That didn't happen until the second half, when the Cougars scored two touchdowns — after having gone about the equivalent of two games against Power 5 defenses without reaching the end zone. Yet the offense also blew a scoring chance and basically gave Missouri a touchdown with its two fumbles, and couldn't sustain what turned out to be a final drive.
The painful effect of this game is not so much the defeat for BYU (7-3), but the failure to further validate the Cougars' progress. If the reference point for Mangum and the BYU offense is a scoreless performance at Michigan in September, there were considerable signs of growth.