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Arkansas vs. Mississippi State • 11 a.m. CT • Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 • Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium (72,000) • Fayetteville, Ark. BROADCAST INFORMATION THE MATCHUP CBS ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (4-6, 1-5 SEC) Carter Blackburn, Play-By-Play CFP/AP/Coaches Rank: NR/NR/NR Aaron Taylor, Analyst Head Coach: Bret Bielema (Iowa, 1992) Rick Neuheisel, Analyst Career Record: 97-56 (12th season) John Schriffen, Reporter Record at Arkansas: 29-32 (5th season) vs RAZORBACK/IMG SPORTS NETWORK MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (7-3, 3-3 SEC) Chuck Barrett, Play-By-Play CFP/AP/Coaches Rank: 16/17/19 Quinn Grovey, Analyst Head Coach: Dan Mullen (Ursinus College, 1996) Geno Bell, Reporter Career Record: 68-45 (9th season) Record at Mississippi State: 68-45 (9th season) SIRIUS/XM RADIO Channel 157, Sirius Channel 192, XM TALKING POINTS AND NUMBERS TO KNOW COACHING STAFF • Arkansas will return home for its final two games of the 2017 regular season, beginning with Mississippi State on ON THE FIELD (Year at Arkansas) Saturday. 208 Rushing yards per game average Bret Bielema, Head Coach (5th) by the Razorbacks over the last Dan Enos, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks (3rd) • Arkansas and Mississippi State will meet for the 28th time four games. Paul Rhoads, Defensive Coordinator/Secondary (2nd) with the Razorbacks owning a 16-10-1 all-time advantage. Kurt Anderson, Offensive Line (2nd) Both teams have combined for 100 points in each of the Vernon Hargreaves, Inside Linebackers (3rd) last two meetings. Reggie Mitchell, Running Backs (2nd) John Scott Jr., Defensive Line (1st) • The Razorbacks are 9-2-1 against the Bulldogs in the state 50 Arkansas has scored 50 or more Michael Smith, Wide Receivers (5th) of Arkansas with a 3-1 record in Fayetteville and a 6-1-1 points in each of the last two mark in Little Rock. games against Mississippi State. IN THE BOOTH • Behind 661 yards of total offense (the fourth-most and Barry Lunney Jr., Tight Ends (5th) most ever in an SEC game in school history) including 357 Chad Walker, Outside Linebackers (1st) on the ground, Arkansas beat Mississippi State 58-42 last year in Starkville. 30 Number of 20+ yard plays WHAT’S INSIDE Arkansas has produced over the • In last year’s meeting, Austin Allen threw for 303 yards last three games. The Series vs. MSU 2 Coaching Capsules 22 and two touchdowns, Rawleigh Williams III rushed Notebook 4 Depth Chart 23 for 205 yards and accounted for five touchdowns and Austin Allen 8 Roster 26 Devwah Whaley chipped in 112 yards rushing and a Frank Ragnow 10 Player Profiles 28 touchdown. It’s the only time in school history that the Cole Kelley 11 Last Time/Other Stats 44 Hogs had a 300-yard passer and a 200-yard rusher in the Combined 10+ tackle games Miscellaneous Stats 12 Game Summaries 53 same game and the first time with a 300-yard passer and 10 by De’Jon Harris (6) and Dre Bret Bielema 15 Honors 65 multiple 100-yard rushers in the same game. Greenlaw (4), tops among all Power 5 tackling duos. DID YOU KNOW? • Sophomore Devwah Whaley found the end zone for the fourth consecutive game at No. 24 LSU with a 1-yard TD run before halftime. Whaley, who went over 1,000 career rushing yards the previous week, is tied for the team lead Straight games with a TD for with six total touchdowns. 4 Devwah Whaley, including three on the ground and one through • Arkansas ranks No. 5 in the SEC and No. 39 in the FBS in the air. third-down conversion percentage (43.26) this season. The Razorbacks rank No. 2 in the SEC and No. 7 in the FBS with a third-down red zone offense play efficiency of 65 percent (percentage of plays that convert a first down, or Games Arkansas has rushed and result in a touchdown). 3 passed for 200 yards in the same game this season, the fourth most • The Hogs rank No. 4 in the SEC and No. 23 in the FBS in in the SEC. percentage of total plays that have either resulted in a De’Jon Harris and Dre Greenlaw have combined for 175 12+ yard rush or 15+ yard pass (15.22 percent) with 47 runs total tackles this season and are the SEC’s top tackling duo. of 12+ yards and 58 completions of 15+ yards this season. 2017 SCHEDULE & RESULTS FLORIDA A&M NO. 23 TCU TEXAS A&M NEW MEXICO STATE AT SOUTH CAROLINA AT NO. 1 ALABAMA NO. 21 AUBURN AT OLE MISS COASTAL CAROLINA AT NO. 24 LSU NO. 16 MISS. STATE MISSOURI Aug. 31 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 24 Little Rock, Ark. Fayetteville, Ark. Arlington, Texas Fayetteville, Ark. Columbia, S.C. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Fayetteville, Ark. Oxford, Miss. Fayetteville, Ark. Baton Rouge, La. Fayetteville, Ark. Fayetteville, Ark. SEC Network CBS ESPN SEC Network SEC Network ESPN SEC Network SEC Network SEC Network Alt. ESPN CBS CBS W, 49-7 L, 28-7 L, 50-43 (OT) W, 42-24 L, 48-22 L, 41-9 L, 52-20 W, 38-37 W, 39-38 L, 33-10 11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. GAME 11: ARKANSAS VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE SERIES HISTORY: ARKANSAS VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE SERIES HISTORY 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN Arkansas leads 16-10-1 Player Date Rushes Yards TDs Arkansas SEC (FBS) Category MSU SEC (FBS) Devwah Whaley 11/18/16 19 112 1 27.9 8 (70) Scoring Offense 32.9 6 (37) Date UA/Opp Rank Site Result Knile Davis 11/20/10 30 187 2 381.4 9 (85) Total Offense 418.9 6 (50) Nov. 25, 1916 Memphis, Tenn. L, 20-7 Darren McFadden 11/19/05 21 165 2 178.6 7 (53) Rushing Offense 250.6 3 (12) Sept. 30, 1939 Memphis, Tenn. L, 19-0 202.8 8 (84) Passing Offense 168.3 12 (109) De’Arrius Howard 11/20/04 29 125 1 Nov. 7, 1992 NR/19 Starkville, Miss. L, 10-3 35.8 14 (114) Scoring Defense 19.3 4 (19) Nov. 6, 1993 Little Rock, Ark. T, 13-13 Cedric Cobbs 11/22/03 30 150 2 421.5 12 (90) Total Defense 304.8 4 (11) Nov. 5, 1994 NR/24 Starkville, Miss. L, 17-7 De’Arrius Howard 11/23/02 25 121 0 230.5 11 (72) Pass Defense 172.9 3 (9) Nov. 4, 1995 Little Rock, Ark. W, 26-21 (OT) Cedric Cobbs 11/17/01 18 101 3 191.0 11 (93) Rushing Defense 131.9 5 (32) Nov. 23, 1996 Starkville, Miss. W, 16-13 Matt Jones 11/17/01 10 131 0 21.95 11 (51) Kickoff Return Avg. 22.60 9 (39) Nov. 22, 1997 NR/14 Fayetteville, Ark. W, 17-7 6.0 13 (84) Punt Return Avg. 11.00 5 (27) Nov. 21, 1998 9/NR Starkville, Miss. L, 22-21 300-YARD PASSING GAMES 32:22 3 (19) Time of Possession 33:20 1 (9) Nov. 20, 1999 22/12 Little Rock, Ark. W, 14-9 .433 5 (39) 3rd Down Conv. Pct. .473 2 (10) Nov. 18, 2000 NR/13 Starkville, Miss. W, 17-10 (OT) Player Date C-A Yards TDs .468 14 (120) Opp. 3rd-D Conv. Pct. .326 5 (27) Nov. 17, 2001 Fayetteville, Ark. W, 24-21 Austin Allen 11/19/16 18-25 303 2 -.30 10 (87) Turnover Margin 0.20 6 (48) Nov. 23, 2002 Starkville, Miss. W, 26-19 Brandon Allen 11/21/15 30-43 406 7 36.65 13 (96) Net Punting 40.10 9 (25) Nov. 22, 2003 Fayetteville, Ark. W, 52-6 Tyler Wilson 11/19/11 32-43 365 3 7 5 (37) Fumbles Recovered 6 7 (54) Nov. 20, 2004 Starkville, Miss. W, 24-21 Ryan Mallett 11/20/10 17-26 305 3 6 10 (89) Passes Intercepted 8 5 (61) Nov. 10, 2005 Little Rock, Ark. W, 44-10 8 10 (85) Fumbles Lost 1 1 (2) Ryan Mallett 11/21/09 18-34 313 5 Nov. 18, 2006 5/NR Starkville, Miss. W, 28-14 13 9 (78) Turnovers Gained 14 6 (67) Nov. 17, 2007 Little Rock, Ark. W, 45-31 Nathan Dick 11/22/08 25-43 333 3 16 12 (73) Turnovers Lost 12 5 (35) Nov. 22, 2008 Starkville, Miss. L, 31-28 127.79 10 (74) Passing Efficiency 114.95 13 (108) Nov. 21, 2009 Little Rock, Ark. W, 42-21 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES 143.21 14 (104) Pass Efficiency Defense 116.43 5 (32) Nov. 20, 2010 13/22 Starkville, Miss. W, 38-31 (2OT) Player Date Catches Yards TDs 46 3 (19) Fewest Penalties 56 7 (45) Nov. 19, 2011 6/NR Little Rock, Ark. W, 44-17 394 3 (15) Fewest Yards Penalized 475 8 (41) Hunter Henry 11/21/15 7 129 2 Nov. 17, 2012 Starkville, Miss L, 45-14 1.40 14 (107) Sacks 2.20 9 (48) Nov. 23, 2013 Little Rock, Ark. L, 24-17 Hunter Henry 11/1/14 7 110 0 3.9 14 (125) Tackles for Losses 5.7 9 (73) Nov. 1, 2014 NR/1 Starkville, Miss. L, 17-10 Chris Gragg 11/19/11 8 119 1 203 8 (70) First Downs 230 3 (24) Nov. 21, 2015 Fayetteville, Ark. L, 51-50 Jarius Wright 11/20/10 2 105 1 2.90 12 (111) Sacks Allowed .60 1 (2) Nov.