After suffering its first loss of the 2024 season at the hands of the Texas A&M Aggies in Week 6, Missouri football is looking to get itself back on track.

The Tigers travel on the road to face the UMass Minutemen, getting a break from their Southeastern Conference schedule. The Minutemen currently have a 1-5 record, most recently taking a 34-20 loss to Northern Illinois last week.

The 41-10 loss to Texas A&M stung Missouri, but it gets an opportunity to fix the problems that held it back a week ago. Of course it won’t underestimate what UMass can do, but it’s an ideal matchup to help steer the ship back to an upward trajectory.

“How we respond will define who we are as a team and what kind of character we have as a program,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz said.

The Tigers will get their chance to respond against the Minutemen at 11 a.m. in the first meeting between both teams in either program’s history.

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Third Quarter

•12:44: Daylan Carnell nearly picked Taisun Phommachanh off, but it just fell out of his hands. Regardless, UMass turns it over on downs.

Second Quarter

• Nate Noel is officially listed as OUT for the rest of the game with back tightness, per Eli Hoff.

• Blake Craig’s 42-yard field goal sends the Tigers into halftime with a 24-3 lead.

• 00:23: Corey Flagg Jr. snags an interception in the red zone and takes it 80 yards down the field to prevent a UMass score.

• UMass tries a fake punt, and it works. The Minutemen pick up 39 yards on that play and have good field positioning with a minute left in the half to score.

• 6:03: The Minutemen get their first score of the game off a 28-yard field goal from Jacob Lurie, making it a 21-3 differential.

• 11:02: Carroll strikes again on a 4-yard touchdown. Missouri now leads 21-0.

• UMass has already used three timeouts and there is still 13 minutes left in the half.

• Kewan Lacy getting some action at running back, receiving the first two carries of the quarter for a total of seven yards.

First Quarter

• Mitch Walters is in the offensive line over Cayden Green. Already a lot of substitutions for the the Tigers by the end of the first quarter.

• Nate Noel hasn’t seen a snap yet, while Carroll and even Jamal Roberts have gotten seven and two carries respectively.

• 5:15: Marcus Carroll punches in a 3-yard touchdown, putting Missouri up 14-0. Marks his third touchdown of the season.

• 14:03: Just like that, a 61-yard jet sweep to Luther Burden III gives the Tigers their first touchdown of the day and an early 7-0 lead.

Pregame:

• UMass wins the toss and defers, allowing Missouri to receive the kick-off.

• Expect wind to be a factor in Saturday’s game — the National Weather Service is charting wind in Amherst, Massachusetts to be up to 17 mph and gusts up to 23 mph.

• Missouri will be without starting inside linebacker Triston Newson and defensive end Joe Moore III due to injury, according to the Tiger Radio Network.

Who: No. 21 Missouri Tigers (4-1, 1-1 SEC) vs. UMass (1-5)

What: Week 7 of the College Football season

Where: McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000), Amherst, Massachusetts

When: Saturday, October 12, 11 a.m.

TV: ESPN2

Radio: Tiger Radio Network: (Play-by-play Mike Kelly, Analyst Howard Richards, Sideline Chris Gervino)

SiriusXM: 190