Zach Hocker kicked a 42-yard field goal with 6:53 left, and Arkansas rallied from 14 points down to beat Vanderbilt 31-28 Saturday—the Razorbacks’ fourth straight win. “You can’t get frustrated winning,” said Arkansas receiver Jarius Wright, who had 10 catches for 135 yards. “You can get frustrated by not starting out like you expect your team to do. We know how good we are. We expect to start faster. We expect to play way better than we played. We did get the win. You can never be mad getting the win.”
This was the third time this season the Razorbacks have trailed by double digits. They didn’t trail by 18 as they did against Texas A&M or 17 last week before beating Mississippi. This time, Vanderbilt led 21-7 with 1:39 left in the first half.
The Commodores (4-4, 1-4 Southeastern Conference) also had the ball at the Arkansas 5 in the fourth quarter leading 28-20 when Zac Stacy fumbled, and Jerry Franklin picked it up and ran it 94 yards for a touchdown. Tyler Wilson found Wright in the end zone for the tying 2-point conversion with 13:25 left.
“That was huge,” Arkansas defensive coordinator Willy Robinson said of Franklin’s TD. “We had a lot of opportunities for a lot of turnovers, but that one was the biggest one. It was the one that swung the game for us.”
Vanderbilt missed a chance to force overtime when Carey Spear’s 27-yard field goal went wide right with 8 seconds left.
“We’re lucky they missed the kick,” Arkansas defensive end Jake Bequette said. “I felt like our chances were good in overtime, but I’m glad we didn’t have to do that.
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