FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — No. 14 Ole Overlook was pummeled early by Arkansas Saturday night time at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.
Which is putting it kindly.
Arkansas running back again Rocket Sanders rushed for 232 yards and 3 touchdowns, main the Razorbacks to a 42-27 earn in excess of Ole Pass up.
Ole Overlook fell to 8-3 all round and 4-3 in the Southeastern Conference. Arkansas improved to 6-5 general and 3-4 in the league.
Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson was 17-for-22 passing for 168 yards and three touchdowns. Ole Skip quarterback Jaxson Dart completed 21 of 36 passes for 240 yards,. a landing and an interception. Freshman operating back Quinshon Judkins was as soon as all over again fantastic, dashing for 214 yards and a landing. Zach Evans added 207 yards speeding and a rating of his very own.
Ole Pass up finished with 703 whole yards, with 394 of individuals coming in the next fifty percent.
Jefferson linked with Matt Landers capping a 7-perform, 68-yard generate to give Arkansas an early 7- guide with 8:28 still left in the very first quarter.
The Razorbacks had been just obtaining began.
Ole Pass up appeared to counter with a landing travel of its have. On the other hand, a fourth-and-nine, 33-property touchdown toss from Dart to Dayton Wade was negated by a holding penalty named on offensive tackle Micah Pettus.
Arkansas made the Rebels pay for the holding penalty, answering with an eight-engage in, 73-yard touchdown travel. It was Jefferson and Landers connecting on the scoring perform, this time a 23-garden toss into the end zone to extend the Razorbacks’ lead to 14- with 3:44 left in the opening quarter.
Jonathan Cruz acquired Ole Skip on the board with two minutes left in the 1st quarter with a 45-yard industry objective.
Arkansas’ offensive onslaught continued. Jefferson connected with Ketron Jackson Jr. on a 20-garden touchdown pass, capping a 7-participate in, 75-yard drive to increase the Hogs’ direct to 21-3.
An additional prospective Ole Pass up landing was known as back again in the second quarter for keeping, this time on still left tackle Jayden Williams. The Rebels have been forced to settle for a 32-garden Cruz discipline aim, reducing Arkansas’ lead to 21-6 with 4:38 remaining in advance of halftime.
Arkansas answered the industry intention with a different landing. This time, it was on the ground. Sanders just punished the Rebels on the travel, eventually capping it with a 20-yard touchdown run off the still left aspect to press the Hogs’ lead to 28-6 with 2:20 left in the fifty percent.
Dart was intercepted by Arkansas linebacker Drew Sanders on Ole Miss’ up coming possession, giving the Razorbacks the football at the Rebels’ 48 with 1:07 remaining in the 50 percent.
Arkansas designed the Rebels pay, working with six performs and all but 5 seconds ahead of Sanders scored from 8 yards out to thrust the Razorbacks’ direct to 35-6 at halftime.
Arkansas wasted no time sending a 2nd-half message. The Razorbacks needed just two plays to increase its lead to 42-3. Sanders’ 68-yard run, a single in which the Ole Pass up protection break up like a gulf, turned Reynolds Razorback into a get together and still left the Rebel admirers in the corner questioning just what had took place.
Judkins scored from one garden out with 14:02 still left. The two-point conversion attempt unsuccessful, reducing Arkansas’ guide to 42-12.
Zach Evans extra a 48-property landing run with 8:02 left. Dart’s 2-issue pass to Jonathan Mingo reduce Arkansas’ lead to 42-20.
The Rebels scored a person remaining time with 2:55 left, obtaining a 13-lawn go from Dart to Malik Heath to close to inside of 42-27.
Ole Miss out on will return house Thursday night time to near out the normal time with the once-a-year Egg Bowl game against Mississippi Condition. Arkansas closes out its standard year Friday at Missouri.
Notes:
— Judkins set the one-period speeding history Saturday, breaking a report Kayo Dottley had held given that 1949.