What Gus Malzahn said after Auburn's rout of Missouri

No. 15 Auburn crushed Missouri, 51-14, Saturday night at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

Kerryon Johnson had five rushing touchdowns, the defense forced four turnovers and Daniel Carlson had three field goals for Auburn (3-1, 1-0 SEC).

Below are initial live updates from Malzahn's postgame press conference.

GUS MALZAHN

-- "Very pleased with the win."

-- "I thought our defense played outstanding again."

-- Says the fake punt stop was a "huge play"

-- On Kerryon Johnson: "He wasn't 100 percent but he was close." Did an "outstanding job."

-- On Kamryn Pettway: Wasn't 100 percent, injury happened last week

-- "I thought Jarrett played well the whole tonight."

-- "It was good to get (Malik Willis) some experience."

-- "It makes all the difference in the world" to complete the deep throws

-- "We played off a little bit more than we had" against J'Mon Moore. Thought Kevin Steele did a great job with the game plan.

-- "We needed a game like this."

-- Tre' Williams and Javaris Davis (leg) were not 100 percent

-- Jamel Dean did a "super job"

-- "It feels good, we can build upon this. ... I think we showed tonight what we're capable of."

-- "I think we're starting to play up to our potential."

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