Game sketch

RECORDS Arkansas 5-5, 2-5 SEC; Mississippi State 7-3, 4-3
STARS Arkansas defense (held MSU to 68 yards rushing and three offensive points), LB Quinton Caver (12 tackles, 1 blocked FG, 2 sacks), TB Brandon Holmes (16 rushes, 95 yards, 2 TDs), TB Fred Talley (25 rushes, 91 yards), QB Robby Hampton (immeasurable by statistics); Mississippi State LB Mario Haggan (19 tackles, 2 sacks), S George White (11 tackles, 1 pass breakup subbing for injured Pig Prather)
TURNING POINT Arkansas had threatened to score several times and finally did when, after facing first-and-15, Brandon Holmes ripped off runs of 13, 14 and 12 yards to the MSU 3-yard line to set up the tying touchdown with 1:02 to play in regulation.
KEY STAT Mississippi State 68 yards rushing
OVERHEARD "We had to hold them on that last drive inside the 5. That was the game and we knew we could hold them." -- Linebacker Quinton Caver
UP NEXT LSU, 1:30 p.m. Friday, Little Rock
-- Scott Cain

This article was published on Sunday, November 19, 2000

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