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Razorbacks rally from 18 down to beat Aggies 42-38
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —
Tyler Wilson, Jarius Wright and the No. 18 Arkansas Razorbacks gave No.
14 Texas A&M more than they could handle.
Wilson threw for a
school-record 510 yards, Wright caught 13 passes for a school-record
281 yards and the Razorbacks turned an 18-point halftime deficit into a
42-38 victory on Saturday.
Broderick Green ran 3 yards for the
go-ahead touchdown with 1:41 left, putting Arkansas (4-1) ahead for the
first time — and sending the Aggies (2-2) to a second straight
agonizing defeat.
Just a week before, they gave up a 17-point halftime lead at home.
A&M's
Christine Michael ran for 230 yards and three touchdowns, but was
stuffed for no gain on a fourth-and-2 on what turned into the Aggies'
final play. The Razorbacks celebrated on the field and on the sideline,
as did their half of the 69,838 fans at Cowboys Stadium, including
Cowboys owner and proud Arkansas alum Jerry Jones. Soon, many of the
Hogs faithful were chanting "S-E-C! S-E-C!"
Wilson was 30 of 51
with three touchdowns, and ran for a 2-point conversion that tied the
game 35-35. The school passing record had been 409 by Ryan Mallett
against Vanderbilt last season.
Wright broke the school
receiving record of 204 yards by halftime. He wound up also tying the
record for catches. And, get this — in a single game, he got more than
a quarter of the yardage needed for the single-season record of 1,004.
With at least seven games left, he's already at 478.
But his
greatest play wasn't even a catch. It was a head's up recovery of a
loose ball rolling into the end zone for the touchdown capped by
Wilson's conversion.
A&M scored five touchdowns in the first
half, all on the ground against a defense that had allowed only a
single rushing touchdown over four previous games. The Razorbacks
snapped back to form in the second half, yielding only a field goal —
albeit one that put the Aggies up 38-35 with 4:22 left.
But that was all they could muster. A&M went from gaining 404 yards in the first half to 224 in the second half.
Cyrus
Gray ran for 95 yards and two touchdowns for the Aggies, and
quarterback Ryan Tannehill ran for 56 yards. Tannehill also was 25 of
35 for 247 yards and an interception.
The Aggies fell to 0-4 at
Cowboys Stadium. They are 0-3 against Arkansas and lost the Cotton Bowl
in January to another SEC school, LSU.
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