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during the

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. The Razorbacks played five home games at

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and two home games at

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. Seven Razorbacks were named to the

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after the regular season: RB Cedric Cobbs, WR

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, TE

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, OT Shawn Andrews, LB Caleb Miller, CB

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. Andrews was also awarded the

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, given to the best offensive lineman in the SEC, for the second consecutive year. Andrews was also named a consensus All-American for the second straight season as well. The Razorbacks head coach was

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, in his sixth season.

Schedule

Roster

*QB Matt Jones, Jr.

Game summaries

Tulsa

At No. 6 Texas

North Texas

At Alabama

Auburn

Florida

At Ole Miss

At Kentucky

*(Q1, 7:57) ARK DeCori Birmingham 10 yard run (Chris Balseiro kick) *(Q1, 0:10) UK Andrew Hopewell 6 yard blocked punt return (Taylor Begley kick) *(Q2, 8:54) ARK – Richard Smith 26 yard pass from Matt Jones (Chris Balseiro kick) *(Q2, 6:45) ARK – Tom Crowder recovered blocked punt in end zone (Chris Balseiro kick) *(Q3, 3:44) UK – Alexis Bwenge 51 yard pass from

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(Taylor Begley kick) *(Q4, 7:11) UK – Taylor Begley 34 yard field goal *(Q4, 3:22) ARK – Chris Balseiro 37 yard field goal *(Q4, 1:38) UK – Chris Bernard 13 yard pass from Jared Lorenzen (Taylor Begley kick) *(OT) ARK – Mark Pierce 1 yard run (Chris Balseiro kick) *(OT) UK – Alexis Bwenge 2 yard run (Taylor Begley kick) *(2OT) UK – Alexis Bwenge 7 yard run (Taylor Begley kick) *(2OT) ARK –

7 yard pass from Matt Jones (Chris Balseiro kick) *(3OT) ARK – Chris Balseiro 25 yard field goal *(3OT) UK – Taylor Begley 24 yard field goal *(4OT) UK – Jared Lorenzen 1 yard run (

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run) *(4OT) ARK – Matt Jones 3 yard run (Mark Pierce pass from Matt Jones) *(5OT) ARK –

15 yard pass from Matt Jones (pass failed) *(5OT) UK – Jared Lorenzen 2 yard run (pass failed) *(6OT) UK – Jared Lorenzen 1 yard run (Tommy Cook run) *(6OT) ARK – Mark Pierce 2 yard run (George Wilson pass from Matt Jones) *(7OT) ARK – DeCori Birmingham 25 yard run (Jason Peters pass from Matt Jones) ESPN
Retrieved 2014-Jan-26.

South Carolina

New Mexico State

Mississippi State

At No. 3 LSU

Vs. Missouri — Independence Bowl

*(Q1, 8:50) ARK – Chris Balseiro 33 yard field goal *(Q1, 6:50) MIZZ – Zack Abron 1 yard run (Michael Matheny kick) *(Q2, 13:09) ARK – Chris Balseiro 28 yard field goal *(Q2, 7:24) ARK – Matt Jones 1 yard run (George Wilson pass from Matt Jones) *(Q2, 5:59) ARK – Cedric Cobbs 41 yard run (Chris Balseiro kick) *(Q3, 5:21) ARK – Chris Balseiro 25 yard field goal *(Q3, 0:39) MIZZ – Brad Smith 5 yard run (Michael Matheny kick) *(Q4, 12:57) ARK – Chris Balseiro 24 yard field goal Arkansas RB Cedric Cobbs and LB Caleb Miller were named the bowl games Offensive and Defensive MVP's, respectively.

References

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