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Sunday, August 25, 2019 23 NWA College Football Preview 2019 OCT. 26 NO. 2 ALABAMA 52, ARKANSAS 16 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tua Tagovailoa hits Jaylen Waddle with a 77-yard touchdown pass on the second play of the game to jump-start another rout in the lopsided series. The second-play touchdown breaks a two-year streak of first-play scores against Arkansas covering 75 and 76 yards for the Crimson Tide, which extends their winning streak to 13 games in the series. Nick Saban, fighting off an illness early in the week, says there is no truth to the rumor he's going to employ an animatron version of himself to coach the game. "The animatron still has a lot of bugs to work out, so right now that thing would be about as effective as my statue as a coach," Saban says. "Plus, that would be disrespectful to Arkansas and would take away from the positive self-grat- ification our student-athletes would receive by following the process to another victory." NOV. 2 ARKANSAS 38, NO. 24 MISS. STATE 31 (OT) FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas snaps its 16-game losing streak against SEC competition by rallying from 10 points down in the fourth quarter. The Razorbacks get the ball first in overtime and score on Nick Starkel's 14-yard play-action pass to Cheyenne O'Grady. Jarques McClellion intercepts a pass on third down in overtime to seal the victory. Chase Hayden breaks a 37-yard touchdown run with less than three minutes remaining to pull Arkansas within 31-28, then Jalen Catalon re- covers a fumble at the Bulldogs' 38 with time winding down. Connor Limpert nails a 49-yard field goal on the final play in regulation. Arkansas wins by the same score it did in Starkville as the No. 13 team in the AP poll in 2010. NOV. 9 ARKANSAS 31, WESTERN KENTUCKY 16 FAYETTEVILLE — The Razorbacks put togeth- er a perfectly balanced offensive attack — 250 rushing and 250 passing yards — and notch three takeaways and four sacks to drop the Hilltoppers. Three of the sacks — by McTelvin Agim, D'Vone McClure and Mataio Soli — come against former Arkansas teammate Ty Storey. Rakeem Boyd, Grayson Gunter and Treylon Burks tally offensive touchdowns, and Deon Stewart scores the fourth on a 70-yard punt re- turn, the Razorbacks' first score of that variety since Joe Adams in the 2012 Cotton Bowl. Kam Curl and Montaric Brown post intercep- tions, and Bumper Pool recovers a fumble as the Hogs win the turnover battle 3-1. NOV. 23 NO. 12 LSU 27, ARKANSAS 13 BATON ROUGE — Joe Burrow passes for two touchdowns and runs for another as LSU pre- vails in a night game highlighted by rare snow flurries at Tiger Stadium. De'Jon Harris stops a quarterback sneak on fourth and inches in the third quarter, setting up Rakeem Boyd's 50-yard touchdown run on the next snap. Connor Limpert boots a pair of long field goals to improve to 17 of 21 on the season. Jubilant LSU Coach Ed Orgeron makes some nearly unintelligible postgame remarks that are later translated from Cajun to read: "Never seen no snow like dat down here, but our guys like it and dats da way dem Tigers do it!" De'Vion Warren sets up a fourth-quarter field goal with a 67-yard kickoff return to pull Ar- kansas within 17-13, but LSU scores the final 10 points. NOV. 29 ARKANSAS 24, MISSOURI 23 LITTLE ROCK — Missouri's Akial Byers forces a fumble in the backfield on the game's final play, but T.J. Hammonds picks up the loose ball, circles left end and runs 41 yards for a touch- down as the horn sounds to cap the Razorbacks' frantic comeback and clinch bowl eligibility with a 6-6 record. Arkansas fans herald the third "Miracle on Markham" against a conference opponent in the past 18 years while Chad Morris gets a Ga- torade bath from a happy bunch of seniors, led by McTelvin Agim and De'Jon Harris. "Everybody got me? This shows the level of buy- in from our players, and let me tell Razorback Nation, we're on our way up!" Morris says to open his postgame remarks. Rakeem Boyd rushes for 83 yards to push his season total to 1,004, and Devwah Whaley scores while adding another 55 on the ground. Dorian Gerald, D'Vone McClure and Joe Foucha all post sacks for the Hogs, who receive an in- vitation to a bowl. DEC. 26 INDEPENDENCE BOWL FLORIDA STATE 30, ARKANSAS 27 (OT) SHREVEPORT — The Seminoles score on fourth and goal from the 3 in overtime on a bold deci- sion from Willie Taggart to cap an entertaining performance early in bowl season. The Razorbacks take a 27-24 lead to start over- time on Connor Limpert's 34-yard field goal, but Florida State wins the first meeting between the teams. "Everybody got me? All right, Arkansas football is back," Coach Chad Morris says. "We lost to- day, but the Razorbacks are on the right track. The hammer is going down, and if you wanna keep up with us you better get in the left lane!" v Continued from preceding page NWA Democrat-Gazette File Photo/Ben Goff Arkansas running back Devwah Whaley carries in the second quarter against Missouri on Nov. 23 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo. Arkansas football schedule and results ARKANSAS 2019 SCHEDULE All times Central DATE OPPONENT TIME Aug. 31 .............. Portland State ..................3 p.m. Sept. 7 .................at Ole Miss* ..............6:30 p.m. Sept. 14 ............ Colorado State .................3 p.m. Sept. 21 ............ San Jose State ....................TBA Sept. 28 ..............Texas A&M*+......................TBA Oct. 12 ................ at Kentucky* ......................TBA Oct. 19 .................... Auburn* ..........................TBA Oct. 26 .................at Alabama*.......................TBA Nov. 2 ............. Mississippi State* ..................TBA Nov. 9 ..................W. Kentucky ......................TBA Nov. 23 ................... at LSU* ..........................TBA Nov. 29 ................. Missouri*^ ................1:30 p.m. *SEC game +at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas ^at War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock ARKANSAS (2-10, 0-8 SEC) 2018 RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULT Sept. 1 ................... E. Illinois ................. W, 55-20 Sept. 8 ............ at Colorado State ........... L, 34-27 Sept. 15 ............... North Texas ................ L, 44-17 Sept. 22 ................ at Auburn* ................... L, 34-3 Sept. 29 ..............Texas A&M*# ............... L, 24-17 Oct. 6 .....................Alabama* ................. L, 65-31 Oct. 13 ................ Mississippi*^ ................L, 37-33 Oct. 20 ...................... Tulsa ...................... W, 23-0 Oct. 27 ...................Vanderbilt ................. L, 45-31 Nov. 10 ...................... LSU* ..................... L, 24-17 Nov. 17.......... at Mississippi State* ........... L, 52-6 Nov. 23 ................ at Missouri* .................. L, 38-0 *SEC game #at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas ^at War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock