Just in general, Cook‘s presence brought more stability and control to Missouri’s offense. On his third play back in the game, he completed a 78-yard pass to Mookie Cooper. Auburn helped Missouri on that play with a couple missed tackles, but it was a throw that backup quarterback Drew Pyne didn’t seem to have the trust and confidence to make.

Auburn scored a special teams touchdown following Luther Burden III's muffed punt and a fumble recovery in the end zone. Kicker Towns McCough missed a 30-yard field goal and there were way too many special teams penalties (three) that prevented this from being a better grade.

We seem to not make the right call as coaches or the right play from time to time in critical moments, and that’s kind of been the story the whole year,” said Freeze, whose team lost its first four SEC games in consecutive years for the first time.