Arkansas (2-3, 1-1 SEC) and No. 12 Tennessee (4-1, 1-1 SEC) will return to action Saturday after having an open date last week. The Vols will host Arkansas at Neyland Stadium (4:15 p.m. EDT, SEC Network).
Saturday will mark the Razorbacks’ first game in 2025 under interim head coach Bobby Petrino. On Monday, he previewed facing Tennessee and the Vols’ offense under head coach Josh Heupel.
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“They’re a challenge,” Petrino said. “They’ve always been a challenge. You know, they spread the field, but they want to run the ball, so the biggest challenge is how do you defend the pass and stop the run?
“That’s something that we’re working hard at is to being able to understand we have to stop the run first. Got to get a lot of bodies to the football, tackle well, be gap sound, which we’ve worked really hard at, and play with great effort. That’s kind of the things that we’ve been emphasizing.”
Arkansas fired head coach Sam Pittman following a, 56-13, home loss to Notre Dame on Sept. 27.
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