Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz addresses upset loss to Texas A&M: 'I apologize to our fans'

Saturday's assemblage shot slate lone featured 1 matchup of 2 teams ranked successful the AP Top 25. The ninth-ranked Missouri Tigers traveled to Kyle Field to instrumentality connected the No. 25 Texas A&M Aggies.

While Missouri entered the crippled arsenic the favorites, the Aggies yet cruised to a 41-10 win. Texas A&M moving backmost Le'Veon Moss was asked if helium thought the Aggies shocked their top-10 ranked opponent.

"Most definitely," helium said earlier helium laughed. "They thought they was coming to get a portion of barroom — easy." Moss ran for a career-high 138 yards and scored 3 touchdowns during the game.

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Head manager Eliah Drinkwitz of the Missouri Tigers reacts successful the archetypal 4th against the Texas A&M Aggies astatine Kyle Field connected October 05, 2024 successful College Station, Texas.  (Tim Warner/Getty Images)

Texas A&M has present won 5 games successful a row. The Aggies dropped their play opener to Notre Dame.

"We are successful a maturation mindset... we are trying to turn each azygous day," first-year Texas A&M manager Mike Elko said. "We didn’t flinch erstwhile we didn’t get the occupation done against Notre Dame."

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Texas A&M was up 24-0 astatine halftime and padded the pb erstwhile Moss ran 75 yards for a touchdown connected the archetypal play of the 3rd quarter. He burst done a spread successful the enactment and evaded 1 tackle earlier simply outrunning everyone for his 2nd people of the day.

"We conscionable wanted to travel retired and proceed to enactment our ft connected their neck," Moss said. "That’s it."

Texas A&M antiaircraft lineman Shemar Turner, left, and antiaircraft lineman Nic Scourton respond aft a tackle during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Arkansas, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, successful Arlington, Texas.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Brady Cook had 186 yards passing with a touchdown for Missouri, which was playing its archetypal roadworthy crippled of the season. Missouri manager Eliah Drinkwitz utilized his opening connection successful the postgame property league to instrumentality work for the team's show and issued an apology to the fanbase.

"Just a truly mediocre show by my shot team, and it starts with maine and I apologize to our fans. It's my work for america to beryllium better. The commencement astatine the archetypal half… not being capable to person 3rd downs, not being capable to halt them connected 3rd down… yet (was) the quality successful the game."

"We weren’t competitory and that’s not Mizzou football," Drinkwitz added.

Aggies backmost Conner Weigman threw for 276 yards successful his instrumentality aft missing 3 games with an wounded to his throwing enarthrosis and Amari Daniels added 2 rushing scores.

Oct 5, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies moving backmost Le'Veon Moss (8) celebrates with violative lineman Chase Bisontis (71) aft scoring a touchdown successful the 2nd 4th against the Missouri Tigers astatine Kyle Field. (Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images.)

Texas A&M led 10-0 erstwhile Luther Burden III looked to person scored connected a 75-yard reception. But it was called backmost erstwhile the Tigers were flagged for having an amerciable receiver downfield.

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Missouri’s lone touchdown came connected a 59-yard touchdown walk from Cook to Wease that chopped the pb to 34-7 with astir 5 minutes near successful the third.

Texas A&M volition beryllium connected a bye week adjacent Saturday, earlier returning to enactment against Mississippi State connected Oct. 19. Missouri volition look to rebound adjacent week erstwhile they big Massachusetts..

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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