2012
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ARKANSAS BOWL HISTORY
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BOWL GAMES
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
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CAPITAL ONE BOWL Wisconsin 17, Arkansas 14 Orlando, Fla. – January 1, 2007
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rkansas’ Darren McFadden broke free on his first carry and raced into the Wisconsin secondary, but defensive back Jack Ikegwuonu did what few players have — he ran down McFadden at the 9-yard line. That summed up the Capital One Bowl for sixthranked Wisconsin. With its running game stifled and its quarterback under constant pressure, the Badgers did just enough to hold off No. 12 Arkansas 17-14. John Stocco threw two first-half touchdown passes and Wisconsin survived despite being held to minus-5 yards rushing. The Badgers (12-1) held McFadden, the Heisman Trophy runner-up, to 89 yards on the ground, and the Razorbacks (10-4) couldn’t overcome an undisciplined, mistake-filled performance. Wisconsin won 12 games in a season for the first time and finished with a nine-game winning streak, although this was the Badgers’ first win over a ranked team. McFadden’s 45-yard run gave the Razorbacks the ball inside the Wisconsin 10 on the game’s first series, but Arkansas came away with no points when Jeremy Davis missed a 30-yard field goal. Taylor Mehlhaff opened the scoring for the Badgers with a 52-yard field goal, a career long and a Capital One Bowl record. Felix Jones answered quickly for Arkansas with a 76-yard touchdown run. Stocco threw touchdown passes of 22 yards to Paul Hubbard and 13 yards to Travis Beckum, giving the Badgers a 17-7 halftime lead. Jones, who quietly surpassed 1,000 yards this season alongside McFadden, made it 17-14 on a 12-yard run in the fourth. Jones finished with a career-high 150 yards on 14 carries, outplaying McFadden and Wisconsin’s P.J. Hill, two 1,500-yard rushers. Hill ran for 36 yards on 19 carries. Stocco, the game’s most valuable player, went 14-of-34 for 206 yards with two interceptions. The Razorbacks stuck with their plan to start Casey Dick at quarterback and bring in freshman Mitch Mustain for the third series. Dick went 9-of-21 for 98 yards with an interception. Mustain was 5-of-10 for 41 yards with an interception.
ARKANSAS WISCONSIN
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q F 7 0 0 7 14 10 7 0 0 17
SCORING PLAYS: Wisonsin - Taylor Mehlhaff 52-yard field goal. Arkansas - Felix Jones 76-yard run (Jeremy Davis kick). Wisonsin - Paul Hubbard 22-yard pass from John Stocco (Taylor Mehlhaff kick). Wisonsin - Travis Beckum 13-yard pass from John Stocco (Taylor Mehlhaff kick). Arkansas - Felix Jones 12-yard run (Jeremy Davis kick).
First Downs Net Yards Rushing Net Yards Passing Passes Att-Comp-Int Total Plays-Yards Punts Fumbles Penalties
ARKANSAS WISCONSIN 18 15 34-232 28--5 136 206 32-15-2 34-14-2 66-368 62-201 8-33.6 7-42.7 1-0 1-1 12-123 4-35
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Arkansas, Felix Jones 14-150; Darren McFadden 19-89; Casey Dick 1-minus 12; Mitch Mustain 0-5. Wisconsin, P.J. Hill 19-36; John Stocco 9-minus 41. PASSING – Arkansas, Casey Dick 9-21-1-98; Mitch Mustain 5-10-1-41; Darren McFadden 1-1-0-minus 3. Wisconsin, John Stocco 14-34-2-206. RECEIVING – Arkansas, Robert Johnson 4-46; Felix Jones 4-2; C. Washington 3-46; Lucas Miller 1-19; Marcus Monk 1-13; Ben Cleveland 1-5; Farod Jackson 1-5. Wisconsin, Travis Beckum 5-82; Paul Hubbard 4-73; Luke Swan 4-27; Andy Crooks 1-24. MISSED FIELD GOALS – Wisconsin, Mehlhaff 52.
COTTON BOWL Missouri 38, Arkansas 7 Dallas, Texas – January 1, 2008
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n a matchup of Heisman Trophy finalists Darren McFadden and Chase Daniel at the 72nd AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, it was Missouri tailback Tony Temple who put in a record-breaking performance in front of 73,114 fans. The senior back tallied 281 yards on the ground and four rushing touchdowns, both Cotton Bowl records, to lead No. 7 Missouri to a 38-7 win over the No. 25 Razorbacks McFadden finished the day with 105 rushing yards and one touchdown on 21 carries. During the game, the junior tailback moved into second place on the all-time Southeastern Conference rushing list passing LSU’s Kevin Faulk. McFadden ended his junior season with 4,590 career rushing yards. His 2007 season rushing total of 1,830 yards is second all-time on the SEC singleseason list.
ARKANSAS MISSOURI
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q F 0 0 7 0 7 7 7 14 10 38
SCORING PLAYS: Missouri - Tony Temple 22-yard run (Jeff Wolfert kick) Missouri - Tony Temple 4-yard run (Jeff Wolfert kick) Missouri - Tony Temple 4-yard run (Jeff Wolfert kick) Missouri - William Moore 26-yard int. return (Jeff Wolfert kick) Arkansas - Darren McFadden 3-yard run (Alex Tejada kick) Missouri - Jeff Wolfert 32-yard field goal Missouri - Tony Temple 40-yard run (Jeff Wolfert kick) ARKANSAS MISSOURI First Downs 19 23 Net Yards Rushing 50-164 43-323 Net Yards Passing 197 136 Passes Att-Comp-Int 33-19-1 29-12-1 Total Plays-Yards 83-361 72-459 Punts 8-33.6 7-42.7 Fumbles 5-4 2-2 Penalties 6-50 6-53
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Arkansas, Darren McFadden 21-105-1; Felix Jones 10-45; Peyton Hillis 8-20; Michael Smith 7-12; Farod Jackson 4-9; Casey Dick 3-minus 26; Missouri, Tony Temple 24-281-4; Jimmy Jackson 5-39; Jeremy Maclin 5-26; Marcus Woods 2-11; Der Washington 1-minus 1; Chase Daniel 5-minus 31. PASSING – Arkansas, Casey Dick, 19-32-1-197; Peyton Hillis, 0-1-0-0; Missouri, Chase Daniel, 12-29-1-136. RECEIVING – Arkansas Peyton Hillis 5-52; Marcus Monk 4-28; Felix Jones 3-65; Andrew Davie 3-18; Lucas Miller 2-19; Reggie Fish 1-8; Farod Jackson 1-7; Missouri, Will Franklin 5-77; Jeremy Maclin 3-32; Martin Rucker 3-19; Chase Coffman 1-8. FIELD GOALS – Arkansas, Alex Tejada (35 missed, 37 missed); Missouri, Jeff Wolfert (32).