MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The stage is set for the 64th Liberty Bowl at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, where the Arkansas Razorbacks are taking on the Kansas Jayhawks. Both teams are vying for their seventh victory of the season, which would mark the first winning campaign since 2008 for Kansas, or the second in two seasons for Arkansas.
The Razorbacks will be without the services of several key players on both sides of the ball, including center Ricky Stromberg, wide receiver Jadon Haselwood, tight end Trey Knox and linebacker Drew Sanders. Still, they enter the contest as the betting favorite, in part thanks to the Jayhawks' six losses in their past seven games.
From injuries to big plays, HawgBeat has you covered with live updates throughout the Liberty Bowl.
Pregame Notes
~ Arkansas has 82 total players available for today's game, 54 of which are on scholarship.
~ Players who were starters that have either moved on or declared for the draft include WR Ketron Jackson Jr., WR Warren Thompson, WR Jadon Haselwood, TE Trey Knox, C Ricky Stromberg, DT Isaiah Nichols, LB Drew Sanders NB Myles Slusher and P Reid Bauer.
~ Kansas wins the coin toss and elects to defer to the second half. Arkansas will receive the opening kickoff.
First quarter
11:12 - For the second time all season, the Razorbacks have points to show for their first drive. A 10-play, 56-yard drive results in a Cam Little 37-yard field goal to put Arkansas on top.
8:40 - Kansas running back Ky Thomas is all by himself at the 12-yard line, and quarterback Jalon Daniels finds him for an easy 29-yard score. The extra point is good, and the Jayhawks lead 7-3.
8:35 - E'Marion Harris starts the second drive as the Razorbacks' right guard. Ty'Kieast Crawford was stretchered from the sideline to the locker room after the field goal.
6:05 - KJ Jefferson hits a streaking Matt Landers in stride down the left side for a 59-yard touchdown. A two-play, 68-yard, 30-second drive vaults the Hogs right back into the lead.
6:02 - Arkansas wide receiver Harper Cole jumps on a muffed kick, and the Razorbacks have possession at the Kansas 17-yard line.
5:57 - Jefferson finds tight end Ty Washington over the middle for a 17-yard score. The Razorbacks have scored 14 points in eight seconds.
4:34 - The Jayhawks work their way into Arkansas territory, but Quincey McAdoo picks Daniels off. The Hogs take over at their own 27.
0:23 - Jefferson scrambles 3 yards to the end zone for the Hogs' third touchdown of the first quarter. The run caps off an 11-play, 73-yard drive after the interception.
Second quarter
12:01 - Dwight McGlothern hauls in the second interception and third turnover of the game. He is flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after the play, so the Hogs will take over at their 15-yard line.
5:02 - AJ Green turns on the jets and scores from 20 yards out. The touchdown run seals an eight-play, 78-yard drive, and the PAT extends the lead to 24 points.
1:18 - Daniels connects with tight end Mason Fairchild for a 24-yard touchdown, answering the Hogs' four straight touchdowns. Pooh Paul breaks up the two-point pass, so it remains a three-possession game.
0:20 - Jefferson follows his 32-yard run with his fifth interception of the year. The Jayhawks get the ball at the 20 after the touchback.
Third quarter
8:43 - Arkansas stretches the margin to four possessions as Rashod Dubinion punches it in from 2 yards away. The 10-play drive spanned 80 yards and more than three minutes.
3:15 - Thomas scores his second touchdown of the evening, a 2-yard rush to cap off a five-play, 86-yard drive.
Fourth quarter
14:07 -The Jayhawks slim the Arkansas lead to 15 points with Owen Piepergerdes' 36-yard field goal.
1:05 - Daniels found Emilien for a 10-yard touchdown. The PAT made it a one-possession game.
0:41 - Daniels completed a 21-yard touchdown to Grimm and Lawrence Arnold caught the two-point conversion pass to tie the game.
Overtime
OT - Daniels found Jared Casey for a 2-yard touchdown to put the Jayhawks up by seven.
OT - Dubinion scored from six yards out and Little's PAT was good to tie the game and sent it to double overtime.
2OT - Jefferson ran for a 20-yard score. He then found Jaedon Wilson on the two-point conversion to make it an 8-point game.
2OT - Daniels ran it in from two yards out and the two-point conversion try was successful on a pass from Daniels to Casey.
3OT - Jefferson found Dubinion on a wheel route for a successful two-point conversion.
3OT - Kansas' two-point conversion try was unsuccessful.
