COLUMBIA, Mo. - With momentum starting to shift the wrong direction, Missouri’s defense proved it’s no one-man show Saturday at Memorial Stadium. In the Tigers’ first game since losing leading tackler and senior middle linebacker Cale Garrett to a season-ending injury, the first major test came in the worst spot on the field.

Backed up on their own goal line, the Tigers were inches away from falling behind Ole Miss. Instead, Barry Odom’s defense swarmed.

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“Defensively,” Odom said after his team’s 38-27 homecoming victory, “we’ve taken the philosophy, give us a place to stand and we’ll try to do something with it.