No. 7 Missouri survived an upset bid from Vanderbilt with a 30-27 win in double overtime win in both teams' SEC conference opener. Missouri kicker Blake Craig redeemed himself after missing three field goals in regulation by nailing a 37-yard go-ahead kick,

MU answered Vanderbilt’s touchdown with one of its own — the 20-yard catch-and-run by Burden — but the Tigers’ defense, on the ropes for a second straight drive, needed a big play. On third-and-3 on Missouri’s 4-yard line, Pavia kept the ball and found no place to go but backward.

After Vanderbilt received an unnecessary roughness call for shoving wide receiver Mehki Miller, the Tigers had their first penalty of the game. A holding call on Cam’Ron Johnson cost the Tigers 10 yards in the middle of the second quarter, a drive that would later result in Missouri’s second touchdown.