September 10, 2016 Week 2 · Regular Season Belt changed hands

Arkansas takes the belt, 41–38, on the road at TCU.

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TCUAP No. 15 38

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AP poll, week 2: Arkansas unranked at TCU No. 15 · No. 1 that week: Georgia. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

Arkansas took the belt here, ending TCU’s run of 288 days and 2 defenses (reign #294) and starting reign #295. It lasted 14 days and 1 defense, until Texas A&M took it on September 24, 2016.

For Arkansas this was its 13th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before — and it took it back here.

This is the only time Arkansas and TCU have met with the belt on the line.

AI-Written

Recap

Arkansas claimed the College Football Belt with a thrilling 38-41 road victory at TCU, overcoming a Horned Frogs team that dominated statistically but couldn't close out the game. TCU's Kenny Hill was prolific through the air with 377 passing yards and led multiple scoring drives, including a late fourth-quarter touchdown run with just over two minutes remaining that appeared to seal the game at 41-38. But Arkansas, despite being outgained significantly and converting just 7 of 16 third downs, stayed resilient and got a crucial final drive capped by Austin Allen's 16-yard touchdown pass to Keon Hatcher with 1:03 left, followed by a two-point conversion to Allen to secure the stunning upset. The Razorbacks' time-of-possession advantage (33:07 to 26:53) and turnover-free performance proved decisive in a back-and-forth affair that featured eight total touchdown drives and came down to the final minute.

Brooks Ellis's 47-yard interception return for a touchdown in Q2 that gave Arkansas an early 13-0 lead and momentum
Kenny Hill's 57-yard completion to KaVontae Turpin in Q4 setting up TCU's go-ahead touchdown with 2:05 remaining
Austin Allen's final 16-yard touchdown pass to Keon Hatcher with 1:03 left, followed by the two-point conversion that won the belt
Arkansas's turnover-free performance and sustained drives using Rawleigh Williams III's rushing (37-yard run in Q1, 22-yard run in Q4) to control tempo

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

TCUArkansas

Total yards572403

Rushing yards195180

Passing yards377223

First downs2520

3rd down conv.12/197/16

Turnovers20

Penalties–yards9–955–45

Time of possession26:5333:07

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 13:05	Arkansas	+37 yd	Rawleigh Williams III run for 37 yds to the TCU 22 for a 1ST down
Q1 11:40	Arkansas	+38 yd	Cole Hedlund 38 yd FG GOOD
Q1 8:31	TCU	+22 yd	Deante Gray run for 22 yds to the Ark 4 Deante Gray fumbled, recovered by Ark Dre Greenlaw
Q2 12:07	Arkansas	+27 yd	Cole Hedlund 27 yd FG GOOD
Q2 12:07	Arkansas	+27 yd	Connor Limpert kickoff for 59 yds , KaVontae Turpin return for 27 yds to the TCU 33
Q2 10:09	TCU	-47 yd	Kenny Hill pass intercepted for a TD Brooks Ellis return for 47 yds for a TD, (Cole Hedlund KICK)
Q2 9:22	TCU	+26 yd	Kenny Hill run for 26 yds to the Ark 44 for a 1ST down
Q2 4:59	TCU	+31 yd	Kenny Hill pass complete to Kyle Hicks for 31 yds to the Ark 44 for a 1ST down
Q2 0:21	Arkansas	+54 yd	Toby Baker punt for 54 yds , KaVontae Turpin returns for a loss of 1 yard to the TCU 23
Q3 11:58	TCU	+9 yd	Kyle Hicks run for 9 yds for a TD, (Ryan Graf KICK)
Q3 12:08	TCU	+26 yd	Kenny Hill pass complete to Kyle Hicks for 26 yds to the Ark 9 for a 1ST down
Q3 11:58	TCU	+21 yd	Cole Bunce kickoff for 57 yds , Dominique Reed return for 21 yds to the Ark 29
Q3 7:06	Arkansas	+25 yd	Austin Allen pass complete to Jeremy Sprinkle for 25 yds to the TCU 27 for a 1ST down
Q3 4:27	Arkansas	+13 yd	Austin Allen pass complete to Drew Morgan for 13 yds for a TD, (Cole Hedlund KICK)
Q3 8:12	Arkansas	+24 yd	Austin Allen pass complete to Drew Morgan for 24 yds to the TCU 39 for a 1ST down
Q3 4:27	Arkansas	+33 yd	Connor Limpert kickoff for 65 yds , KaVontae Turpin return for 33 yds to the TCU 33
Q4 11:30	Arkansas	+22 yd	Cole Hedlund 22 yd FG MISSED
Q4 13:26	Arkansas	+22 yd	Rawleigh Williams III run for 22 yds to the TCU 2 for a 1ST down
Q4 10:34	TCU	+57 yd	Kenny Hill pass complete to KaVontae Turpin for 57 yds to the Ark 5 for a 1ST down
Q4 9:44	TCU	+1 yd	Kenny Hill run for 1 yd for a TD, (Ryan Graf KICK)
Q4 7:47	Arkansas	+34 yd	Toby Baker punt for 52 yds , KaVontae Turpin returns for 34 yds to the 50 yard line
Q4 7:38	TCU	+43 yd	Kenny Hill pass complete to KaVontae Turpin for 43 yds to the Ark 7 for a 1ST down
Q4 7:15	TCU	+7 yd	Kyle Hicks run for 7 yds for a TD, (Ryan Graf KICK)
Q4 2:05	TCU	+5 yd	Kenny Hill run for 5 yds for a TD, (Ryan Graf KICK)
Q4 1:03	Arkansas	+16 yd	Austin Allen pass complete to Keon Hatcher for 16 yds for a TD, (Keon Hatcher pass to Austin Allen for Two-Point Conversion)
Q4 1:24	Arkansas	+24 yd	Austin Allen pass complete to Drew Morgan for 24 yds to the TCU 28 for a 1ST down
Q4 2:05	TCU	+22 yd	Cole Bunce kickoff for 60 yds , Dominique Reed return for 22 yds to the Ark 42
Q4 0:10	TCU	+28 yd	Ryan Graf 28 yd FG BLOCKED blocked by Dan Skipper
Q4 1:03	Arkansas	+64 yd	Connor Limpert kickoff for 56 yds , KaVontae Turpin return for 64 yds to the Ark 27
Q5 0:00	Arkansas	+19 yd	Austin Allen pass complete to Jeremy Sprinkle for 19 yds for a TD, (Cole Hedlund KICK)
Q5 0:00	TCU	+13 yd	Kenny Hill pass complete to Taj Williams for 13 yds for a TD (Ryan Graf KICK)
Q6 0:00	TCU	+37 yd	Ryan Graf 37 yd FG GOOD
Q6 0:00	Arkansas	+5 yd	Austin Allen run for 5 yds for a TD

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

TCU

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Kenny Hill	36/56	377	6.7	1	1	73.5
Team	0/2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

Arkansas

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Austin Allen	17/29	223	7.7	3	0	82.4

Rushing

TCU

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kenny Hill	15	93	6.2	2	26
Kyle Hicks	11	49	4.5	2	9
Derrick Green	5	31	6.2	0	14
Deante Gray	1	22	22.0	0	19

Arkansas

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Rawleigh Williams III	28	137	4.9	0	37
Kody Walker	7	19	2.7	0	6
Dominique Reed	2	18	9.0	0	15
Devwah Whaley	2	5	2.5	0	5
Austin Allen	3	2	0.7	1	5
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Receiving

TCU

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
KaVontae Turpin	7	126	18.0	0	57
Kyle Hicks	8	92	11.5	0	31
Ty Slanina	7	75	10.7	0	18
John Diarse	1	18	18.0	0	18
Deante Gray	3	17	5.7	0	9
Desmon White	5	16	3.2	0	5
Taj Williams	1	13	13.0	1	13
Emanuel Porter	2	10	5.0	0	14
Daniel Walsh	1	7	7.0	0	7
Sewo Olonilua	1	3	3.0	0	3

Arkansas

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Drew Morgan	7	93	13.3	1	24
Jeremy Sprinkle	3	58	19.3	1	25
Keon Hatcher	2	22	11.0	1	16
Hayden Johnson	1	18	18.0	0	18
Jared Cornelius	2	17	8.5	0	17
Dominique Reed	1	11	11.0	0	11
Austin Cantrell	1	4	4.0	0	4

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Defense

TCU

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Sammy Douglas	17	10	0	3	1	1
Ty Summers	10	3	0	0	2	0
Nick Orr	8	3	0	0	1	0
Jeff Gladney	8	3	0	0.5	1	0
Ranthony Texada	6	6	0	0	0	0
Josh Carraway	6	3	1	1	0	0
Denzel Johnson	5	1	0	0	1	0
Travin Howard	4	2	0	0.5	0	0
Niko Small	3	2	0	0	0	0
James McFarland	3	0	0	0	1	1
Alec Dunham	2	1	0	0	0	0
Aaron Curry	1	1	0	0	0	1
Paul Whitmill	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chris Bradley	1	1	0	0	0	1
Jaelan Austin	1	1	0	0	0	0
John Diarse	1	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Downing Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Iloka	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph Broadnax Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0

Arkansas

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Brooks Ellis	13	8	0	3	0	0	1
Dre Greenlaw	8	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Ledbetter	7	3	0.5	0.5	0	0	0
Henre' Toliver	6	4	0	0	1	0	0
Santos Ramirez	5	5	0	0	1	0	0
Tevin Beanum	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Pulley	4	4	0	0	3	0	0
Deatrich Wise	4	2	1	1	0	0	0
McTelvin Agim	4	2	1	1	0	0	0
De'Andre Coley	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwan Johnson	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Liddell	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryder Lucas	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jared Collins	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Ramsey	2	1	0.5	0.5	0	0	0
Toby Baker	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Emrich	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Byron Keaton	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Khalia Hackett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Capps	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

TCU

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Deante Gray	1	1	0

Arkansas

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Dre Greenlaw	0	0	1

Interceptions

TCU

No recorded stats in this category.

Arkansas

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Brooks Ellis	1	47	1

Kick Returns

TCU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
KaVontae Turpin	4	136	34.0	64	0
Deante Gray	1	19	19.0	19	0

Arkansas

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Dominique Reed	4	77	19.3	22	0

Kicking

TCU

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ryan Graf	1/2	50.0	37	5/5	8

Arkansas

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Cole Hedlund	2/3	66.7	38	3/3	9

Punt Returns

TCU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
KaVontae Turpin	2	33	16.5	34	0

Arkansas

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jared Cornelius	2	35	17.5	19	0

Punting

TCU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Adam Nunez	5	199	39.8	0	0	49

Arkansas

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Toby Baker	6	304	50.7	0	0	59

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data, split out by team. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back. Linked player names go to that player’s stat line in every other belt game they’ve appeared in.

Sources Box score at ESPN · Game record: College Football Data (id 400868981) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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