10 Things to Know - Auburn

The Arkansas Razorbacks are back home for the first time in almost a month and will take on No. 11 Auburn on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 11 a.m., at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network and can be streamed on the ESPN app. Here are 10 things to know before kickoff against the Tigers on Saturday.

1. HogTown will be electric once again. The street festival located on Maple Street between Razorback Road and Stadium Drive starts at 7 a.m. this week and will feature a guest appearance by former student-athlete and Food Network star Eddie Jackson, as well as live music by The Juice on the iHeartRadio main stage. It will also include a beer garden and food trucks, as well as kids activities, including inflatables, balloon artists and face painting.
2. This week’s Hog Walk will feature one of the greatest football players in Arkansas history in Darren McFadden. He, along with coach Chad Morris and the team, will begin the walk two hours and 30 minutes prior to kickoff north of Victory Village and the Tyson Poultry Science Center and proceed through the tailgating area to the new HogTown Street Festival.
3. McFadden will be honored during the game for his upcoming induction into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame, but he won’t be the only one recognized in-game on Saturday. The 1969, 1988 and 1989 Arkansas football teams will also be honored during Saturday’s contest vs. Auburn for their accomplishments on the gridiron.
4. Saturday marks the 29th meeting between the two programs, as the Razorbacks and Tigers have met every year Arkansas has been a member of the Southeastern Conference. Auburn leads the all-time series, 16-11-1. The Razorbacks are 5-7 against the Tigers in Fayetteville. Arkansas’ last win against Auburn came at DWRRS in 2015, when the Razorbacks and Tigers battled in a four-overtime thriller, with Arkansas coming out on top, 54-46.
5. Junior running back Rakeem Boyd continues to make highlight reel plays week after week, from hurdling oncoming defenders to breaking off huge plays for the Razorback offense. In Lexington, Boyd took the second play of the game 74 yards to the house for a touchdown. He finished the night with 134 rushing yards, his most while wearing an Arkansas uniform, and two touchdowns, scoring again in the fourth quarter to give the Hogs the lead. It was his third game this season with 100+ rushing yards and sixth overall as a Razorback, also doing so against Colorado State (122) and Portland State (114). Last year, all three of his century-mark rushing performances came against SEC opponents. He is one of 20 Arkansas running backs all-time to record six 100+ yard rushing performances while playing for the school. He leads all SEC running backs with 617 rushing yards this season and ranks 15th in the country.
6. For the second consecutive game, senior linebacker De’Jon “Scoota” Harris came away with a fumble recovery, giving him three over the last two years. After scooping and scoring a loose ball against Texas A&M on Sept. 28, Harris came away with another on Saturday in Lexington after falling on a ball jarred free by junior defensive lineman Jonathan Marshall, which was later turned into points by the Arkansas offense. He is tied for first in the conference with two recoveries this season and tied for fifth in the NCAA. It came as part of a 10-tackle performance against the Wildcats, including one for loss, giving him two double-digit tackle games this year and the 17th of his collegiate career. Harris has led the conference in total tackles in each of the last two seasons, posting 100+ in both years and is currently tied for fifth in the conference with 44 total stops.
7. Harris wasn’t the only Razorback with double-digit tackles against Kentucky on Saturday, as he was joined by sophomores Joe Foucha (11) and Bumper Pool (11) in accomplishing the feat. It was a career-high mark for Foucha and matched Pool’s best as a Razorback, making it the first time Arkansas has had three defenders with 10 or more tackles since last year’s game against LSU.
8. The top freshman wide receiver duo in the power five resides in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the tandem has barely played together this year. Trey Knox and Treylon Burks arrived on the Hill with plenty of hype as four-star prospects, with Knox enrolling early in January. In five games, Knox has hauled in 23 receptions, for 323 yards, a team-best, and two touchdowns, while Burks has 15 catches for 255 yards to his name in the same amount of contests. Their totals combine for 38 receptions and 578 yards this season, as Knox has the most receiving yards by an Arkansas true freshman since Hunter Henry’s 409 in 2013.
9. The Razorbacks have done a solid job this season protecting the football on run plays & after the catch, losing only two of five fumbles on offense. The mark is tied for the conference lead and ranks 11th in the country.
10. Arkansas has started a total of five true freshmen this season, with all five starting in two games against Colorado State and Kentucky. Greg Brooks Jr. (DB), Treylon Burks (WR), Trey Knox (WR), Mataio Soli (DL) and Ricky Stromberg (OL) have all earned starting nods in 2019. Arkansas is one of six schools to have started at least five true freshmen in 2019 & is one of three programs, including the only SEC school to have started three true freshmen on offense.