No. 12 Tennessee defeated Arkansas 34-31 on Saturday in Neyland Stadium in front of 101,915 fans.
It was a game that saw the Razorbacks rally back from down 34-17 to make a game out of it. Bobby Petrino was serving his first game as interim head coach and his team responded well. However it was a decision Petrino made with 5:57 remaining in the third quarter and the Hogs trailing only 20-17. Arkansas faced a fourth-and-4 play at the Tennessee 26. Petrino bypassed the field goal and instead Taylen Green threw an incomplete pass. It would have been a 44-yard field goal attempt for Scott Starzyk who had already made one from 28.
"I thought our players really competed hard," Petrino said. "We're well prepared. They came out and we're well prepared for the game. We played physical, we played