Hugh Freeze opens up on short first quarter for Auburn vs. Missouri

The first quarter of a game between Auburn and Missouri flew by, and the Tigers weren’t able to manage much after getting stuck in some bad spots in the opening frame.

Coach Hugh Freeze explained why his team hadn’t really been able to open things up in the early going.

“Well special teams put us at the 5-yard line, you can’t, that really hurt us,” Freeze told ESPN sideline reporter Taylor McGregor. “Then they had the field position. Luckily our defense has played well enough to keep them in field goals, and they missed one.”

Missouri took an early 3-0 lead on a field goal, but it lost quarterback Brady Cook at least temporarily due to injury. That’s worth monitoring going forward.

Finally, after a second field goal attempt from the Tigers missed, Auburn was able to get the ball in decent field position. And the offense began to crank things up.

“So we’re leaning on them now,” Freeze said. “Finally got a little field position, having some good runs right now.”

Auburn will look to keep it going and punch in its first score of the game as the second quarter continues on.

On3 will have more on this developing story shortly.

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