10 things to know – Georgia Southern

1. – The Razorbacks scored their biggest win in years last weekend when they beat No. 15 Texas, 40-21, in front of 74,531 fans, the ninth-largest crowd in DWRRS history. It was the first non-conference home win against a ranked team since the Razorbacks defeated No. 18 Tulsa, 30-23, on November 1, 2008.

2.- Following the win, the Razorbacks entered the national polls for the first time since 2016. The AP placed the Hogs at No.20 in their poll and the Coaches Poll ranked the team at No.24.

3. – Razorback’s rushing offense crushed the Texas defense, rushing for 333 yards and four touchdowns. It was a balanced attack on the ground with five different backers posting over 40 yards (Trelon Smith – 75 yards, 1 TD, KJ Jefferson – 73 yards, AJ Green – 67 yards, 1 TD, Raheim Sanders – 50 yards, 1 TD and Dominque Johnson – 44 yards, 1 TD). The Hogs averaged 7.1 yards per carry, which included the last practice which covered 75 yards on eight plays – all on the ground. Arkansas ran more than 330 yards in a game for the first time, totaling 359 at Mississippi State on Nov. 19, 2016. In two games, the Hogs’ rushing average of 289 yards per game ranks ninth nationally and third. in the SEC. The offense has scored eight of its nine touchdowns this year on ground, tied for fifth nationally in ground scores.

4. – In addition to his 73 rushing yards, QB KJ Jefferson completed 14 of 19 passes for 138 yards against the Longhorns. The red-shirted sophomore is passing 65% this season (26 of 40), ranking sixth in the league in completion percentage. He also ran for 162 yards (8.5 ypc), the team’s second-tallest, and two touchdowns. Since 2005, only four Arkansas flaggers have rushed for more than 100 yards in one season to Feleipe Franks (204 yards in 2020), Jefferson, Ty Storey (146 yards in 2018) and Brandon Allen (107 yards in 2015) . Jefferson reached the mark in just two games.

5. – The Arkansas defense came on against the Longhorns, allowing just 256 total yards and now Texas at 4 of 13 in third down conversions. Texas were held scoreless in the first half for the first time since 2015 and pitched for under 120 yards for the first time since 2015. The Longhorns used two quarterbacks and were just 13 of 23 for 118 yards in the air.

6. – Redshirt’s senior linebacker and Arkansan native Hayden Henry put in a career performance, recording a career-high 15 tackles with 2.5 tackles for a loss. He teamed up with linebacker Grant Morgan to make a crucial save behind the line of scrimmage in fourth in the third quarter. For the first time in his career, he was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week and Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week.

7. – Defensive coordinator Barry Odom’s unit has been a turnover-pushing machine since arriving on campus last season. The defense intercepted Rice Wiley Green’s quarterback three times in the season opener on a pick from defensive back Montaric Brown and defensive back Jalen Catalon’s pair of interceptions. In the first 12 games of Odom’s tenure as DC, Arkansas recorded 16 interceptions, tied for fourth in the country since the 2020 season.

8. – Kicking only for the second time in his college career, Cam Little has been as stable as he gets against the Longhorns, scoring four field goals and four more points. He was honored with the SEC Freshman of the Week accolades and named Lou Groza Award Star of the Week. Little is the first Arkansas kicker to score four goals in a game since Connor Limpert in 2018 against Ole Miss and the first freshman kicker since Alex Tejada against Troy in 2007. Little is also the first Razorback kicker to score at least. four goals and four more points in the same game since Tejada in the game against Troy.

9. – The Razorbacks complete a three-game homestand at DWRRS to open their season. It had been a long time since Arkansas played their first three games of a season at Fayetteville, 88 in fact. The 1933 team also did it by beating the College of the Ozarks (40-0), Oklahoma Baptist (42-7) and TCU 13-0, beating their opposition by a combined of 95-7. Head coach Fred Thompson’s Hogs finished the year 7-3-1, 4-1 in the Southwest Conference. Interestingly, Arkansas won their first game in program history against Texas that year, 20-6, on Nov. 24 in Austin.

ten. – Arkansas and Georgia Southern meet for the first time on the grill, and the Hogs are 20-1 against the current Sun Belt Conference roster. The Eagles are 1-1 this season, beating Gardner-Webb, 30-25, and falling to Florida Atlantic, 38-6. Head coach Chad Lunsford is 28-19 at Statesboro and just finished an 8-5 season with a victory over Louisiana Tech in the R + L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.