The Arkansas Razorbacks will take the field for the 2023 college football season in 31 days when Western Carolina visits War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock on Saturday, September 2 for a 3 p.m. CT kickoff.

Here at HawgBeat, we will count down the days until head coach Sam Pittman and his team run through the “A” for the first time.

With 31 days remaining, we will take a look at a current player, former player, some interesting scores, highlights and other miscellaneous things in Razorback history tied to the number 31.

A native of Melbourne, Australia, Fletcher was rated as a 5.3 two-star punter prospect in the Rivals database in 2022. The ProKick Academy product played in nine games during his freshman season with the Razorbacks.

The 6-foot-6 punter booted three punts of 50+ yards last season. In total, Fletcher punted the ball 38 times for 1,424 yards and finished with a 37.5 yards per punt average.

Grant Morgan — a Greenwood native — began his career with Arkansas in 2016 but he spent the season as a redshirt. The former two-star prospect played in 58 games from 2017-21. In that span, he collected 312 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two interceptions and one forced fumble.

A 5-foot-11 linebacker, Morgan earned All-SEC and All-American honors throughout his career and he capped it off as the program's first ever Burlsworth Award winner as he was named the nation's best player that started his career as a walk-on.

Following his collegiate career, Morgan signed as an undrafted free agent with the Jacksonville Jaguars on May 2, 2022, but he was released on September 12. Morgan is now a graduate assistant coach on the Illinois football coaching staff alongside former Razorback head coach Bret Bielema.

In the 13th matchup between the two programs, Arkansas and Oklahoma battled in the 1978 Orange Bowl.

The Razorbacks out-rushed the Sooners 126 yards to 116 in the first half. In the second half, defensive lineman Dan Hampton helped Arkansas to a 24-0 lead after three quarters. Running back Roland Sales finished with 205 yards on 22 attempts, an Orange Bowl record that stood for 20 years, and the Hogs finished the Sooners off by a score of 31-6.

The victory pushed the Lou Holtz-led Razorbacks to a 10-1 overall record.

Arkansas football fans wish the Hogs could get the 2010 Sugar Bowl game back.

At halftime, the Ohio State Buckeyes led the Razorbacks, 28-10. Arkansas didn't give up in the second half, as it outscored Ohio State 16-3 to bring the game within five, 31-26.

With under a minute left and Arkansas driving on a potential game-winning drive, quarterback Ryan Mallett threw an interception at the Ohio State 17-yard line to end the game.

On July 8, 2011, Ohio State vacated the Sugar Bowl win along with others amidst program violations.

Allen had an electric season in 2015 under offensive coordinator Dan Enos. The 6-foot-2 gunslinger totaled 31 touchdowns during the season — 30 passing and one rushing.

That season included a four touchdown performance against UTEP, six touchdown game versus Ole Miss and seven touchdown outing against Mississippi State. Allen's lone rushing touchdown came against Tennessee-Martin.

Allen finished the 2015 season with 3,440 yards through the air and he was drafted in the sixth round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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