Arkansas Football: Razorbacks hoping to close the gap in series with Auburn

Arkansas hoping to end Auburn’s six-game win streak in the series matchup.

The two schools are separated by 700 miles, and before Arkansas joined the SEC in 1991, they had only played the Auburn Tigers once in the 1984 Liberty Bowl.

Auburn currently holds the lead in the series with 19 wins out of 31 contests. The Tigers are also on a six-game win streak over the Razorbacks. The last time the Razorbacks defeated the Tigers was in 2015, a 54-46 quadruple overtime thriller.

Cole Hedlund gave Arkansas the lead with a minute remaining, but Auburn used eight plays to set up a 41-yard field goal that tied the game with four seconds left. From there, it was back and forth before Brandon Allen connected with Drew Morgan for the touchdown and Kody Walker for the two-point conversion.

Ironically, the first time the two teams met as SEC members ended up being a tie on Halloween.

This weekend, the Razorbacks have the upper hand, despite only winning one more game than the Tigers. We can critique Arkansas’s performance this season as mediocre, but unlike Auburn, they have played the most brutal schedule in college football and had real opportunities to win every game. Don’t be surprised if the Tigers’ streak ends this weekend.

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