FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It may not have been the best football game Sam Pittman’s Arkansas Razorbacks have played, but they played well enough to win.

In Saturday afternoon’s true home opener for the Hogs in front of 73,173 fans at Frank Broyles Field at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, the Razorbacks finally got past the pesky Kent State Golden Flashes 28-6.

There were many phases of the game with which Pittman was not pleased.

“We’ve got a lot to get better at,” he said. “We w...