drew Lock’s nose during a practice earlier this week turned out to be a bad omen for the Missouri football team.

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Missouri had no answer for Auburn when it got in the red zone Saturday night. Specifically, the Tigers specifically slowing down Kerryon Johnson.No. 15 Auburn scored on each of its five red-zone trips. All five trips resulted in a Johnson touchdown. The junior finished with 48 yards.His longest run of the day in Auburn’s 51-14 beating of Missouri was a 7-yard touchdown run midway through the second quarter. Three of his touchdown runs were from 1 yard out, while the [...]

Missouri showed a clear emphasis to involve its tight ends more in the passing game, but that didn’t fix its offensive woes. Instead, it often hurt the Tigers in their 51-14 loss Saturday on Faurot Field.Drew Lock completed 4 of 7 targets intended for tight ends. Kendall Blanton caught one pass for 7 yards while Albert Okwuegbunam caught 2 of 4 targets. Jason Reese caught one pass for 8 yards.The footballs that Reese didn’t catch made a greater impact on the game. [...]

For the second straight week, Faurot Field was the site of a slaughter.Missouri was decimated by Auburn 51-14 on Saturday night, its third consecutive loss by at least four touchdowns. Like last week against Purdue, the result was solidified early: Auburn led 14-0 after seven minutes, 21-0 after 17 minutes and 28-0 after 23 minutes.Then, two minutes and 37 seconds into his postgame press conference, coach Barry Odom released the emotion he had suppressed through a dismal three- [...]

The Tribune's Daniel Jones spoke with Missouri athletic director Jim Sterk on Friday, covering a wide range of topics. Sterk's thoughts on all things aside from Tigers football — including Missouri's other fall sports and men's basketball — are below. You can read Sterk's thoughts on Missouri football, which ran in Friday's [...]

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