Kedon Slovis found Chase Roberts for the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter to help BYU rally from a two-touchdown deficit to upset Arkansas 38-31.
"I was just focusing on catching the ball. I knew I just needed to get a foot down, and a great throw by Kedon," said Roberts, who caught two passes for 12 yards. "You feel it. Being a receiver, you get a feel for the field and where you are at. I knew I had at least one foot down, and secured the ball with my hand. I knew it was a touchdown, and was just waiting for the ref to put up his hand.
But a costly illegal touch pass — the same call for a third straight game — nullified a 30-yard completion to Rex, and BYU punted away with 4:31 left to give Arkansas a chance to tie.Eddie Heckard forced a fumble, and Tyler Batty recovered it with 3:49 to play. Ferrin's 50-yard field goal attempt was wide right, and Arkansas had 1:55 remaining to drive the length of the field with no timeouts — and allow the Cougars to hold on.
Jakob Robinson and AJ Vongphachanh each had 10 tackles, and Max Tooley added four tackles, a sack and an interception for the Cougars. "There weren't any blitzes that were weren't ready for; it wasn't a blitz-fest. They just whipped us," said Arkansas coach Sam Pittman, a former star offensive lineman at Pittsburgh State and standout O-line coach. "We'd start chipping them and all that … and we didn't feel like we'd need to chip out there. But they proved that they were longer and stronger than we anticipated. ... No exotic blitzes, they got after us.
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