Texas beat Missouri 34–20 at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium in Columbia on Saturday, 7 November 2026. The teams were tied 20–20 entering the fourth quarter. Raleek Brown put Texas ahead on a 23-yard touchdown reception from Arch Manning with 5:03 remaining and added an eight-yard rushing touchdown with 1:25 left. The official box score lists Texas at 7–2 overall and 4–2 in the SEC after the win, and Missouri at 6–3 overall and 3–3 in conference play. University of Texas official box score
The final margin was two touchdowns, but Texas did not reach it by opening a large lead early. Missouri led after one quarter, Texas tied the game before halftime, and both teams scored ten points in the third. The quickest route through the game is to read the quarter totals first and then the scoring summary. Together they show when the lead changed hands and how much time remained when Texas took control. Texas Game Center
How the game reached 20–20
Missouri opened the scoring when Austin Simmons found Brett Norfleet with a two-yard touchdown pass, according to the official scoring summary. Texas answered with Manning’s 24-yard pass to Derrek Cooper. The summary credits each scoring drive with seven plays, but the drives ended with different types of passes. Missouri finished from close range. Texas scored from farther out, taking the ball into the end zone from the 24. Blake Craig then kicked a 22-yard field goal to give the Tigers a 10–7 advantage at the end of the first quarter. Official scoring summary
The only scoring entry in the second quarter is Gianni Spetic’s 27-yard field goal for Texas with 1:57 left. It made the score 10–10, which held through halftime. For a reader reconstructing the game from the table, the first-half numbers are easiest to understand in that order. Each side had a touchdown and a field goal by the break, even though they distributed those points across the two quarters differently. Texas Game Center quarter totals
The third quarter followed a similar exchange at a higher pace on the scoreboard. Craig put Missouri ahead 13–10 with a 48-yard field goal. Spetic answered with a 34-yarder. Simmons then found Naeshaun Montgomery for a 72-yard touchdown, putting Missouri up 20–13 after the extra point. Texas tied it again when Manning hit Jermaine Bishop Jr. for 25 yards with 1:52 left in the quarter. Each team added one touchdown and one field goal in the period. Their identical ten-point totals concealed four separate scoring moments and two Missouri leads. Texas official box score and scoring sequence
The 72-yard touchdown was the longest scoring play listed in the official summary. Its drive covered 75 yards in two plays. Texas’s tying drive also covered 75 yards, over nine plays. Those two entries give a compact illustration of how two teams can move the same distance with very different sequences. The drive chart is the place to see what happened on the plays between the start of a possession and the scoring entry. Official box score and drive chart
Brown’s two scores separated the teams
The first score of the fourth quarter came on a six-play, 54-yard Texas drive. Manning found Brown for the 23-yard touchdown with 5:03 remaining. Spetic’s kick put Texas ahead 27–20. Missouri had gone in front in each of the first and third quarters, but it did not score in the fourth. The touchdown reception gave Texas its first lead in the official scoring sequence. It left enough time for another possession to matter. Texas official scoring summary
Brown’s second touchdown came on the ground with 1:25 left. The eight-yard run and extra point made it 34–20. The scoring summary lists a six-yard net drive on three plays. The eight-yard scoring play and the six-yard net drive can both be correct, because the drive total accounts for the other plays as well. The play-by-play is the right place to check how the position changed before Brown’s run. The scoring line establishes the distance of the touchdown and the point at which the lead became 14. Official scoring and play-by-play tabs
If someone asks what turned a tie into a 14-point result, Brown’s scores provide the shortest answer. The fuller answer begins with the fourth-quarter starting score and includes Missouri’s scoreless period. That gives Brown’s two plays the right context. The first was a go-ahead score. The second extended that lead. Together they produced all of the points in the final period, with Spetic adding an extra point after each touchdown. Texas Game Center
What the yardage and third downs show
The Texas Game Center lists 373 total yards for the Longhorns on 69 plays and 336 for Missouri on 68. Texas had 297 passing yards and 76 rushing yards. Missouri had 252 passing yards and 84 rushing yards. The small difference in play count gives some context to the 37-yard gap in total offence. Texas gained more through the air, while Missouri finished with eight more team rushing yards. The final score and the yardage describe different aspects of the game, especially given how close the score was through three quarters. Official team statistics
Manning and Simmons led their teams with 297 and 252 passing yards respectively. Texas listed Brown with 85 individual rushing yards, while Missouri’s leader Jamal Roberts had 66. Brown’s individual total is higher than the team’s net rushing figure, which is why it is useful to keep player and team lines separate. When you see that pattern in a box score, open the individual and team tabs before trying to explain the difference. The game centre presents both figures and labels each one. Texas Game Center team and player leaders
Emmett Mosley V led Texas with 85 receiving yards, and Montgomery led Missouri with 81. Montgomery’s 72-yard touchdown accounted for most of his receiving yardage. That is one example where reading the scoring summary beside a player total tells you more than either number on its own. To assess the rest of a player’s game, check the individual receiving line and the plays on which the remaining yards came. Texas box score
On third down, Texas converted six of 13 attempts and Missouri converted three of 16. The raw totals are easier to interpret when you retain the denominators. Texas converted more often despite having fewer third-down attempts. Missouri also went one of two on fourth down. These are whole-game figures. They can point readers toward drives worth examining, but they do not tell you which particular attempts occurred in the fourth quarter. The drive chart and play-by-play are where that chronology belongs. Texas Game Center
The pregame context and the records after the result
Missouri’s published preview put both teams at 6–2 overall and 3–2 in the SEC before kickoff. It presented the game as a meeting of ranked teams and identified Texas as No. 7 and Missouri as No. 18 in its headline. If a different preview shows another ranking, check the date and the poll or listing the source uses. The official final box score gives the updated records without relying on a ranking label. Texas moved to 7–2 and Missouri to 6–3. The conference records moved to 4–2 and 3–3 respectively. Missouri’s pregame notes and Texas’s final box score
The Tigers entered the matchup after a 34–10 win at Arkansas, and Texas had beaten Mississippi State 31–3. Those prior results explain the setup for the November game without replacing what happened in Columbia. In particular, a search snippet for Missouri that shows 34–10 may be pointing to the Arkansas recap. For the Texas game, look for the date, the opposing teams and the final marker together. SEC recap of Missouri at Arkansas and Texas recap of Mississippi State
Where to check the official record
Start with the Texas box score for the final, the scoring order and the linked drive chart. Missouri’s football media hub is useful for the host school’s material, including game notes and the in-game stats link. The SEC schedule announcement confirms the listed 11 a.m. Central start and ESPN broadcast. In Eastern time that was noon. Readers trying to identify this game across the schools’ pages can use the matchup, the 7 November date and the Columbia venue. Texas box score, Missouri football media hub and SEC television schedule
For a short recap, use the scoring summary and select the two or three entries that show a change in the score. For this game, the third-quarter touchdown by Bishop brings the teams level, Brown’s reception gives Texas the lead and his run extends it. For a possession-by-possession account, use the drive chart instead. The right source depends on whether you want to know who scored, how a drive developed or how the final numbers compare. A similar approach to finding a dated fixture and its official result appears in our PSG–Troyes match guide.
What the United States search snapshot showed
In the United States view of Google Trends Trending Now at 21:00 UTC on 7 November, “texas vs missouri” was first in the list sorted by descending search volume. It showed 200K+ and was marked Active. The capture used the past 24 hours, all categories and all trends. The date had already reached 8 November in Bangladesh. The display is tied to that captured view and changes as the window rolls forward. Google Trends for the United States
The broad query can also bring up a different sport or an earlier meeting. For the 2026 football result, search with “Faurot Field” or “November 7 football.” That gives both athletic departments’ records a clearer match than the school names alone. When sharing the result, put the school that scored 34 beside the number, since the university box score and other scoreboards may put the home and away teams in different order. Texas official box score
What the possession figures can tell you
Texas held the ball for 32:26 and Missouri for 27:34, according to the Game Center. The difference was 4:52. That is a useful contrast with the nearly identical play counts, because possession is measured in elapsed game time rather than the number of snaps. To see how Texas accumulated that advantage, open the drive chart and compare the duration of individual possessions. For example, the Texas drive that tied the score at 13 in the third quarter took 5:08 before Spetic kicked the field goal. Missouri took 49 seconds to reply with the long Montgomery touchdown. Texas Game Center and the official scoring summary
Those two drives also show why more time with the ball does not always mean more points on a particular possession. Texas used ten plays to reach field-goal range, while Missouri needed two plays on the next scoring drive. The field goal produced three points and the touchdown with its extra point produced seven. Read the duration beside the result of the drive. A reader trying to understand the third quarter can start with those consecutive entries and then follow the Texas possession that made it 20–20. Official box score
For an overall comparison, the Game Center also lists Texas with 21 first downs and Missouri with 17. Putting that alongside possession and third-down results gives you three ways to ask how the teams sustained drives. The first-down total includes more than third-down conversions, so treat the two rows separately. The scoring summary then tells you which possessions actually produced points and where the close game became a two-score result. Official game statistics
The result in one sequence
Missouri led 10–7 after the first quarter. Texas tied the game at 10 before halftime. The third quarter ended 20–20 after the teams scored ten apiece. Brown then caught the touchdown that gave Texas the lead and ran in the touchdown that produced the final 34–20 margin. For more detail, the official scoring summary and drive chart keep the game clock and possession sequence with the score. University of Texas final box score
Sources consulted 8 November 2026, Bangladesh time. The result and scoring sequence were checked against the official university box score. The illustration depicts a generic football field.