Arkansas Razorbacks vs LSU Tigers Match Player Stats On Nov 14, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Nov 14, 2015

BATON ROUGE, La. -- A wide receiver shunned by LSU as a 2014 recruit, Arkansas' Jared Cornelius made certain his home-state team would remember his name.

With his upstart Razorbacks clinging to a 10-point lead and the LSU offense beginning to hum, Cornelius, a Shreveport, La., native, took an end-around 70 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter - the third Arkansas touchdown of more than 50 yards on the night - to seal a 31-14 upset of No. 9 LSU in Tiger Stadium on Saturday.

Arkansas running back Alex Collins, who battled a pulled muscle throughout the second half, rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Razorbacks' 299-yard performance on the ground.

Collins' 80-yard touchdown scamper gave the Hogs a quick 14-0 lead in the first quarter, while running back Kody Walker added 88 yards on 17 carries.

LSU quarterback Brandon Harris got another woeful performance from his offensive line - he was sacked five times by an Arkansas defensive front that entered the night with eight all season - but started an impressive drive out of the locker room to pull the Tigers within seven.

Harris hit wide receiver Travin Dural with a 25-yard pass to open the half before running back Leonard Fournette - who had a long run of 11 yards in the first half - broke a 12-yard run and a 13-yard touchdown scamper, bullying over tackles before scoring on the eighth play of the drive from the 2 to pull LSU within 21-14.

The Arkansas defense stiffened afterward, forcing punts on the Tigers' next two drives and a turnover on downs just after Cornelius' run to put away any hope of a comeback in front of a restless, booing Tiger Stadium crowd.

Arkansas raced to a 21-0 lead thanks to Collins and quarterback Brandon Allen's effectiveness against a weary LSU secondary.

Collins, who lost a fumble on the Razorbacks' first series of the game, eclipsed 100 yards on his seventh carry of the game, which he took straight up the middle for an 80-yard touchdown on the second play of the second quarter to put the Razorbacks up 14-0 and leave the Tiger Stadium crowd in a stunned silence.

After the Collins fumble and a subsequent three-and-out from LSU's offense, Allen connected with receiver Dominique Reed on a wheel route. Reed did the rest, outrunning LSU's secondary for a 52-yard touchdown and Arkansas' first points of the game.

Allen, who led the SEC in pass efficiency coming into the game, finished the first half 6 of 10 with completions to four different receivers.

Harris was wildly ineffective throughout much of the first half but found a groove on his final drive of the half, running the no-huddle offense and completing seven of his nine passes on a 92-yard drive.

A pass intended for Dural was deflected into fellow receiver Malachi Dupre's hands for a desperately needed score before the break.

A week after being bottled up in Tuscaloosa, Fournette rushed for 34 yards on 10 first half carries -- and his longest run was just 11 yards.

NOTES: RB Alex Collins' 80-yard run tied former Razorback Darren McFadden's 2006 run for the longest that LSU allowed in Les Miles' 11 seasons. ... LSU LT Jerald Hawkins went down with an injury midway thorough the second quarter. He was replaced by KJ Malone, son of NBA legend Karl Malone.