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How Allen’s first starts stack up with other Razorback quarterbacks
Getting the Hogs off to a 3-0 start has Austin Allen putting up numbers that puts him at the top of quarterbacks since 1992 with their first three starts.
A fourth quarter comeback in the season opener followed by a double overtime win at No. 15 TCU that snapped the nation’s third-longest home win streak. Those were the first two starts of Arkansas junior quarterback Austin Allen’s career. Not bad.
With Arkansas off to its first 3-0 start since coach Bret Bielema’s first season and owning top 20 ranking in both national polls, Allen’s play has helped the Razorback offense pick up where it left off last season. In week two at No. 15 TCU, Allen delivered three touchdown passes in the second half and first overtime frame before scoring on a designed run from five yards out in the second overtime to clinch Arkansas’ third straight top 25 road win.
Allen was named the SEC Player of the Week after the win at TCU and after dominating the fan vote for the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week by over 6,000 votes, it was clear that Razorback nation believed in QB1.
The Fayetteville product is just the fourth Razorback quarterback to go 3-0 in his first three starts since Arkansas joined the SEC in 1992. He currently leads the SEC in completion percentage (67.1) and passer rating (160.91).
Below is a look at the numbers from Arkansas’ quarterbacks first three starts since 1992.
| Date | Player | Comp. | Att. | Yards | TD | INT | Comp.{e1768d0eec022f908d772ba0c0274d97d05d220b4341147789bdb671ddb19707} | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Austin Allen | 53 | 79 | 655 | 7 | 2 | 0.671 | 3-0 |
| 2012, 2013 | Brandon Allen | 34 | 57 | 415 | 5 | 2 | 0.596 | 2-1 |
| 2011 | Tyler Wilson | 59 | 86 | 822 | 6 | 2 | 0.686 | 3-0 |
| 2009 | Ryan Mallett | 50 | 96 | 877 | 7 | 1 | 0.521 | 1-2 |
| 2006 | Mitch Mustain | 29 | 59 | 440 | 7 | 2 | 0.492 | 3-0 |
| 2005 | Casey Dick | 44 | 71 | 434 | 6 | 3 | 0.620 | 2-1 |
| 2005 | Robert Johnson | 37 | 66 | 383 | 4 | 3 | 0.561 | 1-2 |
| 2002 | Matt Jones | 23 | 44 | 365 | 5 | 2 | 0.523 | 2-1 |
| 2001 | Zak Clark | 29 | 62 | 339 | 1 | 2 | 0.468 | 1-2 |
| 2000 | Robby Hampton | 49 | 82 | 649 | 4 | 2 | 0.598 | 3-0 |
| 1997 | Clint Stoerner | 44 | 87 | 571 | 2 | 3 | 0.506 | 2-1 |
| 1996 | Pete Burks | 43 | 80 | 449 | 2 | 3 | 0.538 | 1-2 |
| 1992 | Barry Lunney Jr | 32 | 71 | 406 | 1 | 2 | 0.451 | 1-1-1 |
| Thu, Aug 29 |  | vs UAPB (Little Rock) | W, 70-0 |
| Sat, Sep 7 |  | @ Oklahoma State | L, 31-39 2OT |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | vs UAB | W, 37-27 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | @ Auburn | W, 24-14 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Texas A&M (Arl) | L, 21-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | vs Tennessee | W, 19-14 |
| Sat, Oct 19 |  | vs LSU | L, 34-10 |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | @ Mississippi State | W, 58-25 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | vs Ole Miss | L, 63-31 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Texas | L, 20-10 |
| Sat, Nov 23 |  | vs Louisiana Tech | 3:00 PM ESPN+/SECN+ |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | @ Missouri | 2:30 PM SEC Network |
| Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll: | ||||
| OVERALL | Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. | Bryant (25) | 10-0 | 268 | 1 |
| 2. | Greenwood (2) | 10-0 | 234 | 3 |
| 30 | Conway | 9-1 | 202 | 2 |
| 4. | Little Rock Parkview | 9-1 | 171 | 4 |
| 5. | Bentonville | 7-3 | 162 | 5 |
| 6. | Benton | 9-1 | 148 | 6 |
| 7. | Fayetteville | 8-2 | 111 | 7 |
| 8. | Pulaski Academy | 8-2 | 89 | 8 |
| 9. | Rogers | 7-3 | 43 | 9 |
| 10. | Joe T. Robinson | 9-1 | 22 | — |
| Others receiving votes: Valley View 8, Mountain Home 7, Cabot 6, Little Rock Catholic 6, Shiloh Christian 6, Elkins 1, Farmington 1. | ||||
| CLASS 7A | ||||
| 1. | Bryant (27) | 10-0 | 135 | 1 |
| 2. | Conway | 9-1 | 102 | 2 |
| 3. | Bentonville | 7-3 | 81 | 3 |
| 4. | Fayetteville | 8-2 | 45 | 4 |
| 5. | Pulaski Academy | 8-2 | 39 | 5 |
| Others receiving votes: Rogers 3. | ||||
| CLASS 6A | ||||
| 1. | Greenwood (27) | 10-0 | 135 | 1 |
| 2. | Benton | 9-1 | 108 | 2 |
| 3. | Mountain Home | 8-2 | 62 | 3 |
| 4. | Shiloh Christian | 7-3 | 49 | 4 |
| 5. | Little Rock Catholic | 9-1 | 34 | 5 |
| Others receiving votes: Marion 6. | ||||
| CLASS 5A | ||||
| 1. | Little Rock Parkview (27) | 9-1 | 135 | 1 |
| 2. | Joe T. Robinson | 9-1 | 106 | 2 |
| 3. | Valley View | 10-0 | 79 | 3 |
| 4. | Farmington | 9-1 | 48 | 4 |
| 5. | Hot Springs Lakeside | 8-2 | 20 | 5 |
| Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 7, Harding Academy 7, Morrilton 3. | ||||
| CLASS 4A | ||||
| 1. | Elkins (20) | 10-0 | 126 | 1 |
| 3. | Arkadelphia (5) | 8-2 | 91 | 3 |
| 2. | Little Rock Mills (1) | 10-0 | 68 | 2 |
| 4. | Warren | 8-2 | 55 | 4 |
| 5. | Dardanell (1) | 9-1 | 23 | — |
| Southside Batesville | 10-0 | 23 | — | |
| Others receiving votes: Malvern 12, Gravette 5, Highland 2. | ||||
| CLASS 3A | ||||
| 1. | Bismarck (12) | 10-0 | 105 | 1t |
| 2. | Fordyce (10) | 10-0 | 96 | 1t |
| 3. | Prescott (1) | 9-1 | 70 | 4 |
| 4. | Osceola (2) | 8-1 | 54 | 3 |
| 5. | Booneville (1) | 9-1 | 39 | 5 |
| Others receiving votes: Mansfield (1) 23, Rivercrest 10, Rison 4, Salem 4. | ||||
| CLASS 2A | ||||
| 1. | Carlisle (20) | 10-0 | 127 | 1 |
| 2. | Conway Christian (7) | 10-0 | 115 | 2 |
| 3. | Des Arc | 8-2 | 59 | 5 |
| 4. | East Poinsett Co. | 7-3 | 52 | — |
| 5. | Bigelow | 6-4 | 18 | 3 |
| Murfreesboro | 7-3 | 18 | 4 | |
| Others receiving votes: Mount Ida 6, Junction City 4, Cross County 3, Poyen 3. | ||||
| 8-MAN SANCTIONED | ||||
| 1. | Strong-Huttig (27) | 5-0 | 81 | 1 |
| 2. | Midland | 9-0 | 53 | 2 |
| 3. | Cedar Ridge | 8-1 | 25 | 3 |
| Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 3. | ||||