The No. 15 Missouri Tigers’ 17–10 loss to No. 10 Vanderbilt Commodores in Nashville on Saturday was overshadowed by a critical left ankle damage suffered by quarterback Beau Pribula.
The damage will maintain Pribula out for the rest of the common season, although a postseason return has not been dominated out. He’ll endure additional testing tomorrow.
The damage occurred early within the third quarter on a fourth-and-goal dashing try from the 1-yard line. Pribula was stacked up by the Vanderbilt protection and twisted awkwardly underneath a pile. He remained on the turf as medical workers rushed in, later being fitted with an air solid and carted off the sector earlier than being wheeled into the locker room tunnel.
“Beau has no damaged bones, however he did have an ankle damage that needed to be popped again in,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz stated after the sport. “Do not have a timetable for his return, however it could possibly be some time.”
Earlier than leaving the sport, Pribula had accomplished 9 of 14 passes for 68 yards and added 10 dashing yards on 4 carries in what had been a defensive slugfest. For the season, the Penn State switch had accomplished 70% of his passes (149-of-213) for 1,617 yards, 11 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions, whereas contributing 210 dashing yards and 5 dashing scores via seven video games.
His absence pressured true freshman Matt Zollers into motion. The previous four-star recruit from Spring-Ford Excessive College (PA) started the season because the third-string quarterback. Nevertheless, he moved up the depth chart after redshirt junior Sam Horn suffered a season-ending fractured tibia within the Week 1 win over Central Arkansas.
Zollers confirmed composure regardless of the circumstances, finishing 14 of 23 passes for 138 yards and one landing. He led a 12-play, 75-yard scoring drive to tie the sport 10–10 early within the fourth quarter, connecting with freshman tight finish Jude James for the rating. Missouri’s closing drive agonizingly virtually pressured additional time, however a Hail Mary cross to Kevin Coleman Jr. fell one yard wanting the objective line as time expired.
The defeat dropped the Tigers to six–2 total (2–2 SEC), their second loss in three video games, thereby ending October with a 1–2 file. The group will now head into their bye week earlier than internet hosting No. 3 Texas A&M on November 8 at Faurot Subject.