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Arkansas could do very little to stop LSU running backs Leonard Fournette and Derrius Guice in its 38-10 loss on Saturday night. The Tigers ran for 390 yards and 5 touchdowns in the victory and exposed a big flaw for the Razorbacks.
As much as we make fun of the defenses at Cal, Texas Tech and Oregon, Arkansas now owns the nation's dead-last rushing D. Ouch.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 13, 2016
Their defense has been historically bad in limiting opposing backs’ yards per carry.
Andrew Hutchinson of 247Sports did some fine statistical research and revealed just how poor Arkansas’ defense has been in that area this season. Warning: It’s not pretty.
Arkansas' defense has allowed 6.34 yards per carry this season, which is dead last in the NCAA. But that's not the craziest stat…
— Andrew Hutchinson (@NWAHutch) November 13, 2016
If you took all 1,113 FBS defenses over the last 9 seasons, Arkansas' 6.34 yds allowed per carry would rank 1,110th. Only 3 have had worse.
— Andrew Hutchinson (@NWAHutch) November 13, 2016
2015 Eastern Michigan (6.46), 2013 Nevada (6.57) and 2013 New Mexico State (6.86) are the only three teams with worse yards allowed/carry.
— Andrew Hutchinson (@NWAHutch) November 13, 2016
I have expanded this to the last 17 seasons. Arkansas would rank 2,055th out of 2,058. Still only three worse. https://t.co/di7FXi94hk
— Andrew Hutchinson (@NWAHutch) November 13, 2016
