Arkansas 34, Missouri 17
When: 3:30 PM ET, Friday, November 26, 2021
Where: Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Temperature:
55°
Head Official:
Steve Marlowe
Attendance:
67320
By Field Level Media
Raheim Sanders rushed for two touchdowns as No. 25 Arkansas closed out its regular season and Southeastern Conference play with a 34-17 win over Missouri on Friday in Fayetteville, Ark.
The West Division Razorbacks (8-4, 4-4 SEC) broke a five-game losing streak against their cross-division rival from the East and finished with their fourth win in five games.
Arkansas notched its first eight-win season since 2015 when it went 8-5.
KJ Jefferson was 15-for-19 passing for 262 yards and a TD to Treylon Burks, who caught seven passes for 129 yards and a score.
Burks' six 100-yard receiving games this season set a school record. Trelon Smith rushed for a TD.
Montaric Brown notched his fifth interception for Arkansas, which beat Missouri for the second time in eight conference meetings.
The Tigers (6-6, 3-5) got 219 rushing yards and a score on 41 carries from Tyler Badie -- the SEC's leading rusher. It marks the fifth time Badie topped 200 yards this season.
Badie has 1,604 yards on 268 attempts with 14 TDs.
Connor Bazelak was just 10-of-26 passing for 65 yards and an interception.
Jefferson helped put the Razorbacks up 3-0 on their first series -- sprinting 49 yards up the middle -- to set up Cam Little's 36-yard field goal with 10:01 left in the opening quarter.
Late in the first quarter, Missouri's defense forced a fumble by Smith, but seven plays by the Tigers produced just 11 yards.
Kicker Harrison Mevis then connected from 46 yards with 13:27 left in the half.
On the best drive of the first half, the Razorbacks traveled 76 yards on eight plays, with Jefferson's 43-yard pass to Burks putting the home side in business at the Missouri 7-yard line. Sanders bulled in from a yard out for a 10-3 lead with 5:53 left.
One of the top kickers in the country, Mevis nailed a 49-yarder with 3:02 left that rounded out the half's scoring at 10-6.
Badie was strong with 117 yards on 22 first-half carries, but the Razorbacks did an impressive job keeping the Tigers out of the end zone.
Early in the third, De'Vion Warren took a bubble screen from Jefferson and went 55 yards, and Smith rumbled 4 yards for a 17-6 lead.
On their next series, the Razorbacks went up 24-6 when Jefferson found Burks for 52 yards.
Mevis added a 41-yard kick -- raising him to 20-of-22 in an excellent season -- but Little matched it from 23 yards with 11:44 left.
Sanders' 7-yard scoring run and Badie's late TD rush rounded out the scoring.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Receiving
| Missouri |
|
Arkansas |
|
Keke Chism
|
Player |
Treylon Burks
|
|
3 |
Receptions |
7 |
|
37 |
Yards |
129 |
|
12.3 |
Avg Yards |
18.4 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Missouri
|
316 |
251 |
65 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3.0 |
1 |
| Arkansas
|
425 |
163 |
262 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0.0 |
0 |
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