COLUMBIA, Mo. (KLFY)– Ahmad Hardy rushed for a career-high 250 yards and scored three touchdowns while No. 25-ranked Missouri scored on its first four possessions of the game and defeated Louisiana, 52-10, before a sellout crowd of 57,321 Saturday afternoon at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium.

Beau Pribula completed 15 of 22 passes for 172 yards and accounted for three TDs as Missouri (3-0) recorded 606 yards of total offense.

Louisiana (1-2) averted a shutout in the second quarter when Cameron Whitfield picked off Pribula, leading to Tony Sterner’s 34-yard field goal with 6:22 remaining.

After Hardy scored on a 71-yard run to give Missouri a 35-3 lead, the Ragin’ Cajuns quickly answered with Zylan Perry ran up the middle untouched for a career-long, 84-yard touchdown.

Perry gained 84 yards on five carries to lead Louisiana with Steven Blanco gaining 31 yards on seven attempts. Jaden Dugger tied a career-best with 11 tackles with a sack while Tyree Skipper, Terrence Williams and Jake St. Andre added eight tackles.

Louisiana returns to action on Saturday (September 20) when it travels to Ypsilanti, Michigan to face Mid-American Conference member Eastern Michigan. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CT and will be available on ESPN+.

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TEAM

• Louisiana lost the coin toss; now 1-2 on the coin toss.
• UL team captains – Terrence Williams (linebacker); Cooper Fordham (center); Nathan Torney (punter).
• The game against No. 25 Missouri was Louisiana’s first against a ranked opponent since playing No. 20 Florida State in 2022.
• The announced crowd of 57,321 was the largest for a Louisiana road game since 2022 at Florida State (58,597).
• Three players – Matthew Broussard (left guard), Brent Gordon Jr. (cornerback), Drenon Fite III (linebacker) – each earned their first career start, increasing UL’s total of first-time starters to 11 through the first three games.

OFFENSE

• Zylan Perry’s 84-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was the longest rush of his career and tied for the ninth-longest run in school history.
• Perry’s run was the first of over 80 yards since Zeon Chriss at UAB in 2023.
• Offensive lineman J’Marion Gooch – a former member of the Mizzou team – made his collegiate debut at left tackle.

DEFENSE

• Brent Gordon Jr. had a career-high six tackles in his first career start.
• Maurion Eleam had a 98-yard fumble return for a potential game-tying touchdown in the first quarter wiped out after video review showed Missouri’s Marquis Johnson crossed the goal line for a touchdown.
• Cameron Whitfield’s interception in the second quarter was the first of his career and snapped a Missouri streak of 76 consecutive passes without an interception to start the season.
• Trae Tomlinson’s sack of Beau Pribula in the second quarter was the first of his career.
• Jake St. Andre had a career-best eight tackles for Louisiana
• Chase Edwards (5 tackles) and Priest Ashe (4 tackles) each posted a career-high.

SPECIAL TEAMS

• Nathan Torney set a career high with nine punts, eclipsing his previous high (8) set at Southern Illinois (at Northern Iowa) in 2023. 
• Brek Schultz made his collegiate debut for Louisiana, opening the second half with a touchback on his first kickoff attempt.

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