Arkansas and No. 15 Texas are underway inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium.
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Special teams aren’t exactly special
A raucous crowd probably didn’t help on the first play as a false start begins Arkansas’ first drive. After the whistle, right tackle Dalton Wagner was gesturing to the crowd to lessen the noise. It was too much as a couple of completed passes later, Arkansas still had to punt.
After a dynamite defensive series, Texas was forced to punt, as well. Problem was that brought on Arkansas special teams.
Punt returner Greg Brooks Jr. inexplicably attempted to field the punt around his own 5 adjacent to the sideline, bobbled it and Texas pounced. Fortunately for the Razorbacks, the Texas player was out of bounds when he recovered and Arkansas kept the ball, starting on its own 4.
Welcome back, Grant
Trelon Smith hit a hole up the middle two plays later to give Arkansas the game’s first first down and putting the Razorbacks on the 19. Freshman running back AJ Green received his first touch of the season, catching a pass in the flat, but ended up a yard short of the marker on third down.
Welcome back, Grant Morgan. The super senior linebacker was the first man to Bijan Robinson on second down as his teammates swarmed the Texas back behind the line. A play later, his sack of Hudson Card forced the Longhorns to kick away.
KJ Moving Things
KJ Jefferson’s quarterback draw moved the Razorbacks past midfield on their third drive of the game for the first time. The drive stalled on the next three plays, but with the ball on the Texas 37, coach Sam Pittman elected to go for it. Jefferson faked a handoff in the backfield, Texas bit and he went around the right side for a gain of 12. One play later, he found Treylon Burks over the middle for a 14-yard pick-up and the Hogs were inside the 10.
There would be no second attempted fourth-down conversion. Freshman kicker Cam Little knocked through a 23-yard field goal with 2:03 left in the first to open the scoring.
Arkansas 3, Texas 0, 2:03 1st