10 Things to Know – Tulsa

Arkansas hosts Tulsa on Saturday at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. The Razorbacks and Golden Hurricane are set for an 11 a.m. kickoff on SEC Network. Here are 10 things to know before both teams the take the field.

1. Arkansas hosts Tulsa at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville for the first time since 2012. The Razorbacks lead the all-time series with Tulsa 54-15-3 dating back to 1899. Arkansas has won the last 18 meetings with the Golden Hurricane, with all but one of those coming in Fayetteville. Arkansas is 41-5 all-time against Tulsa in Fayetteville, with four wins coming in Little Rock. Three of the five losses were decided by six points or less.

2. Saturday’s game is also the 97th homecoming game in school history. Arkansas is 61-31-4 all-time on homecoming, with the first contest dating back to a 9-0 victory over SMU on Nov.  18, 1922. The Razorbacks are also 2-0 against Tulsa on homecoming, posting victories over the Hurricane in 2008 (30-23) and 2012 (19-15).

3. Arkansas linebackers De’Jon Harris and Dre Greenlaw combined for 18 tackles in the game vs. Ole Miss. The Harris and Greenlaw duo has combined to lead the team in tackles in 16 of the last 19 games. Harris leads the SEC in tackles and ranks 15th nationally with his 77 stops while Santos Ramirez is fourth in the league with 53 and Greenlaw’s 49 tackles in five games is tied for the fifth-best mark in the SEC. He also leads all active players in the league with 289 tackles.

4. The Razorbacks gained 476 yards of total offense last week against Ole Miss, making it back-to-back weeks Arkansas has accumulated over 400 yards. Of the 476 yards, 300 came on the ground, a season-high and the first 300-yard rushing game by the Razorbacks since a 357-yard performance at Mississippi State on Nov. 18, 2016.

5. Sophomore running back Rakeem Boyd had a hand in the 300 rushing yards. With 0:31 remaining in the first quarter, Boyd had already hit the 100-yard threshold, doing so on a 69-yard run to put the Razorbacks up, 17-3. He would finish the night with 109 yards on seven carries. It was his second 100-yard rushing performance in as many weeks, totaling 102 against Alabama on Oct. 6.

6. Junior kicker Connor Limpert connected on all four of his field goals on a rainy Saturday night at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. All four were over 35 yards, including a 43-yarder with 7:41 remaining in the first quarter to tie the game. It was the first time a Razorback kicker had made four field goals in a game since Alex Tejada vs. Troy on Sept. 1, 2007. Limpert’s production against the Rebels put him at 12-of-15 on the year, with four field goals made from over 40 yards.

7. No other defense in the SEC has a tackling trio as accomplished as Arkansas. De’Jon Harris (77) leads the league in total & solo tackles, while senior defensive back Santos Ramirez (53) and senior linebacker Dre Greenlaw (49) rank fourth & tied for fifth, respectively, in tackles. The Razorback trio has combined for 179 stops this season, while the next closest threesome in the league sits at 163. Either combination of the three Arkansas defenders that includes Harris would also combine as the top tackling duo in the conference.

8. Senior center and Denmark native Hjalte Froholdt has continued his consistent play into his fourth year on the Hill, leading the team with 476 snaps played. Alowed his first sack in 746 snaps of pass protection dating back to 2016 after a late fourth quarter play against Ole Miss on Saturday. This season, Froholdt started the first three games of the season at center before moving back to left guard at Auburn.

9. The Razorbacks started strong against Ole Miss, holding a 17-3 lead after the first quarter. Arkansas’ 17 first quarter points against Ole Miss were the most by the Razorbacks in the opening frame of a contest this season. Over the last 32 games, Arkansas has only scored 17 points in the first quarter three times, also doing so against Virginia Tech in the 2016 Belk Bowl and vs. Missouri to end the 2017 season.

10. Cheyenne O’Grady and his fellow tight ends have emerged over the last two weeks with three tight ends catching passes against Alabama. O’Grady recorded a career-high seven receptions while fellow tight ends Austin Cantrell (two catches) and Grayson Gunter (one catch) also were part of the passing game. The Razorbacks have relied on the tight end position in the passing game through the first seven games with four different tight ends being targeted for a total of 40 targets according to Pro Football Focus. Those four tight ends (O’Grady, Cantrell, Gunter and Jeremy Patton) have combined for 26 receptions for 322 yards. Only three SEC teams have targeted tight ends more this season.