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· collected 2026-10-04 · by Dave Skretta The Associated Press
On Saturday, No. 25 Missouri defeated eighth-ranked Florida 45-17, ending their nine-game losing streak against top opponents. Austin Simmons threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, while Jamal Roberts ran for 211 yards and three touchdowns. Missouri's defense effectively shut down Florida’s high-powered offense, limiting them to just 197 passing yards and 13 rushing yards from their star running back Jadan Baugh. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz emphasized that the focus was solely on winning against a tough opponent rather than breaking any streaks.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-04,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Austin Simmons threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, Jamal Roberts ran for 211 yards and three more scores, and No. 25 Missouri trounced eighth-ranked Florida 45-17 on Saturday to snap a nine-game losing streak against ranked opponents.
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Missouri → throw → opponents
Cayden Lee had eight catches for 110 yards, Donovan Olugbode and Caleb Goodie Jr. had TD receptions, and the Tigers piled up 560 yards of offense while giving coach Eli Drinkwitz his first regular-season win over a top-10 team in 11 tries with them.
“It’s a good win against a really good team today.
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It → have → team
That’s all it was,” Drinkwitz said, bristling at any discussion of the way the Tigers have performed against the SEC’s elites.
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Tigers → ’ → elites
“Nobody in our locker room could care less about that.
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Nobody → care → that
I couldn’t care less about that.
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I → care → that
I really couldn’t care less.
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I → care → ?
The SEC is a hard league, and yeah, I’m done with that.”
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I → do → that
Missouri (4-1, 1-1 SEC) collapsed late Mississippi State last week, but it bounced back by stopping one of the nation’s top offenses.
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it → collapse → offenses
Gators quarterback Aaron Philo threw for 197 yards and a touchdown, but much of that happened as they played from behind.
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they → throw → behind
Jadan Baugh, who had been receiving some early Heisman Trophy hype after running for 11 touchdowns over his first four games, carried 12 times for only 13 yards, often struggling to even make it back to the line of scrimmage.
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who → receive → scrimmage
The Gators (4-1, 2-1), who routed No. 4 Mississippi last week, had been averaging 532.8 yards of offense.
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who → rout → offense
They had 325 on Saturday.
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They → have → Saturday
“We knew a couple of things were coming and still didn’t stop it,” Florida coach Jon Sumrall said.
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Sumrall → know → it
“They played with physicality.
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They → play → physicality
Hat’s off to them.
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Hat → ’ → them
They deserved the win.
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They → deserve → win
We earned the loss.
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We → earn → loss
We have a lot to work on.”
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We → have → lot
The Tigers clearly prioritized bottling up Baugh, the nation’s second-leading rusher, especially after watching him rip off a 12-yard gain the first time he touched the ball.
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he → prioritize → ball
He carried 11 more times for exactly one yard the rest of the game.
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He → carry → game
Florida evidently didn’t prioritize stopping anything.
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Florida → prioritize → anything
Simmons was 16 of 21 for 238 yards and his two TDs in the first half alone, slinging the ball to all corners of the field.
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Simmons → sling → field
He hit Olugbode for a 47-yard strike and a 10-3 lead, then delivered Goodie his first career touchdown reception later in the half.
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He → hit → half
It was a handful of possessions spanning halftime that decided the game, though.
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that → span → game
The Gators went three-and-out late in the first half, giving the Tigers the ball with 1:33 left, and Blake Craig’s 50-yarder as time expired made it 20-10.
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it → go → 1:33
Then, after getting the kickoff to start the second half, Roberts added a short touchdown run, the Tigers forced a quick punt, and Craig banged through a 52-yarder to make it 30-10 late in the third quarter.
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it → get → quarter
The coup de grâce came on the penultimate play of the quarter, when Roberts spun out of a pileup and ran 76 yards, getting shoved out at the Florida 2.
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Roberts → come → Florida
On the first play of the fourth, he slammed into the endzone, and a 2-point conversion made it 38-10.
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it → slam → endzone
“This is a really emotional league to play in,” Simmons said.
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Simmons → play → ?
It’s a tough league, especially in the trenches.
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It → ’ → trenches
Seeing Jamal bounce off all those tackles and break free, it’s something I haven’t seen.”
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I → see → tackles
As if the Tigers needed an exclamation mark, Roberts added it with an 80-yard touchdown run a couple of minutes later.
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Roberts → need → minutes
By that point, the Tigers were mockingly chomping at the Gators, who have struggled mightily in Columbia over the years.
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who → chomp → years
They have now lost four of their last five games at Faurot Field — though unlike the rest, this one didn’t come down to the wire.
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one → lose → wire
“What an awesome win for our community, for our state and more importantly for our team,” Drinkwitz said.
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Drinkwitz → say → team
“Really proud of our guys, our coaches and players, the way they went about their business this week.”
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they → go → business
Florida played without wide receiver Vernell Brown III, who led the Gators with 17 catches for 271 yards along with two touchdown catches and two punt return TDs in his first four games.
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who → play → games
Brown’s been dealing with a strained right knee.
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Brown → deal → knee
Missouri was missing starting edge rushers Darris Smith and Langden Kitchen, both of whom have lower body injuries.
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both → miss → injuries
Up next
Florida: Plays South Carolina next Saturday.
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Florida → play → Carolina
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