SportsDirect Inc. staff
Sep 27, 2014
No. 6 Texas A&M 35, Arkansas 28 (OT): Kenny Hill threw for 386 yards and four touchdowns as the Aggies rallied from a 14-point deficit to down the Razorbacks in Arlington, Texas.
Hill finished 21-of-41 and found Edward Pope four times for 151 yards and two touchdowns for Texas A&M (5-0, 2-0 SEC), which scored the final 21 points of the game. Josh Reynolds and Malcome Kennedy each caught touchdown passes while Brandon Williams added a rushing score for the Aggies, who amassed 523 yards of total offense.
Brandon Allen completed 15-of-27 passes for 199 yards and a touchdown for Arkansas (3-2, 0-2), which has lost 14 straight conference games. Alex Collins ran for 131 yards and a touchdown and Jonathan Williams added a rushing TD while Sam Irwin-Hill scored on a punt fake for the Razorbacks, who missed a critical field goal with 2:29 left in the fourth quarter.
Texas A&M jumped out to an early 7-0 lead when Brandon Williams forced his way into the end zone from 13 yards out before Arkansas replied immediately with Jonathan Williams' 9-yard TD run. The teams traded touchdowns before Irwin-Hill sprinted 51 yards on a fake punt to give the Razorbacks a 21-14 halftime advantage.
Arkansas extended its lead to 14 when AJ Derby hauled in a 44-yard touchdown pass before the Aggies trimmed the deficit to 28-21 when Hill threw an 86-yard strike to Pope. Reynolds caught a 59-yard touchdown pass with 2:08 left to send the game into overtime, where Hill found Kennedy for a 25-yard pitch-and-catch on the first play of the extra session.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Hill completed at least one pass to nine different wide receivers. …. Arkansas has lost 11 consecutive games against Top 25 teams. … Texas A&M is off to its first 5-0 start since 2001.