Brady Cook passed for a touchdown and ran for another TD, helping No. 6 Missouri top No. 24 Boston College 27-21 on Saturday.
Nate Noel rushed for 121 yards for the Tigers (3-0), who trailed 14-3 early in the second quarter. Blake Craig kicked four field goals.
"Was not pretty, wasn't our best performance top to bottom but really responded," Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz said. "We hadn't been challenged all year and (I) was concerned with so many new faces about what that response would be. Today I think you saw a team that's committed to each other, a team that responds, a team that's never out of the fight."
Cook was 21 for 30 for 264 yards. He found Luther Burden III for a 19-yard touchdown with 3:04 left in the first half, and Noel tied it at 14 when he carried in the 2-point conversion.
Cook's 6-yard TD run lifted Missouri to a 24-14 lead in the third quarter, and Craig made a 31-yarder with 5:58 left in the fourth.
