COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Le’Veon Moss ran for a career-high 138 yards with three touchdowns and No. 25 Texas A&M handed ninth-ranked Missouri its first loss with a 41-10 victory Saturday. It’s the fifth straight win for Texas A&M (5-1, 3-0 SEC) and first-year coach Mike Elko after a loss to Notre Dame in the season-opener in his debut with the Aggies.
“We are in a growth mindset...
we are trying to grow every single day,” Elko said. "We didn’t flinch when we didn’t get the job done against Notre Dame.” Texas A&M was up 24-0 at halftime and padded the lead when Moss ran 75 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the third quarter.
He burst through a hole in the line and evaded one tackle before simply outrunning everyone for his second score of the day. “We just wanted to come out and continue to put our foot on their neck,” Moss said. “That's it.
” When he scored his third TD on an 18-yard run early in the fourth quarter that made it 41-7, the crowd of 97,049 broke into chants of: ‘over-rated, over-rated.’ Brady Cook had 186 yards passing with a touchdown for Missouri (4-1, 1-1), which was playing its first road game of the season. Coach Eliah Drinkwitz said he was "embarrassed” by his team's performance.
"We weren’t competitive and that’s not Mizzou football,” he said. Conner Weigman threw for 276 yards in his return after missing three games with an injury to his throwing shoulder and Amari Daniels added two rushing scores. The ton.