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Mac Jones, No. 2 Alabama Cruise to Easy Season-Opening Win vs. Missouri

No. 2 Alabama scored the game's first 21 points and led 28-3 at halftime en route to a 38-19 road win over Missouri on Saturday at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field in an SEC battle in Columbia.

The trio of Alabama quarterback Mac Jones, running back Najee Harris and wide receiver Jaylen Waddle proved too strong for the Tigers defense.

Harris scored on a pair of one-yard touchdown rushes and an eight-yard run. Jones found Waddle for 18- and 23-yard touchdown passes.

Missouri trailed 35-3 in the third quarter before scoring 16 points down the stretch on a Harrison Mevis 37-yard field goal, a 54-yard Tyler Badie touchdown reception and a Connor Bazelak seven-yard touchdown run, the latter of which came with no time remaining in regulation.