This is the Depth Dossier: the Arkansas Razorbacks, Week 9.

Arkansas gave this one away, falling 34 to 10 to number 23 Missouri in a game that was still a one-score contest at halftime before four turnovers buried them.

Let's start with the quick picture. Arkansas trailed just 13 to 7 at the break, helped by a defensive fumble return for a touchdown. Then it fell apart. Three lost fumbles and an interception in the second half let Missouri rattle off 21 unanswered points, and Arkansas didn't cross midfield again after halftime. Quarterback Taylen Green took a beating behind a line that couldn't block or run, and the team finished with just 59 rushing yards on 33 carries. Wide receiver Andrew Armstrong kept fighting for catches underneath, but with the ground game dead, there was nothing to sustain. This game came down to turnovers, not talent.

Digging into the numbers, those four giveaways, three fumbles and a tipped interception, directly led to 17 Missouri points. In a game Arkansas trailed by six at the half, that's the whole margin and more. The turnover margin was minus-three, which against a ranked team is close to a death sentence on its own.

The run game was just as damning. Thirty-three carries for 59 yards works out to under two yards a carry, the worst rushing output Arkansas has had in conference play this season. Offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino's scheme depends on a functioning ground game to set up play-action, and Missouri's front simply erased it. Neither running back Braylen Russell nor Rodney Hill got anything going, which left Green getting hit on obvious passing downs all night.

The third quarter is really where it ended. Down just six to start the half, Arkansas gave up two straight touchdown drives, turned the ball over again, and went three-and-out in between, a stretch of about twelve minutes that buried them. After that, they never got past Missouri's 30-yard line again.

A few other notes worth keeping. Defensive end Landon Jackson was disruptive early, drawing holding calls and pressures before the front wore down late. Kicker Matthew Shipley made his only field goal attempt, which kept Arkansas within one score at the break. And this loss makes it five straight in the rivalry with Missouri, with the trophy staying in Columbia.

Now, onto who's banged up and what's shifting on the depth chart. Green stayed in the game after getting shaken up in the fourth quarter from repeated hits, finishing out his series before coming out for garbage time. Nothing's been called long-term, but backup quarterback Malachi Singleton is someone to watch if the pressure keeps piling up behind this offensive line.

Running back Ja'Quinden Jackson remained on a snap restriction for a lower-body issue, which is part of why the backfield produced so little behind an interior that couldn't open holes. On defense, defensive back Jaylon Braxton was limited or inactive again, which pushed more snaps to the boundary corner rotation of Marquise Robinson and Jaheim Singletary against a Missouri passing attack that took advantage.

The bigger issue is up front on the offensive line. The staff is already talking about rotating snaps at left guard and right tackle to cut down on penetration, which tells you this wasn't just a one-week problem. Expect some competition there before Green absorbs another pounding like this one.

Everywhere else, things stay the same. Armstrong and Isaiah Sategna are still the top two receivers, Landon Jackson and Cam Ball anchor the defensive line, and safeties TJ Metcalf and Hudson Clark remain every-down players. At 3 and 5, with the rivalry trophy gone again, the next three games hinge on whether that offensive line shakeup actually shows up on the field. Arkansas still needs three wins for bowl eligibility, and this kind of rushing performance can't happen again.

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