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Chasing down Arkansas quarterback Austin Allen on a corner blitz, Aarion Penton tackled the signal caller as he threw toward the end zone. Missouri linebacker Cale Garrett intercepted the pass to give Missouri the ball on the goal line along with a lot of momentum.

Three plays later Missouri faked a punt on a direct snap to Anthony Sherrils, on a play called Subaru, to get the first down to keep the drive alive.

“That was incredible,” linebacker Eric Beisel said. “They started yelling fake, fake, fake (before the snap). Sherrils is too fast to catch.”

Shortly after, Drew Lock found Johanthan Johnson for a 67-yard touchdown to cut the Arkansas lead to 24-21 in the third quarter.

Garrett’s interception helped spark a comeback that Missouri had been unable to construct throughout the season. This time it worked, as Missouri defeated the Razorbacks 28-21 to finish Barry Odom’s inaugural season at 4-8.

“We knew if they gave us one look verse that call it would be there and if they didn’t we had a way to get out of it,” Odom said of the fake call. “It obviously helped us gain a little momentum.”

Down 24-7 at halftime, the comeback was the largest deficit Missouri had overcome since 1938.

Filling in for the suspended Damarea Crockett, Nate Strong rushed for 52 yards and a pair of touchdowns to help the run game.

“Some of the things he did in pass protection, some of the things he did on third and short to get the first down and then he’s got pretty good speed,” Odom said of Strong. “I’m really excited about what he’s going to do moving forward. The last couple of weeks he’s really figuring it out.”

Additionally, wide receiver J’Mon Moore finished with six catches for 135 yards with a fumble recovery touchdown in the endzone after Ish Witter dropped the ball before getting a foot in. Moore said he knew the play was a fumble when he picked the ball up.

“That’s why I went over there and got on it,” he said.

Moore became Missouri’s first receiver to have 1,000 yards receiving since Bud Sasser did in 2014.

With the season over, Odom says the team banquet is tomorrow, followed by a team meeting of all returning players before shifting attention to recruiting and offseason workouts.

Odom said senior linebacker Donavin Newsom approached him on Tuesday asking him if he had a problem with him wearing Michael Scherer’s no. 30 to honor his fellow senior and St. Louis native.

Newsom added that he wanted it to be a surprise to Scherer.

"Me and Mike came in together at the same time and I know he would do anything to be out there so I wanted to give him one more chance, he said.

"He really didn't say nothing. Looked like he was gonna break out in tears, but I had to stop him because it was game time."

Newsom wears the no. 25 in honor of Aaron O’Neil, the late Missouri linebacker who died on the field when he was 19. Newsom and O’Neal went to Parkway North in St. Louis. A St. Louis player has donned the number ever since O’Neal’s death in 2005. He said the decision wasn’t easy.

Newsom made sure Scherer joined him to get a rock from the ‘Rock M’ in the North end zone, a tradition the seniors do if they win their last home game.

"I made sure I walked up there (to get the rock) with Scherer because we came in together and I was making sure we went out together," he said.

Both players were part of Odom’s first senior day as the program honored its 16 seniors. Odom said he handled himself about as good as he could, but thought it was a distraction during the defense’s opening series.

“They’ll be a special group to me forever since they’re my first one. There’s guy who have been here a year. There’s guy that have been here five years but they’re a special group. I’ll be in those guys lives forever. I appreciate them greatly.”

Redshirt junior defensive end Charles Harris says he plans to decide whether or not he’ll forgo his last year of eligibility and declare for the NFL Draft by the end of the semester. He said his last final is on Dec. 15, which means he’ll probably know either way before then.

Harris finished the season with nine sacks and is currently projected a first round pick by multiple scouting services.

Missouri has had multiple defensive lineman declare for the NFL Draft with a year left the past few years with Shane Ray and Kony Ealy being two that it worked out for.

Harris said both of those players have already offered him help with the draft process and he plans to take them up on it as he explores his options.

“Now that the season is over I will reach out to Kony, Shane and (Markus Golden) just to see how would they feel in my position and how they would go about making that decision.”

Odom offered Harris the opportunity to partake in senior day festivities but Harris declined saying it wasn’t his place to do so.

“It’s not my senior year, it’s not my last year,” he said. “I’m considering coming back next year and that’s why I didn’t really want to do it.”