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Mark Calgagni led Arkansas into the Holiday Bowl against the Pac
Ten's Arizona State Sun Devils. He engineered all of Arkansas' scoring
drives, including a first-quarter march that ended with Derrick Thomas'
nine-yard touchdown run. It gave the Hogs 7-3 lead at the time.
Arizona State sliced the gap to 7-6 with a field goal before a Razorback
gamble late in the first half backfired. On fourth and one at the Sun
Devil 48, quarterback Greg Thomas just missed a deep pass to Edmonds on
the sidelines, giving Arizona State possession in great field position.
The Sun Devils cashed in with a touchdown pass just 36 seconds from
intermission. A successful two-point try gave Arizona State a 14-7
halftime lead and it stayed that way until the 4th quarter.
Arkansas still trailed 14-7 but pulled ahead when Holiday Bowl Most
Valuable Player Bobby Joe Edmonds scooted 17 yards for a touchdown and
Calcagni dove into the end zone for the two-point conversion with 9:37
remaining.Calcagni was outstanding in the game as he completed 10 of his
17 passes for 117 yards and gained 45 yards rushing on 16 carries.
An Arizona State field goal gave the Sun Devils a two-point advantage
5:23 from the conclusion but Edmonds dove for a first down on
fourth-and-one and caught a 24-yard pass to keep alive the Hog's final
march. Arkansas scored with 23 seconds remaining on a Kendall Trainor
37-yard field goal to stake an 18-17 lead (video). It was the first Arkansas
lead since it led 7-3 in the first quarter.
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senior tailback Darryl Clack, playing in his final game as a Sun Devil,
returned Trainor’s ensuing kickoff 37 yards to the 37-yard line. With
time ticking away, quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst hit split end Aaron
Cox for 21 yards and a first down at the Arkansas 42. Van Raaphorst
passed again, this time to receiver Paul Day. But Day could not hang on
at the 22-yard line on a nice play by roverback Odis Lloyd of Arkansas.
Place kicker Kent Bostrom, who had kicked field goals of 47, 22, and 28
yards, missed a 59-yard attempt with time running out to secure the
Razorback win.
The victory was Arkansas' fourth come-from-behind in the fourth quarter
triumph of the year. Arizona State became the ninth consecutive
Razorback opponent to fail to score a rushing touchdown. This game
marked the first appearance of two at-large teams in the bowl's history,
but that was the only change in the script. There was still some doubt
as to the winner until time ran out.
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Attendance- 50,641
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
ASU- FG Bostrom 47
UA- Thomas 9 run (Trainor kick)
Second Quarter
ASU- FG Bostrom 22
ASU- Cox 16 pass from Van Raaphorst (Amoia pass from Van Raaphorst)
Fourth Quarter
UA- Edmonds 17 run (Calcagni run)
ASU- FG Bostrom 28
UA- FG Trainor 37
Individual Statistics
Rushing
ASU- Crawford 18-103, Amoia 13-56, Clack 9-37
UA- Calcagni 16-45, Foreman 9-30, Rouse 15-76, Thomas 9-39, G. Thomas
2-19, Edmonds 7-43
Passing
ASU- Van Raphorst 14-27-167
UA- Calcagni 10-17-117
Receiving
ASU- Gallimore 4-36, Hill 3-36, Crawford 2-11, Clack 1-10, Cox 3-67
UA- Edmonds 7-93, Centers 1-17
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