Simpson, Bama hold off Mizzou, win 5th straight

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Ty Simpson threw for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, including the clincher connected 4th down to Daniel Hill with 3:16 to go, and eighth-ranked Alabama held disconnected No. 14 Missouri 27-24 connected Saturday to springiness the Crimson Tide their 5th consecutive win.

Jam Miller added 85 yards rushing earlier leaving with an wounded successful the 4th quarter, and Kevin Riley and Isaiah Horton besides had TD catches for Alabama (5-1, 3-0 SEC), which has won 7 consecutive implicit Missouri dating to Sept. 8, 1975.

Beau Pribula tried to rally the Tigers (5-1, 1-1) late, hitting Donovan Olugbode for a touchdown with 1:39 to go. And aft Alabama pounced connected the onside kick, Missouri was capable to unit a speedy punt, getting the shot backmost with 1:17 near and nary timeouts.

Pribula connected with Olugbode again connected 4th down to get adjacent to midfield, but helium followed with a brace of incompletions, past overshot his intended people and was picked disconnected by Alabama antiaircraft backmost Dijon Lee Jr. to enactment the crippled away.

The nonaccomplishment ended the Tigers' 15-game location winning streak, the second-longest nationally.

Pribula finished with 167 yards passing with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and helium besides was the Tigers' astir effectual runner with 61 yards and different score. The nation's apical rusher, Ahmad Hardy, was held to conscionable 52 yards.

Missouri got disconnected to a bully start, seemingly stunning Alabama connected its opening drive. It took conscionable six plays to march 78 yards, and Pribula threw a nifty lob to choky extremity Brett Norfleet down the sideline for a 26-yard touchdown and a 7-0 lead.

Yet the Crimson Tide not lone regained their composure, they regained control.

Simpson was astir cleanable connected an answering touchdown drive. And aft Alabama forced a three-and-out, the inferior QB drove the Crimson Tide downfield again, zipping a walk to Horton connected third-and-long for a 16-yard touchdown walk and a 14-7 lead.

After each squad added a tract extremity earlier halftime, Missouri took vantage of Simpson's fumble - his lone large mistake - connected the archetypal play of the 2nd half. Pribula juked his mode into the extremity portion 3 plays aboriginal to necktie the crippled 17-all.

But aft Conor Talty added a go-ahead tract extremity aboriginal successful the 3rd 4th for Alabama, the Crimson Tide stopped Missouri connected 4th down midway done the 4th quarter, shoving Jamal Roberts retired of bounds conscionable shy of the marker; replays appeared to amusement the moving backmost reaching the shot acold capable for a archetypal down, but the spot was upheld by the officials.

Alabama took implicit and, aft Simpson converted connected fourth-and-8 with a propulsion to freshman Lotzeir Brooks, the SEC's apical passer recovered Hill successful the extremity portion connected fourth-and-goal from the Missouri 2 with conscionable implicit 3 minutes remaining.

Scary concern Alabama wide receiver Derek Meadows appeared to beryllium knocked unconscious by Missouri information Marvin Burks Jr. successful the archetypal quarter. The freshman was trying to leap for a drawback erstwhile helium took a convulsive blow, which near him laying facedown connected the turf for respective minutes. He yet walked disconnected the tract with assistance from trainers. Burks was ejected for targeting.

The takeaway

Alabama showed nary letdown aft back-to-back wins implicit Georgia and Vanderbilt successful its archetypal travel to Columbia since 2020.

Missouri wrapped up its season-opening homestand by losing astatine Faurot Field for the archetypal time...