Arkansas 'got lucky at the end,' tops Kansas in Liberty Bowl

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Arkansas held off a furious second-half rally by Kansas to win the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in three overtimes.

The Jayhawks came back from 25 points down to force overtime, but a failed 2-point conversion pass from Bean to Lawrence Arnold ended the game.

Arkansas coach Sam Pittman said that the game was great. I'm tired." I feel like I'm being beaten up. I didn't play a snap.

We got lucky, but we're the Liberty Bowl champ.

It looked like Bean could run instead of throwing it out of the end zone, and his team was prepared for either.

They were told to chase him. I wanted to chase him. We weren't being able to get them to follow us. I would like to put some pressure on them. At the end, we were fortunate. The Liberty Bowl was won by us. I'm just happy.

After stopping Jalon Daniels on a 2-point conversion try in the second overtime, Arkansas celebrated the win too early. The Jayhawks got another chance because of a targeting call on Arkansas.

The game's most Valuable Player was Jefferson, who passed for 287 yards and two touchdown and ran for 130 yards and two more scores to lead the Razorbacks.

It's not about who we don't have here." It is about who we had. The football team was interested in playing. I'm pretty sure they did. We did as well.

The first meeting between Arkansas and Kansas in 116 years was a victory for the Razorbacks. The state of Arkansas gained more than 400 yards on the ground. Dubinion had 112 yards for Arkansas.

The Jayhawks played in a bowl game for the first time in five years, but still lost seven of their last eight games. Daniels passed for 544 yards and 5 touchdown He set Liberty Bowl records for passing yards and touchdown passes.

Arkansas was dominating even though it had a thin roster due to opt outs and transfer portal departures. Fifty-one scholarship players were dressed by the Razorbacks.

Dubinion's 2-yard run gave Arkansas a 38-13 lead midway through the third quarter. It was the end of the drive.

There was a 25-point deficit.

Lance Leipold is the coach of the Kansas Jayhawks. People have their money's worth.

The AP contributed.