
By MATT PIKE
Welcome to the college football roundup, our weekly look at what all of the colleges did in our area in their football matchups. We take a look at Missouri, Northwest Missouri State, Missouri Western, Benedictine, Kansas, Kansas State, and Nebraska.
Normal versions of the college football roundup will come out on Sunday morning, following the weekly college football action. But with three games on Thursday in Week One, let’s take a look at the action.
New starting quarterback Beau Pribula shines in Missouri Tigers debut
Coming into a game where the starting quarterback had yet to be decided by Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz, Beau Pribula staked his claim to Missouri’s starting quarterback job with a four-touchdown performance as the Tigers rolled to a 61-6 season-opening thrashing of Central Arkansas.
Missouri opened the scoring on their third offensive play of the game, a 49-yard-deep ball from Pribula to Marquis Johnson, who led the team with 134 yards receiving.
BEAU PRIBULA'S FIRST PASS OF HIS @MizzouFootball CAREER IS A 51-YARD TD 🎯🔥 pic.twitter.com/i8yPqzM5mU
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) August 28, 2025
After two consecutive scoring drives ended with field goals for the Tigers, Pribula showed off his running skills with his first rushing touchdown of the day, an impressive 31 yard scamper to the endzone, that started with the quarterback dodging pass rushers before weaving his way all the way for the score.
OMG BEAU PRIBULA 😱@MizzouFootball | #SCtop10 pic.twitter.com/CC6tOi6IVC
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) August 29, 2025
Missouri took a 26-0 lead into the halftime break after embarking on a 15-play, 99-yard drive capped off by a one yard touchdown pass from Pribula to tight end Brett Norfleet.
Missouri had planned for Pribula to share playing time with redshirt junior Sam Horn, but Horn suffered a knee injury on his first snap of the game. Pribula led a second 99-yard drive on seven plays midway through the third quarter, extending the lead to 40-0 before handing the reins to true freshman Matt Zollers. Zollers finished 3-of-3 passing for 58 yards and a touchdown.
Tigers linebacker Dante McClellan returned an interception for 83 yards with 2:48 remaining in the game to cap the scoring.
Pribula, a transfer portal addition from Penn State, finished 23-of-28 passing for 283 yards and two touchdowns. He notched another 65 yards and two scores on the ground. The Tigers put up 560 yards of offense in the victory.
Running back Ahmad Hardy, the 2024 Sun Belt Conference freshman of the year transfer from Louisiana Monroe, rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown.
Next up the Missouri Tigers (1-0) stay in Columbia renewing their rivalry with Kansas (1-0) at home next Saturday, the first meeting between the historic foes since 2011.
Minnesota State tops Northwest Missouri State to start McMenamin era

The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats dropped their season opener at Minnesota State University, 38-14 to start a new era with new Head Coach John McMenamin.
As rain poured down in the first half, Minnesota State scored 21 unanswered points. Quarterback Sam Backer capped a nine-play, 75-yard drive for the Mavericks with a two-yard touchdown run on third-and-goal from the two with 6:19 left in the first quarter.
Northwest ran 10 plays for 30 yards of offense in the first quarter and gained one first down, while Minnesota State ran 20 plays and gained 117 yards with five first downs.
Minnesota State upped its lead to 14-0 on an 11-yard quarterback keeper from Mitchell Thompson with 5:03 left in the second quarter. The Mavericks Amaun Williams thwarted a Bearcat drive with an interception and a 27-yard return to put the ball at the Bearcat 38-yard line with 1:13 left in the half. Minnesota State wasted little time and turned the Bearcat miscue into a 38-yard touchdown pass from Thompson to Watson for a 21-0 halftime lead.
The Mavericks took the second half kickoff and drove 67 yards in 10 plays to take a 28-0 lead with 10:29 left in the third quarter. Minnesota State’s Backer tallied his second touchdown of the game on a three-yard score on fourth-and-goal. Minnesota State extended the margin on a 12-yard touchdown toss from Thompson to Nassir Jones with 7:47 remaining in the third quarter. The Mavericks marched 69 yards in eight plays to tally the touchdown.
Northwest marched 70 yards in five plays that was capped by a 20-yard touchdown strike from Zechariah Owens to Trevor Spady with 5:48 left in the third quarter. It was the first career touchdown for both Owens and Spady. The Bearcat score cut the Minnesota State lead to 35-7. The Bearcats crept closer on a 10-yard quarterback keeper from Owens with 2:09 left in the third quarter.
Minnesota State took a 38-14 advantage following a 24-yard field goal by Connor Fournier. The field goal put an end to an 11-play, 84-yard drive with 11:16 left in the fourth quarter.
Owens passed for a team-high 160 yards and rushed for a team-best 44 yards. Owens accounted for both of Northwest’s touchdowns with a throw and a run.
The Bearcats (0-1) will return to action next Saturday, Sept. 6, taking on Washburn in Topeka, Kan.
Late interception seals Nebraska win over Cincinnati at Arrowhead

Dylan Raiola threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns, and Malcolm Hartzog Jr. picked off Brendan Sorsby’s pass in the end zone with 34 seconds left, preserving Nebraska’s 20-17 victory over Cincinnati at Arrowhead Stadium.
The Bearcats actually led 3-0 early and were still within 6-3 late in the first half when they made a crucial mistake.
Despite his offense going nowhere, Cincinnati coach Scott Satterfield tried pushing the ball downfield on first-and-10 at its own 19 with 1:02 left before the break. Sorsby completed a short pass to Caleb Goodie, but the ball popped loose and was recovered by the Huskers, who needed just three plays to punch it into the end zone with a five yard touchdown pass from Raiola to Nyziah Hunter.
DYLAN RAIOLA TO NYZIAH HUNTER 🔥
Nebraska extends the lead before halftime 👀
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— ESPN (@espn) August 29, 2025
Instead of trailing by a field goal, the Bearcats headed to the locker room trailing 13-3 — a seemingly insurmountable deficit given they had managed 20 yards passing and 81 yards of total offense over the first 30 minutes.
Cincinnati fought to get back in it in the second half, though. It stopped the Huskers on fourth down early in the third quarter, and Sorsby finished the ensuing drive by diving over the pylon for a touchdown rushing for a seven yard score. And when Nebraska answered with a touchdown of its own, a three yard touchdown pass from Raiola to Dane Key, Sorsby needed just three and a half minutes to drive the Bearcats 75 yards and get within 20-17 with 7:15 left scoring on a one yard touchdown run.
Nebraska widens the lead in the fourth quarter 👀
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— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) August 29, 2025
The Bearcats got the ball back with about two minutes to go, but Hartzog made the clinching play in the final minute.
MALCOLM HARTZOG JR. CALLED GAME FOR NEBRASKA 🔥 pic.twitter.com/1JB1MXjKhS
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 29, 2025
Emmett Johnson had 108 yards rushing while Key and Hunter had touchdown catches for the Huskers with Hunter leading with 65 receiving yards and Key catching for 51 yards.
Next up, Nebraska (1-0) plays its home opener against Akron on September 6th.
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