Friday afternoon in War Memorial Stadium was billed as opportunity for the LSU football team to salvage a disappointing four-loss season.      But salvation turned into devastation and four losses mounted to five as the Tigers ended the regular season with a 31-30 loss to Arkansas.LSU squandered a 16-point third quarter lead and allowed senior Arkansas quarterback Casey Dick to lead a game-winning touchdown drive in the final two minutes.       Following an ugly 31-13 home loss to Ole Miss, coach Les Miles preached that the Fighting Tigers would live up to their moniker in a display of gritty, physical style signature to LSU.       But the fight seemed to disappear when the Razorbacks, trailing 30-24 with 2:14 on the clock, methodically marched 69 yards down the field with no timeouts to take a one-point lead. Dick, who came off the bench in the second half to relieve younger brother Nathan Dick, connected with London Crawford for the game-winning 24-yard touchdown pass with 0:21 remaining.The Tigers got the ball with all three timeouts on the Arkansas 46-yard-line after a short squib kick, but true freshman quarterback Jordan Jefferson couldn’t complete a pass on two attempts.Senior kicker Colt David attempted a 63-yard field goal that fell yards short as time expired.       The Tigers will have a lot of time to think about what went wrong as they wait for the best bowl game scenario, which will likely either be the Liberty or the Chick-fil-A bowl.       “I told the team, that’s the last time…” Miles said. “Those people that get back on that plane and go back to Baton Rouge will work awfully hard.”Jefferson started his first game at quarterback after Jarrett Lee went down with an ankle injury against Ole Miss.      He completed 9-of-21 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns. He also turned in the team’s leading rushing performance with a net total of 50 yards.”The good news is that Jordan Jefferson played well,” Miles said. “He gave us something that we needed.”LSU trailed 7-0 after Arkansas’ opening 76-yard drive resulted in a 17-yard Dennis Johnson touchdown run.The Tigers answered with a 29-yard Colt David field goal but soon faced a 14-3 first quarter deficit when the Razorbacks drove 81 yards and scored on a 1-yard touchdown pass.But the LSU offense hit its stride, scoring 17 unanswered points in the second quarter and embarking on a 27-0 run. Jefferson opened the second half with a four play, 44-yard drivecapped off by a 32-yard touchdown pass to Brandon LaFell.It was the last time the Tigers would score, as Arkansas posted 16 unanswered points in the second half.       Miles placed most of the blame on the Tigers’ excessive penalties, which totaled eight flags for 77 yards.       The costliest penalties occurred during a 90-yard Arkansas drive that started near the 6:00 mark in the third quarter and extended into the fourth quarter. Arkansas scored on a 22-yard field goal that narrowed LSU’s lead to 30-24.       The drive was kept alive by a string of LSU penalties: an off-sides call on Tyson Jackson, personal foul on Tremaine Johnson, defensive hold on Patrick Peterson and unsportsmanlike conduct on Rahim Alem.      ”I can tell you, the football team should win that game. The football team should manage that game. We have to play smarter,” Miles said. “It makes you sick.”The loss equates to LSU’s first five-loss regular season since 1999, when coach Gerry DiNardo posted an 3-8 record. The loss also marks the first time Miles has dropped two consecutive games during his LSU career.Just minutes after the loss, LSU players struggled for any explanation as to what went wrong.”Really, I don’t know,” said junior linebacker Perry Riley.Jefferson said he didn’t think the Tigers’ loss was because of a lack of effort.”We did everything we could, he said. “We just fell short.”       Senior linebacker Darry Beckwith acknowledged that the Tigers were bickering on the sidelines after the loss.”Frustration, frustration, frustration,” he said. “When you play that hard… and to lose it like that…”