1st Quarter
ARKANSAS 3, TCU 0
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Drew Morgan’s 12-yard catch and Rawleigh Williams’ 37-yard run on a toss sweep at left end set up Cole Hedlund’s 38-yard field on the game’s first possession. TCU drove 71 yards on a series that included Kenny Hill’s 21-yard run on fourth and 4. However, Deonta Gray fumbled on a hit by Jeremiah Ledbetter at the Arkansas 4 and Dre Greenlaw recovered. Toby Baker punted 59 yards to the TCU 28. The Frogs went three and out. Fullback Hayden Johnson went 18 yards with a blitz-beater dump pass, Williams had three consecutive carries to move the chains and Jeremy Sprinkle caught a 14-yard bootleg pass as Arkansas reached the TCU 18 to end the period.
2nd Quarter
ARKANSAS 13, TCU 0
Arkansas reached the TCU 7 before a lost-yardage play and incomplete pass led to Cole Hedlund’s 27-yard field goal. A chop block blunted a TCU series. Tevin Beanum and Taiwan Johnson forced a Kenny Hill pass in the flats, which Brooks Ellis intercepted and returned 47 yards for a touchdown. An illegal block defused a TCU series as itreached the Arkansas 30. Arkansas did not gain on three plays and Toby Baker punted 51 yards. Kyle Hicks caught a 31-yard swing pass to reach the Arkansas 44 before Jeremiah Ledbetter and Randy Ramsey combined for a 6-yard sack. Arkansas had a holding penalty and punted. Santos Ramirez knocked down Hill’s pass in the end zone from the Arkansas 47 on the final play of the half.
3rd Quarter
ARKANSAS 20, TCU 7
TCU went up-tempo and profited. Kyle Hicks had 3 touches for 37 yards, including a 9-yard touchdown run and John Diarse had an 18-yard catch on third and 9. Ty Summers batted down Austin Allen’s play-action pass on third and 1. The Horned Frogs punted to the Hogs’ 37 after gaining one first down. Drew Morgan caught a 24-yard bootleg pass to ignite a series in which Arkansas overcame offensive pass interference. Jeremy Sprinkle had a diving 25-yard catch and Allen fired a back-shoulder play-action pass to Morgan for a 13-yard touchdown. McTelvin Agim slam-sacked Kenny Hill for an 8-yard loss. Allen had a 3-yard keeper to move the chains at the TCU 39 at the end of the quarter.
4th Quarter/OT
ARKANSAS 41, TCU 38
Rawleigh Williams bounced around left end for 22 yards to the TCU 2, but Cole Hedlund’s 22-yard field goal hit the right upright. Uncovered KaVontae Turpin had a 57-yard catch-and-run to the Arkansas 5. Kenny Hill scored on a 1-yard run. Turpin returned a punt 34 yards to the 50. After Turpin’s 43-yard catch, Kyle Hicks ran 7 for the score. Austin Allen hit Keon Hatcher with a 16-yard touchdown, then Allen caught the tying two-point conversion pass from Hatcher. Turpin returned the kickoff 64 yards. Dan Skipper blocked Ryan Graf’s 28-yard FG try to force OT. Jeremy Sprinkle and Taj Williams had TD catches in the first OT. The Frogs scored on Graf’s 37-yard field goal, then Allen won it with a 5-yard QB sweep touchdown.