Number of close losses a first for Razorbacks

Arkansas players watch the final minute of the team's 29-27 loss to Missouri in an NCAA college football game Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)Arkansas players watch the final minute of the team's 29-27 loss to Missouri in an NCAA college football game Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)COLUMBIA, Mo. — In the 129th season of University of Arkansas football, the Razorbacks have lost four games by three or fewer points for the first time.

In Arkansas’ first five seasons from 1894-98 the Razorbacks didn’t play more than three games.

But since then they have played at least four games every season— and no fewer than seven since 1920 —…