LIVE SCORE UPDATES & ANALYSIS: Arkansas football vs. LSU

FAYETTEVILLE — The Arkansas football team could not recreate home-field magic against a top-10 team Saturday night. 

Eighth-ranked LSU never trailed and pulled away late to defeat the Razorbacks 34-10 in front of an announced attendance of 75,893 at Reynolds Razorback Stadium. The fourth-largest attendance in stadium history was reduced to mostly a smattering of visiting fans in purple and gold by game's end.

LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier was efficient with a 22-of-33, 224-yard passing performance and running back Caden Durham ran for 3 touchdowns to lead the Tigers (6-1, 3-0 SEC) to their sixth consecutive victory. LSU won its third in a row over Arkansas and won its fifth consecutive game in Fayetteville. 

The Razorbacks have not defeated the Tigers on their home field since 2014. 

Arkansas (4-3, 2-2) failed to win after an open week for the first time since 2020. The Razorbacks were playing their first game since a 19-14 victory over then-No. 4 Tennessee on Oct. 5. 

Like the Volunteers coming off an open date two weeks ago, the Razorbacks staggered out of the gate Saturday. 

Durham’s 22-yard touchdown run capped the game’s opening drive. The possession was aided by a pass interference and roughing the passer penalty against Arkansas, but an offensive pass interference penalty nullified a 2-yard touchdown catch by Mason Taylor. The Tigers were also whistled for their first of seven false starts following the offensive pass interference. 

Facing second-and-goal from the 22, Durham broke three tackle attempts and dove to the pylon in the front-left corner of the end zone. He finished the game with 101 yards on 21 carries and scored all of his team’s touchdowns. 

Damian Ramos added field goals of 33, 48 and 33 yards in the first half to help LSU build a 16-7 halftime lead. Ramos also made a 47-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to put the Tigers ahead 27-10. 

Ramos was clutch against the Razorbacks for the second year in a row. His 20-yard field goal with 5 seconds remaining gave LSU a 34-31 victory in the teams’ meeting last season in Baton Rouge, La. 

Arkansas cut the Tigers’ lead to 13-7 when Taylen Green threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Armstrong with 8:25 remaining before halftime. That capped a 9-play, 75-yard drive in which Green completed 5 of 5 passes for 59 yards and scrambled twice for 9 yards. 

Green did not appear slowed by a bruised left knee that caused him to leave the Tennessee game early in the fourth quarter. But he was not dynamic (21-of-31 passing for 239 yards) and threw a devastating interception late in the third quarter that essentially ended Arkansas’ chances for a comeback. 

Trailing 16-10, Green’s first-down pass from his own 14 was deflected and intercepted by Whit Weeks who returned the ball to the Arkansas 3. Durham ran for a touchdown on the next play and Nussmeier’s 2-point pass to tight end Trey’Dez Green put the Tigers ahead 24-10. 

LSU won the turnover battle 3-0 and scored 11 points off of the Razorbacks’ miscues. 

The Tigers put a punctuation mark on the performance with a 14-play, 80-yard drive that took 8:22 off the clock in the fourth quarter. Durham’s 1-yard touchdown run set the final score with 2:20 remaining. 

Nussmeier converted a pair of third downs through the air on the drive. The junior quarterback was 9 for 12 for 72 yards on third down, successfully converting 7 during the game. 

LSU finished 8 of 14 (57.1%) on third down against an Arkansas defense that allowed a 33.3% conversion rate entering the game. 

The 24-point margin of victory was the largest in the series since LSU’s national championship team won 56-20 in 2019 as the Razorbacks played in their first game under interim head coach Barry Lunney Jr., following Chad Morris’ firing two weeks earlier. 

The last four games in the series had been decided by a field goal with LSU winning three times. 

Arkansas is scheduled to play at Mississippi State next Saturday beginning at 11:45 a.m.