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Kentucky 42, Arkansas 29 : Hogs drop second-straight game in 4th quarter

Published: Sunday, September 23, 2007 PRINT E-MAIL

Arkansas lost momentum on a fumble, and ultimately lost the game roughing a kicker then failing to net another first down when it mattered while Kentucky scored 21 fourth-quarter points.

Those self-inflicted wounds, plus a lot of good things by No. 21 Kentucky, overcame the Razorbacks, 42-29 Saturday night before a mostly fuming 74, 015 at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.

Razorback All-American tailbacks Darren McFadden and Felix Jones together netted 306 rushing yards plus Jones ’ 82-yard touchdown kickoff return that had the Hogs leading, 29-21 with 11: 40 left in the game.

Arkansas’ 8-point lead looked relatively safe when Kentucky kicker Lones Sieber missed a fourth-quarter 38-yard field goal, but Razorback linebacker Ryan Powers, already previously cited for a personal foul, was charged with roughing the kicker. The penalty made it first-and-goal at the 10.

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Two plays later, Kentucky third-team freshman tailback Derrick Locke, in because Wildcats Rafael Little and Tony Dixon were injured during the game, ran for a 3-yard touchdown at 7: 59.

Arkansas stopped Kentucky’s 2-point conversion. When McFadden got stopped for two on third-and-3, and Arkansas punted Kentucky back to the Wildcats’ 38, the Razorbacks couldn’t stop the Wildcats ’ six-play, 68-yard drive. It was capped by quarterback André Woodson’s 32-yard TD pass to Keenan Burton with 4: 02 left followed by a Woodson to Burton 2-point conversion pass.

Arkansas ran a futile four plays, with Casey Dick throwing incomplete on fourthand-11 from the Razorbacks ’ 24, to give Kentucky a short field to run down the clock before Woodson scored again on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with 59 seconds left.

Arkansas’ wheels, though the Hogs would come back to lead in the fourth quarter, began falling off when its bid to increase a 20-7 lead before half instead saw Kentucky cut it to 20-14 at intermission.

Third-team tailback Michael Smith’s fumble was returned by Kentucky cornerback Trevard Lindley for a 66-yard touchdown with 26 seconds left before half.

Freshman wideout Crosby Tuck, now out for the season after breaking his arm in during the second half, had just caught a 20-yard pass to the Kentucky 35 when Smith fumbled.

So coach Houston Nutt’s Razorbacks, once 16 th-ranked and 1-0, now are 1-2 overall and 0-2 in the SEC West while Kentucky is 4-0, 1-0 in the SEC West.

They lost this one despite McFadden’s 173 yards on 29 carries and Jones’ 133 on 12 carries, including a 72-yarder.

“ Too many gifts, ” Nutt said. “ That fumble got them back in the game. Too many mistakes. ”

And too much Kentucky balance with the Hogs mostly rising up well against Kentucky’s touted passing attack, until a surprisingly strong Wildcat rushing game plus penalties made the defense vulnerable to everything at the last.

“ They did a good job keeping us off balance, ” Nutt said. “ We have to correct some things. We really gave them a lot of momentum.

“ I told the team, ‘ Blame it on me. Let’s go forward. We have a lot of football left. ’”

Woodson, setting a career NCAA record for most passes without an interception, completed 21 of 39 without a pick for 265 yards and two touchdowns.

Arkansas scored first on the first of two Alex Tejada field goals, a 40-yarder, at 9: 35.

Defensive end Antwain Robinson’s 16-yard TD return of a Woodson fumble dislodged by defensive tackle Malcolm Sheppard had Arkansas up, 10-0 at 9: 16.

Kentucky scored its first TD on Little’s 14-yard run at 7: 29 of the first quarter.

Jones’ 72-yard run to the Kentucky seven only netted a Tejada 20-yard field goal at 11: 05 of the second quarter after three McFadden runs were stopped no further than the 2.

Nobody was stopping McFadden when he eluded three tacklers for his 56-yard TD at 5: 41 of the second half.

By then, the Razorbacks began unraveling though they would go from down 21-20 when defensive tackle Fred Bledsoe nailed Woodson for a safety after Jeremy Davis punted the Wildcats back to their 3.

Jones returned the free kick for an 80-yard touchdown.

It looked like it might be enough, but not with Kentucky’s work and Arkansas gifts wrapping these Hogs SEC winless in two starts.

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Updated May 20

1. UC Irvine 40-12

2. LSU 41-14

3. Arizona St 41-11

4. CS Fullerton 38-14

5. Texas 38-12

6. North Carolina 41-14

7. Ole Miss 40-15

8. Oklahoma 40-16

9. Florida 38-18

10. TCU 35-15

11. Rice 35-15

12. Florida St 40-14

13. Clemson 39-17

14. Georgia Tech 34-15

15. East Carolina 41-15

16. Virginia 39-12

17. Kansas St 39-15

18. Alabama 37-17

19. Cal Poly 35-17

20. Louisville 40-14

21. Minnesota 35-15

22. Elon 37-14

23. Miami Fl 35-18

24. Missouri 32-23

25. South Carolina 37-19

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Arkansas Razorbacks' 2009 Baseball Schedule

Feb. 20

Washington St. (DH)

W 7-5

Feb. 20

Washington St. (DH)

W 4-2

Feb. 22

Washington St.

W 4-3

Feb. 24

Kansas

L 3-9

Feb. 25

Kansas

W 9-8

Feb. 27

Western Illinois

W 8-7

Feb. 28

Western Illinois

     6:00 pm

Mar. 1

Western Illinois

     6:00 pm

Mar. 3

Valparaiso

W 7-3

Mar. 4

Valparaiso

W 9-6

Mar. 6

California

W 5-4

Mar. 7

California

L 6-12

Mar. 8

California

W 13-3

Mar. 10

@ Centenary

L 3-8

Mar. 11

@ Centenary

     6:00 pm

Mar. 13

Florida

W 11-4

Mar. 14

Florida

W 8-4

Mar. 15

Florida

W 4-2

Mar. 17

Nebraska

W 7-3

Mar. 18

Nebraska

L 4-7

Mar. 20

@ Auburn

W 3-2

Mar. 21

@ Auburn

W 10-6

Mar. 22

@ Auburn

W 12-6

Mar. 25

Missouri St.

W 10-0

Mar. 27

Mississippi St.

W 20-9

Mar. 28

Mississippi St.

W 5-1

Mar. 29

Mississippi St.

L 4-12

Mar. 31

@ Missouri St.

W 2-0

Apr. 3

@ South Carolina

W 6-4

Apr. 4

@ South Carolina

L 1-9

Apr. 5

@ South Carolina

W 7-4

Apr. 7

Arizona St.

W 7-3

Apr. 8

Arizona St.

W 8-7

Apr. 10

Vanderbilt

L 0-9

Apr. 11

Vanderbilt

L 6-13

Apr. 12

Vanderbilt

     1:05 pm

Apr. 14

La.-Monroe

L 2-3

Apr. 15

La.-Monroe

W 10-9

Apr. 17

@ Georgia

L 3-4

Apr. 18

@ Georgia

L 3-4

Apr. 19

@ Georgia

W 2-0

Apr. 21

@ Oral Roberts

W 9-6

Apr. 24

@ Tennessee

W 9-3

Apr. 25

@ Tennessee

L 4-5

Apr. 26

@ Tennessee

W 15-8

Apr. 28

Oklahoma

W 8-7

May. 1

LSU

W 11-4

May. 2

LSU

L 0-5

May. 3

LSU

L 3-4

May. 8

@ Alabama

L 1-2

May. 9

@ Alabama

L 6-8

May. 10

@ Alabama

L 5-6

May. 12

Oral Roberts

W 3-2

May. 14

Ole Miss

L 5-7

May. 15

Ole Miss

L 3-9

May. 16

Ole Miss

L 3-16