Ahmad Hardy rushed for 250 yards and three touchdowns on 22 carries Saturday as No. 25 Missouri hammered visiting Louisiana 52-10 in Columbia.
Hardy scored on runs of seven, 71 and seven yards for the Tigers (3-0), whereas quarterback Beau Pribula threw for 174 yards and accounted for 3 touchdowns, two by means of the air. Backup working again Marquise Davis added 113 yards and a rating on 20 carries as Missouri outgained the Ragin’ Cajuns 606-121.
Pribula accomplished 15 of twenty-two passes with an interception earlier than leaving within the third quarter. Kevin Coleman was his favourite goal, hauling in eight passes for 84 yards. The Tigers completed with 32 first downs, changing 9 of 13 third downs.
Most of Louisiana’s offense got here on one play, an 84-yard landing run within the second quarter by Zylan Perry with 3:27 left. The Ragin’ Cajuns (1-2) used two quarterbacks and neither was efficient. Starter Daniel Beale hit 1 of 8 passes for five yards and backup Lunch Winfield was 1 of 6 for minus 1 yard.
Hardy’s first 7-yard landing run initiated the scoring with 8:26 left within the first quarter, capping a 10-play drive that lasted greater than 5 minutes. Pribula hit Marquis Johnson for an 11-yard scoring strike on the following possession.
Pribula hit paydirt on a 14-yard run 42 seconds into the second quarter, adopted by his 39-yard landing cross to working again Jamal Roberts. After Tony Sterner acquired Louisiana on the board with a 34-yard discipline purpose, Hardy made it 35-3 with 5:41 left within the half on his 71-yard scoring jaunt.
Following Perry’s landing run, Missouri mounted a late drive and Robert Meyer transformed a 21-yard discipline purpose with 5 seconds remaining for a 38-10 halftime lead.
Hardy tacked on his third rating on a 7-yard run at with 10:02 left within the third quarter and Davis barged in on a 2-yard run with 7:02 left within the sport.
The sport was moved up three hours attributable to forecast excessive temperatures within the mid 90s. Temperature on the 12:02 p.m. kickoff was 89 levels.
–Area Stage Media
