No. 25 Arkansas beats Missouri, caps best season since 2011

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- , Sam Pittman grinned for almost the entirety of his postgame press conference Friday night. The Arkansas coach and his team had done something no others ever had. The No. 25 Razorbacks capped their regular season with a 34-17 victory over Missouri, snapping a five-game losing streak to the Tigers. The win also kept the Battle Line Trophy in Fayetteville and provided Arkansas a perfect 3-0 season in its trophy games. Arkansas (8-4, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) is only two seasons removed from the worst two seasons in school history. In the previous five seasons combined, the Razorbacks hadn’t won a trophy game even once. “I know it’s 8-4 and the world may look at 8-4 as 8-4, but it’s not here at Arkansas,” Pittman said. “It’s different. We haven’t been relevant for a while.