NEW ORLEANS (AP) -Arkansas will play in a BCS bowl for the first time when the Razorbacks take on Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 4.
Arkansas (10-2) has been to five previous Sugar Bowls, all before the BCS era, going 1-4 in those games.
The Razorbacks’ last appearance came in 1980 with Lou Holtz as coach. The Hogs were in the Southwest Conference then and lost to 1979 SEC and national champion Alabama, then coached by Paul “Bear” Bryant.
Ohio State (11-1) last played a postseason game in New Orleans in the Buckeyes’ BCS title game loss to LSU at the end of the 2007 season.
The Buckeyes have been in the three previous Sugar Bowls, going 1-2. Their last appearance came at the end of the 1998 season, when they defeated Texas A&M.
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