Toledo's 16-12 victory over Arkansas Saturday in Little Rock -- which knocked the Razorbacks from No. 18 out of The Associated Press Top 25 poll -- to many fans may have seemed eerily similar to a loss to Louisiana-Monroe three years ago.
Arkansas was ranked No. 8 nationally when Sun Belt Conference member Louisiana-Monroe, a 30-point underdog, beat the Razorbacks 34-31 in overtime Sept. 8, 2012 on the same War Memorial Stadium field where 21-point underdog Toledo pulled its upset.
The loss to the Warhawks started the Razorbacks on a downward spiral in 2012 that ended with a 4-8 record and resulted in Coach Bret Bielema being hired from Wisconsin to replace interim Coach John L.