LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Quarterback Taylen Green accounted for 420 total yards, running for 151 yards on nine attempts and one touchdown while passing for 269 yards and four scores, in leading Arkansas past Arkansas State 56-14 on Saturday.
A contest between in-state colleges 50 years in the making — at least for one university’s fan base — easily went the way of the bigger program that had refused to schedule it until Saturday, as Arkansas (2-0) of the Southeastern Conference ran roughshod over the Sun Belt Conference’s A-State.
Arkansas scored inside the first 39 seconds of the game, a two-play, 75-yard drive finished by Mike Washington’s 53-yard run through left tackle, and went on to pile up four scores and 191 yards on the ground in the opening quarter. Green found Raylen Sharpe fo