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The Arkansas Razorbacks (1-2, 0-1 SEC) step out of conference for the last time on Saturday as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (3-0, 0-0 American) come to Fayetteville in a game that Ryan Silverfield's team needs to win to have some momentum heading into their toughest stretch of the season. The last time Tulsa came to Fayetteville after starting 3-0 was 2008 and they were actually 8-0 coming into the matchup. It was a matchup between two of the best offensive minds in college football with Bobby Petrino leading the Razorbacks and Gus Malzahn calling plays for Todd Graham's squad.  Arkansas won that game 30-23 in a matchup that was viewed as somewhat of an upset considering Tulsa was ranked at the time. Arkansas also won 23-0 the last time these teams faced off in a series that is lopsided in the Hogs' favor, 55-16-3, with Arkansas winning the last 19 games. Tulsa head coach Tre Lamb took a subtle shot at Arkansas by saying, "Arkansas had us and Memphis on the schedule this year and bought Memphis out. You don't want to play Memphis. Not if you're at Arkansas." He followed that by saying, ""A good Group of Six team wins this game. We gotta go lay it all out there. [Arkansas] has a chance to be a good football team. They're not there yet, they're figuring some things out. We ain't there yet, either. We gotta humble ourselves and go try to get this done." That is how far Arkansas has fallen. Silverfield's team ranks as one of the worst teams in the country in a number of statistical categories, but he still has a belief that his team is headed in the right direction and not only show improvement this weekend, but they will have a good shot to win this game. On Monday he was honest about a few things with the media at his press conference.  "Listen, you've watched us play the last few games, we've got a lot of work to do and we're excited about the next opportunity," Silverfield said. "There's a reason why we've won one Power 4 home game in the last three years, but it's my job to fix that. And I make no doubts, no excuses, no explanations. We will get this fixed an we will get it turned around in the right direction, because we have a bunch of guys that believe and they're going to keep fighting. And our job is to continue to improve the resources, to better give ourselves opportunity each and every time we take the field." Here are Five Burning Questions and Keys to Victory for the Hogs as they get set for the Golden Hurricane.  FIVE BURNING QUESTIONS The five most important and intriguing questions we have heading into Saturday's matchup...