Georgia had already taken a 14-0 lead on Saturday when disaster struck for Arkansas.
Reid Bauer was lined up in his own end zone to punt it away when it was blocked by Georgia’s Dan Jackson and Zamir White (who doubles as a special teams player) recovered it in the end zone to make it 21-0.
At that point, the Razorbacks were probably done even though the first quarter still wasn’t over.
Eventually Arkansas was able to put together a drive and got into field goal range, but sure-footed Cameron Little missed his first field goal wide right from 37 yards out.
Little’s counterpart, Georgia kicker Jack Podlesny, made all four of his extra points on Saturday, which happens to be part of a record for consecutive extra points made at 356 and counting. It started in 2014.
Senior linebacker Grant Morgan said following the game that he knew he and his teammates would have to play a perfect game in order to beat Georgia.
“We didn’t win in any of the three phases, special teams, offense or defense, and it showed,” Morgan said.
Morgan led the team with 12 tackles while Bumper Pool was right behind him with 11 stops.
Arkansas did not record a sack and only had four tackles for loss, as the Bulldogs were committed to a game plan of a steady diet of run plays.
Backup quarterback Stetson Bennett IV only attempted 11 passes and completed 7 of them for 72 yards.
The Razorbacks won’t have any time to feel sorry for themselves, as they travel to Oxford, Miss. next week to take on Ole Miss, who was dominated by Alabama on Saturday.
Picking off Matt Corral six times is probably an unlikely scenario this time around, as well as stopping the Rebels on fourth-and-goal situations twice.
Kickoff will be at 11 a.m. on ESPN, just like the Georgia game.