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Patching a hole: Hogs’ run defense regroups after gashing

FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas has held 15 of its past 17 opponents to fewer rushing yards than that team's season average.

Texas A&M wasn't one of them last week.

The Aggies galloped through and over the Hogs for 366 rushing yards in their 45-24 victory Saturday. It was the most rushing yards allowed by the Razorbacks since the Aggies amassed 381 yards in a 42-38 loss in 2011.

To put A&M's run-game numbers into perspective, consider Arkansas' previous four opponents -- Kansas State in last season's Liberty Bowl, Louisiana Tech, TCU and Texas State -- combined to rush for 375 yards, only 9 more yards than the Aggies posted at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.