After absorbing an ugly 41-10 loss at Texas A&M last Saturday, No. 21 Missouri will try to rebound against host Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon in Amherst. The Tigers (4-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) will face the independent Minutemen (1-5) after being outgained 512-254 in the rout by the then-No.
25 Aggies. Missouri averaged just 2.3 yards per carry rushing while allowing Texas A&M to average 6.
6. Texas A&M quarterback Conner Weigman came off the injured list and completed 18 of 22 passes for 276 yards. "At the end of the day, it falls on my shoulders to make sure it's better, and our focus is leading up to UMass," Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz said.
"We make no excuses about it. Shouldn't have mattered who was playing the quarterback position. We should have been better, and we need to focus this week on stopping this quarterback and figuring out our scheme so that we can execute at a higher level.
" Hosting Missouri is a huge deal for Massachusetts, which will join the Mid-American Conference next season. "SEC, it gets no bigger than that. Our guys are going to have an opportunity to make history," Massachusetts coach Don Brown said.
"All they have to do is go out and compete, play at a high level, and good things will happen. Some of the opponents we have played recently helped us prepare for this game." The Minutemen went into overtime at Miami (Ohio) on Sept.
28 before losing 23-20, then were tied 13-13 at Northern Illinois going into the fourth quarter of their 34.
