Final

New Mexico St 13
(0-1, 0-1 away)

Arkansas 63
(1-0, 1-0 home)
7:00 PM ET, September 4, 2004
Razorback Stadium, FAYETTEVILLE, AR
1st Quarter Play by Play | ||||
| Start of the 1st quarter. | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arkansas at 15:00 | NMSU | ARK | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0th and Goal at NMSU 17 | Kickoff returned by Kenneth Buckley (NMSU) for 4 yards. | 0 | 0 | |
| New Mexico State at 14:50 | NMSU | ARK | ||
| 1st and 10 at NMSU 21 | Buck Pierce (NMSU) pass incomplete across the middle. | 0 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 10 at NMSU 21 | Justine Buries (NMSU) rushed up the middle for no gain. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at NMSU 21 | Buck Pierce (NMSU) sacked for a loss of 5 yards. | |||
| 4th and 15 at NMSU 16 | Punt by Steven Smith (NMSU) no return by Razorbacks. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: 3 plays, 0 yards | ||||
| Arkansas at 13:30 | NMSU | ARK | ||
| 1st and 10 at ARK 41 | Matt Jones (ARK) pass left side complete to Carlos Ousley (ARK) for 6 yards. | 0 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 4 at ARK 47 | Matt Jones (ARK) rushed left side for 5 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NMSU 48 | Carlos Ousley (ARK) took lateral and rushed for 1 yard. | |||
| 1st and 9 at NMSU 47 | DeCori Birmingham (ARK) rushed left side for 10 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NMSU 37 | Matt Jones (ARK) pass left side complete to Carlos Ousley (ARK) for 7 yards. | |||
| 2nd and 3 at NMSU 30 | Matt Jones (ARK) pass left side complete to Carlos Ousley (ARK) for 10 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NMSU 20 | DeCori Birmingham (ARK) rushed left side for 4 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NMSU 26 | Peyton Hillis (ARK) rushed right side for 4 yards. | |||
| 2nd and 6 at NMSU 22 | Matt Jones (ARK) pass incomplete to the right side. | |||
| 3rd and 6 at NMSU 22 | Matt Jones (ARK) pass left side complete to Carlos Ousley (ARK) for 6 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NMSU 16 | Brandon Kennedy (ARK) rushed up the middle for 3 yards. | |||
| 2nd and 7 at NMSU 13 | De'Arrius Howard (ARK) rushed up the middle for 4 yards. | |||
| 2nd and 5 at NMSU 5 | Matt Jones (ARK) pass left side complete to Jared Hicks (ARK) for 4 yards. | |||
| 3rd and 1 at NMSU 1 | Peyton Hillis (ARK) rushed up the middle for a 1 yard touchdown. | 0 | 6 | |
| 0th and Goal at ARK 0 | Extra point by Chris Balseiro (ARK) is good. | 0 | 7 | |
| 0th and Goal at NMSU 5 | Kickoff returned by Nathan Nuttall (NMSU) for 16 yards. | |||
| New Mexico State at 7:45 | NMSU | ARK | ||
| 1st and 10 at NMSU 21 | Justine Buries (NMSU) rushed left side for 2 yards. | 0 | 7 | |
| 2nd and 8 at NMSU 24 | Buck Pierce (NMSU) pass left side complete to Justine Buries (NMSU) for 7 yards. | |||
| 3rd and 1 at NMSU 31 | Justine Buries (NMSU) rushed up the middle for -1 yards. | |||
| 4th and 2 at NMSU 30 | Punt by Steven Smith (NMSU) no return by Razorbacks. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: 3 plays, 10 yards | ||||
| Arkansas at 6:01 | NMSU | ARK | ||
| 1st and 10 at ARK 48 | Matt Jones (ARK) pass left side complete to DeCori Birmingham (ARK) for 5 yards. | 0 | 7 | |
| 2nd and 5 at NMSU 47 | Peyton Hillis (ARK) rushed up the middle for 3 yards. | |||
| 3rd and 2 at NMSU 44 | Matt Jones (ARK) pass right side complete to Cedric Washington (ARK) for 29 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NMSU 15 | De'Arrius Howard (ARK) rushed left side for 9 yards. | |||
| 2nd and 1 at NMSU 6 | De'Arrius Howard (ARK) rushed left side for 3 yards. | |||
| 1st and 3 at NMSU 3 | Matt Jones (ARK) rushed left side for a 3 yard touchdown. | 0 | 13 | |
| 0th and Goal at ARK 0 | Extra point by Chris Balseiro (ARK) is good. | 0 | 14 | |
| 0th and Goal at NMSU 20 | Razorbacks kickoff, touchback by Aggies. | |||
| New Mexico State at 3:34 | NMSU | ARK | ||
| 1st and 10 at NMSU 20 | Buck Pierce (NMSU) pass left side complete to Tim Tolbert (NMSU) for 5 yards. | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd and 5 at NMSU 25 | Justine Buries (NMSU) rushed left side for no gain. | |||
| 3rd and 5 at NMSU 25 | Buck Pierce (NMSU) pass incomplete to the left side. | |||
| 4th and 5 at NMSU 25 | Punt by Steven Smith (NMSU) returned 7 yards by DeCori Birmingham (ARK) to the Razorbacks 37. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: 3 plays, 5 yards | ||||
| Arkansas at 2:50 | NMSU | ARK | ||
| 1st and 10 at ARK 37 | 14 yard penalty on Razorbacks. | 0 | 14 | |
| 1st and 10 at ARK 23 | DeCori Birmingham (ARK) rushed left side for 6 yards. | |||
| 2nd and 4 at ARK 29 | Razorbacks timeout; 01:35 remaining 1st quarter | |||
| 2nd and 4 at ARK 29 | Matt Jones (ARK) pass left side complete to Cedric Washington (ARK) for 8 yards. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ARK 37 | 5 yard penalty on Razorbacks. | |||
| 1st and 15 at ARK 32 | Matt Jones (ARK) rushed up the middle for 5 yards. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at ARK 37 | Matt Jones (ARK) pass incomplete to the left side. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at ARK 37 | 6 yard penalty on Razorbacks. | |||
| 3rd and 15 at ARK 31 | Matt Jones (ARK) rushed left side for 1 yard. | |||
| 4th and 14 at ARK 32 | Punt by Jacob Skinner (ARK) returned 4 yards by Gill Byrd (NMSU) to the Aggies 37. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: 5 plays, -6 yards | ||||
| New Mexico State at 0:52 | NMSU | ARK | ||
| 1st and 10 at NMSU 37 | Paul Dombrowski (NMSU) rushed left side for no gain. | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd and 10 at NMSU 37 | End of the 1st quarter. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: 2 plays, 0 yards | ||||

