BATON ROUGE- Arkansas opened SEC conference play on Saturday with a heart-breaking 34-31 loss to the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge. The game with LSU was the earliest the Hogs have played the Tigers in a season schedule.
With the loss, Arkansas’s overall record drops to 2-2 and 0-1 in conference. The loss at LSU is the second consecutive loss for the Hogs in the early 2023 campaign.
And now, Arkansas will have to regroup and prepare to play Texas A&M in Dallas next weekend at AT&T Stadium. That game has become a must-win for Arkansas who finds themselves in the midst of a gauntlet four-game stretch that includes last night’s game at LSU, next week’s game in Dallas against Texas A&M, a road trip the following week to Ole Miss, and a trip to Alabama on October 14. The Hogs do not return home to friendly confines of Razorbacks Stadium until October 21 when they host the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Here are some post-game notes as provided by the University of Arkansas:
» QB KJ Jefferson has thrown for a touchdown in 15 consecutive games under center. His 57 career passing touchdowns tie for third-most in the Razorbacks’ record book. Jefferson matches QB Matt Jones for the program record in touchdown responsibility with 77 (57 passing and 20 rushing).
» QB KJ Jefferson posted his 10th career game with at least three passing touchdowns. Jefferson finished 21-for-31 with a season-high 289 yards and three touchdowns.
» WR Tyrone Broden caught his first career touchdown as a Razorback – a 19-yard reception from KJ Jefferson. Broden caught three passes for 31 yards and a score.
» TE Luke Hasz recorded his first career 100-yard receiving game, finishing with a career high six catches for 116 yards and a season high two touchdowns. He’s the first Razorback true freshman to register multiple touchdown receptions in a game since Hunter Henry did at LSU in 2013.
» TE Luke Hasz is the first Arkansas player to record a 100-yard receiving game since Matt Landers had 121 in the 2022 Liberty Bowl vs. Kansas.
» RB Rashod Dubinion charted a career high 15 rushing attempts for 78 yards (5.2 ypc).
» LB Jaheim Thomas posted his fourth career game with double-digit tackles after logging a career high 13 stops, including a 0.5 sack. Thomas has tallied 10+ tackles in three of four games as a Razorback this season.
» Since the start of the 2020 season, the Razorbacks have totaled 41 interceptions in 40 games.
» After intercepting LSU QB Jayden Daniels, DB Dwight McGlothern tallied his third forced turnover of the season (2 INT, 1 FF). It’s his seventh career interception.
» DT Cam Ball finished with a career high six stops.
» After nailing a pair of 23-yard field goals in the first half, K Cam Little is 15-for-15 from inside 30 yards throughout his career. For his career, Little has connected on 37-of-45 field goals.
» K Cam Little notched a season high three field goals made (3-for-3) after connecting on a season-long 40-yard attempt in the third quarter.
» The last time Arkansas wore all-cardinal uniforms was against LSU in 2018.
Note to Our Readers: Portions of this story were sourced directly from the University of Arkansas Office of Communications, Grace Tafola.
