LITTLE ROCK, Ark.?D.J. Williams scored with
just over one minute remaining to lift Arkansas to a 28-27 come-from-behind
victory over upset-minded ULM Saturday night in front of 55,048 fans at War
Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Ark.
In search of its second victory over a
Southeastern Conference opponent in four games, ULM took a 24-6 lead with 6:11
remaining in the third quarter on a one-yard plunge by Gray Frazier ? the first
touchdown of his career. The Warhawks defeated Alabama 21-14 in the second to
last game of the 2007 season.
Arkansas (2-0) scored three touchdowns, including
two by Williams, over the final 17 minutes of the game to complete its second
comeback win in as many weeks.
Casey Dick found Williams from eight yards
out for the game winner. The touchdown capped an 11-play 79-yard drive that
included a dramatic fourth-down conversion that would have ended the game.
After Williams scored the eventual game
winner, the Warhawks (0-2) had a chance to win the game, but a 45-yard field
goal attempt by Jeremy Gener sailed wide right to preserve the victory for the
Razorbacks.
ULM redshirt freshman receiver Anthony McCall
caught a pair of touchdown passes and finished the game with six receptions for
125 yards, while Kinsmon Lancaster finished the game 23-of-39 for 270 yards and
the pair of touchdown strikes.
Lancaster moves into fifth place on the ULM
all-time completions list with 366 and into sole possession of ninth place on
the career touchdown passes list with 22.
Williams led Arkansas with five catches for
124 yards, while Dick was 22-of-34 for 323 yards and two touchdowns. Back from
a suspension, Michael Smith carried the ball 22 times for 157 yards and a pair
of scores.
McCall also got into the action on special
teams by blocking a punt on the possession following his first touchdown catch.
Arkansas opened the scoring with a Smith
touchdown run early in the second quarter, but Alex Tejada missed the extra
point, after missing two field goals earlier.
Gener made field goals of 20 and 40 yards in
the second and four quarter, respectively.
Nate Brown had a game-high 12
tackles for the Warhawks and also had a sack ? ULM finished the game with four
sacks as a team.
The Warhawks open play at Malone Stadium next
Saturday when they host Alabama A&M at 6 p.m.
Scoring
Summary
UA ? Smith 13-yard run (Tejada kick failed), 11:40, 2nd
ULM ? McCall 1-yard pass from Lancaster (Gener kick), 8:12, 2nd
ULM ? Gener 20-yard FG, 3:48, 2nd
ULM ? McCall 33-yard pass from Lancaster (Gener kick), 10:19, 3rd
ULM ? G. Frazier 1-yard run (Gener kick), 6:11, 3rd
UA ? Williams 8-yard pass from Dick (Williams pass from Dick), 2:13, 3rd
ULM ? Gener 40-yard FG, 12:56, 4th
UA ? Smith 4-yard run (Haddock kick), 12:19, 4th
UA?Williams 8-yard pass from Dick (Haddock kick), 1:22, 4th
