2003 Arkansas Vs. Kentucky Football Game - Before The Game

Before The Game

Coincidentally, Arkansas played a 7 overtime game against Ole Miss on November 3, 2001 - winning that game 58-56. Arkansas also lost a 6 overtime game to Tennessee in 2002, 41-38. Former Arkansas head coach Houston Nutt has been recorded as saying about overtime, "Winning is always fun, but when you win in overtime, where your players had to go that extra mile, it’s really gratifying and special." Nutt continued to say, "I always like our chances in overtime."

Kentucky's head man Rich Brooks has said of overtime, " obviously been through a lot of them, and when you get through them and know you’ve had success and your team knows you’ve had success, I think mentally that goes a long ways in helping you get the victory ultimately whether it goes one, two, three, four or seven overtimes."

Kentucky was 1-1 in overtime coming into this contest, beating Alabama and losing to Louisville both by the score of 40-34, both being only one overtime affairs.