After a lackluster performance in their season opener against Oklahoma University, the Missouri State football team made marked improvements against the University of Central Arkansas.
The team improved as a whole in its second game of the shortened fall season. Here are some key takeaways from their performance on Saturday.
Defense, defense, defense.
Missouri State’s defense got off to a hot start against UCA. The Bears forced a turnover on the first drive of the game, courtesy of an interception by senior cornerback Jeremy Webb.
“I really think that our defense played fast and physical,” head coach Bobby Petrino said in his postgame interview with Art Hains on 101.