Fumble rumble for TD and FG save Hogs

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Call them the Cardiac Hogs for falling behind early yet again. The 10th-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks only care about the win.

Zach Hocker kicked a 42-yard field goal with 6:53 left, and Arkansas rallied from 14 points down to beat Vanderbilt, 31-28, yesterday -- the Razorbacks' fourth straight win.

"You can't get frustrated winning," said Arkansas receiver Jarius Wright, who had 10 catches for 135 yards. "You can get frustrated by not starting out like you expect your team to do. We know how good we are. We expect to start faster . . . You can never be mad getting the win."

This was the third time this season the Razorbacks (7-1, 3-1 SEC) have trailed by double digits (18 against Texas A&M, 17 last week before beating Mississippi). This time, Vanderbilt led 21-7 with 1:39 left in the first half.

The Commodores (4-4, 1-4) also had the ball at the Arkansas 5 in the fourth quarter leading 28-20 when Zac Stacy fumbled, and Jerry Franklin picked it up and ran 94 yards for a touchdown. Tyler Wilson found Wright in the end zone for the tying two-point conversion with 13:25 left.

"That was huge," Arkansas defensive coordinator Willy Robinson said of Franklin's TD. "We had a lot of opportunities for a lot of turnovers, but that one was the biggest one."

Vanderbilt missed a chance to force overtime when Carey Spear's 27-yard field goal went wide right with 8 seconds left.

-- AP