ARLINGTON, Texas — The 88th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic between the University of Missouri and Ohio State University was sure to be an interesting game.
The Missouri Tigers beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 14-3 in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
The No. 9 Tigers vs. the No. 7 Ohio State were selected to play in one of the New Year Six bowl games in early December.
Mizzou's Brady Cook got the start against Ohio State's Devin Brown who made his first start with the team.
The Buckeyes got on the board first with a 44-yard field goal to lead 3-0. Ohio State had six punts in the first half.
The Tigers would come up empty-handed in the first half after six punts as well.
After a slow start to the second half, the Mizzou Tigers got the ball rolling after Brady Cook completed a 50-yard pass to Marquis Johnson.
Just a few plays later and at the start of the fourth quarter, Cody Schrader ran for a 7-yard touchdown to get the Tigers on the board.
Schrader, the former NCAA Division II standout and walk-on finished with 128 yards, running through two defenders for his 14th TD — and 10th consecutive game with a score.
With just over nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, Brady Cook completed a 31-yard pass to Theo Wease Jr. Cody Schrader would run for 31 yards in six plays after Wease Jr.'s catch to get Missouri to the Ohio State's 7-yard line.
Cook then completed a 7-yard catch to Luther Burden III for the team's second touchdown of the quarter and led 14-3.
Missouri beats Ohio State 14-3 in the Cotton Bowl Classic
With just over three minutes to play, Lincoln Kienholz, who replaced White after a first-half injury, was sacked by Daylan Carnell for a loss of 7 yards. Kienholz fumbled during the sack and it was recovered by Mizzou's Joe Moore.
After finishing 6-7 with bowl losses each of the past two years, Missouri wrapped up coach Eliah Drinkwitz’s fourth season by winning 11 games for the first time since 2014.
“I think tonight was a testament to a wilderness brotherhood. A bunch of guys that have fought through adversity their entire lives and careers,” Drinkwitz said. “We’re not bluebloods. We’re a dirty, hard-working brotherhood that loves each other, fight for each other.”
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