The Battle Line Rivalry: Arkansas (3-5) vs Missouri (4-3) (12PM ET, SECN)

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Very offensive game so far in this year's matchup. It's currently 40-33 Arkansas with 9:53 left in the game, and Missouri has the ball at its own 26.

Missouri has won the last 4 straight matchups between the two teams, and 6 of the last 7 overall (the Tigers are 5-1 against Arkansas since the two became permanent cross-divisional opponents in 2014).

Trelon Smith is leading the Hogs with 166 yards and 3 TDs today, but the real difference maker so far might be WR Treylon Burks, whose production has amounted to 7 catches for 179 yards, including a 68-yard TD, early into the 4th quarter. Outside of his productions, the Razorback only have about 37 yards receiving among its other wideouts.
 
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The winner gets the interchangeable Battle Line Trophy

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Also worth noting:

Missouri's former Head Coach Barry Odom - whom they fired last year - is Arkansas's Defensive Coordinator. So there's also a bit of a revenge game story line in this year's rivalry as well.
 
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TD Missouri. 25-yard rush by Tyler Bladie makes it 47-40 Missouri with 4:47 left in the game.

It's Bladie's second rushing TD, who has 4 carries for 78 rushing yards on the day. He's second on the team today, though, behind Larry Roundtree III, who has 185 rushing yards and 3 TDs on 27 carries.
 
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Arkansas's Treylon Burks gets his 9th catch of the game. He's over 202 yards receiving for the day.
 
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Make that 10 catches for 206 yards. He's pretty much the only one Arkansas's QB feels comfortable throwing to today.
 
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Arkansas at Mizzou 16 with 1:19 left in the game. 3rd and 1 as the game stops for an injured Missouri player.
 
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0 turnovers in this game.

Felipe Franks also couldn't play today so Arkansas's backup QB has been playing the entire game.
 
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On 4th and 1 Missouri got to the Arkasas RB (actually, their WR, it was Burks once again) in the backfield a yard or two short, but he fought through and at the last second reaches out, stretches, extends just before he goes down and gets the first down
 
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And immediately after the conversion, TD Arkansas on a pass with 43 seconds left.

After 1 missed extra point and 1 blocked extra point today, Arkansas deciding to go 2 to try to win it, down 47-46 with the attempt pending.
 
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The play wasn't there.

Missouri's Jamal Brooks intercepts the 2 point attempt, but as he's falling down to the ground (untouched) he loses his handle on it and it end up back into the air.

Then Arkansas's WR (who started out of position and pretty far behind Brooks in the back of the endzone ) catches it untouched for the 2 point conversion.

48-47 Arkansas with 43 seconds left.
 
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With 3 passes, Missouri is now at the Arkansas 38 with 26 seconds left.

Now the Arkansas 26.

Missouri then chooses to run the ball and loses a yard. 18 seconds left.
 
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With 3 seconds left, Missouri takes its final timeout at the Arkansas 15. 48-47 Arkansas.

32 yard FG attempt for the win upcoming after Arkansas uses its two timeouts to ice the kicker.
 
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It's good! 50-48 Missouri, final. Missouri has won the last 5 straight against the Razorbacks.

They keep the 4ft tall trophy in Columbia.
 
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This game had:

1219 combined total yards of offense (Arkansas-566 yds, Missouri-653 yds)
98 combined points between the two teams
71 combined first downs
0 turnovers
21 unanswered points scored by one team in 8 minutes to overcome a 14-point deficit
2 lead changes in the last minute
and the last points being scored as time expired.

The over on the game was 53.5 points, none of the 50 points Missouri scored came from passing TDs, and oddly enough the line for this game was Missouri -3.
 
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