No. 6 Missouri overcomes an early deficit and beats No. 24 Boston College 27-21

No. 6 Missouri overcame a 14-3 first-half deficit and recovered from a 3-0 deficit with a 27-21 win over Boston College.

The Tigers scored 14 points on three possessions in the final five minutes of the second quarter to take a 17-14 lead. Mizzou then had to hold on late in the fourth quarter after Boston College pulled within six points on a 38-yard touchdown pass from Thomas Castellanos to Kamari Morales with 3:45 left.

Missouri gave Boston College no chance to regain possession. Brady Cook converted a short third down with a read option with less than two minutes left to decide the game.

Cook finished the game completing 21 of 30 passes for 264 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for a touchdown in the third quarter that extended Missouri's lead to 24-14. Running back Nate Noel had 22 carries for 121 yards and wide receiver Luther Burden III had six catches for 117 yards.

An ugly win for the Tigers that included a 2nd and 58

Missouri committed eight penalties and many of them proved decisive.

Boston College's first touchdown came after the Tigers forced a third-down stop that was nullified by a penalty. And there was a sequence in the second half that led to Missouri facing a 2nd-and-58.

Seriously.

Mizzou took control late in the third quarter after a Boston College punt at their own 40-yard line. A 22-yard first down completion moved the Tigers to the BC 38, but Burden was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct on the next play for apparently throwing a Boston College defender's mouthguard.

On 2nd-and-25, Mizzou lineman Cam'Ron Johnson was penalized for being too far downfield. And on the next play, Burden caught a six-yard pass that was recovered for a crackback block on Mekhi Miller. Burden, who was sent off for his penalty earlier in the drive, was also penalized for unnecessary roughness.

Those two penalties combined to force Missouri back another 28 yards to the 14. Noel gained 24 yards on 2nd-and-58, but the Tigers punted after a six-yard gain on the third attempt.

Boston College had just 91 yards in the second half after moving the ball well in the first half. The Eagles' second touchdown came on a bizarre play after Castellanos wasn't ready for the snap but found a completely free Reed Harris for a 67-yard touchdown after struggling to pick up the ball.