Arkansas football fell to No. 6 Auburn, 45-21, at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama.

While Auburn was the first to get points up on the scoreboard, the Razorbacks retaliated on their next drive. Brandon Allen found sophomore tight end Hunter Henry in the end zone from 14 yards out and senior John Henson’s extra point tied up the game, 7-7.

Following the Razorbacks first touchdown, the Tigers produced two of their own to push the score to 21-7. In response, senior AJ Derby made a leaping circus catch in the end zone to collect the Razorbacks’ second touchdown of the game. A newly named tight end, Derby’s touchdown catch was the first catch of his career.

With the momentum flipped, Arkansas forced Auburn three-and-out in the next drive to gain possession. The Razorbacks then marched down the field and junior running back Johnathan Williams scampered into the end zone from six yards out for a touchdown to tie the game, 21-21.

In the second half, Auburn posted two more touchdowns before the game was suspended due to a lightning storm with 9:55 remaining in the game.

NOTES:

FRESHMEN SHINE: The Razorbacks played 12 freshmen in today’s contest – six redshirt freshmen and six true freshmen. Those playing in their first collegiate game include: WR Anthony Antwine (R-Fr.), DE Tevin Beanum (R-Fr.), S De’Andre Coley (R-Fr.), WR Jared Cornelius (Fr.), LB Dwayne Eugene (Fr.), RB Denzell Evans (R-Fr.), DT Bijhon Jackson (Fr.), S Josh Liddell (Fr.), LB Randy Ramsey (Fr.), DB Kevin Richardson (R-Fr.), DE Karl Roesler (R-Fr.) and CB Henre’ Toliver (Fr.).

FAST START: Arkansas scored on its second possession of the season, going 75 yards in just 2:53. Five of the six plays on the scoring drive were rushes as RB Alex Collins led the way with 41 yards on two carries. TE Hunter Henry capped it off with a 14-yard TD reception.
Henry has now scored in three of the past four games and the Razorbacks have scored TDs in the first quarter of the past three games, dating back to the 2013 season.

A.J. DERBY’S FIRST CAREER CATCH: With 11:06 left in the second quarter, TE A.J. Derby made his first career catch, a 17-yard TD from QB Brandon Allen. Derby, a former walk-on QB, also made his first career start at TE this afternoon. He started at QB one game last year (at Rutgers).

93-YARD SCORING DRIVE: Arkansas tied the game at 21-21 in the second quarter with a 10-play, 93-yard scoring drive, capped off by a 6-yard Jonathan Williams TD run. It was the Razorbacks’ longest scoring drive (yards) since a 13-play, 95-yard scoring drive in the second quarter against Ole Miss on Oct. 27, 2012.

ALEX COLLINS PACES FIRST HALF: Sophomore RB Alex Collins rushed for 70 yards on just six carries (11.7 avg.) in the first half. It was the most rushing yards by a Razorback in one half since Collins ran for 71 yards in the second half vs. Texas A&M on Sept. 28, 2013.

SPREADING THE WEALTH: Ten Razorbacks touched the ball in the first half with four different players carrying the football and six
catching a pass.
CREATING TURNOVERS: Arkansas DE Tevin Beanum forced a fumble in his first career game, giving the Razorbacks some momentum
in the third quarter. LB Martrell Spaight recovered the fumble, his first career fumble recovery.
CAREER FIRSTS: Sophomore Tiawan Johnson recorded his first career sack in the fourth quarter, pulling Auburn QB Nick Marshall to
the ground for a 5-yard loss. The quarterback hit was also a career first.
PUNTS ON POINT: Sam Irwin-Hill’s name was called seven times and he sailed four punts inside the 20 yard line. He set career marks
for punts inside the 20 and total punts on his way to 301 total yards.