Arkansas Razorbacks vs Auburn Tigers Match Player Stats On Oct 22, 2016

The Sports Xchange
Oct 22, 2016

AUBURN, Ala. -- Last year, it took four overtimes to determine a winner between Auburn and Arkansas. This year, it took basically a half.

Behind a powerful rushing attack, big plays and a stifling defense, No. 21 Auburn raced out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back en route to a 56-3 victory over No. 17 Arkansas.

The Tigers (5-2, 3-1 SEC) rolled up 543 yards on the ground and 632 yards of total offense. Auburn's defense, which recorded four sacks, limited the Razorbacks (5-3, 1-3) to 25 yards on the ground, and held running back Rawleigh Williams III, who entered the game as the SEC's leading rusher, to 22 yards on 13 carries.

Auburn raced out to a 21-0 lead after one quarter and entered halftime with a 28-3 advantage.

When play resumed in the third quarter, the narrative remained the same. White capped a 15-play, 86-yard drive with a 1-yard TD run to give Auburn a 35-3 lead with 6:06 remaining in the third quarter.

Pettway added a 23-yard scoring run later in the period to help the Tigers up their lead to 42-3. Truitt's third score of the game, a 31-yard run, put Auburn up 49-3 early in the fourth quarter. Running back Kam Martin capped the Tigers scoring by rushing for a 51-yard score with 4:27 left in the game.

The Tigers opened with a bang when true freshman wide receiver Eli Stove took a handoff on a jet sweep and raced 78 yards for a touchdown on Auburn's first offensive possession. It was the first score of Stove's career and made it 7-0.

After the Tigers' defense forced its second punt in as many possessions, Auburn marched 91 yards in 10 plays and took a 14-0 lead after running back Kam Pettway bulldozed over defenders en route to a 9-yard touchdown run. The scoring drive was sparked by a 41-yard run by quarterback Sean White.

Arkansas quarterback Austin Allen fumbled on the ensuing possession, which led to a 20-yard scoring run by Auburn sophomore wide receiver/running back Stanton Truitt.

Truitt tacked on his second score of the half when he hauled in a 45-yard pass from White with 1:28 left until halftime. That capped a dominating first half on both sides of the ball for the Tigers.

The Razorbacks received a scare during the second quarter when quarterback Austin Allen, who was sacked three times and under constant duress in the first half, went down with an apparent knee injury. But he returned on Arkansas' next possession and led the Razorbacks on a six-play, 39-yard drive that resulted in a field goal as time expired in the half.

NOTES: The F-16 pregame flyover was conducted by the Alabama Air National Guard's 187th Fighter Wing from Montgomery, Ala., "Home of the 100th Fighter Squadron's Alabama Red Tails and Tuskegee Airmen." ... Kam Pettway got the start at running back for Auburn. ... Tigers RB Kerryon Johnson did not play. ... Auburn's freshmen and sophomore skill players had combined for 2,537 yards of the Tigers' 2,875 yards of total offense through the team's first six games. ... Arkansas RB Rawleigh Williams III, Florida State RB Dalvin Cook and Louisville QB Lamar Jackson were the only three players among the power five conferences with 750-plus yards and at least five rushing TDs this season entering the game. ... Over the 12 games dating back to last season prior to Saturday, Arkansas senior DE Deatrich Wise Jr. recorded 47 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss and 10 sacks.