Mizzou's late rally falls short at Texas

Missouri's Brad Smith had 185 yards passing, but threw two interceptions.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Cedric Benson rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns and No. 9 Texas shook off a post-Oklahoma hangover Saturday with a 28-20 win over Missouri.
The Longhorns (5-1, 2-1 Big 12) won despite more shaky play in the passing game as quarterbacks Vince Young and Chance Mock threw for just 58 yards and two interceptions.
Benson overcame three fumbles to score Texas' final two touchdowns. His 14-yard run early in the fourth quarter gave the Longhorns some needed breathing room with a 28-14 lead.
The Tigers (4-2, 2-1), who had rallied from a 14-0 deficit and knocked Young out of the game with a hard hit in the second quarter, cut it to 28-20 on Brad Smith's 1-yard TD run on fourth down, but missed the extra point when Smith dropped the snap.
Smith led the Tigers with 185 yards passing and one touchdown but threw two interceptions, both of them costly.
Texas defensive end Brian Robison returned the first 2 yards for the game's first touchdown and the second set up a TD by Benson that gave Texas a 21-14 halftime lead.
Rebound win
In each of the last five years, Texas has rebounded to win its first game following a loss to Oklahoma. But coach Mack Brown is likely to face many questions about his quarterbacks over the next few days.
Young, who struggled in a 12-0 loss to the Sooners, was spectacular early against the Tigers, running for 53 yards on five carries.
He even set up the second score with a 48-yard catch on a reverse pass, his first career reception and second longest of the season for the Longhorns. Later on the same drive, he bounced out of a potential sack to scramble 23 yards for a TD to make it 14-0.
Then it started to unravel against a Missouri team that has emerged as favorite to win the Big 12 North.
Missouri tied it quickly as Smith hit Sean Coffey with a 3-yard TD pass and Damien Nash ran 33 yards untouched to score after Young threw the first of his two first-half interceptions.
Young was intercepted again when he floated another bad pass into a strong wind and he was knocked out of the game when he took a hard hit to his chest on the play.
But the Tigers blew a chance to take a lead into halftime.
Missouri moved the ball to the Texas 27, and went for it on fourth-and-5 instead of trying a 44-yard field goal for a potential 17-14 lead. Smith's pass was intercepted by Aaron Ross, who returned it 64 yards to the Missouri 12.
Two plays later, Benson bulled through four tackles to score, making it 21-14.
Young returned to the sideline and appeared ready to play in the second half but Brown stuck with Mock, who also struggled with the passing game and had more success handing off to Benson.