Auburned

The Razorbacks lost on the road at #7 Auburn in a game that included many points, poor officiating, injuries, poor tackling, and another fourth quarter let down. It was an exciting game to watch, but losing another SEC game makes any hopes of winning an SEC Championship look real slim. The final score was 43-65 with The SEC referees putting up 14 points for Auburn with two absolutely terrible calls. The Razorbacks kickoff team was not good at all on returns or coverage, even giving up a 99 yard kickoff return to the one yard line.

The biggest news of the game was the injury of Ryan Mallett who checked out of the game after taking a big hit in the second quarter. At first it was unclear what type of injury he sustained, but it turned out to be a concussion resulting from a horse collar tackle (no penalty called) that left him in street clothes the entire second half of the game. Tyler Wilson stepped up big throwing for 4 touchdowns in the game and giving the Razorbacks a 6 point lead early in the fourth quarter. Unfortunately his spectacular play went south from there as he threw two picks to Auburn's middle linebacker later in the fourth quarter. Also, the Razorback defense looked lethargic in their efforts late in the game as they failed to make tackles and create turnovers.

This coming week the Razorbacks will take on the Ole Miss Bears? in a matchup in Fayetteville. This is a huge game for the Razorbacks and Coach Petrino as they hope to get their first win against former coach Houston Nutt since he was fired from Arkansas. I look for the Razorbacks to play with a lot of passion and aggression. It's unclear if Mallett will be available, but Tyler Wilson proved against Auburn that he's plenty capable of leading the offense.

Below are the stats from the Auburn game:

Passing
Arkansas Razorbacks Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating
Tyler Wilson 25 34 333 73.5 9.8 2 10 4 2 182.9
Ryan Mallett 10 15 94 66.7 6.3 0 0 1 0 141.3
Auburn Tigers Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating
Cam Newton 10 14 138 71.4 9.9 2 13 1 0 177.8
Kodi Burns 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rushing
Arkansas Razorbacks Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Knile Davis 14 93 6.6 25 0 0
Broderick Green 8 28 3.5 14 1 1
Ronnie Wingo 2 17 8.5 9 0 0
Joe Adams 1 11 11.0 11 0 0
Tyler Wilson 3 -10 -3.3 0 0 0
Auburn Tigers Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Cam Newton 25 189 7.6 40 3 0
Mario Fannin 14 60 4.3 13 1 0
Michael Dyer 6 52 8.7 38 1 0
Onterio McCalebb 4 29 7.3 13 1 0
Receiving
Arkansas Razorbacks Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Greg Childs 9 164 18.2 54 2 0
Joe Adams 7 87 12.4 24 1 0
Ronnie Wingo 4 55 13.8 38 1 0
Jarius Wright 4 49 12.3 18 0 0
Knile Davis 3 21 7.0 14 0 0
D.J. Williams 4 20 5.0 6 0 0
Cobi Hamilton 2 18 9.0 16 0 0
Van Stumon 1 7 7.0 7 1 0
Lance Ray 1 6 6.0 6 0 0
Auburn Tigers Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Mario Fannin 3 36 12.0 28 0 0
Darvin Adams 2 33 16.5 21 0 0
Kodi Burns 2 32 16.0 20 0 0
Emory Blake 2 28 14.0 15 1 0
Terrell Zachery 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
Kicking
Arkansas Razorbacks XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts
Zach Hocker 5 5 0 0 0 0.0 5
Auburn Tigers XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts
Wes Byrum 8 8 3 3 43 100.0 17
Punting
Arkansas Razorbacks Punt Avg Blk In20 TB
Dylan Breeding 2 46.5 1 1 0
Auburn Tigers Punt Avg Blk In20 TB
Steven Clark 2 39.5 0 0 0
Kick/Punt Returns
Arkansas Razorbacks KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD
Joe Adams 2 37 18.5 22 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Cobi Hamilton 8 140 17.5 29 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Auburn Tigers KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD
Onterio McCalebb 1 100 100.0 100 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Demond Washington 4 120 30.0 46 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Quindarius Carr 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0