2018 Ouachita Tigers Football GAME 12
GAMEDAY INFO Ouachita vs Indianapolis
NCAA Playoffs Second Round
Saturday, November 24, 2018 1:00 pm CST Matchup Cliff Harris Stadium Record...... 11-0 Record...... 10-1 Arkadelphia, Ark. Ranking...... 4/3 Ranking...... 12/11 Last Game...... W, 38-10 at HSU Last Game...... W, 38-27 vs #19 FHS TIGER Football Network Head Coach...... Todd Knight Head Coach...... Bob Bartolomeo Career Record...... 139-126-2/26th Career Record...... 93-32-1/11th Ouachita Record...... 111-94/20th Record at UIndy...... 79-25/9th Network affiliates for the 2018 season are: Knight vs UIndy ...... N/A Bartolomeo vs Ouachita...First Meeting Knight vs Bartolomeo ...... N/A Bartolomeo vs Knight.....First Meeting KDXE-FM, 101.1 FM, Little Rock, the flagship Ouachita vs UIndy ...... N/A UIndy vs Ouachita...... First Meeting station of the Ouachita Football Network Largest Win...... N/A Largest Win...... N/A KUOA, AM 1290 and FM 97.7, Siloam Springs Largest Defeat...... N/A Largest Defeat...... N/A KCXY-FM, 95.3, Camden Offense...... Multiple Offense...... KZNG, AM 1340 and FM 105.5, Hot Springs Defense...... Multiple 4-2-5 Defense...... KNAS-FM, 105.5, Nashville KQOR-FM, 105.3, Mena 2018 Schedule GAME NOTES • Ouachita is appearing in just their 3rd ever NCAA Playoff game, this will be the Date School Time second time in four seasons the Tigers have been the No. 1 seed in the Super 8/3 at NW Okla. State W, 29-21 Region 3 standings. • The last time Ouachita hosted the second round of the NCAA Playoffs, they lost 9/8 SW Okla. State W, 41-8 to Minnesota Duluth 48-45 in OT. • If the Tigers are able to win on Saturday it will be their first ever playoff victory in 9/15 at SE Okla. State W, 32-16 school history. • Ouachita is 8-5 All-Time against Great Lake Valley Conference opponents. Their 9/22 East Central W, 42-0 last matchup against a GLVC opponent was in 2009 against Southwest Baptist, the Tigers won 14-10 that day. 9/29 Arkansas Tech W, 24-7 • A pair of double-digit winning streaks are on the line, Ouachita is the winner of 10/6 at Harding W, 7-3 11-straight, while UIndy has reeled off 10 consecutive wins after losing in Week 1 of the season. 10/13 at Okla. Baptist W, 58-21 • Ouachita brings in one of the top defenses in the country. The Tiger defense ranks 1st nationally in scoring defense, allowing opponents just 9.6 points per 10/18 Southern Naz. W, 41-0 contest. The Tigers also rank in the top-ten nationally in Passes Intercepted (19), Red Zone Defense (64%), Team Passing Efficiency Defense (94.13) and 10/27 at Ark. Monticello W, 35-10 Turnover Margin (1.73). • On the offensive side of the ball Tigers boast one of the top rushing offens- 11/2 Southern Ark. W, 35-10 es in the nation. Ouachita is averaging 275.3 yards per game. The Tigers also boast one of the top Red Zone offenses in the nation, scoring on 91% of their 11/10 at Henderson State W, 38-10 opportunities.
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Quick Facts Coaching Staff
Location...... Arkadelphia, Ark. Head Coach...... Todd Knight Founded...... 1886 Alma Mater...... Ouachita (1986) Enrollment...... 1600 Record at Ouachita...... 102-94 (20th season) Nickname...... Tigers Career Record...... 130-126-2 (26th season) Colors...... Purple, Gold, Gray and White Office Phone...... 870-245-5314 Conference...... Great American Email...... [email protected] National Affiliation...... NCAA II Home...... Cliff Harris Stadium (5,000) Assistant Coaches President...... Dr. Ben Sells Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks...... Jay Derby Alma Mater...... Southwest Baptist Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers...... Roy Thompson Athletic Director...... David Sharp Offensive Line/Recruiting...... Brett Shockley Alma Mater...... Ouachita Baptist Wide Recievers...... Spencer Knight Senior Women’s Administrator...... Margaret McGraw Running Backs...... Ben Long Faculty Representative...... Jim Rothwell Defensive Line...... Kane Bryen Head Athletic Trainer...... Kyle Bowles Defensive Backs...... Dionte Dean Strength & Conditioning...... Jackson Guerra Sports Information Special Teams...... Brandin Natzke
SID...... William Meyer Tiger Paws Office Phone...... 870-245-5186 GAC Awards Cell Phone...... 803-960-2094 Email...... [email protected] Ouachita netted three of the four superlatives and placed a league high Web Address...... www.obu.edu 16 players on All-GAC Teams this season. Head coach Todd Knight won Athletics Web Address...... www.obutigers.com his fourth GAC Coach of the Year Award for leading the Tigers to their Mailing Address...... Department of Athletics best ever regular season finish. Senior running back Kris Oliver took ...... 410 Ouachita, St, P.O. Box 3788 home Offensive Player of the Year after becoming the GAC’s All-Time ...... Arkadelphia, AR 71998 rushing leader this season. Tiger quarterback Brayden Brazeal was named Freshman of the Year after he led Ouachita to their second con- secutive GAC Championship. Ground and Pound Program History The Ouachita rushing offense is currently averagins 275 yards per contest, ranking the Tigers seventh in the country. The Trio of Kris Oliver, Shun’cee Thomas and Brockton Brown have accounted for 2,164 rushing yards and First Year of Football...... 1896 29 touchdowns this season. First Year of NCAA...... 1999 Overall ALL-Time Record...... 520-446-3 Back-to-Back NCAA ALL-Time Record...... 109-94-0 GAC ALL-Time Record...... 61-22 With a 35-10 victory over Southern Arkansas last weekend, the Tigers captured their second consecutive GAC Championship. Ouachita has now won 4 titles in the past eight seasons. Broadcasting Information Lock it Down This season the Ouachita defense has held opponets to just a 9.6 pts per contest. The Tiger defense has held opponents to 10 or fewer points on PXP...... Rex Nelson eight different occasions this season. The shutout against SNU a few weeks Color...... Dr. Jeff Root ago was the Tigers second shutout this season, the last time Ouachita Analyst/Sideline...... Richard Atkinson accomplished this feat was 1993. The last time the Tigers produced three Todd Knight Show Host...... Dr. Casey Motl shutouts in a season was in 1974. Pregame/Postgame Host...... Michael Westbrook Executive Producer...... Russ McKinney
www.obutigers.com-Twitter/Instagram @OuachitaTigers-Facebook Ouachita Baptist Athletics #FinishEmpty 2 TIGER FOOTBALL 2018 Record when 2018 Tiger Paws Cont. Overall...... 11-0 GAC...... 11-0 In-State...... 5-0 Top-25...... 2-0 Decade to Remember All About the Benjamins The Ouachita football program has set a new With Ouachita’s 49-42 victory over Hen- Home...... 5-0 Away...... 6-0 record for wins in a decade with 70 surpassing derson State, Todd Knight became just the Neutral...... 0-0 the previous record set by the football teams of second coach in Ouachita’s history to hit the the 1970s. century mark at the school. His overall re- Day Games...... 5-0 Since the 2010 season the Tigers have produced cord sets at 128-126-2, at Ouachita Knight is Night Games...... 6-0 Thursday...... 2-0 four championships, two 10 + winning seasons, 100-94. Only legendary coach Buddy Benson Saturday...... 9-0 a pair of undefeated regular seasons and their is ahead of Knight with 161 victories. first trips to the NCAA DII Playoffs. August...... 1-0 September...... 4-0 The Streak Continues October...... 4-0 Title Town Ouachita finished the season with a winning November...... 2-0 The city of Arkadelphia has been home to the record for the 11th straight season, dating back December...... 0-0 Great American Conference Champion in 7 to the 2008 campaign. The streak is the longest in Dry weather...... 8-0 of the past 8 seasons. With Ouachita winning the Natural State regardless of division. Rainy weather...... 3-0 titles in 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2018 and Hen- derson State winning titles in 2012, 2013 and My Name Is When Scoring First...... 9-0 2015. Harding won the championship in 2016 Opp Scoring First...... 2-0 Keandre Evans game winning 103-yd Int TD was Leading at Half...... 10-0 breaking up the Arkadelphia dynasty in 2016. Tied at Half...... 0-0 the longest interception return this century for Trailing at Half...... 1-0 the Tigers. The play was seen on SportsCenter, Home Field Advantage College Football Final, NFL on Fox and Sunday Leading after 3 Qtrs...... 9-0 Night Football. All of them prounced Ouachita a Trailing after 3 Qtrs...... 2-0 Since the Stadium was renamed to Cliff Harris Tied after 3 Qtrs...... 0-0 Stadium in 2014, Ouachita holds a 23-5 record different way. Overtime...... 0-0 at home. It’s correctly pronounced “wash-i-tah” This season the Tigers have outscored Scoring 0-19 points...... 1-0 Scoring 20-29 pts...... 2-0 opponents 183-25. Southern Arkansas is Scoring 30-39 pts...... 4-0 the only opponent to score in double figures Fresh Start Scoring 40 + pts...... 4-0 inside Cliff Harris this season. All three quarterbacks on the Ouachita depth Opp Scoring 0-19...... 9-0 chart are freshman. The Tigers new signal caller Opp Scoring 20-29...... 2-0 this season will be Redshirt Freshman Brayden Opp Scoring 30-39...... 0-0 No Fly Zone Brazeal as he gains full control of the Tigers potent Opp Scoring 40+...... 0-0 The Ouachita defense has swarmed to the ball offense. Brazeal sat behind All-GAC quarterback this season. The Tigers defense has already Decided by 3 or less...... 0-0 Austin Wolford last season. Decided by 4-7...... 1-0 intercepted 19 passes and has broken up an Decided by 8-14...... 1-0 additional 46 pass breakups. Senior defensive Decided by 15+...... 9-0 back Keandre Evans leads the squad with 13 Out rushing opponent...... 10-0 PBUs and 4 interceptions. All-Americans Getting out rushed...... 1-0 At the end of last season Ouachita’s All-Purpose More passing yards...... 3-0 player Drew Harris is back for his final season Opponent more passing yards...... 8-0 Battle of the Ravine in the purple and black. Harris was named an honorable mention All-American by D2football. More Total Offense ...... 9-0 Ouachita capped off their perfect regular com at the end of last season. The then junior Fewer Total Offense ...... 2-0 season with a 38-10 win over rival Henderson scored 26 total touchdowns setting both school State. The Tigers have now won three consec- Win Time of Possession...... 8-0 and GAC records in the process. Lose Time of Possession...... 3-0 utive over the Reddies for the first time since 2001-2003. The win also tied the overall series Redshirt-Junior offensive lineman Justin Goose- More Penalty yards...... 6-0 up at 43-43-6. Less Penalty yards...... 5-0 berry was named to the College Football Year- Tied Penalty yards...... 0-0 book starting lineup (All-American) in June of this year. Gooseberry is the only Tiger named to Win Turnover battle...... 9-0 a preseason All-American list. Lose Turnover battle...... 1-0 Tied...... 1-0
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2018 NCAA Division II Football Championship
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals **Semifinals Championship November 17 November 24 December 1 December 8 December 15
1 *Notre Dame (OH) (11-0)
Noon ET 4 *Kutztown (9-1) 5 Hilldale (40-25) 5 Hillsdale (9-2) Super Regional One 2 *LIU Post (10-0) 7 Slippery Rock (20-14) 7 Slippery Rock (9-2) 1 p.m. ET 3 *West Chester (10-0) 6 * New Haven (35-28) 6 New Haven (8-1) Live on ESPN3 TBD 1 *Valdosta St. (10-0)
1 p.m. ET 4 *Bowie St. (9-1) 4 Bowie St. (41-35) 5 West Ala. (8-3) Super Regional Two 2 *West Ga. (10-1) 7 Wingate (41-31) 7 Wingate (8-3) 2 p.m. ET 3 *Lenoir-Rhyne (10-1) 3 *Lenoir-Rhyne (43-21) 6 Florida Tech (8-3) **Seed List McKinney, Texas 1. Live on ESPNU/WatchESPN NATIONAL 1 * Ouachita Baptist (11-0) 2. 4 p.m. ET CHAMPION 3. 2 p.m. ET 4. 4 *UIndy (9-1) 4 UIndy 5 Fort Hays St. (9-2) Super Regional Three 2 *Ferris St. (11-0) 2 *Ferris St. (21-19) 7 Harding (9-2) 1 p.m. ET 3 *Grand Valley St. (10-1) 6 Northwest Mo. St. (42-17) 6 Northwest Mo. St. (9-2) Live on ESPN3 TBD 1 *Minnesota St. (11-0)
2 p.m. ET 4 *Colo. Sch. Of Mines (10-1) 5 Colorado St.-Pueblo (37-17) 5 Colorado St.-Pueblo (10-1) Super Regional Four 2 *Tarleton St. (10-0) 2 *Tarleton St. (58-0) 7 Azusa Pacific (8-2) 2 p.m. ET 3 * Minn. Duluth (11-0) 6 Tex. A&M-Commerce (33-17) 6 Tex. A&M-Commerce (9-2)
* Host Institution All times are Eastern time. Information subject to change. **The Division II Football Committee will seed the final four teams following completion of the quarterfinal games.
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Place School Total Points (First Place) TEAM GAC GAC % H A N STREAK 1 Harding 118 (8) Ouachita 11-0 1.000 5-0 6-0 0-0 W11 2 Ouachita 111 (2) Harding 9-2 0.818 4-2 5-1 0-0 L1 3 Southern Arkansas 91 (1) Southern Arkansas 8-3 0.727 4-0 3-3 1-0 L2 t-4 Southeastern Okla. 86 (1) Arkansas-Monticello 6-5 0.545 3-3 3-2 0-0 W2 t-4 Arkansas Tech 86 Southeastern Okla. 6-5 0.545 3-2 3-3 0-0 W1 5 Henderson State 81 Henderson State 5-6 0.455 2-4 3-1 0-1 L3 6 UAM 58 Oklahoma Baptist 5-6 0.455 3-3 2-3 0-0 W3 7 Northwestern Okla. 55 Northwestern Okla. 4-7 0.364 3-2 1-5 0-0 W1 8 Southern Nazarene 30 Arkansas Tech 3-8 0.273 1-4 2-4 0-0 L2 9 Southwestern Okla. 28 East Central 3-8 0.273 2-4 1-4 0-0 L1 t-10 East Central 24 Southern Nazarene 3-8 0.273 2-3 1-5 0-0 L1 t-10 Okla. Baptist 24 Southwestern Okla. 3-8 0.273 1-5 2-3 0-0 L3 GAC Player of the Week 2018 Playoff Schedule Offensive Week One SWOSU QB Casey Freeman Week Two HSU QB Richard Stammetti Week Three SAU WR Karonce Higgins Round One Week Four ATU RB Bryan Allen 4 UIndy vs 5 Fort Hays State 4 UIndy, 38-27 SWOSU WR JR Omigie 2 Ferris State vs 7 Harding 2 Ferris State, 21-19 Week Five OKBU QB Preston Haire 6 Northwest Mo. St. vs 3 Grand Valley St. 6. Northwest Mo. St. 42-17 SAU WR Jared Lancaster Week Six SEU QB Rollin Kinsaul Week Seven OUA RB Brockton Brown Round Two Week Eight OUA RB Kris Oliver 1 Ouachita Baptist vs 4 UIndy 1:00 p.m. Arkadelphia, Ark. UAM QB Cole Sears 6 Northwest Mos. St. vs 2 Ferris State 1:00 p.m. Big Rapids, Mich. Week Nine Harding LG Keith Pledger SNU QB Gage Porter Week Ten SNU QB Gage Porter Week Eleven HU QB Cole Chancey
Defensive Week One Harding DE TJ Winslow Week Two SAU LB Malik Preston Week Three OUA DB Airric Parker Week Four SAU DE Davondrick Lison Week Five OUA DB Keandre Evans Week Six HSU DB Shane Sanders Week Seven SEU DB Daquawn Brown NWOSU DE Jimmie Pace Week Eight HSU Jake Chatman Week Nine SNU DB Doryan Harris Week Ten SNU DB Jakel Davis Week Eleven NWOSU LB Kakota Driskill
Special Teams Week One OKBU K Luke Wendl Week Two HSU S/T Bryston Gipson Week Three HSU P Angel Esparza Week Four SEOSU S/T Maalik Hall Week Five ECU S/T Cameron Jones Week Six UAM P/K Josh Marini Week Seven SEU P/K Joel Carlos Week Eight HSU K, Temo Martinez Week Nine SNU K Carlos Anguiano Week Ten SNU KR Alfred Grear Week Eleven UAM K, Josh Marini NWOSU PR, Horatio Smith
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ALL-GAC FOOTBALL TEAMS / YEARLY AWARDS
ABBREVIATIONS & CODES UAM: Arkansas-Monticello ATU: Arkansas Tech ECU: East Central HU: Harding HSU: Henderson State NWOSU: Northwestern Oklahoma State OKB: Oklahoma Baptist OUA: Ouachita SE: Southeastern Oklahoma State OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kris Oliver, RB, Ouachita SAU: Southern Arkansas T.J. Winslow, DE, Harding DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: SNU: Southern Nazarene FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Brayden Brazeal, QB, Ouachita SWOSU: Southwestern Oklahoma State COACH OF THE YEAR: Todd Knight, Ouachita * Unanimous First-Team Selection
2018 ALL-GAC FIRST TEAM 2018 ALL-GAC SECOND TEAM 2018 ALL-GAC HONORABLE MENTION TEAM QB - SAU - Barrett Renner, Sr., Rowlett, TX QB - UAM - Cole Sears, Sr., Hoxie, AR QB - OKB - Preston Haire, So., Trophy Club, TX RB - OUA - Kris Oliver, Sr., Arkadelphia, AR RB - SAU - Lorenzo Alexander, Sr., OK City, OK RB - HSU - Logan Moragne, Jr., Little Rock, AR RB - ATU - Bryan Allen, Sr., Forrest City, AR RB - HU - Tristan Tucker, So., Orlando, FL RB - NWOSU - Jacob Peyton, Jr., Perkins, OK FB - HU - Cole Chancey, So., Commerce, GA RB - OUA - Shun’cee Thomas, Jr., Bossier City, LA FB - OUA - Brockton Brown, Jr., Sheridan, AR * WR - SAU - Karonce Higgins, Sr., Searcy, AR FB - ATU - Chris Eastburn, Sr., Hot Spring, AR WR - OUA - Allie Freeman, Jr., Little Rock, AR WR - ECU - Trinity Benson, Sr., Lewisville, TX WR - SWOSU - J.R. Omigie, Sr., Arlington, TX WR - ATU - Terez Hampton, Sr., Warren, AR WR - OKB - Cagney Roberson, Sr., Coweta, OK WR - HSU - Ben Johnson, Sr., Sapulpa, OK WR - NWOSU - Horatio Smith, Sr., Amarillo, TX TE - UAM - Deandre Washington, So., Shreveport, LA WR - SE - Jaylen Sims, So., Dallas, TX TE - ECU - Trey Harvey, Sr., Catoosa, OK UTL - OUA - Drew Harris, Sr., Benton, AR TE - SAU - Dalton Wright, Jr., Alba, TX TE - OUA - Logan Morris, Sr., Hamburg, AR C - HU - Bryce Bray, Sr., Rogers, AR UTL - SNU - Nate Walker, So., Hitchcock, TX UTL - SWOSU - Jared Rayburn, Jr., Edmond, OK * OL - OUA - Justin Gooseberry, Jr., Little Rock, AR C - NWOSU - Brandon Niccum, Sr., Justin, TX C - OUA - Jacob Roberts, Jr., Sherwood, AR OL - OUA - Cori Gooseberry, Jr., Little Rock, AR OL - ATU - Trey Bradley, Sr., Conway, AR OL - NWOSU - Sunday Deng, Fr., Des Moines, IA OL - HSU - Daniel Moore, Sr., Duncan, OK OL - OKB - Brian Cornell, Sr., Allen, TX OL - ECU - Wyatt Galante, Jr., Mesa, AZ OL - HU - Keith Pledger, Sr., Lonoke, AR OL - SAU - Mason Grantz, Jr., Bakersfield, CA OL - SWOSU - Corey Ganz, So., Enid, OK * DE - HU - T.J. Winslow, Sr., Houston, TX OL - HU - Heath Pledger, Sr., Lonoke, AR OL - SE - Kevin Gray, Sr., Coppell, TX DE - SAU - Davondrick Lison, Sr., AR City, AR DE - OUA - Dameyun McDonald, So., Helena, AR DE - NWOSU - Jimmie Pace, Sr., Miami, FL DT - OUA - Ernest Reed, Sr., El Dorado, AR DE - SAU - Anthony Washington, Sr., Marshall, TX DE - HSU - Robert Thomas, Jr., Dallas, TX DT - SAU - Antonio Washington, So., Marshall, TX DT - UAM - Hakim Gray, Sr., Shreveport, LA DT - OKB - Robert Lolofie, So., Midwest City, OK ILB - HU - Sam Blankenship, Sr., Tulsa, OK DT - SE - Jonathan Torres, Jr., Sherman, TX DT - SAU - Malachi Pointer, Sr., Dumas, AR ILB - ATU - KJ Reid, Sr., Texarkana, AR ILB - SE - Seu Luafatasaga, Sr., Kalihi, HI ILB - NWOSU - Dakota Driskill, Jr., Wichita, KS OLB - OUA - Arric Parker, Sr., San Diego, CA ILB - HSU - Cameron Sonnier, ILB, Sr., Clear Lake, TX ILB - SAU - Malik Preston, Jr., Shreveport, LA OLB - NWOSU - Maurice Wright, Jr., Spencer, OK OLB - SAU - Kobe McDonald, So., Magnolia, AR OLB - ATU - Andrew Craig, Sr., Corinth, TX CB - OUA - Keandre Evans, Jr., Junction City, AR OLB - HU - Chris Wein, Jr., Brentwood, TN OLB - ECU - Jamil Young, Sr., Hallsville, TX CB - HU - Frank Herbert, Sr., Pensacola, FL CB - SAU - Lorenzo Watkins, Jr., Hamburg, AR CB - NWOSU - Aahron Barnes, Jr., Duncanville, TX S - ATU - Cua Rose, Sr., McGehee, AR CB - HU - V’Onte Williams, Jr., Tampa, FL CB - SE - Daquawn Brown, Sr., Los Angeles, CA S - HU - Dra Smith, Sr., Bonham, TX S - HSU - Malik Brown, Sr., Huntsville, TX CB - SE - Luke Craddock , Sr., Mount Pleasant, TX P - ECU - Jack Preston, So., Amarillo, TX S - SE - Jacob Harper, So., Spring, TX S - HU - Jacory Nichols, Jr., Houston, TX K - OUA - Cole Antley, SR., Atlanta, GA P - ATU - Tyler Dunlop, Jr., Hurst, TX S - SE - Troy Parker, Sr., Dallas, TX RS - NWOSU - Horatio Smith, Sr., Amarillo, TX K - SE - Joel Carlos, Sr., Carrollton, TX P - HU - Cameron Scott, Jr., Frisco, TX S/T - OUA - Tevin Jones, Jr., Nettleton, AR RS - OUA - Allie Freeman, JR., Little Rock, AR K - HSU - Temo Martinez, Fr., Dardanelle, AR S/T - SE - Jacob Harper, So., Spring, TX RS - ECU - Trinity Benson, Sr., Lewisville, TX S/T - HU - Cory Batie, So., Troy, AL
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Poll PRE WK1 WK2 WK3 WK4 WK5 WK6 WK7 WK8 WK9 WK10 WK11 Final AFCA 24 19 14 9 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 -
D2Football 25 20 15 12 9 7 6 4 4 4 4 3 -
Hero 16 16 13 13 12 8 17 12 17 14 11 13 -
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AFCA Poll (11/12/18) D2 Football.com (11/13/18) Hero (11/17/18)
RANK SCHOOL 2018 Record Rank Team 2018 Record Rank Team 1 Minnesota State (29) 11-0 1 Minnesota State 11-0 1. NW Missouri St 2 Ferris State (3) 11-0 2 Ferris State 11-0 2. Valdosta St. 3 Valdosta State (1) 10-0 4 Ouachita Baptist 11-0 3 Ouachita Baptist 11-0 3. Tarleton St. 5 Minnesota Duluth 11-0 4 Minnesota Duluth 11-0 4. CSUP 6 Tarleton State 10-0 5 Valdosta State 10-0 5. Ferris St. 7 Grand Valley State 10-1 6 Tarleton State 10-0 6. Lenoir-Rhyne 8 West Chester 10-0 7 Grand Valley 10-1 7. Fort Hays St. 9 Colorado State-Pueblo 10-1 8 CSU-Pueblo 10-1 8. Grand Valley St. 10 West Georgia 10-1 9 West Georgia 10-1 9. Central Oklahoma 11 Notre Dame (OH) 11-0 12 Indianapolis 9-1 10 West Chester 10-0 10. Colorado Mines 13 LIU Post 10-0 11 Indianapolis 9-1 11. Pitt State 14 Colorado School of Mines 10-1 12 Notre Dame 11-0 12. Indianapolis 15 Texas A&M-Commerce 9-2 13 LIU-Post 10-0 13. Ouachita Baptist 16 MSU Texas 8-2 14 Northwest Missouri 9-2 14. West Chester 17 Lenoir-Rhyne 10-1 15 Midwestern State 8-2 15. West Georgia 18 Northwest Missouri State 9-2 16 Colorado Mines 10-1 16. Ashland 19 Fort Hays State 9-2 20 Kutztown 9-1 17 Fort Hays 9-2 17. Harding 21 Harding 9-2 18 Texas A&M-Commerce 9-2 18. Texas A&M-Comm. 22 Ohio Dominican 9-2 19 Lenoir-Rhyne 10-1 19. Emporia St. 23 Hillsdale 9-2 20 Harding 9-2 20. Midwestern St. 24 Azusa Pacific 8-3 21 Kutztown 9-1 21. Nebraska-Kearney 25 Bowie State 9-2 22 Bowie State 9-2 22. Saginaw Valley 23 Ohio Dominican 9-2 23. Missouri Western St. Dropped Out: Central Washington (18), Indiana (Pa.) (23), Tiffin (24) 24 New Haven 8-2 24. Wingate 25 Hillsdale 9-2 25. LIU-Post Others Receiving Votes: Central Washington, 30; New Haven (Conn.), 19; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 18; West Alabama, 18; Fairmont St. (W.Va.), 17; Missouri S&T, 16; Tiffin (Ohio), 15; Slippery Rock (Pa.), 12; Virginia Union, 8; Indiana (Pa.), 6; Southern Arkansas, 6; Colo- rado Mesa, 1; Florida Tech, 1.
SUPER REGION III RANKINGS (11/17/2018) RANK SCHOOL 1. Ouachita Baptist 2. Ferris State 3. Grand Valley State 4. Indianapolis 5. Fort Hays State 6. Northwest Missouri State 7. Ferris State
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After 19 seasons as head coach at Ouachita, Todd Knight is the longest standing college KNIGHT YEAR-BY-YEAR head football coach in Arkansas. He has proven to be a strong leader as he heads the Ouachita program with integrity and passion. YEAR SCHOOL OVR CONF CONF
Knight has guided the Tiger program through the infant stages of NCAA Division II, 2018 Ouachita 11-0 11-0 1st from the Lone Star Conference, the Gulf South Conference and now the Great American 2017 Ouachita 9-3 9-2 1st Conference. 2016 Ouachita 7-4 7-4 4th In the inaugural 2011 campaign, Knight led the Tigers to their first ever Great American Conference championship, 2015 Ouachita 7-4 7-4 T-4th the first conference championship for the Tigers in over 20 years. The longest tenured coach in the GAC and the Tigers 2014 Ouachita 10-1 10-0 1st claimed the conference championship again in 2014 and 2017. Knight was named GAC Coach of the Year in all three 2013 Ouachita 7-3 7-3 3rd championship seasons. Knight was also named 2014 AFCA Region Three Coach of the Year. 2012 Ouachita 6-4 4-4 T-4th Knight has established Ouachita as an elite program among all Division II institutions. He boasts Great American 2011 Ouachita 7-3 6-1 1st Conference Championships in 2011, 2014, 2017 and 99 All-Great American Conference players in just seven years. 2010 Ouachita 6-4 4-4 T-6th The team is the only program in the state of Arkansas to boast ten consecutive winning seasons, cracking the Ameri- 2009 Ouachita 6-4 4-4 T-5th can Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Top 25 in eight of ten of those seasons. The team has been ranked as high 2008 Ouachita 7-3 5-3 T-4th as seventh in the AFCA poll, and Ouachita finished the 2014 season ranked 10th in all of Division II. 2007 Ouachita 4-6 2-6 8th Knight leads both on and off the field, and his players have been recognized for being outstanding achievers on the 2006 Ouachita 2-8 1-7 8th field, in the classroom and in the community. He has recruited and coached six professional football players, 174 2005 Ouachita 2-8 2-7 10th All-Conference players, 22 All-Americans, three Honorable Mention All-Americans, 56 Academic All-Conference 2004 Ouachita 2-7 2-6 9th players and many GSC honor roll athletes. 2003 Ouachita 5-5 4-5 5th During the 2014 season, the Tigers finished the regular season 10-0 for the first time in program history. After -win 2002 Ouachita 5-5 5-4 5th ning the its second GAC championship, Ouachita earned the top seed in the region for the Tigers' first ever appear- 2001 Ouachita 3-7 2-7 10th ance in the NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament. The Tigers finished the year with one Academic 2000 Ouachita 2-8 2-7 11th All-American, two All-Americans, six All-Region selections, 18 All-Conference selections and the Division II Special Teams Player of the Year. Ouachita also had a player named to the 2014 AFCA Allstate Good Works Team. 1999 Ouachita 3-7 1-7 14th 1998 Delta State 8-3 8-1 1st Knight’s seniors have had a 90% graduation rate and the team has been involved in service to the community for many 1997 Delta State 3-7 3-6 8th years. He has been quoted in saying that one of the most gratifying things in coaching is watching his players grow 1996 Delta State 6-4 6-3 3rd into the total man during their time at Ouachita, graduate and go on to be successful in all aspects of life. 1995 Delta State 5-6 5-4 6th Knight’s development at head coach has come under solid leadership, playing under coach Buddy Benson at Ouachita, 1994 Delta State 3-5-2 2-4-1 5th and later coaching under Red Parker and Don Skelton at Delta State from 1986-1989 and David Lee at the University 1993 Delta State 3-7 1-6 7th of Texas at El Paso from 1990-1992. When he returned to Delta State as head coach from 1993-1998, he led the team to its first ever GSC Championship in 1998, also earning GSC Coach of the Year honors that year. Record at Ouachita: 111-94 Knight was named to the AFCA Board of Trustees following the conclusion of the 2012 football season, adding to his Record Overall: 139-126-2 list of accolades. He also served on the NCAA Rules Committee, helping to make changes and restructure the rules for the game of college football along with coaches from around the country.
Knight and his wife Julie have three Children, Casey a 2013 graduate of Ouachita, Spencer and his wife Megan, both 2015 graduates of Ouachita, and Jake a 2017 Ouachita graduate.
Coaching Experience: 19 years at Ouachita 1999-present: Head Coach, Ouachita 2011 GAC Champions (first in school history) 2011 GAC Coach of the Year 2014 Undefeated GAC Champions 2014 GAC Coach of the Year 2014 AFCA Region Three Coach of the Year 2014 NCAA Division II Playoffs (first in school history) 2017 GAC Champions 2017 GAC Coach of the Year 2017 NCAA Division II Playoffs 2018 GAC Champions 2018 GAC Coach of the Year 2018 NCAA Division II Playoffs 1993-1998: Head Coach, Delta State 1998 GSC Champions (first in school history) 1998 GSC Coach of the Year 1990-1992: Assistant Coach, University of Texas at El Paso 1986-1989: Assistant Coach, Delta State
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2018 Football Roster No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School 1 Tevin Jones DB Junior 6’1 190 Nettleton, Ark./Nettleton HS 2 Drew Harris WR Senior 5’11 195 Benton, Ark./Bentonville HS 3 C.J. Heckard DB Sophomore 6’0 185 Winnsboro, La./Franklin Parrish HS 4 Allie Freeman WR Junior 5’8 160 Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Episcopal 5 Kris Oliver RB Senior 5’10 190 Arkadelphia, Ark./Arkadelphia HS 6 Keandre Evans DB Junior 5’11 185 Junction City, Ark./Junction City HS 7 Brayden Brazeal QB R-Freshman 6’0 190 England, Ark./England HS 8 La’Darius McElroy WR Senior 6’6 225 Ashdown, Ark./Ashdown HS 9 Tyrik Harris DB Junior 6’2 190 England, Ark./England HS 10 Dalvonte Lewis WR Freshman 5’11 170 Camden, Ark./Camden Fairview HS 11 Hunter White LB Sophomore 6’1 210 Nashville, Ark./Nashville HS 12 Jake Ford P Sophomore 6’0 225 Australia/St. Augustine’s University (NC) 13 Taliq Ellis WR Freshman 5’10 170 El Dorado, Ark./EL Dorado HS 14 Caleb Sallisbury QB Freshman 6’2 200 Van Buren, Ark./Van Buren HS 15 TJ Cole RB Freshman 6’0 185 Texarkana, Texas/Pleasant Grove HS 16 Garrison Jensen QB Freshman 6’1 200 Alma, Ark./Alma HS 17 Austin Guymon LB Sophomore 6’3 215 Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Central 18 Larmar Haynes WR Senior 6’1 185 Jonesboro, Ark./Jonesboro HS 19 Basil Shabazz II DB Sophomore 6’0 175 The Colony, Texas/The Colony HS 20 Justin Dean DB Freshman 6’1 195 Mena, Ark./Mena HS 21 Airric Parker DB Senior 5’10 190 San Diego, Calif./Mission Bay HS 22 Barry Bennett RB Junior 5’9 180 Tifton, Ga./Tift County HS 23 Hayden Lassiter DB Sophomore 6’0 180 Warren, Ark./Warren HS 24 Tre’von Bowman DB Junior 6’0 175 Houston, Texas/Fort Scott CC 26 Jonathan Harris DB Sophomore 5’11 190 Pine Bluff, Ark./Watson Chapel HS 27 Gregory Junior DB Sophomore 6’0 180 Crossett, Ark./Crossett HS 28 Dillion Scott DB Sophomore 5’10 160 Arkadelphia, Ark./Arkadelphia HS 29 Shun’cee Thomas RB Junior 5’9 185 Bossier City, La./Airline HS 30 Ty Compton LB Freshman 5’10 180 Sherwood, Ark./Sylvan Hills HS 31 Logan Morris TE Senior 6’4 245 Hamburg, Ark./Hamburg HS 32 Ethan Edwards FB Senior 6’1 200 Hawkins, Texas/Hawkins HS 33 Jon Johnson LB Junior 6’2 230 Haskell, Ark./Haskell Harmony Grove 34 Brockton Brown RB Junior 5’10 195 Sheridan, Ark./Sheridan HS 35 Parker Witt DE Senior 6’2 240 Dardenelle, Ark./Dardenelle HS 36 Caleb Porchia LB Freshman 5’11 205 Texarkana, Texas/Pleasant Grove HS 37 Nathan Whitley DB Sophomore 5’10 185 Bearden, Ark./Harmony Grove HS 38 Bryson Vance DB R-Freshman 6’0 200 Bossier City, La./Airline HS 39 Ontario Conway LB R-Freshman 6’0 190 Des Arc, Ark./Des Arc HS 40 Jack Pillow FB Sophomore 6’0 225 Conway, Ark./Conway HS 41 Austin Danzy LB Senior 5’11 200 Jonesville, La./Block HS 42 Lafoy Smith DL Junior 6’0 240 Warren, Ark./Warren HS 43 Devin Wyatt RB R-Freshman 5’8 175 Frisco, Texas/Frisco HS 44 Tommy Crumpton LB Freshman 6’0 200 Little Rock, Ark./McClellan 45 Mitchell Emrich LS R-Sophomore 5’11 240 El Dorado, Ark./El Dorado HS 46 Oshae Pruitt LB Freshman 5’10 210 Newport, Ark./Newport HS 47 Khairan Stafford DE Junior 6’2 250 Newport, Ark./Newport HS 48 Anthony Freeman DE Freshman 6’0 235 Monroe, La./Neville HS 49 Jack Burnham FB Freshman 6’0 210 Arkadelphia, Ark./Arkadelphia HS 50 Marterious Daniel DT Freshman 6’2 240 Wynne, Ark./Wynne HS 51 Ethan Gasaway OL Freshman 6’1 255 Vilonia, Ark./Vilonia HS 52/81 Kenravious Moore OL/TE Freshman 6’0 265 El Dorado, Ark./El Dorado HS 53 Carson Harris DL Freshman 5’11 230 Arkadelphia, Ark./ Arkadelphia HS 54 Josh Burnham LB Freshman 6’0 210 Arkadelphia, Ark./Arkadelphia HS 55 Ben Carpenter DL Freshman 6’1 255 Sterrett, Ala./ 56 Dameyun McDonald DL Sophomore 6’2 250 Helena, Ark./West Helena Central HS 57 Griffin Brown LB R-Freshman 5’9 180 Arkadelphia, Ark./Arkadelphia HS 58 Hunter Groom LB Senior 5’10 215 Dekalb, Texas 59 Sam Johnson DL Freshman 6’1 275 Ferriday, La./Ferriday HS 60 Jax Young DL Freshman 6’1 215 San Antonio, Texas/ 61 Hunter Jackson OL R-Freshman 6’3 285 Ozark, Ark./Ozark HS 62 Nathan Turner OL Freshman 6’2 255 Conway, Ark./Conway HS 63 Tyler Gahr OL Senior 6’2 285 Valley View, Ark./Valley View HS 64 Michael Neathery OL R-Sophomore 6’2 260 San Antonio, Texas/ San Antonio Christian 65 Austin Blair OL Senior 6’3 290 N. Little Rock, Ark./North Little Rock 66 Josh Plunkett OL R-Sophomore 6’2 270 Blytheville, Ark./Blytheville HS 67 Ben Snoga OL Junior 6’1 275 Seguin, Texas/San Antonio Christian 68 Peyton Stafford OL R-Freshman 6’3 265 Amarillo, Texas/Amarillo HS
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2018 Football Roster Cont. 69 Jarvious Gulley OL Freshman 6’2 330 Sherwood, Ark./Catholic 70 Jacob Roberts OL Junior 6’2 295 Sherwood, Ark./North Little Rock 71 Rashad Martin OL R-Sophomore 6’5 255 Helena, Ark./Little Rock Central 72 Dakota Shelton OL Junior 6’3 290 Alma, Ark./Alma HS 73 Jacob Barker OL Freshman 6’1 260 Searcy, Ark./Searcy HS 74 Cori Gooseberry OL Junior 6’3 285 Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Episcopal 75 Anthony Chairez OL Freshman 6’5 270 Sherwood, Ark./Sherwood HS 76 Justin Gooseberry OL Junior 6’4 295 Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Episcopal 77 Sawyer Cranford OL Freshman 6’5 260 Shreveport, La./Northwood HS 78 Nate Burrow OL Freshman 6’3 260 Conway, Ark./Conway HS 79 CJ Knighton OL Freshman 6’0 270 Livingston, Texas/Livingston HS 80 Chris Hayes LS Junior 6’0 220 Little Rock, Ark./ 82 Zack Kelley WR R-Sophomore 5’8 160 Little Rock, Ark./Pulaski Academy 83 Tyrell Robinson TE R-Sophomore 6’4 230 North Little Rock, Ark./N. Pulaski HS 84 Brayden Johnson WR Freshman 6’2 210 Alma, Ark./Alma HS 85 Will Weir WR R-Freshman 5’11 170 Walnut Ridge, Ark./Walnut Ridge HS 86 Hayden Waller WR R-Freshman 5’10 170 Weatherford, Texas/Driscoll HS 87 Caleb Woodfield DL Freshman 5’11 255 Mount Ida, Ark./ Mount Ida HS 88 Steven Benson TE Sophomore 6’3 215 Mountain Pine, Ark./Jessieville HS 89 Reagan Neal WR Freshman 5’10 180 Sprindale, Ark./Shiloh Christian HS 91 Shimorye Hampton DL Sophomore 6’2 260 Bossier City, La./ C.E. Byrd HS 92 Ernest Reed DL Senior 6’4 285 El Dorado, Ark./El Dorado HS 93 Zach Curry DL Junior 6-2 265 Nashville, Tenn./Mt. San Antonio JC (Calif.) 94 Rico Gonzalez DL Sophomore 6’2 215 Springhill, La./North Webster HS 95 Hunter McCord DL R-Freshman 6’2 220 Richardson, Texas/Pearce HS 96 Josiah Smith K R-Sophomore 5’8 180 Conway, Ark./Conway Christian HS 97 Cole Antley K Senior 5’10 180 Atlanta, Ga./Cowetta HS 98 Lee Grisham K Sophomore 5’10 165 Augusta, Ark./Augusta HS 99 Hunter Swoboda DE Freshman 6’4 250 Bentonville, Ark./Bentonville West Riley Andresen DL Freshman 6’4 260 Hampshire, Ill./ Luke Brinkerhoff DL Freshman 6’2 275 Celina, Texas/Celina HS Will Broussard LB Freshman 6’1 195 Livingston, Texas/Livingston HS Jackson Coleman WR Freshman 6’1 190 Sheridan, Ark./ Cole Edrington DB Freshman 5’11 180 Munford, Tenn./Munford HS Ross Hendley LB Freshman 5’8 175 Prosper, Texas/ Luke Hill DB R-Freshman 5’9 175 Sheridan, Ark./Sheridan HS Brock McGoogan LB Freshman 5’10 200 Junction City, Ark./Junction City HS Colin McWhorter WR Freshman 5’11 175 Rogers, Ark./Rogers HS Spencer Sutterfield RB Freshman 5’9 165 Greenbrier, Ark./ Greenbrier HS Santavious Thomas DB Freshman 5’10 185 Pine Bluff, Ark./ White Hall HS
Pronunciation Guide Roster Breakdown Roster Breakdown 7 Brayden Brazeal (Brazil) 8 La’Darius McElroy (Luh-dare-eeus) BY Position BY State & Australia 9 Tyrik Harris (Tie-reek) QB...... 3 Arkansas...... 71 18 Airric Parker (Eric) RB...... 7 Alabama...... 1 59 LaFoy Smith (LUH-foy) FB...... 3 California...... 1 63 Tyler Gahr (Gar) WR...... 13 Georgia...... 2 91 Shimorye Hampton (Shh-More-e-a) TE...... 3 Illinois...... 1 OL...... 21 Louisiana...... 9 DL...... 19 Tennesee...... 2 LB...... 16 Texas...... 17 DB...... 17 Australia...... 1 K...... 3 P...... 1 LS...... 1
By Year Freshman...... 42 R-Freshman...... 10 Sophomore...... 15 R-Sophomore...... 8 Junior...... 15 R-Junior...... 3 Senior...... 14 R-Senior...... 0
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OFFENSE DEEFENSE POSITION # NAME CLASS HT WT POSITION# NAME CLASS HT WT QB 7 Brayden Brazeal RsFr. 6-0 190 DE 56 Dameyun McDonald Soph. 6-2 250 14 Caleb Salisbury Fr. 6-2 200 99 Hunter Swoboda Fr. 6-4 250
RB 5 Kris Oliver Sr. 5-10 190 N 92 Earnest Reed Sr. 6-4 285 29 Shun’cee Thomas Jr. 5-9 185 90 Sam Johnson Fr. 6-1 275
WR 8 La’Darius McElroy Sr. 6-6 225 DT 91 Shimorye Hampton Soph. 6-2 260 18 Lamar Haynes Sr. 6-1 185 93 Zach Curry Jr. 6-2 265
WR 4 Allie Freeman Jr. 5-8 160 DE 59 LaFoy Smith Jr. 6-0 240 13 Taliq Ellis Fr. 5-10 170 47 Khairan Stafford Jr. 6-2 250
WR 2 Drew Harris Sr. 5-11 195 LB 21 Arric Parker Sr. 5-10 190 84 Brayden Johnson Fr. 6-2 210 35 Parker Witt Sr. 6-2 240
FB/TE 31 Logan Morris Sr. 6-4 245 LB 33 Jon Johnson Jr. 6-2 230 40 Jack Pillow Soph 6-0 225 11 Hunter White Soph. 6-1 210
LT 74 Cori Gooseberry Jr. 6-3 285 LB 17 Austin Guymon Soph 6-3 215 71 Rashad Martin Soph 6-5 255 44 Tommy Crumpton Fr. 6-0 200
LG 65 Austin Blair Jr. 6-3 290 CB 6 Keandre Evans Jr. 5-11 185 63 Tyler Gahr Sr. 6-2 285 19 Basil Shabazz Soph. 6-0 175
C 70 Jacob Roberts Jr. 6-2 295 CB 9 Tyrik Harris Jr. 6-2 190 64 Michael Neathery Soph. 6-2 260 27 Greg Junior Soph. 6-0 180
RG 61 Hunter Jackson RsFr. 6-3 285 S 26 Jonathan Harris Soph 5-11 190 67 Ben Snoga Jr. 6-1 275 3 CJ Heckard Soph. 6-0 185
RT 76 Justin Gooseberry Jr. 6-4 295 S 1 Tevin Jones Jr.. 6-1 190 23 Hayden Lassiter Soph 6-0 180 75 Anthony Chairez Fr. 6-5 270 SPECIAL TEAMS POSITION # NAME CLASS HEIGHT WEIGHT K 97 Cole Antley Sr. 5-10 180 96 Josiah Smith Sr. 5-8 180
P 12 Jake Ford Soph 6-0 225 97 Cole Antley Sr. 5-10 180
KR 4 Allie Freeman Jr. 5-8 160 2 Drew Harris Sr. 5-11 195
PR 4 Allie Freeman Jr. 5-8 160 2 Drew Harris Sr. 5-11 195
DS 45 Mitchell Emrich Jr. 5-11 240 SS 45 Mitchell Emrich Jr. 5-11 240 Starts by Week
Opponent QB RB WR WR WR FB/TE LT LG C RG RT 1. NWOSU Brazeal Oliver McElroy Freeman Harris Morris C. Goose Blair Roberts Jackson J. Goose 2. SWOSU Brazeal Oliver McElroy Freeman Harris Morris C. Goose Blair Roberts Jackson J. Goose 3. SEOSU Brazeal Oliver McElroy Freeman Harris Morris C. Goose Blair Roberts Jackson J. Goose 4. East Central Brazeal S. Thomas McElroy Freeman Haynes Mooris C. Goose Gahr Roberts Jackson J. Goose 5. Arkansas Tech Brazeal Oliver McElroy Freeman Haynes Mooris C. Goose Gahr Roberts Jackson J. Goose 6. Harding Brazeal Oliver McElroy Freeman Haynes Mooris C. Goose Gahr Roberts Jackson J. Goose 7. Okla. Baptist Brazeal Oliver McElroy Freeman Haynes Mooris C. Goose Gahr Roberts Jackson J. Goose 8. Southern Naz. Brazeal Oliver McElroy Freeman Haynes Mooris C. Goose Gahr Roberts Jackson J. Goose 9. Ark. Monticello Brazeal Oliver McElroy Freeman Haynes Mooris C. Goose Gahr Roberts Jackson J. Goose 10. Southern Ark. Brazeal Oliver McElroy Freeman Haynes Mooris C. Goose Gahr Roberts Jackson J. Goose 11. Henderson St. Brazeal Oliver McElroy Freeman Haynes Mooris C. Goose Gahr Roberts Jackson J. Goose
Opponent RE N DT LE LB LB LB CB CB S S 1. NWOSU McDonald Reed Hampton Smith Parker Johnson Guymon Evans T. Harris J. Harris Jones 2. SWOSU McDonald Reed Hampton Smith Parker Johnson Guymon Evans T. Harris J. Harris Jones 3. SEOSU McDonald Reed Hampton Smith Parker Johnson Guymon Evans Junior J. Harris Lassiter 4. East Central McDonald Reed Hampton Smith Parker Johnson Guymon Evans Junior J. Harris Lassiter 5. Arkansas Tech McDonald Reed Hampton Smith Parker Johnson Guymon Evans Junior J. Harris Lassiter 6. Harding McDonald Reed Hampton Smith Parker Johnson Guymon Evans Junior J. Harris Lassiter 7. Okla. Baptist McDonald Reed Hampton Smith Parker Johnson Guymon Evans Junior J. Harris Lassiter 8. Southern Naz. McDonald Reed Hampton Smith Parker Johnson Guymon Evans Junior J. Harris Lassiter 9. Ark. Monticello McDonald Reed Hampton Smith Parker Johnson Guymon Evans Junior J. Harris Lassiter 10. Southern Ark. McDonald Reed Hampton Smith Parker Johnson Guymon Evans Junior J. Harris Lassiter 11. Henderson St. McDonald Reed Hampton Smith Parker Johnson Guymon Evans Junior J. Harris Lassiter
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Ouachita Baptist Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2018) All games
Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral * 8/30/2018 at Northwestern Okla. W 29-21 943 All games 11-0 5-0 6-0 0-0 * 9/8/2018 SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOM W 41-8 2298 Conference 11-0 5-0 6-0 0-0 * 9/15/2018 at Southeastern Oklahom W 32-16 2072 Non-Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 * 9/22/2018 EAST CENTRAL W 42-0 2258 * 9/29/2018 ARKANSAS TECH W 24-7 5493 Team Statistics OBU OPP * Oct 06, 2018 at #19 Harding W 7-3 3900 FIRST DOWNS 198 184 * Oct 13, 2018 at Okla. Baptist W 58-21 2005 R u s h in g 132 80 * 10/18/2018 SOUTHERN NAZARENE W 41-0 2622 P a s s in g 54 90 * Oct 27, 2018 at Arkansas-Monticello W 35-10 1734 P e n a l ty 12 14 * 11/3/2018 #20 SOUTHERN ARK. W 35-10 5850 RUSHING YARDAGE 3024 1329 * Nov 10, 2018 at Henderson State W 38-10 10615 Rushing Attempts 514 371 Average Per Rush 5.9 3.6 Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Average Per Game 274.9 120.8 Kris Oliver 11-8 143 905 12 893 6.2 8 52 81.2 TDs Rushing 41 9 Shun'cee Thomas 11-1 93 711 4 707 7.6 6 74 64.3 PASSING YARDAGE 1214 1912 Brockton Brown 11-0 83 580 25 555 6.7 15 68 50.5 C o m p - A t t- In t 97-156-1 180-332-19 Brayden Brazeal 11-10 73 552 74 478 6.5 6 40 43.5 Average Per Pass 7.8 5.8 TJ Cole 6 - 0 30 183 2 181 6.0 2 33 30.2 Average Per Catch 12.5 10.6 Drew Harris 10-8 37 128 18 110 3.0 1 19 11.0 Average Per Game 110.4 173.8 Caleb Sallisbur 4 - 0 9 55 3 52 5.8 2 22 13.0 TDs Passing 7 3 Barry Bennett 9 - 0 14 49 1 48 3.4 1 9 5.3 TOTAL OFFENSE 4238 3241 Allie Freeman 11-9 6 30 9 21 3.5 0 22 1.9 Average Per Play 6.3 4.6 Garrison Jensen 2 - 0 5 21 8 13 2.6 0 13 6.5 Average Per Game 385.3 294.6 Total 11 514 3216 192 3024 5.9 41 74 274.9 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 18-377 42-823 Opponents 11 371 1585 256 1329 3.6 9 40 120.8 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 16-167 11-17 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-243 1-0 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g FUMBLES-LOST 13-5 12-5 Brayden Brazeal 11-10 136.41 86-141-1 61.0 1054 6 66 95.8 PENALTIES-Yards 64-585 59-513 Caleb Sallisbur 4 - 0 163.10 7-8-0 87.5 72 0 33 18.0 PUNTS-AVG 43-40.2 61-37.7 Drew Harris 10-8 209.89 4-7-0 57.1 88 1 28 8.8 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 :3 5 2 9 :2 4 Total 11 141.07 97-156-1 62.2 1214 7 66 110.4 3RD-DOWN Conversions 62/130 47/148 Opponents 11 94.13 180-332-19 54.2 1912 3 70 173.8 4TH-DOWN Conversions 8/13 13/23
Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Allie Freeman 11-9 39 411 10.5 2 60 37.4 Keandre Evans 4 131 32.8 1 100 Drew Harris 10-8 17 239 14.1 1 66 23.9 Jon Johnson 2 16 8.0 0 10 La'Darius McElr 11-10 16 278 17.4 3 32 25.3 Austin Guymon 2 11 5.5 0 8 Kris Oliver 11-8 7 78 11.1 0 33 7.1 Airric Parker 2 20 10.0 1 20 Lamar Haynes 9 - 3 6 83 13.8 1 28 9.2 Hayden Lassiter 2 31 15.5 0 18 Taliq Ellis 4 - 0 3 25 8.3 0 20 6.2 Sam Johnson 1 0 0.0 0 0 Dalvonte Lewis 2 - 0 2 11 5.5 0 7 5.5 Jonathan Harris 1 0 0.0 0 0 Hayden Waller 3 - 0 1 33 33.0 0 33 11.0 Dillion Scott 1 37 37.0 0 37 Logan Morris 10-10 1 21 21.0 0 21 2.1 Gregory Junior 1 0 0.0 0 0 Shun'cee Thomas 11-1 1 17 17.0 0 17 1.5 Zack Curry 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 Jack Pillow 9 - 1 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.8 C.J. Heckard 1 0 0.0 0 0 TJ Cole 6 - 0 1 7 7.0 0 7 1.2 Hunter White 1 0 0.0 0 0 Brayden Johnson 5 - 0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.8 Barry Bennett 9 - 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Total 11 97 1214 12.5 7 66 110.4 Jake Ford 43 1727 40.2 53 0 17 24 4 0 Opponents 11 180 1912 10.6 3 70 173.8 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Allie Freeman 14 151 10.8 0 30 Cole Antley 11-12 91.7 0-0 3-4 6-6 2-2 0-0 45 1 Kris Oliver 1 0 0.0 0 0 Drew Harris 1 16 16.0 0 16 PAT Total 16 167 10.4 0 30 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Opponents 11 17 1.5 0 11 Brockton Brown 15 ------90 Cole Antley - 11-12 47-49 - - - - - 80 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Kris Oliver 8 ------48 Allie Freeman 10 243 24.3 0 37 Brayden Brazeal 6 - - - - 1-1 - - 36 Shun'cee Thomas 5 86 17.2 0 29 Shun'cee Thomas 6 ------36 Keandre Evans 1 24 24.0 0 24 La'Darius McElr 3 ------18 Jon Johnson 1 3 3.0 0 3 TJ Cole 2 ------12 Tommy Crumpton 1 21 21.0 0 21 Caleb Sallisbur 2 ------12 Total 18 377 20.9 0 37 Drew Harris 2 ------12 Opponents 42 823 19.6 0 51 Allie Freeman 2 ------12 Lamar Haynes 1 - - - 1 - - - 8 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Barry Bennett 1 ------6 Kris Oliver 11 893 78 0 0 0 971 88.3 Airric Parker 1 ------6 Allie Freeman 11 21 411 151 243 0 826 75.1 Keandre Evans 1 ------6 Shun'cee Thoma 11 707 17 0 86 0 810 73.6 Total 50 11-12 47-49 - 1 1-1 - - 382 Brockton Brown 11 555 0 0 0 0 555 50.5 Opponents 12 7-13 11-11 - 1 1-1 - - 106 Brayden Brazeal 11 478 0 0 0 0 478 43.5 Total 11 3024 1214 167 377 243 5025 456.8 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Opponents 11 1329 1912 17 823 0 4096 372.4 Ouachita Baptist 101 120 63 98 0 382 Opponents 7 30 23 46 0 106 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Brayden Brazeal 11 214 478 1054 1532 139.3 Kris Oliver 11 143 893 0 893 81.2 Shun'cee Thomas 11 93 707 0 707 64.3 Brockton Brown 11 83 555 0 555 50.5 Drew Harris 10 44 110 88 198 19.8 Total 11 670 3024 1214 4238 385.3 www.obutigers.com-Twitter/Instagram @OuachitaTigers-FacebookOpponents Ouachita Baptist11 703 Athletics1329 1912 #FinishEmpty3241 294.6 12 Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 21 Airric Parker 11-10 40 26 53.0 4.0-24 . 2-20 5 1 . 1 . . 17 Austin Guymon 11-10 35 20 45.0 1.5-2 . 2-11 4 . . . . . 6 Keandre Evans 11-10 37 14 44.0 4.0-10 . 4-131 13 . . . 1 . 33 Jon Johnson 11-10 29 29 43.5 3.0-8 . 2-16 1 . 1-0 . . . 56 Dameyun McDonal 11-10 30 23 41.5 11.0-56 4.5-41 . 2 4 . . . . Total 11 437 256 565.0 60-245 20-133 19-243 46 9 5-0 6 1 . Opponents 11 446 235 563.5 38-127 13-70 1-0 18 1 5-9 8 1 . TIGER FOOTBALL 2018
Ouachita Baptist Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2018) All games
Team Statistics OBU OPP SCORING 382 106 Points Per Game 34.7 9.6 Points Off Turnovers 85 3 FIRST DOWNS 198 184 R u s h in g 132 80 P a s s in g 54 90 P e n a lt y 12 14 RUSHING YARDAGE 3024 1329 Yards gained rushing 3216 1585 Yards lost rushing 192 256 Rushing Attempts 514 371 Average Per Rush 5.9 3.6 Average Per Game 274.9 120.8 TDs Rushing 41 9 PASSING YARDAGE 1214 1912 C o m p - A t t - I n t 97-156-1 180-332-19 Average Per Pass 7.8 5.8 Average Per Catch 12.5 10.6 Average Per Game 110.4 173.8 TDs Passing 7 3 TOTAL OFFENSE 4238 3241 Total Plays 670 703 Average Per Play 6.3 4.6 Average Per Game 385.3 294.6 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 18-377 42-823 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 16-167 11-17 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-243 1-0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 20.9 19.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 10.4 1.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE 12.8 0.0 FUMBLES-LOST 13-5 12-5 PENALTIES-Yards 64-585 59-513 Average Per Game 53.2 46.6 PUNTS-Yards 43-1727 61-2301 Average Per Punt 40.2 37.7 Net punt average 39.8 34.7 KICKOFFS-Yards 71-4309 29-1476 Average Per Kick 60.7 50.9 Net kick average 42.1 31.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 3 5 2 9 : 2 4 3RD-DOWN Conversions 62/130 47/148 3rd-Down Pct 48% 32% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 8/13 13/23 4th-Down Pct 62% 57% SACKS BY-Yards 20-133 13-70 MISC YARDS 10 25 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 50 12 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 11-12 7-13 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (40-41) 98% (15-25) 60% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (33-41) 80% (8-25) 32% PAT-ATTEMPTS (47-49) 96% (11-11) 100% ATTENDANCE 18521 21269 Games/Avg Per Game 5/3704 6/3545 Neutral Site Games 0/0
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Ouachita Baptist 101 120 63 98 0 382 Opponents 7 30 23 46 0 106
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Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Kris Oliver 11-8 143 905 12 893 6.2 8 52 81.2 Allie Freeman 14 151 10.8 0 30 Shun'cee Thomas 11-1 93 711 4 707 7.6 6 74 64.3 Drew Harris 1 16 16.0 0 16 Brockton Brown 11-0 83 580 25 555 6.7 15 68 50.5 Kris Oliver 1 0 0.0 0 0 Brayden Brazeal 11-10 73 552 74 478 6.5 6 40 43.5 Total 16 167 10.4 0 30 TJ Cole 6 - 0 30 183 2 181 6.0 2 33 30.2 Opponents 11 17 1.5 0 11 Drew Harris 10-8 37 128 18 110 3.0 1 19 11.0 Caleb Sallisbur 4 - 0 9 55 3 52 5.8 2 22 13.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Barry Bennett 9 - 0 14 49 1 48 3.4 1 9 5.3 Keandre Evans 4 131 32.8 1 100 Allie Freeman 11-9 6 30 9 21 3.5 0 22 1.9 Jon Johnson 2 16 8.0 0 10 Garrison Jensen 2 - 0 5 21 8 13 2.6 0 13 6.5 Austin Guymon 2 11 5.5 0 8 Team 10-0 21 2 36 -34 -1.6 0 2 -3.4 Airric Parker 2 20 10.0 1 20 Total 11 514 3216 192 3024 5.9 41 74 274.9 Hayden Lassiter 2 31 15.5 0 18 Opponents 11 371 1585 256 1329 3.6 9 40 120.8 Dillion Scott 1 37 37.0 0 37 Jonathan Harris 1 0 0.0 0 0 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Gregory Junior 1 0 0.0 0 0 Brayden Brazeal 11-10 136.41 86-141-1 61.0 1054 6 66 95.8 Sam Johnson 1 0 0.0 0 0 Caleb Sallisbur 4 - 0 163.10 7-8-0 87.5 72 0 33 18.0 Zack Curry 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 Drew Harris 10-8 209.89 4-7-0 57.1 88 1 28 8.8 C.J. Heckard 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 11 141.07 97-156-1 62.2 1214 7 66 110.4 Hunter White 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 11 94.13 180-332-19 54.2 1912 3 70 173.8 Total 19 243 12.8 2 100 Opponents 1 0 0.0 0 0 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Allie Freeman 11-9 39 411 10.5 2 60 37.4 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Drew Harris 10-8 17 239 14.1 1 66 23.9 Allie Freeman 10 243 24.3 0 37 La'Darius McElr 11-10 16 278 17.4 3 32 25.3 Shun'cee Thomas 5 86 17.2 0 29 Kris Oliver 11-8 7 78 11.1 0 33 7.1 Tommy Crumpton 1 21 21.0 0 21 Lamar Haynes 9 - 3 6 83 13.8 1 28 9.2 Jon Johnson 1 3 3.0 0 3 Taliq Ellis 4 - 0 3 25 8.3 0 20 6.2 Keandre Evans 1 24 24.0 0 24 Dalvonte Lewis 2 - 0 2 11 5.5 0 7 5.5 Total 18 377 20.9 0 37 Hayden Waller 3 - 0 1 33 33.0 0 33 11.0 Opponents 42 823 19.6 0 51 Logan Morris 10-10 1 21 21.0 0 21 2.1 Shun'cee Thomas 11-1 1 17 17.0 0 17 1.5 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Jack Pillow 9 - 1 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.8 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 TJ Cole 6 - 0 1 7 7.0 0 7 1.2 Opponents 1 9 9.0 0 9 Brayden JohnsonOuachita 5 - 0 Baptist1 4 Overall4.0 0 Individual4 0.8 Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2018) Barry Bennett 9 - 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 All0.0 games Total 11 97 1214 12.5 7 66 110.4 Opponents 11 180 1912 10.6 3 70 173.8 PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Brockton Brown 15 ------90 Brayden Brazeal 11 214 478 1054 1532 139.3 Cole Antley - 11-12 47-49 - - - - - 80 Kris Oliver 11 143 893 0 893 81.2 Kris Oliver 8 ------48 Shun'cee Thomas 11 93 707 0 707 64.3 Shun'cee Thomas 6 ------36 Brockton Brown 11 83 555 0 555 50.5 Brayden Brazeal 6 - - - - 1-1 - - 36 Drew Harris 10 44 110 88 198 19.8 La'Darius McElr 3 ------18 TJ Cole 6 30 181 0 181 30.2 Caleb Sallisbur 2 ------12 Caleb Sallisbur 4 17 52 72 124 31.0 Drew Harris 2 ------12 Barry Bennett 9 14 48 0 48 5.3 Allie Freeman 2 ------12 Allie Freeman 11 6 21 0 21 1.9 TJ Cole 2 ------12 Garrison Jensen 2 5 13 0 13 6.5 Lamar Haynes 1 - - - 1 - - - 8 Team 10 21 -34 0 -34 -3.4 Barry Bennett 1 ------6 Total 11 670 3024 1214 4238 385.3 Keandre Evans 1 ------6 Opponents 11 703 1329 1912 3241 294.6 Airric Parker 1 ------6 Total 50 11-12 47-49 - 1 1-1 - - 382 Opponents 12 7-13 11-11 - 1 1-1 - - 106 www.obutigers.com-Twitter/Instagram @OuachitaTigers-Facebook Ouachita Baptist Athletics #FinishEmpty 14 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Cole Antley 11-12 91.7 0-0 3-4 6-6 2-2 0-0 45 1 Jake Ford 43 1727 40.2 53 0 17 24 4 0 Total 43 1727 40.2 53 0 17 24 4 0 FG Sequence Ouachita Baptist Opponents Opponents 61 2301 37.7 70 1 26 12 7 0 Northwestern Okla. (30),(37),29,(31) 29 Southwestern Oklahom (29),(26) - Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Southeastern Oklahom (37) (23),(29),(33) Cole Antley 70 4244 60.6 19 3 East Central - - Josiah Smith 1 65 65.0 1 0 Arkansas Tech (45) 38 Total 71 4309 60.7 20 3 19.6 42.1 22 Harding - (19),51 Opponents 29 1476 50.9 8 1 20.9 31.0 34 Okla. Baptist (43) 41 Southern Nazarene (39),(22) - Arkansas-Monticello - (27) Southern Ark. - (39),21 Henderson State (35) (23),27
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Ouachita Baptist Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2018) All games
PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Brockton Brown 15 ------90 Brayden Brazeal 11 214 478 1054 1532 139.3 Cole Antley - 11-12 47-49 - - - - - 80 Kris Oliver 11 143 893 0 893 81.2 Kris Oliver 8 ------48 Shun'cee Thomas 11 93 707 0 707 64.3 Shun'cee Thomas 6 ------36 Brockton Brown 11 83 555 0 555 50.5 Brayden Brazeal 6 - - - - 1-1 - - 36 Drew Harris 10 44 110 88 198 19.8 La'Darius McElr 3 ------18 TJ Cole 6 30 181 0 181 30.2 Caleb Sallisbur 2 ------12 Caleb Sallisbur 4 17 52 72 124 31.0 Drew Harris 2 ------12 Barry Bennett 9 14 48 0 48 5.3 Allie Freeman 2 ------12 Allie Freeman 11 6 21 0 21 1.9 TJ Cole 2 ------12 Garrison Jensen 2 5 13 0 13 6.5 Lamar Haynes 1 - - - 1 - - - 8 Team 10 21 -34 0 -34 -3.4 Barry Bennett 1 ------6 Total 11 670 3024 1214 4238 385.3 Keandre Evans 1 ------6 Opponents 11 703 1329 1912 3241 294.6 Airric Parker 1 ------6 Total 50 11-12 47-49 - 1 1-1 - - 382 Opponents 12 7-13 11-11 - TIGER1 1-1 FOOTBALL- - 106 2018
Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Cole Antley 11-12 91.7 0-0 3-4 6-6 2-2 0-0 45 1 Jake Ford 43 1727 40.2 53 0 17 24 4 0 Total 43 1727 40.2 53 0 17 24 4 0 FG Sequence Ouachita Baptist Opponents Opponents 61 2301 37.7 70 1 26 12 7 0 Northwestern Okla. (30),(37),29,(31) 29 Southwestern Oklahom (29),(26) - Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Southeastern Oklahom (37) (23),(29),(33) Cole Antley 70 4244 60.6 19 3 East Central - - Josiah Smith 1 65 65.0 1 0 Arkansas Tech (45) 38 Total 71 4309 60.7 20 3 19.6 42.1 22 Harding - (19),51 Opponents 29 1476 50.9 8 1 20.9 31.0 34 Okla. Baptist (43) 41 Southern Nazarene (39),(22) - Arkansas-Monticello - (27) Southern Ark. - (39),21Ouachita Baptist Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2018) Henderson State (35) (23),27 All games
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate Allfield Purpose goal was made.g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Kris Oliver 11 893 78 0 0 0 971 88.3 Allie Freeman 11 21 411 151 243 0 826 75.1 Shun'cee Thoma 11 707 17 0 86 0 810 73.6 Brockton Brown 11 555 0 0 0 0 555 50.5 Brayden Brazeal 11 478 0 0 0 0 478 43.5 Drew Harris 10 110 239 16 0 0 365 36.5 La'Darius McElr 11 0 278 0 0 0 278 25.3 TJ Cole 6 181 7 0 0 0 188 31.3 Keandre Evans 11 0 0 0 24 131 155 14.1 Lamar Haynes 9 0 83 0 0 0 83 9.2 Caleb Sallisbur 4 52 0 0 0 0 52 13.0 Barry Bennett 9 48 0 0 0 0 48 5.3 Dillion Scott 5 0 0 0 0 37 37 7.4 Hayden Waller 3 0 33 0 0 0 33 11.0 Hayden Lassiter 11 0 0 0 0 31 31 2.8 Taliq Ellis 4 0 25 0 0 0 25 6.2 Tommy Crumpto 7 0 0 0 21 0 21 3.0 Logan Morris 10 0 21 0 0 0 21 2.1 Airric Parker 11 0 0 0 0 20 20 1.8 Jon Johnson 11 0 0 0 3 16 19 1.7 Garrison Jensen 2 13 0 0 0 0 13 6.5 Austin Guymon 11 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.0 Dalvonte Lewis 2 0 11 0 0 0 11 5.5 Jack Pillow 9 0 7 0 0 0 7 0.8 Brayden Johnso 5 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.8 Zack Curry 10 0 0 0 0 -3 -3 -0.3 Team 10 -34 0 0 0 0 -34 -3.4 Total 11 3024 1214 167 377 243 5025 456.8 Opponents 11 1329 1912 17 823 0 4096 372.4
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Ouachita Baptist Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2018) All games
Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 21 Airric Parker 11-10 40 26 53.0 4.0-24 . 2-20 5 1 . 1 . . 17 Austin Guymon 11-10 35 20 45.0 1.5-2 . 2-11 4 . . . . . 6 Keandre Evans 11-10 37 14 44.0 4.0-10 . 4-131 13 . . . 1 . 33 Jon Johnson 11-10 29 29 43.5 3.0-8 . 2-16 1 . 1-0 . . . 56 Dameyun McDonal 11-10 30 23 41.5 11.0-56 4.5-41 . 2 4 . . . . 23 Hayden Lassiter 11-8 33 11 38.5 1.0-1 . 2-31 7 . . . . . 27 Gregory Junior 11-8 23 12 29.0 1.0-1 . 1-0 5 . . . . . 1 Tevin Jones 10-2 20 10 25.0 0.5-1 ...... 26 Jonathan Harris 11-9 20 8 24.0 3.0-13 1.0-8 1-0 4 . . . . . 42 LaFoy Smith 11-9 17 6 20.0 5.0-16 2.0-11 . 1 . . 1 . . 92 Ernest Reed 11-10 11 15 18.5 4.0-29 3.5-26 . 1 1 . . . . 11 Hunter White 9-1 13 11 18.5 1.5-2 . 1-0 . . 1-0 . . . 9 Tyrik Harris 11-2 13 4 15.0 . . . 1 . . . . . 35 Parker Witt 10-0 8 12 14.0 3.0-18 2.0-17 ...... 44 Tommy Crumpton 7-0 13 2 14.0 1.5-3 1.0-0 ...... 47 Khairan Staffor 7-1 7 13 13.5 3.5-11 2.0-9 ...... 91 Shimorye Hampto 10-10 10 4 12.0 4.0-7 1.0-2 . 2 1 . . . . 93 Zack Curry 10-0 9 6 12.0 1.0-2 . 1--3 ...... 20 Justin Dean 9-0 6 5 8.5 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 3 C.J. Heckard 11-0 6 4 8.0 . . 1-0 . . 1-0 . . . 59 Sam Johnson 8-0 8 . 8.0 1.0-3 1.0-3 1-0 ...... 94 Rico Gonzalez 7-0 6 3 7.5 2.0-16 . . . 2 . . . . 48 Anthony Freeman 9-0 4 5 6.5 1.5-10 1.0-10 ...... 34 Brockton Brown 11-0 6 . 6.0 ...... 30 Ty Compton 6-0 4 2 5.0 ...... 1 . . 22 Barry Bennett 9-0 3 3 4.5 ...... 24 Tre'von Bowman 3-0 4 . 4.0 ...... 28 Dillion Scott 5-0 3 1 3.5 1.0-2 . 1-37 ...... 41 Austin Danzy 3-0 3 . 3.0 ...... 99 Hunter Swoboda 8-0 2 2 3.0 1.0-6 1.0-6 . . . . 1 . . TM Team 10-0 3 . 3.0 1.0-4 . . . . . 1 . . 97 Cole Antley 11-0 2 . 2.0 ...... 37 Nathan Whitley 4-0 2 . 2.0 ...... 43 Devin Wyatt 2-0 1 1 1.5 ...... 8 La'Darius McElr 11-10 1 . 1.0 ...... 15 TJ Cole 6-0 1 . 1.0 ...... 72 Dakota Shelton 3-0 1 . 1.0 ...... 45 Mitchell Emrich 2-0 1 . 1.0 ...... 80 Chris Hayes 3-0 1 . 1.0 . . . . . 1-0 1 . . 76 Justin Gooseber 11-10 1 . 1.0 ...... 13 Taliq Ellis 4-0 . 1 0.5 ...... 32 Ethan Edwards 5-0 . 1 0.5 ...... 38 Bryson Vance 2-0 . 1 0.5 ...... 5 Kris Oliver 11-8 . 1 0.5 ...... Total 11 437 256 565.0 60-245 20-133 19-243 46 9 5-0 6 1 . Opponents 11 446 235 563.5 38-127 13-70 1-0 18 1 5-9 8 1 .
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Ouachita Baptist Game Results (as of Nov 23, 2018) All games
Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend * 8/30/2018 at Northwestern Okla. W 29-21 1-0 1-0 2:40 943 * 9/8/2018 SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOM W 41-8 2-0 2-0 3:00 2298 * 9/15/2018 at Southeastern Oklahom W 32-16 3-0 3-0 2:45 2072 * 9/22/2018 EAST CENTRAL W 42-0 4-0 4-0 2:28 2258 * 9/29/2018 ARKANSAS TECH W 24-7 5-0 5-0 2:48 5493 * Oct 06, 2018 at #19 Harding W 7-3 6-0 6-0 2:25 3900 * Oct 13, 2018 at Okla. Baptist W 58-21 7-0 7-0 2:22 2005 * 10/18/2018 SOUTHERN NAZARENE W 41-0 8-0 8-0 2:20 2622 * Oct 27, 2018 at Arkansas-Monticello W 35-10 9-0 9-0 2:36 1734 * 11/3/2018 #20 SOUTHERN ARK. W 35-10 10-0 10-0 2:50 5850 * Nov 10, 2018 at Henderson State W 38-10 11-0 11-0 2:48 10615
Team Game Highs Statistics Stat Value Player/Opponent Rushes 61 vs East Central (9/22/2018) Yards Rushing 454 vs Oklahoma Baptist (10/13/2018) TD Rushes 6 vs East Central (9/22/2018) Pass Attempts 24 vs Northwestern Okla. (8/30/2018) Pass Completions 17 vs Northwestern Okla. (8/30/2018) Yards Passing 220 vs Northwestern Okla. (8/30/2018) TD Passes 2 vs Oklahoma Baptist (10/13/2018) Individual Game Highs Statistics
Stat Value Player/Opponent Rushes 28 Kris Oliver vs Southern Nazarene (10/18/2018) Yards Rushing 187 Brockton Brown vs Okla. Baptist (10/13/2018) TD Rushes 3 Kris Oliver vs Southwestern Oklahom (9/8/2018) 3 Brockton Brown vs East Central (9/22/2018) 3 Brockton Brown vs Okla. Baptist (10/13/2018) Long Rush 74 Shun’cee Thomas vs Southern Ark. (11/3/2018) Pass Attempts 24 Brayden Brazeal vs Northwestern Okla. (8/30/2018) Pass Completions 17 Brayden Brazeal vs Northwestern Okla. (8/30/2018) Yards Passing 220 Brayden Brazeal vs Northwestern Okla. (8/30/2018) TD Passes 1 Brayden Brazeal vs Southern Nazarene (10/18/2018) 1 Brayden Brazeal vs Southern Ark. (11/3/2018) 1 Brayden Brazeal vs Northwestern Okla. (8/30/2018) 1 Drew Harris vs Okla. Baptist (10/13/2018) Longest Pass 66 Brayden Brazeal vs Southern Ark. (11/3/2018) Receptions 10 Allie Freeman vs Northwestern Okla. (8/30/2018) Yards Receiving 109 Allie Freeman vs Northwestern Okla. (8/30/2018) TD Receptions 1 La’Darius McElr vs Southern Nazarene (10/18/2018) 1 Drew Harris vs Southern Ark. (11/3/2018) Longest Reception 66 Drew Harris vs Southern Ark. (11/3/2018) Field Goals 3 Cole Antley vs Northwestern Okla. (8/30/2018) Longest Field Goal 45 Cole Antley vs Arkansas Tech (9/29/2018) Punts 7 Jake Ford vs Harding (10/6/2018) Longest Punt 53 Jake Ford vs East Central (9/22/2018) Longest Punt Return 30 Allie Freeman vs Okla. Baptist (10/13/2018) Longest Kickoff Return 37 Allie Freeman vs East Central (9/22/2018) Tackles 12 Airric Parker vs Southeastern Okla. (9/15/2018) 12 Jon Johnson vs Harding (10/6/2018) 12 Dameyun McDonald vs Harding (10/6/2018) Interceptions 2 Keandre Evans vs Arkansas Tech (9/29/2018) 16 www.obutigers.com-Twitter/Instagram @OuachitaTigers-Facebook Ouachita Baptist Athletics #FinishEmpty 17 TIGER FOOTBALL 2018
Quickie Statistics (Final) #4 Ouachita Baptist vs Henderson State (Nov 10, 2018 at Arkadelphia, Ark.)
OUA HSU Score 38 10 FIRST DOWNS 20 20 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 42-246 25-92 PASSING YDS (NET) 66 203 Passes Att-Comp-Int 15-6-0 38-21-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 57-312 63-295 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-16 1-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-50 4-88 Interception Returns-Yards 2-33 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-38.5 3-39.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-65 8-91 Possession Time 29:53 30:07 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 12 4 of 10 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 1-2
Ouachita Baptist Henderson State Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Kris Oliver 14 69 1 68 0 25 4.9 Querale Hall 10 47 8 39 0 12 3.9 Brayden Brazeal 8 70 3 67 1 22 8.4 Logan Moragne 6 19 0 19 0 5 3.2 Brockton Brown 8 63 0 63 3 42 7.9 R. Stammetti 5 28 10 18 0 11 3.6 Drew Harris 10 52 4 48 0 16 4.8 Kody Whitaker 4 22 13 9 0 14 2.2
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Brayden Brazeal 6-15-0 66 1 16 1 R. Stammetti 21-37-2 203 1 36 1 Kody Whitaker 0-1-0 0 0 0 1
Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Drew Harris 3 26 0 16 Ben Johnson 8 112 1 36 L. McElroy 1 16 1 16 John Murray 4 50 0 23 Lamar Haynes 1 13 0 13 Ethan Lazarek 2 15 0 11 Kris Oliver 1 11 0 11 Logan Moragne 2 10 0 7
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Jake Ford 4 154 38.5 41 3 0 Angel Esparza 3 117 39.0 46 1 0
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Drew Harris 1 16 0 16 Querale Hall 1 0 0 0
Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 2 50 0 25 Doug Johnson 1 31 0 31 Querale Hall 1 27 0 27
Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Airric Parker 7-1 7.5 0.0 0.0 Cameron Sonnier 7-2 8.0 0.0 1.0 Austin Guymon 6-1 6.5 0.0 0.0 Bowen Sweeney 5-2 6.0 0.0 0.0 Jon Johnson 4-1 4.5 0.0 0.0 Malik Brown 4-1 4.5 0.0 0.0 D. McDonald 4-1 4.5 0.0 2.0 Robert Thomas 3-1 3.5 0.0 0.0
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 09:23 OUA - Brayden Brazeal 22 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 4-37 1:39 7 - 0 01:31 OUA - Brockton Brown 1 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 11-69 5:23 14 - 0 2nd 08:50 HSU - Ben Johnson 36 yd pass from R. Stammetti (Temo Martinez kick), 4-58 2:00 14 - 7 03:32 OUA - Cole Antley 35 yd field goal, 10-57 5:18 17 - 7 01:00 OUA - L. McElroy 16 yd pass from Brayden Brazeal (Cole Antley kick), 4-47 1:14 24 - 7 3rd 07:36 HSU - Temo Martinez 23 yd field goal, 15-67 7:19 24 - 10 4th 09:00 OUA - Brockton Brown 42 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 9-80 5:11 31 - 10 02:39 OUA - Brockton Brown 3 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 1-3 0:06 38 - 10
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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The No. 4 Ouachita Baptist football team set a school record for wins in a season on Saturday afternoon, capping off a perfect 11-0 season with a 38-10 victory over Henderson State in the 92nd edition of the Battle of the Ravine.
The victory not only gives the Tigers a third consecutive win over Henderson State (5-6) for the first time since the 2001-2003 seasons, but it also ties the All-Time series at 43-43-6. The win gives the Tigers their second unde- feated regular season in school history.
Ouachita (11-0) once again used the ground and pound game to their advantage. The Tigers rushing offense ran for 246-yards and four touchdowns in the contest. Kris Oliver (Arkadelphia, Ark.) led the Tiger rushing attack with 68-yards on the day. Brockton Brown (Sheridan, Ark.) finished the afternoon with 63-yards and a team leading three touchdowns. The trio of touchdown runs gave the junior running back a team high 15 scores on the season.
Brayden Brazeal (England, Ark.) showed off his dual threat ability in Saturday's game. The redshirt freshman passed for 66-yards and a score. On the ground, Brazeal ran for an additional 67-yards and a rushing touchdown. All-Purpose wide receiver Drew Harris (Benton, Ark.) arguably had one of his best games of his senior season on Saturday afternoon. The senior led the team in receptions (3) and receiving yards with 26. In the backfield, Harris rushed the ball ten times for 48-yards.
Henderson State quarterback Richard Stammetti threw for 203-yards and a touchdown. The Tiger defense also forced Stammetti to throw a pair of interceptions in the game. Ben Johnson ended the day as Stammetti's top target. Johnson caught eight passes for 112-yards and a touchdown in the game.
Airric Parker (San Diego, Calif.) led a very hungry Tiger defense with eight total tackles on the day. The senior linebacker also intercepted a pass late in the fourth quarter to cement the game for the Tigers. Austin Guymon (Little Rock, Ark.) finished second on the team with seven total stops; Keandre Evans (Junction City, Ark.) added four tackles and a pair of pass breakups.
Ouachita punter Jake Ford (Australia) had another great game for Ouachita averaging 38.5-yards on four punts. Ford pinned the Reddies back inside their own 20-yardline on three different occasions.
First Quarter: Ouachita 14, Henderson State 0 After a three-and-out by Ouachita on their opening drive, the Tigers defense knew that they needed to step up and get the ball back. On the fifth play of the drive, Henderson State running back Kody Whitaker fumbled the handoff and Tiger middle linebacker Jon Johnson (Haskell, Ark.) jumped on the loose ball, setting the Ouachita offense up with great field position.
On the first play of the drive, Oliver found a crease in the defense and sprinted 14-yards down to the Reddies 23-yardline. A few plays later, the Tigers faced a third-and-nine inside the Henderson State redzone. Brazeal not able to find an open receiver scrambled 22-yards to the endzone for the game's opening score.
A second consecutive defensive stop by the Tigers gave the ball to Ouachita with 6:54 remaining in the opening quarter. On the second play of the drive, Brazeal once again showed off his speed with a 15-yard scamper to move the chains. The Tiger drive stayed alive a few plays later thanks to a Henderson State pass interference call. A few plays later Brazeal hit Harris in stride for a 16-yard reception.
On second-and-eight the Tigers lined up at the Reddies 20-yard line, Harris took the direct snap and rushed 16-yards down to the Henderson State four-yard line. A trio of plays later and Brown crossed the goal line for his first score of the afternoon.
Second Quarter: Ouachita 24, Henderson State 7 A pair of punts by both teams opened up the second quarter of play. Henderson State started their second drive of the quarter with 10:50 left in the half. The Reddies need just four plays as Stammetti connected with Johnson for a 36-yard score, cutting the Tigers lead in half.
Ouachita immediately answered with a 10-play, 57-yard drive of their own. The Tiger offense stalled out at the Henderson State 18 after Brazeal took a sack on third down. Senior kicker Cole Antley (Atlanta, Ga.) split the uprights with his 11th field goal of the season.
Stammetti and the Reddies offense took over with 3:32 remaining in the half. The Tigers appeared to be moving the ball reasonably well, until, Ouachita safety Hayden Lassiter stepped in front of a pass and returned the inter- ception 13-yards. A personal foul on Henderson State was called after the play and moved the ball even further into Reddie territory.
The Tigers needed just four plays to get into the endzone as Brazeal hit La'Darius McElroy (Ashdown, Ark.) at about the 10-yardline and McElroy dragged a pair of Reddie defenders into the endzone with him. The score gave the Tigers a three score lead going into the halftime break.
Third Quarter: Ouachita 24, Henderson State 10 Henderson State received the second half kickoff and promptly held onto the ball for seven minutes of game time. The Tigers played a true bend but don't break style of defense as the Ouachita defense made a goal line stand against the Reddies offense. Henderson State threw the ball three consecutive times and each time the Tigers turned them away. Henderson State kicker Temo Martinez executed a chip shot field goal to pull the Reddies back within two scores of the Tigers.
The Tigers offense went three-and-out and it appeared the Reddies were going to take advantage of tired Ouachita defense. Henderson State's drive stayed alive after Evans was called for pass interference on a third down play. Four plays later the Reddies found themselves inside the Ouachita 10-yard line as the quarter ran out.
Fourth Quarter: Ouachita 38, Henderson State 10 On the first play of the quarter Ouachita, defensive lineman Dameyun McDonald tackled Querale Hall for a loss of seven yards. On the second play of the quarter, Stammetti sat back in the pocket and attempted to hit Johnson in the endzone, but Evans broke up the pass to keep the Reddies out of the endzone. Martinez came on for a 27-yard field goal and missed.
Ouachita having only one offensive drive in the third quarter looked to run the clock on their first drive of the fourth quarter. On the ninth play of the drive, Brown looked to be stopped on a run up the middle, but the junior running back found an opening on the right side of the field and sprinted away for a 42-yard touchdown.
Two possessions later and Ford boomed a 40-yard punt deep into Reddie territory. On the first play of the drive Parker intercepted Stammetti at the 23-yardline and ran the ball back to the Henderson State 3-yard line. It only took one play as Brown ran the ball in for his third score of the night.
Ouachita will have to wait a day to find out whom they will host in the playoffs. For more information on the Ouachita football team be sure to follow the official social media accounts of Ouachita athletics.
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Quickie Statistics (Final) #20 Southern Ark. vs #4 Ouachita Baptist (11/3/2018 at Arkadelphia, Ark.)
SAU OBU Score 10 35 FIRST DOWNS 20 14 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 27-15 42-240 PASSING YDS (NET) 236 104 Passes Att-Comp-Int 34-24-1 5-4-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 61-251 47-344 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-63 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-8 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-35.7 3-34.7 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-40 7-69 Possession Time 32:10 27:50 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 13 5 of 8 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 4-4
Southern Ark. Ouachita Baptist Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Dennis Daniels 3 18 0 18 1 11 6.0 Shun'cee Thomas 13 132 0 132 2 74 10.2 S. Perkins 4 7 0 7 0 3 1.8 Kris Oliver 7 75 0 75 0 24 10.7 L. Alexander 3 5 1 4 0 5 1.3 Brayden Brazeal 10 37 18 19 1 10 1.9 K. Purifoy 7 16 17 -1 0 8 -0.1 Brockton Brown 7 10 0 10 1 4 1.4
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Barrett Renner 24-32-0 236 0 22 3 Brayden Brazeal 4-5-0 104 1 66 4 Hayden Mallory 0-2-1 0 0 0 0
Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Karonce Higgins 7 58 0 14 Allie Freeman 2 27 0 16 Jared Lancaster 7 52 0 12 Drew Harris 1 66 1 66 Michael Ingram 3 60 0 22 La'Darius McElr 1 11 0 11 Desmond Jones 3 18 0 12
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Jordan White 3 107 35.7 38 0 0 Jake Ford 3 104 34.7 46 2 0
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long
Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Karonce Higgins 3 40 0 18 Desmond Jones 1 23 0 23
Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Ato. Washington 5-0 5.0 0.0 0.0 Austin Guymon 8-0 8.0 0.0 0.0 Malachi Pointer 5-0 5.0 0.0 1.0 Hayden Lassiter 7-0 7.0 0.0 0.0 L. Turner 5-0 5.0 0.0 0.0 Keandre Evans 5-0 5.0 0.0 1.0 Malik Preston 4-0 4.0 0.0 0.0 Gregory Junior 5-0 5.0 0.0 0.0
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 01:17 OBU - Drew Harris 66 yd pass from Brayden Brazeal (Cole Antley kick), 3-69 1:27 0 - 7 2nd 10:28 SAU - A. Wilkerson 39 yd field goal, 10-59 5:45 3 - 7 03:49 OBU - Brockton Brown 1 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 12-80 6:37 3 - 14 3rd 12:05 OBU - Shun'cee Thomas 6 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 4-40 1:19 3 - 21 4th 09:49 OBU - Brayden Brazeal 8 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 4-81 2:27 3 - 28 06:42 SAU - Dennis Daniels 1 yd run (A. Wilkerson kick), 7-75 3:05 10 - 28 01:36 OBU - Shun'cee Thomas 19 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 8-45 5:06 10 - 35 www.obutigers.com-Twitter/Instagram @OuachitaTigers-Facebook Ouachita Baptist Athletics #FinishEmpty 20 TIGER FOOTBALL 2018
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ouachita Baptist football team clinched their second consecutive Great American Conference Championship with a 35-10 victory over Southern Arkansas on Saturday afternoon.
For the fourth time in eight years, the Tigers can lay claim to the Great American title. The GAC championship has only left the city of Arkadelphia once during the Great American Conference era. This is the second time in four years the Tigers have started a season 10-0, Ouachita will look to end the regular season perfect for just the second time in school history. A win over rival Henderson State next weekend will give the Tigers a school record 11 wins in a season.
The Ouachita faithful came out in full support as the defense held another opponent to just 10 points in the game. Ouachita (10-0) this season has outscored opponents 183-25 inside the confines of Cliff Harris Stadium. The Tiger defense showed why they are one of the toughest in the nation as the defensive line wreaked havoc in the Southern Arkansas (8-2) backfield all day. The Ouachita defensive line produced four sacks in the contest and sophomore linebacker Austin Guymon (Little Rock, Ark.) led the team in tackles with eight and intercepted the Tigers 17th pass of the season to close out the game.
The Tiger offense stayed true to form as they established the ground game early and often in the game. Ouachita rushed for 240 yards in the game and four of the five scores game on the ground. Junior running back Shun'cee Thomas (Bossier City, La.) led the charge in the running game with 132 rushing yards and two scores. Kris Oliver (Arkadelphia, Ark.) added 75 yards in the contest while Brockton Brown (Sheridan, Ark.) and Brayden Brazeal (England, Ark.) each scored during the game. Brazeal also stayed consistent in the pocket, going 4-for-5 and throwing for 104 yards. The bulk of those 104-yards came from a 66-yard touchdown reception by Drew Harris (Benton, Ark.) in the opening quarter.
The special teams units made a big impact on the game as the Tigers were able to consistently pin the Muleriders back inside their own 20-yardline. On the opening possession of the fourth quarter, the Muleriders offense set up for a 31-yard field goal but defensive back Keandre Evans (Junction City, Ark.) blocked the kick attempt and Tyrik Harris (England, Ark.) recovered the loose ball for the Tigers.
First Quarter: Ouachita 7, Southern Arkansas 0 Southern Arkansas won the coin toss and elected to defer until the second half. On the Tigers, first drive of the game it appeared that it was going to be a battle from start to finish as the Ouachita running backs only gained minimal yardage against a stout defensive front. On third down Brazeal threw an errant pass but a roughing the passer call gave the Tigers new life. Ouachita was able to make at all the way down to the Mulerider 35-yardline but a 9-yard sack by Kobe McDonald forced the Tigers to punt the ball away.
Jake Ford (Australia) pinned the Muleriders inside the 20-yardline to begin their opening drive. Southern Arkansas appeared to be at ease as they executed on short and medium passes all the way down the field. Standing at the Ouachita 39-yardline, defensive lineman Dameyun McDonald (Helena, Ark.) came off the edge and sacked Barrett Renner for a 10-yard loss.
Renner then stepped in and completed an 18-yard pass to put the Muleriders in third and short situation. A run by SirCharles Perkins only gained a yard on the play and set up a pivotal fourth down. The Muleriders elected to go for it and linebacker Airric Parker (San Diego, Calif.) came up with the tackle for a loss to set the tone for the Tiger defense early.
Ouachita took over with 2:44 remaining in the opening quarter and appeared to be headed toward another three and out. Then Brazeal on third down found Harris on a post route in the middle of the field and Harris took it 66-yards to the endzone for the Tigers first score of the game.
Second Quarter: Ouachita 14, Southern Arkansas 3 Southern Arkansas responded to the 66-yard strike with another long and methodical drive by their standards and made it all the way down to the Ouachita 20-yardline. Once again, the defense came up big on a third down and one play, as Evans tackled Lorenzo Alexander for a loss. This time however the Muleriders elected to take the points and converted on a 39-yard attempt.
On Ouachita's opening possession of the second quarter the offense seemed the most balance all game with a steady diet of runs and passes mixed in. Brazeal hooked up with Allie Freeman (Little Rock, Ark.) for a 16-yard gain to put the Tigers near midfield. A few plays later Oliver broke a 20-yard run and the Tigers setup inside the Muleriders redzone. Brown scored on the 12th play of the drive that elapsed six minutes in total playing time.
The Muleriders tried to score some quick and easy points in the closing moments of the second quarter but a botched snap by the center on a third down play ensured that the Muleriders would come away empty handed for the third time in the game.
Third Quarter: Ouachita 21, Southern Arkansas 3 Southern Arkansas got the ball first in the second half and was unable to get anything going. It helped that Ouachita defensive lineman Parker Witt and McDonald stormed the backfield on a third down play to back the Muleriders up inside their own five-yard line.
Jordan White narrowly avoided a safety as he kicked the ball to the Southern Arkansas 40-yardline. On the first play from scrimmage for Ouachita, Oliver broke a 24-yard run and two plays later Thomas put the Tigers up 21-3 with his first touchdown of the game.
Fourth Quarter: Ouachita 35, Southern Arkansas 10 Southern Arkansas appeared to be poised to grab points on a drive that lasted the last part of the third quarter and bled into the fourth quarter. The Muleriders marched the ball down all the way to the Ouachita two-yard line, but the center snapped the ball over the quarterbacks head and the Tigers pulled the momentum back into their favor. The Tiger defense forced the Muleriders to attempt a short field goal attempt, but Evans came through untouched and blocked the kick.
Two plays later Thomas broke a 74-yard run down the left side of the field giving the Tigers a first and goal at the four-yard line. After a five-yard penalty moved the Tigers back to their own eight-yard line, Brazeal ran the ball in from eight-yards out to extend the Tiger lead.
The Muleriders then marched down the field on an 8-play, 75-yard drive and scored their only touchdown of the game. A one yard run from Dennis Daniels, which brought Southern Arkansas within 18-points of the Tigers.
A failed onside kick attempt set the Ouachita offense in prime field position. The Tigers looked to run out the clock, but on a second down play from the 19-yard line, Thomas scampered in for his second score of the night. The touchdown put the nail in the coffin for the Muleriders.
Southern Arkansas put in their backup quarterback in the final moments of the game and Guymon came away with an interception that cemented the Tigers second consecutive GAC Championship.
Ouachita will travel across the street next week to face off against Henderson State in the Battle of the Ravine game. The Tigers will look to end the regular season undefeated for just the second time in school history. For all the latest news on the Ouachita football team, follow the official social media accounts of Ouachita athletics.
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Quickie Statistics (Final) #4 Ouachita Baptist vs Arkansas-Monticello (Oct 27, 2018 at Monticello, Ark.)
OBU UAM Score 35 10 FIRST DOWNS 17 17 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 46-289 28-92 PASSING YDS (NET) 81 229 Passes Att-Comp-Int 15-8-1 42-24-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 61-370 70-321 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-22 1-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-30 3-62 Interception Returns-Yards 2-0 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-33.4 5-30.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-70 5-40 Possession Time 29:18 30:42 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 12 2 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 5 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 1-1
Ouachita Baptist Arkansas-Monticello Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Shun'cee Thomas 15 144 2 142 1 64 9.5 Imani Riley 9 47 0 47 0 15 5.2 Kris Oliver 5 52 1 51 0 28 10.2 Devonte Dean 12 46 1 45 0 10 3.8 Brockton Brown 10 51 2 49 1 11 4.9 Deontario Brown 1 7 0 7 0 7 7.0 Brayden Brazeal 5 34 1 33 1 15 6.6 Alex Day 1 3 0 3 0 3 3.0
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Brayden Brazeal 8-15-1 81 1 22 0 Cole Sears 24-42-2 229 1 70 2
Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 5 41 1 20 C.J. Parham 5 99 1 70 La'Darius McElr 1 22 0 22 Syl. Augustyn 5 37 0 10 Shun'cee Thomas 1 17 0 17 Jeremy Hampton 4 25 0 9 Kris Oliver 1 1 0 1 D. Washington 3 24 0 11
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Jake Ford 5 167 33.4 42 4 0 Josh Marini 3 93 31.0 47 0 0 Cole Sears 2 61 30.5 38 0 0
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 1 22 0 22 Kaigen Rogo 1 0 0 0
Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Jon Johnson 1 3 0 3 Lloyd Turner 2 37 0 23 Allie Freeman 1 27 0 27 Trey Fleming 1 25 0 25
Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Keandre Evans 5-5 7.5 0.0 1.0 C. Jefferson 6-2 7.0 0.0 1.0 Austin Guymon 5-4 7.0 0.0 0.0 Gabe Brace 6-1 6.5 0.0 0.0 Airric Parker 3-3 4.5 0.0 0.0 M. Melancon 5-0 5.0 0.0 1.0 Jon Johnson 3-3 4.5 0.0 0.0 Ja'lon Watts 4-1 4.5 0.0 0.0
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 11:22 OBU - Drew Harris 6 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 8-68 3:30 7 - 0 05:22 OBU - Shun'cee Thomas 64 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 1-64 0:10 14 - 0 2nd 08:30 OBU - Allie Freeman 20 yd pass from Brayden Brazeal (Cole Antley kick), 6-61 3:11 21 - 0 00:56 OBU - Brockton Brown 2 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 13-51 6:32 28 - 0 4th 11:41 UAM - Josh Marini 27 yd field goal, 14-76 5:58 28 - 3 07:55 UAM - C.J. Parham 70 yd pass from Cole Sears (Josh Marini kick), 1-70 0:10 28 - 10 03:20 OBU - Brayden Brazeal 15 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 3-15 0:57 35 - 10 www.obutigers.com-Twitter/Instagram @OuachitaTigers-Facebook Ouachita Baptist Athletics #FinishEmpty 22 TIGER FOOTBALL 2018
MONTICELLO, Ark. - The No. 4 Ouachita Tiger football team scored four touchdowns in the first half in route to a 35-10 victory over the University of Arkansas at Monticello on Saturday afternoon. Ouachita (9-0) has now won back-to-back games in the series and holds a 7-1 record against the Boll Weevils since the Great American Conference formed back in 2011. The Tigers are now 9-0 for the first time since the 2014 season. Arkansas-Monticello (4-5) becomes just the third team this season to score double-digit points against the Tigers defense. For the third consecutive week, the Ouachita offense saw a Tiger running back cross the 140-yard rushing mark in a game. This week, junior running back Shun'cee Thomas (Bossier City, La.) ran for 142-yards and a score to lead the Tiger rushing attack. As a unit, Ouachita ran for 289-yards and accumulated the majority of the Tigers 370-yards of total offense. Brockton Brown (Sheridan, Ark.), Brayden Brazeal (England, Ark.) and Drew Harris (Benton, Ark.) all recorded rushing touchdowns in the victory.
Brazeal also showed off his arm, passing for 81-yards and a touchdown to Allie Freeman (Little Rock, Ark.). Brazeal also threw his first career interception on Saturday afternoon. The offensive line was stout all day Saturday, as they did not allow a sack in the contest.
On the defensive side of the ball Keandre Evans (Junction City, Ark.) and Austin Guymon (Little Rock, Ark.), lead the defense in tackles. Evans ended the game with 10 tackles, a tackle for a loss and two pass breakups. Guymon added 9 tackles in the contest, Khairan Stafford (Newport, Ark.), Ernest Reed (El Dorado, Ark.) and Dameyun McDonald (Helena, Ark.) all were credited with at least a partial sack in the game. Hunter White (Nashville, Ark.) and Gregory Junior (Crossett, Ark.) each intercepted a pass for the first time this season.
The Ouachita pass defense continues to be one of the best as they held Monticello to under 230-yard passing. The Tigers secondary shutdown the Boll Weevils receiving corps and did not allow a receiver to cross the century mark in the game. The Ouachita defense now has 16 interceptions and 41 pass breakups on the season.
In the special team's portion of the game, Ouachita punter Jake Ford (Australia) continued his stellar season. Ford nailed four of his five punts inside the 20-yardline to keep the Boll Weevils backed up all game.
First Quarter: Ouachita 14, Arkansas-Monticello 0 Ouachita received the opening kickoff and Freeman returned the ball 27-yards to the Ouachita 32-yardline. On the first play from scrimmage senior running back Kris Oliver (Arkadelphia, Ark.) exploded for a 28-yard run to the Monticello 40-yardline.
Two plays later, the Tigers faced a third and long situation from the Monticello 40. Brazeal stepped back, stayed calm in the pocket, and delivered a 22-yard strike to La'Darius McElroy (Ashdown, Ark.). Three plays later Harris scampered into the endzone from six-yards out to give the Tigers the opening touchdown.
The Tiger defense had a bend but don't break attitude as they allowed the Boll Weevils to drive down the field to the Ouachita 36-yardline. Ouachita stood strong as Airric Parker (San Diego, Calif.) batted down the fourth down pass attempt.
Ouachita just needed one play on their second drive to go up by two scores. For the second time this season, Thomas found a hole in the defense and ran 60 or more yards to the endzone. The last time Thomas had a run of 60 or more yards was in the home opener against Southwestern Oklahoma State.
Second Quarter: Ouachita 28, Arkansas-Monticello 0 On the Tigers first drive of the second quarter, Brazeal did something he had not done all season. The redshirt freshman quarterback threw an interception. The Boll Weevil momentum did not last long as the Ouachita defense forced the Boll Weevils into a three-and-out.
After a poor punt by Monticello the Tigers began their drive on their own 40-yardline. On the third play of the drive Thomas hit another hole and raced into the redzone. Brazeal proved that he was not afraid to throw the ball as he connected with Freeman for a 20-yard touchdown.
With 7:28, remaining in the half Ouachita began a long and methodical drive to keep the ball out of the hands of the Boll Weevil offense. On the 13th play of the drive, Brown ran the ball in from two-yards out to give the Tigers a 28-0 halftime lead.
Third Quarter: Ouachita 28, Arkansas-Monticello 0 A pair of punts by both teams began the third quarter. Ford pinned the Boll Weevils back on their own nine-yard line. Monticello quarterback Cole Sears stepped back and threw an interception right into the hands of Junior at the Monticello 43-yardline.
Unfortunately, the Tigers had the punt the ball back to the Boll Weevils. This time Ford pinned the Boll Weevils on their own four-yard line. Monticello began to move the ball a little bit and had a first-and-ten on their own 40. Sears once again stepped back to throw and this time White stepped in front of the receiver and grabbed his first interception of the season.
Fourth Quarter: Ouachita 35, Arkansas-Monticello 0 The Boll Weevils opened up the start of the fourth quarter with a 14-play, 76-yard drive. Once again, though the Ouachita defense was able to keep Monticello out of the endzone as the Boll Weevils settled for a 27-yard field goal.
On the Boll Weevils second drive of the quarter, Sears hit C.J. Parham for a 70-yard touchdown. The 70-yard score was the longest pass given up by the Ouachita second- ary this season.
With 4:17 remaining in the game the Ouachita offense took over on the Monticello 15-yardline. Three plays later Brazeal rushed into the endzone from 15-yards out to end the scoring for the Tigers.
Monticello attempted a last minute score but McDonald and Stafford sacked Sears on a fourth down play. The Ouachita came out in victory formation and ran out the clock.
The Ouachita football team will be back at home next weekend against nationally ranked Southern Arkansas. Kickoff will be at 1:00 p.m. in Cliff Harris Stadium. For more information on the Ouachita football team, stay tuned to obutigers.com or follow the official social media accounts of Ouachita athletics.
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Quickie Statistics (Final) Southern Nazarene vs #4 Ouachita Baptist (10/18/2018 at Arkadelphia, Ark.)
SNU OBU Score 0 41 FIRST DOWNS 6 24 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 30-102 50-271 PASSING YDS (NET) 38 170 Passes Att-Comp-Int 13-8-0 18-13-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 43-140 68-441 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 3-18 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-87 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 9-38.7 4-43.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-40 7-54 Possession Time 26:09 33:51 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 11 7 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 4-4
Southern Nazarene Ouachita Baptist Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Gage Porter 10 52 7 45 0 11 4.5 Kris Oliver 28 154 3 151 2 16 5.4 James Love 7 39 15 24 0 20 3.4 Brayden Brazeal 6 66 7 59 0 40 9.8 Trey Hills 2 12 0 12 0 8 6.0 Brockton Brown 8 31 2 29 0 17 3.6 Nate Walker 6 13 2 11 0 4 1.8 Caleb Sallisbur 2 13 0 13 2 12 6.5
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Gage Porter 8-13-0 38 0 9 1 Brayden Brazeal 11-16-0 133 1 29 1 Caleb Sallisbur 2-2-0 37 0 33 0
Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Nate Walker 3 10 0 4 La'Darius McElr 3 47 1 23 Reid Roelofs 1 9 0 9 Allie Freeman 3 27 0 29 Daniel Ramos 1 6 0 6 Kris Oliver 3 25 0 11 Vance Hooper 1 6 0 6 Hayden Waller 1 33 0 33
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Ryan Reid 9 348 38.7 55 1 0 Jake Ford 4 174 43.5 49 3 0
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 3 18 0 10
Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long James Love 3 36 0 17 Brandon Perez 2 28 0 16
Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Trevon Hadley 10-0 10.0 0.0 0.0 Hayden Lassiter 4-0 4.0 0.0 0.0 Daniel Flynn 7-1 7.5 0.0 1.0 Dameyun McDonal 3-1 3.5 0.0 1.0 Trenton Smith 6-2 7.0 0.0 0.0 Rico Gonzalez 3-1 3.5 0.0 1.0 Zack Loyd 6-1 6.5 0.0 0.0 Airric Parker 3-0 3.0 0.0 0.0
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 06:53 OBU - Kris Oliver 9 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 8-77 4:06 0 - 7 2nd 06:36 OBU - La'Darius McElr 23 yd pass from Brayden Brazeal (Cole Antley kick), 9-86 4:48 0 - 14 3rd 08:35 OBU - Cole Antley 39 yd field goal, 10-53 4:34 0 - 17 02:14 OBU - Cole Antley 22 yd field goal, 9-66 5:21 0 - 20 4th 11:06 OBU - Kris Oliver 4 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 7-66 3:10 0 - 27 06:18 OBU - Caleb Sallisbur 1 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 4-45 2:35 0 - 34 05:20 OBU - Caleb Sallisbur 12 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 2-14 0:00 0 - 41
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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Ouachita senior running back Kris Oliver (Arkadelphia, Ark.) took a handoff with six minutes remaining in the third quarter and scampered for a five yard gain, the short run gave the Arkadelphia native the All-Time career rushing record in the Great American Conference as Ouachita costed to a 41-0 victory over Southern Nazarene.
Oliver carried the ball 28 times for a season high 151 yards. The senior also added a pair of touchdowns on the night, pushing his season total to eight. Oliver also holds the GAC record for 100-yard rushing games with 16 in his career. This is the second consecutive week No. 4 Ouachita (8-0) has had a running back cross the 150 yard rushing threshold.
The Tigers offense dominated every aspect of the game against Southern Nazarene (1-7). Ouachita collected 27 first downs in the game and held the Crimson Storm to just six in the contest. For just the second time this season the Ouachita offense out gained their opponent in both the rushing and passing game. The Tigers rushed for 271 yards and scored four touchdowns as a team, through the air Ouachita passed for 170 yards and a score.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Brayden Brazeal (England, Ark.) showed his dual threat ability on Thursday night. The Natural State native passed for 133 yards and a score and added 59 yards rushing on the ground. Backup quarterback Caleb Sallisbury (Van Buren, Ark.) came in during the fourth quarter and ran for a pair of touch- downs in the period.
Senior wide receiver La'Darius McElroy took advantage of his matchup on the field recording three receptions for 47 yards and a touchdown. Slot receiver Allie Freeman (Little Rock, Ark.) added to his team leading reception total with three catches on the night for 27 yards.
The Ouachita defense flexed their muscles on Southern Nazarene as they finished off their second shutout of the season. This is the first season since the turn of the- cen tury that the Tigers have recorded two shutouts in the same season. The Tigers defense has held opponents to under 10 points on five different occasions this year.
Interceptions have been the calling card for the Ouachita defense this season. Coming into the game on Thursday night the Tigers had recorded 14 interceptions and 32 pass breakups. The Tigers had their opportunities to add to the total but saw both passes fall off the fingertips of Ouachita defenders. The Tigers made up for it with hard-hitting plays late in the fourth quarter as the defense forced a pair of fumbles to close out the game.
First Quarter: Ouachita 7, Southern Nazarene 0 After a pair of three-and-outs by each team's offense, Ouachita took over on their own 23-yardline with 10:59 remaining in the opening quarter. On the second play of the drive, Brazeal scampered ahead for a 12-yard rush, putting the ball at the Tiger 40-yard line. Two plays later, the Tigers avoided disaster by jumping on a fumbled handoff.
Facing a third-and-14 Ouachita appeared that they would be forced to punt the ball for a second consecutive drive. Brazeal was flushed out of the pocket and raced ahead for a 40-yard gain and a first down inside the Southern Nazarene 24-yardline. Two plays later Brockton Brown (Sheridan, Ark.) 17-yards inside the Crimson Storm 10-yardline. Oliver ran the ball in from nine-yards out to give the Tigers their first score of the night.
Second Quarter: Ouachita 14, Southern Nazarene 0 Oliver opened up the Tigers first drive of the second quarter with a 10-yard run to the Ouachita 24-yardline. Five plays later Brazeal connected with Freeman for a 29- yard gain on a third down to keep the drive alive. Facing their second third down of the drive, Brazeal found McElroy in the endzone for the Tigers second score of the night.
After the score, neither team was able to get into a rhythm offensively as the Tigers went into the halftime break up 14-0.
Third Quarter: Ouachita 20, Southern Nazarene 0 The Ouachita defense forced a quick three-and-out and the offense began on their own 25-yard line with 13:09 remaining in the quarter. A steady dose of Oliver proved to be lethal for the Crimson Storm offense as the Arkadelphia native touched the ball seven times during the drive. Ouachita moved the ball all the way down to the Southern Nazarene 22-yardline. The Tigers were forced to try a field goal after an incomplete pass on third down. Senior kicker Cole Antley (Atlanta, Ga.) nailed the 39- yard field goal with 8:35 remaining in the quarter.
On the Tigers, second drive of the quarter they used the same formula as the first. A steady diet of Oliver proved to be productive as the senior broke the GAC career rushing record during the drive. Once again Ouachita held the ball inside the Crimson Storm 10-yardline but had to settle for an Antley field goal.
Fourth Quarter: Ouachita 41, Southern Nazarene 0 On the first drive of the fourth quarter, Oliver proved that he would not be denied the endzone. The senior running back touched the ball five times on seven plays and pushed the Tigers lead to 27 points with 11 minutes remaining in the game.
On the second play of the Southern Nazarene drive, senior linebacker Parker Witt (Dardenelle, Ark.) completely manhandled Gage Porter for a seven-yard loss. Two plays later and the Tigers forced the Crimson Storm to punt once again. The punt by Crimson Storm punter Ryan Reid only traveled 24-yards as the Tigers setup with great field position.
The Tigers only needed four plays to score another fourth quarter touchdown. Sallisbury found Hayden Waller (Weatherford, Texas) for a 33-yard completion to set up the Tigers with a first-and-goal from the one-yard line. Sallisbury ran the ball in on the next play to give the Tigers a commanding 34-0 advantage.
Before Tiger fans could even take a seat the special teams came through with one of the biggest plays of the night. Caleb Porchia (Texarkana, Texas) lit up Brandon Perez on the return and CJ Heckard (Wisner, La.) fell on the loose ball. Two plays later and Sallisbury had found the back of the endzone for a second time in two minutes.
Southern Nazarene took over with 5:20 remaining in the game and put together their best drive of the game. The Crimson Storm had multiple first downs during the drive. On the ninth play of the freshman defensive lineman Hunter Swoboda (Bentonville, Ark.) forced the ball loose and Justin Dean (Mena, Ark.) fell on the loose ball for the Tigers. Ouachita finished the game in victory formation as they collected their eighth consecutive win of the season. The Tiger football team will be back on the road next Saturday against the University of Arkansas at Monticello. For all the latest news on Ouachita football head over to obutigers.com.
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Quickie Statistics (Final) #5 Ouachita Baptist vs Okla. Baptist (Oct 13, 2018 at Shawnee, OK)
OBU OKBU Score 58 21 FIRST DOWNS 19 16 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 52-454 28-128 PASSING YDS (NET) 108 236 Passes Att-Comp-Int 11-11-0 32-19-3 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 63-562 60-364 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-30 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-55 3-55 Interception Returns-Yards 3-57 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 0-0.0 3-29.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-50 2-10 Possession Time 35:44 24:16 Third-Down Conversions 8 of 12 6 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 2-3
Ouachita Baptist Okla. Baptist Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Brockton Brown 8 194 7 187 3 68 23.4 Tyler Stuever 19 97 0 97 2 40 5.1 Kris Oliver 13 92 0 92 0 41 7.1 Preston Haire 5 25 2 23 1 8 4.6 TJ Cole 10 61 0 61 1 33 6.1 Darrian Moss 4 10 2 8 0 4 2.0 Caleb Sallisbur 6 38 3 35 0 22 5.8
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Caleb Sallisbur 5-5-0 35 0 20 1 Preston Haire 19-32-3 236 0 39 0 Brayden Brazeal 5-5-0 45 1 16 0
Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Taliq Ellis 2 21 0 20 Cagney Roberson 5 85 0 39 Allie Freeman 2 17 0 9 Noah McGraw 4 94 0 29 Drew Harris 2 12 0 7 Josh Pettijohn 3 14 0 7 Lamar Haynes 1 28 1 28 Dillon Smith 2 18 0 14
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Connor Watts 3 88 29.3 38 0 0
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 1 30 0 30
Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Shun'cee Thomas 3 55 0 26 Shae Garner 3 55 0 22
Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tevin Jones 4-2 5.0 0.0 0.5 Landon Rowlett 7-0 7.0 0.0 0.0 Tyrik Harris 4-1 4.5 0.0 0.0 Robert Lolofie 5-3 6.5 1.0 1.5
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 12:35 OBU - Cole Antley 43 yd field goal, 5-44 2:25 3 - 0 09:29 OBU - Brockton Brown 2 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 5-54 2:17 10 - 0 06:20 OBU - Brockton Brown 50 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 3-57 1:27 17 - 0 00:14 OBU - Brockton Brown 68 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 3-77 1:23 24 - 0 2nd 07:31 OBU - Brayden Brazeal 14 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 10-76 5:45 31 - 0 04:50 OKBU - Tyler Stuever 40 yd run (Luke Wendl kick), 6-75 2:41 31 - 7 00:53 OBU - La'Darius McElr 16 yd pass from Brayden Brazeal (Cole Antley kick), 7-54 3:51 38 - 7 3rd 12:21 OBU - Lamar Haynes 28 yd pass from Drew Harris (Cole Antley kick), 2-37 0:26 45 - 7 08:06 OBU - TJ Cole 2 yd run (Cole Antley kick failed), 5-43 2:53 51 - 7 07:10 OBU - Barry Bennett 3 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 1-3 0:05 58 - 7 04:23 OKBU - Tyler Stuever 2 yd run (Luke Wendl kick), 7-75 2:47 58 - 14 4th 09:15 OKBU - Preston Haire 3 yd run (Luke Wendl kick), 11-74 4:17 58 - 21
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SHAWNEE, Okla. – Brockton Brown (Sheridan, Ark.) ran for 187 yards and three touchdowns in the opening quarter, setting the tone for the rest of the game as the No. 5/6 Ouachita Tiger football team literally steam rolled over Oklahoma Baptist 58-21 on Saturday afternoon.
Ouachita (7-0) dominated every aspect of the football game especially on the offensive side of the ball. The Tigers torched the Bison for 454 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns. Brown by himself out rushed the entire Oklahoma Baptist (2-5) team by 59 yards, on top of that his three touchdowns matched the Bison's complete game total. Brown now has 10 rushing touchdowns on the season.
Seven different Tigers rushed the ball on the day. Kris Oliver (Arkadelphia, Ark.) finished the game with 92 rushing yards on 13 attempts, freshman TJ Cole (Texarkana, Texas) ran for 61 yards and his second career touchdown. Quarterbacks Caleb Sallisbury (Van Buren, Ark.) and Brayden Brazeal (England, Ark.) each had 30 or more rushing yards and Brazeal added a rushing touchdown as well. Running backs Shun'cee Thomas (Bossier City, La.) and Barry Bennett (Tifton, Ga.) rounded out the carries for the Tigers, Bennett scored his first touchdown of the season late in third quarter.
The Tigers also showed that they had a passing attack this afternoon, with Ouachita quarterbacks completing all 11 throws for 108 yards. Brazeal had his first multi-touchdown game through the air on Saturday afternoon. It was the first passing touchdown for the Tiger offense since week one against Northwestern Oklahoma State.
Eight different Tigers caught passes on Saturday afternoon. Senior wide receivers Lamar Haynes (Jonesboro, Ark.) and La'Darius McElroy (Ashdown, Ark.) each had touchdown receptions. While leading wide receiver Allie Freeman (Little Rock, Ark.) hauled in a pair catches.
Oklahoma Baptist quarterback Preston Haire managed to pass for 236 yards in the contest, but Zack Curry (Nashville, Tenn.), Dillion Scott (Arkadelphia, Ark.) and Keandre Evans (Junction City, Ark.) each got an interception in the contest. The Ouachita defense now has 14 interceptions on the season and 32 pass break ups. Tevin Jones (Jonesboro, Ark.), Hunter White (Nashville, Ark.) and Airric Parker (San Diego, Calif.) tied for the team lead in tackles with six. Freshman linebacker Tommy Crumpton (Little Rock, Ark.) led the team with a sack and a half in the game.
On special teams Cole Antley (Atlanta, Ga.) connected on his lone field goal of the afternoon. The senior kicker also had five touchbacks on 10 kickoff attempts. Freeman returned his only punt of the day for 30 yards and Thomas and three kickoff returns for 55 yards.
With the victory on Saturday, Ouachita is now 6-2-1 All-Time against Oklahoma Baptist and the Tigers are currently riding a five game winning streak in the series. Oklahoma Baptist will have to wait another season to try and end their 79-year winless drought against the Tigers.
Ouachita currently sits alone at the top of the Great American Conference standings after Southern Arkansas fell 21-0 to Southeastern Oklahoma State.
First Quarter: Ouachita 24, Oklahoma Baptist 0 On the first offensive play of the game, Oliver took the handoff from Brazeal and scampered 41 yards to the Oklahoma Baptist 29-yard line. A penalty and a failed third down conversion brought the Tigers special teams unit out onto the field. Antley easily connected on his 43-yard attempt and Ouachita had an early 3-0 lead.
The Ouachita defense stepped up and forced a quick three-and-out. The Ouachita offense began their second drive of the afternoon with 11:46 to go in the opening -quar ter. On the second play of the drive Brown sprinted ahead for a 36-yard gain, down to the Bison 15-yard line. This time the Tiger offense would not be denied as Brown rumbled into the endzone three plays later.
The Tiger defense forced another three-and-out and the offense was once again set up with great field position. Brown lined up in the backfield on a third down play and blew past the Bison defense in route to a 50-yard touchdown run.
Down 17-0 Oklahoma Baptist began to click on offense during their third drive of the afternoon. The Bison marched the ball down inside the Ouachita 10-yard line, but Evans made sure that's as far as they would go. On the 12th play of the drive Evans intercepted his fourth interception of the season.
The Tiger offense setup shop at their own 23-yard line and seemed content to run the ball with only a 1:37 remaining in the quarter. On the third play of the drive Brown exploded for a 68-yard touchdown run, to give the Tigers a 24-0 lead after a single quarter of play. The 68-yard run was the longest rushing touchdown of Brown's career.
Second Quarter: Ouachita 38, Oklahoma Baptist 7 Oklahoma Baptist got the ball to start the second quarter of play. Once again the Bison appeared to be clicking and worked their way back into the Tigers redzone. A pair of incomplete passes forced the Bison to turn to their special team's units. Luke Wendl lined up for the 41-yard field goal and he clanked it off the right upright.
Ouachita decided to burn some clock on their fifth possession of the afternoon. On the third play of the drive Brazeal showed off his running ability with a 20-yard -scam per to the Ouachita 49-yard line. On the second third down of the drive Brown received the handoff to Brazeal and busted another 25-yard run down to the Oklahoma Baptist 18-yard line. A few plays later and Brazeal ran the ball in from 14-yards out to give the Tigers 31-0 lead on Oklahoma Baptist.
With under five minutes remaining in the half Oklahoma Baptist faced a third down on the Tigers 40-yard line. Tyler Stuever found a hole in the Ouachita defense and the ran the ball in for the Bison's first score of the game.
The Tiger offense immediately responded on their next possession. On the second play of the drive Thomas gashed the defense for a 16-yard gain. A few plays later Brazeal connected with McElroy for the Tigers first passing touchdown of the afternoon.
The half ended with Ouachita leading 38-7 at the halftime break.
Third Quarter: Ouachita 58, Oklahoma Baptist 14 The Ouachita defense forced the Bison to go three-and-out on their opening drive of the second half. A 30-yard punt return by Freeman set the Tigers up with a golden opportunity from the Bison 37-yard line. On the second play of the drive, Brazeal connected with Haynes for his second passing touchdown of the game and his third score overall.
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Oklahoma Baptist once again appeared to have the makings of a decent drive, but defensive lineman Zack Curry put an end to it with an interception on the fourth play of the drive.
With 8:51 to go in the quarter Oklahoma Baptist called a timeout as Ouachita faced their first fourth down of the afternoon. The Tigers elected to go for it as freshman running back TJ Cole burst through the Bison defense for a 33-yard gain. Cole finished off the drive on the next play with a two-yard touchdown run.
The Ouachita defense smelled blood as they looked to finish off their prey. Dillion Scott intercepted the ball and ran it back 37-yards to the Bison's three-yard line. -Ben nett pounded the ball in one play later and the Tigers held a 58-7 lead over the Bison.
Oklahoma Baptist took over with 7:10 remaining in the quarter. The Bison worked their way methodically down the field and scored in seven plays.
Fourth Quarter: Ouachita 58, Oklahoma Baptist 21 At this point in the game it was a foregone conclusion that the Tigers would walk away with the victory. Oklahoma Baptist scored a touchdown on an 11-play drive but that did not make much of a dent in the deficit they faced.
Ouachita took over with 9:15 left in the game and the Tigers ran 14-plays to run the clock out. The victory gives the Tigers seven on the season and it is their first 7-0 start since the 2014 season.
The Tigers will have a short turnaround this week as they host Southern Nazarene on Thursday evening at Cliff Harris Stadium. Kickoff for the Southern Nazarene game is scheduled for 6 p.m. For all the latest news on the Ouachita football team head over to obutigers.com or follow the official social media accounts of Ouachita Athletics.
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Quickie Statistics (Final) #6 Ouachita Baptist vs #19 Harding (Oct 06, 2018 at Searcy, Ark.)
OBU HU Score 7 3 FIRST DOWNS 9 18 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-110 62-277 PASSING YDS (NET) 66 31 Passes Att-Comp-Int 10-4-0 5-2-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 42-176 67-308 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-0 4-15 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-38 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-43.6 5-42.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 6-33 5-39 Possession Time 19:39 40:21 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 12 3 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 3 of 4 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 1-3
Ouachita Baptist Harding Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Kris Oliver 9 37 0 37 0 16 4.1 Cole Chancey 22 93 1 92 0 10 4.2 Shun'cee Thomas 4 36 0 36 1 19 9.0 Preston Paden 15 64 0 64 0 16 4.3 Brockton Brown 5 36 0 36 0 26 7.2 Tristan Tucker 9 42 0 42 0 10 4.7 Caleb Sallisbur 1 4 0 4 0 4 4.0 Taylor Bissell 6 37 1 36 0 21 6.0
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Drew Harris 3-6-0 60 0 24 1 Preston Paden 2-5-0 31 0 23 0 Brayden Brazeal 1-3-0 6 0 6 0
Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long La'Darius McElr 3 60 0 24 Taylor Bissell 1 23 0 23 Drew Harris 1 6 0 6 K. Blickenstaff 1 8 0 8
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Jake Ford 7 305 43.6 50 1 0 Cameron Scott 5 211 42.2 52 3 0
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Kris Oliver 1 0 0 0 Frank Herbert 4 15 0 11
Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 2 38 0 24
Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Jon Johnson 7-5 9.5 0.0 0.0 Sam Blankenship 3-3 4.5 0.0 0.0 Dameyun McDonal 7-5 9.5 0.0 1.0 Michael Mounga 2-4 4.0 0.0 0.0 Jonathan Harris 6-3 7.5 0.0 0.0 Chris Wein 1-6 4.0 0.0 0.0 LaFoy Smith 4-2 5.0 0.0 0.0 Frank Herbert 2-2 3.0 0.0 0.0
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 2nd 10:12 HU - Cameron Scott 19 yd field goal, 16-76 9:10 0 - 3 4th 09:22 OBU - Shun'cee Thomas 19 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 11-85 5:26 7 - 3
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SEARCY, Ark. - The game came down to a fourth and goal play at the Ouachita five-yard line. Harding quarterback Preston Paden rolled out of the pocket looking for Bobby Green in the back of the endzone and over shot, the wide receiver as No. 6/7 Ouachita escaped with a 7-3 victory over No. 19/15 Harding.
Ouachita is now 6-0 for the first time since the 2014 season and it is the third time this decade the team has accomplished this feat. This was the lowest scoring game involving a Harding (4-2) team since the 1989 season.
The last time Ouachita won a game with only one touchdown on the scoreboard was back in 1993 when the Tigers defeated both Southwest Baptist and Northwestern Oklahoma State 7-0 to open up the season. Harding also snapped the Tigers 94 game double-digit scoring streak.
Jon Johnson (Haskell, Ark.) and Dameyun McDonald (Helena, Ark.) anchored a defense that shutdown the No. 1 rushing offense in the nation on Saturday night. It was the Bisons first game without a rushing touchdown since a 2016 playoff game against Northwest Missouri State.
For the first time all season the Ouachita offense was held under 200 yards of total offense. The Tigers rushing attack of Kris Oliver (Arkadelphia, Ark.), Brockton Brown (Sheridan, Ark.) and Shun'cee Thomas (Bossier City, La.) accumulated 106 of the teams 110 total rushing yards. Thomas also gave the Tigers their only score of the night.
Drew Harris (Benton, Ark.) stepped in at quarterback for an injured Brayden Brazeal (England, Ark.) and threw for 60-yards in the game. Harris himself was coming off an injury and it was his first time playing quarterback since his junior year of high school.
Sophomore punter Jake Ford (Australia) might be the team MVP tonight after a seven-punt performance. Ford averaged 43.6 yards per punt, with a long of 50 yards and one punt was placed inside the 20-yardline.
First Quarter: Ouachita 0, Harding 0 The first quarter saw the two powerhouses feeling each other out like a pair of heavy weight champions going at it. The two battled for field position as there was just 67 total yards of offense combined between Ouachita and Harding. Meanwhile, the punters were doing a great job of pinning the other team back as both punters averaged 42 yards a kick.
Second Quarter: Ouachita 0, Harding 3 With 4:22 remaining in the opening quarter of play, Harding started one of their longest drives of the night. The drive continued into the opening minutes of the second quarter and when it was all set and done the Bisons had gone on a 16-play 76-yard drive. The bend but don't break defense worked to perfection for Ouachita as they forced Harding to take a field goal.
The Tigers ended up punting on every drive in the second quarter. Harding took over on their own 47-yardline with 29 seconds remaining in the half. The Bisons made it as far as the Ouachita 33 before they brought out the field goal team with eight seconds remaining in the half. Harding kicker Cameron Scott missed a 51-yard attempt and that seemed to give Ouachita some of the momentum back.
Going into halftime Ouachita had only possessed the ball for 8:54 of the entire first half. Ford averaged 44-yards per punt, while the Tiger offense accumulated just 44 total yards in the entire first half.
Third Quarter: Ouachita 0, Harding 3 Harding received the second half kick-off and went on long methodical drive in an attempt to keep the ball away from Ouachita. The Bison executed 13 plays in a row and were knocking on the goal line, on the 14th play of drive the Tigers defense knocked the ball out and recovered the fumble. The Bison took 8:15 off the clock before Ouachita even touched the ball. The defensive stop gave the Tigers the momentum boost they were hoping for.
Ouachita took over at the five-yard line and began what appeared to be a positive drive. A penalty and a botched snap later had the Tigers facing a second-and-28. Ford went out for his seventh punt of the night and boomed another punt down the field.
Fourth Quarter: The Tigers forced a punt at the start of the fourth quarter and began the drive at their own 15-yardline. Brown began the drive with a 26-yard run up the sideline to set the Tigers up on their own 41-yardline. Moments later Harris found wide receiver La'Darius McElroy (Ashdown, Ark.) for a 24-yard gain and inside the redzone for the first time in the game. On the next play, Thomas exploded down the right side of the field for the Tigers only score of the game.
Harding got the ball back for their second drive of the half with 9:22 remaining in the final quarter of action. The Bisons looked determined as they picked up three-to- five yards on almost every carry. The Tiger defense clamped down and appeared to have the Bisons stopped, but Matt Fuller broke a 16-yard run on fourth down to keep the drive alive. With under two minutes to go in the game the Ouachita defense was backed up deep in their own territory. Harding had four chances starting at the eight-yard line. On second and goal, Cole Chancey ran up the middle for a six-yard gain, putting the Bisons just a single yard away from the go-ahead touchdown. With 1:20, remaining in the game one of the biggest moments of the game happened. Paden attempted a quarterback sneak but was met by Johnson at the line of scrimmage and was unable to break the goal line plain with the nose of the football.
On fourth and goal, Harding pounded the ball in and it appeared the Bisons had won, but a flag was thrown for illegal motion giving the Tigers one more chance to stop Harding with 28 seconds remaining in the game. Paden rolled to his right but the Tigers top ranked secondary had every receiver covered and forced Paden to throw the ball out of the endzone.
The Tigers were able to go into victory formation for the fifth time this season as they watched the final seconds tick off the clock. Ouachita brought home the Traveling Trophy for the first time in three years and it is the second rivalry trophy the Tigers have captured this season.
Ouachita will be on the road again next week against Oklahoma Baptist. Kick-off for next weekend's game is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
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Quickie Statistics (Final) Arkansas Tech vs #7 Ouachita Baptist (9/29/2018 at Arkadelphia, AR)
ATU OBU Score 7 24 FIRST DOWNS 24 17 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 37-107 51-241 PASSING YDS (NET) 325 116 Passes Att-Comp-Int 47-22-3 20-11-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 84-432 71-357 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-0 2--2 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-69 2-39 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 3-121 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-38.6 6-45.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-61 9-109 Possession Time 26:32 33:28 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 17 6 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 2-2
Arkansas Tech Ouachita Baptist Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Bryan Allen 23 104 0 104 0 12 4.5 Kris Oliver 21 110 0 110 1 21 5.2 Justin Bailey 2 8 0 8 0 4 4.0 Brayden Brazeal 15 101 13 88 0 27 5.9 Tanner Gaines 4 7 1 6 1 4 1.5 Brockton Brown 8 28 0 28 1 8 3.5 Isaac Disney 1 0 1 -1 0 0 -1.0 Shun'cee Thomas 7 15 0 15 0 4 2.1
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Carter Burcham 22-47-3 325 0 67 2 Brayden Brazeal 11-20-0 116 0 32 1
Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Terrez Hampton 7 130 0 67 Allie Freeman 7 50 0 11 Tremel Glasper 5 54 0 24 La'Darius McElr 2 52 0 32 Drew Wade 4 56 0 23 Lamar Haynes 1 10 0 10 Justin Bailey 2 27 0 23 Dalvonte Lewis 1 4 0 4
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Tyler Dunlop 7 270 38.6 52 3 0 Jake Ford 6 270 45.0 51 3 0
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Isaac Disney 1 0 0 0 Allie Freeman 2 -2 0 5
Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Jandt Weary 4 69 0 20 Allie Freeman 1 15 0 15 Keandre Evans 1 24 0 24
Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL KJ Reid 8-5 10.5 0.5 0.5 Keandre Evans 8-2 9.0 0.0 0.0 Cua' Rose 6-1 6.5 0.0 0.0 Jon Johnson 5-3 6.5 0.0 0.0 Andrew Craig 5-1 5.5 0.0 1.0 Airric Parker 4-3 5.5 0.0 0.0 Deeandra Ervin 4-1 4.5 0.0 0.0 Hunter White 4-1 4.5 0.0 1.0
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 2nd 05:40 OBU - Kris Oliver 1 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 11-83 5:57 0 - 7 00:43 OBU - Cole Antley 45 yd field goal, 6-39 2:04 0 - 10 4th 09:16 ATU - Tanner Gaines 2 yd run (Carson French kick), 4-90 1:30 7 - 10 06:17 OBU - Brockton Brown 8 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 2-10 0:45 7 - 17 03:19 OBU - Keandre Evans 100 yd interception return (Cole Antley kick) 7 - 24
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With the win on Saturday, Ouachita improves to 5-0 on the season. It is the first time the Tigers have started the season with five consecutive wins since the 2014 season. The win also improves the Tigers record to 7-2 on Homecoming Saturday's since the 2010 season.
Ouachita has now outscored opponents 107-15 at home this season in large part to a smash mouth defense. Keandre Evans (Junction City, Ark.) led the Tigers defense on Saturday afternoon, collecting 10 total tackles, a pair of pass breakups, two interceptions and a 103-yard touchdown. Jon Johnson (Haskell, Ark.) was the second leading tackler with nine stops in the game and Hayden Lassiter (Warren, Ark.) came away with the Tigers third interception of the game.
On the offensive side of the ball, quarterback Brayden Brazeal (England, Ark.) had another quality game under center for the Tigers. Brazeal passed for 116 yards and ran for an additional 88 yards in the contest. Brazeal's favorite targets this afternoon were Allie Freeman (Little Rock, Ark.) and La'Darius McElroy (Ashdown, Ark.) both ended the game with 50 or more receiving yards.
Kris Oliver (Arkadelphia, Ark.) led the Tigers in rushing once again. The senior crossed the 100-yard threshold for the third time this season and scored his first touch- down since week two against Southwestern Oklahoma State. Junior running backs Brockton Brown (Sheridan, Ark.) and Shun'cee Thomas (Bossier City, La.) ran the ball for positive yardage in the game.
Arkansas Tech (2-3) had a three-headed monster on the offensive side of the ball. Starting quarterback Carter Burcham threw for 325 yards but was intercepted by the Tigers on three different occasions. Running back Bryan Allen picked up 104-yards on the ground, while Terrez Hampton led the receiving core with seven receptions for 130 yards. First Quarter: Ouachita 0, Arkansas Tech 0 In the opening quarter of play, the two teams battled and fought for every yard they could get. Both squads had promising drives that ended in punts or were derailed by penalties.
The key play of the first quarter came with three minutes left in the opening stanza. The Wonder Boys had just completed a 24-yard pass and found themselves inside Ouachita territory for the first time. It did not last long as Evans intercepted his first pass of the afternoon and set the Tigers up with positive field position.
Second Quarter: Ouachita 10, Arkansas Tech 0 With 11:37 remaining in the quarter, the two teams were still scoreless. Backed up on their own 17-yardline Ouachita had long field ahead of them. Oliver broke off runs of 21 and 13 yards to set the Tigers up with a first-and-ten inside Arkansas Tech Territory. A few moments later Ouachita faced a third-and-long situation, Brazeal found McElroy for a 20-yard hookup and the Tigers set up shop at the Arkansas Tech one-yard line. Two plays later and Oliver found his way into the endzone for the first time in two weeks.
Up 7-0, Ouachita got the ball back with 2:47 left to go in the half. On the third play of the drive, Brazeal found McElroy for the second time in the game, this time it was 32-yard connection that gave Ouachita possession on the Arkansas Tech side of the 50. The Tigers called timeout with 48 seconds left to go in the half and called on senior kicker Cole Antley (Atlanta, Ga.) to attempt a 45-yard field goal. The senior nailed the kick and gave the Tigers a 10-0 advantage going into halftime. The 45-yard field goal was also the longest of the season for Antley.
Third Quarter: Ouachita 10, Arkansas Tech 0 The Wonder Boys opened the second half with the ball and began a 10-play drive down the field. Arkansas Tech marched down the field and found themselves inside the redzone for the first time all day. The Tiger defense stood strong and forced the Wonder Boys to attempt a field goal attempt. Arkansas Tech kicker Carson French missed a 38-yard field goal wide left and the Wonder Boys empty handed.
The two teams then traded punts for the rest of the quarter as Ouachita held onto a 10-0 lead going into the final frame.
Fourth Quarter: Ouachita 24, Arkansas Tech 7 With 10:30, remaining in the game Arkansas Tech found themselves backed up on their own eight-yard line and facing a third-and-twelve. Burcham then connected with Hampton for a massive 67-yard gain. Three players later and Tanner Gaines found the endzone from two-yards out.
After a quick three-and-out by Ouachita the Wonder Boys took over at their own 30-yardline. Burcham dropped back to pass on a second-and-20 play, Lassiter read the play the whole way and intercepted the ball. Lassiter ran the interception back inside the Arkansas Tech ten-yard line.
Two plays later and Brown punched the ball in for his seventh score of the season. The score gave the Tigers a 17-7 lead late in the fourth quarter.
Arkansas Tech got the ball back with 6:11 left to go in the game. The Tigers defense was unable to get the Tech offense off the field as they converted two consecutive third down plays. The second third down conversion put the Wonder Boys at the Ouachita 10-yard line.
The Wonder Boys appeared to be in good shape to come away with some points, with a third-and-goal opportunity on the five-yard line. Then the play of the game happened, Burcham dropped back to pass and threw the ball straight into the hands of Evans. Evans wisely took the ball out of the endzone and ran it all the way back, 103-yards to be exact, for a Tigers touchdown. The defensive score gave the Tigers a 24-7 advantage late in the game.
Arkansas Tech got the ball back with 3:13 to play in the game. The Wonder Boys marched it down the field but Ernest Reed (El Dorado, Ark.) came away with the game ending sack as time expired.
Next week the Tigers face their toughest road test yet with a trip to Searcy against nationally ranked Harding. For more information on the Ouachita football team head over to obutigers.com.
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Quickie Statistics (Final) East Central vs #9 Ouachita Baptist (9/22/2018 at Arkadelphia, Ark.)
ECU OBU Score 0 42 FIRST DOWNS 8 20 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 22-82 61-346 PASSING YDS (NET) 66 65 Passes Att-Comp-Int 21-11-2 9-7-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 43-148 70-411 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-20 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-33 1-37 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-6 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-36.7 3-44.7 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 Penalties-Yards 8-57 7-39 Possession Time 22:19 37:41 Third-Down Conversions 1 of 10 8 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 3 of 4 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 4-4
East Central Ouachita Baptist Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Reuben Armstron 8 32 0 32 0 10 4.0 Kris Oliver 6 76 0 76 0 29 12.7 Jeremiah Jeffer 3 24 0 24 0 16 8.0 Shun'cee Thomas 13 69 0 69 1 22 5.3 Trinity Benson 3 21 2 19 0 12 6.3 Brockton Brown 11 70 6 64 3 35 5.8 Tyson Jones 4 13 3 10 0 13 2.5 TJ Cole 11 65 2 63 1 29 5.7
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Rayjohn AustinR 9-15-2 36 0 9 1 Brayden Brazeal 7-9-0 65 0 33 2 David Cornwell 2-6-0 30 0 17 0
Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Trinity Benson 3 28 0 17 Allie Freeman 3 22 0 10 Tre Harvey 3 21 0 9 Kris Oliver 1 33 0 33 Reuben Armstron 3 9 0 7 Jack Pillow 1 7 0 7 Tyson Jones 1 6 0 6 Taliq Ellis 1 4 0 4
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Jack Preston 6 231 38.5 45 0 0 Jake Ford 3 134 44.7 53 3 0 Rayjohn AustinR 1 26 26.0 26 1 0
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 2 20 0 18
Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Jeremiah Jeffer 2 33 0 20 Allie Freeman 1 37 0 37
Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Rj Williams 8-3 9.5 0.0 0.5 Hayden Lassiter 5-0 5.0 0.0 1.0 Justin Hayden 8-3 9.5 0.0 0.0 Tommy Crumpton 3-0 3.0 0.0 0.0 Lynden Edwards 6-1 6.5 0.0 1.5 LaFoy Smith 2-1 2.5 0.0 0.0 Marcel Reliford 3-3 4.5 1.0 1.0 Airric Parker 2-1 2.5 0.0 0.0
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 09:23 OBU - Brockton Brown 6 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 9-39 4:04 0 - 7 2nd 12:08 OBU - Brayden Brazeal 17 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 6-52 2:44 0 - 14 05:46 OBU - Brockton Brown 4 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 10-51 5:12 0 - 21 00:32 OBU - Shun'cee Thomas 1 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 7-64 3:09 0 - 28 3rd 12:26 OBU - Brockton Brown 35 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 4-53 2:24 0 - 35 00:02 OBU - TJ Cole 29 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 3-47 1:23 0 - 42
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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Brockton Brown scored three touchdowns in route to a 42-0 victory for Ouachita on Saturday night at Cliff Harris Stadium against the East Central Tigers.
For Ouachita they begin the season 4-0 in for the first time since the 2014 season, the win also gives Ouachita a sixth consecutive victory over East Central (1-3). The 42-point win is the largest in series history between the two schools and it was Ouachita's first shutout victory since week two of the 2012 season.
The Tigers offense dominated nearly every statistical category in the box score. Ouachita rushed for a season high 343 yards on 60 attempts. Ouachita also out threw East Central with 68 total yards through the air. The Ouachita offense ran 70 plays for 411 total yards and dominated the time of posses- sion, holding the ball for 37 minutes of game action.
In two games at home this season, Ouachita is averaging 41.5 points per game and is averaging 336 rushing yards per game and 422 yards of total offense. Brayden Brazeal (England, Ark.) had another efficient day under center. The redshirt freshman completed eight of his 10 passes for 68 yards. Brazeal also ran the ball for 31 yards and a touchdown.
Senior running back Kris Oliver (Arkadelphia, Ark.) led the offense in both rushing and receiving yards. Oliver averaged 12.7 yards a carry for 76 total yards and he hauled in a reception for 33 yards.
Shun'cee Thomas (Bossier City, La.), TJ Cole (Texarkana, Texas) and Brockton Brown (Sheridan, Ark.) each crossed the 60-yard rushing threshold in the game. All three players found the endzone as the Tigers scored six touchdowns on the ground.
First Quarter: Ouachita 7, East Central 0 The Ouachita defense set the tone early as middle linebacker Jon Johnson (Haskell, Ark.) intercepted Rayjohn Austin Ramsey on the third play of the game.
Ouachita took over with the ball on the East Central 39-yardline. Ouachita elected to go on fourth down from the East Central 24-yardline. Brazeal scrambled 17-yards down to the East Central seven. Two plays later Brown ran the ball in from six-yards out to give Ouachita the early lead.
The touchdown proved to be the only score of the quarter as both teams traded punts the rest of the way.
Second Quarter: Ouachita 28, East Central 0 Ouachita started first drive of the second quarter on their own 48-yardline. On what appeared to be another three-and-out looming for the Tigers, Brazeal found Oliver down the seam of the field for a 33-yard gain. Four plays later and Brazeal ran into the endzone from 17-yards out to give the Tigers a 14-0 advantage.
On Ouachita's second drive of the quarter the Tigers started on the East Central 38-yardline. Despite an errant snap going over Brown's head on first- and-goal, Brown was still able to rumble into the endzone two plays later.
Up 21-0, Ouachita gained possession of the ball with 3:41 to go in the first half. Oliver took the handoff and raced 29 yards into East Central territory. After an East Central timeout, Thomas broke a 22-yard run and was stopped on the one-yardline. One play later Thomas found the endzone for his only score of the night.
Ouachita defensive back Jonathan Harris (Pine Bluff, Ark.) capped off an aggressive opening half by the Ouachita defense, with an interception with eight seconds to go in the half.
Third Quarter: Ouachita 42, East Central 0 Ouachita received the second half kickoff and Allie Freeman (Little Rock, Ark.) returned the ball 37-yards to give the Tigers great field position. Five plays later and Brown found the endzone for the third time in the game, this time it was a 35-yard touchdown run by the junior.
Ouachita and East Central traded punts for the majority of the quarter. With 1:25, left in the quarter the Tigers had the ball at the East Central 47. Three rushes by Cole later and the Tigers had scored their sixth rushing touchdown of the night. The score was also the first career touchdown for Cole.
Fourth Quarter: Ouachita 42, East Central 0 Neither team put points on the board in the final quarter of play. Both teams gave younger players game reps as the two teams took turns running out the clock.
Next week Ouachita will face their first opponent from the Natural State in Arkansas Tech. Ouachita and Arkansas Tech will kick-off Homecoming festivities with a noon start at Cliff Harris Stadium next Saturday.
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Quickie Statistics (Final) #14 Ouachita Baptist vs Southeastern Oklahom (9/15/2018 at Durant, OK)
OBU SOSU Score 32 16 FIRST DOWNS 14 20 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 44-275 35-71 PASSING YDS (NET) 108 276 Passes Att-Comp-Int 16-8-0 46-21-4 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 60-383 81-347 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-9 Punt Returns-Yards 1-0 2-2 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-113 3-75 Interception Returns-Yards 4-18 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-39.4 6-36.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-39 4-34 Possession Time 27:22 32:31 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 12 9 of 19 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 4-4
Ouachita Baptist Southeastern Oklahom Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Brayden Brazeal 15 149 13 136 1 31 9.1 Kenneth Burks 20 65 7 58 1 14 2.9 Shun'cee Thomas 16 115 1 114 0 41 7.1 Ryan Taylor 7 21 3 18 0 8 2.6 Allie Freeman 2 22 3 19 0 22 9.5 Austin Skinner 7 16 11 5 0 5 0.7 Brockton Brown 9 19 8 11 2 4 1.2 Rollin Kinsaul 1 0 10 -10 0 0 -10.0
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Brayden Brazeal 8-16-0 108 0 38 2 Austin Skinner 18-43-4 257 0 47 2 Rollin Kinsaul 3-3-0 19 0 9 1
Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 5 50 0 21 Jaylen Sims 7 124 0 47 Drew Harris 1 38 0 38 Braxton Kincade 5 58 0 20 Lamar Haynes 1 12 0 12 Felton Hatcher 4 36 0 14 Kris Oliver 1 8 0 8 Skye Lowe 3 37 0 24
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Jake Ford 5 197 39.4 49 3 0 Joel Carlos 6 216 36.0 41 0 0
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 1 0 0 0 Michael Robert 1 -6 0 0 Jaylen Sims 1 8 0 8
Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 2 63 0 35 Michael Robert 3 75 0 29 Shun'cee Thomas 1 29 0 29
Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Airric Parker 4-8 8.0 0.0 1.0 Conner Swope 3-10 8.0 0.0 0.0 Dameyun McDonal 4-6 7.0 0.0 1.5 Zac Scott 5-3 6.5 0.0 2.0 Hayden Lassiter 5-3 6.5 0.0 0.0 Troy Parker 2-4 4.0 0.5 0.5 Sam Johnson 4-0 4.0 1.0 1.0 Quincy Dotson 3-1 3.5 0.5 1.5
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 08:18 SOSU - Kenneth Burks 1 yd run (Joel Carlos kick), 11-77 5:07 0 - 7 03:51 OBU - Airric Parker 0 yd interception return (Cole Antley kick) 7 - 7 2nd 05:47 OBU - Brayden Brazeal 18 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 4-58 1:23 14 - 7 01:11 SOSU - Joel Carlos 23 yd field goal, 9-69 4:36 14 - 10 3rd 05:40 SOSU - Joel Carlos 29 yd field goal, 12-53 3:56 14 - 13 00:46 SOSU - Joel Carlos 33 yd field goal, 9-56 3:55 14 - 16 4th 09:54 OBU - Brockton Brown 3 yd run (Lamar Haynes pass from Brayden Brazeal), 5-54 2:22 22 - 16 04:39 OBU - Brockton Brown 1 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 9-60 4:15 29 - 16 03:12 OBU - Cole Antley 37 yd field goal, 3-5 1:10 32 - 16
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DURANT, Okla. – The No.14/15 Ouachita football team scored 18 unanswered points against Southeastern Oklahoma State on Saturday night, pick- ing up their third victory of the season 32-16.
With the victory, Ouachita improves to 3-0 for the first time since the 2014 season. The Tigers also hit the magic number tonight; Ouachita is now 12-4 all-time against Southeastern Oklahoma State (1-2, 1-2 GAC) when scoring 30 or more points.
The Tigers defense game up with stop-after-stop to keep Ouachita in the game. The defense was on the field for 80 plays tonight but produced four interceptions a possible program record in the Division II era.
The Ouachita offense ended the game with 383 yards of total offense, with the bulk of the yards coming from the Tigers explosive running attack. Ouachita accumulated 275 yards along the ground and quarterback Brayden Brazeal (England, Ark.) led the team with 136 yards and a score. Junior running back Shun'cee Thomas (Bossier City, La.) finished second on the team with 114 yards.
For the second straight year, the Ouachita quarterback was the top offensive threat in the game. Last season Austin Warford had 316 yards of total offense against the Savage Storm; tonight it was Brazeal who produced a career high 244 yards of total offense.
Airric Parker (San Diego, Calif.) and Dameyun McDonald (Helena, Ark.) lead the defense in tackles with 12 and 10 respectively. Parker and Keandre Evans (Junction City, Ark.) led the no-fly zone defense that produced four interceptions and 12 pass breakups on the night.
Tonight the special teams also played a key part for the Tigers. Senior kicker Cole Antley (Atlanta, Ga.) connected on his only field goal of the night, a 37-yarder in the fourth quarter. Sophomore punter Jake Ford (Australia) boomed a total of five punts on the night for an average of 39.4 yards and three found their way inside the 20-yardline.
First Quarter: Ouachita 7, Southeastern Oklahoma State 7 For the first time all season, the opponents scored first in a game against the Tigers. Southeastern Oklahoma State opened the game on an 11 play, 77- yard drive that was capped off by a Kenneth Burks one-yard touchdown run.
After an eight-play drive ended for the Tigers on a punt, the Ouachita defense took the game into their hands. Parker intercepted the pass at the South- eastern three-yard line and ran into the end zone to tie the game at seven.
Second Quarter: Ouachita 14, Southeastern Oklahoma State 10 After several stalled drives by both teams that resulted in punts, the Tigers took possession of the ball at the Ouachita 42-yardline with 7:10 remaining in the half. A 38-yard reception by Drew Harris (Benton, Ark.) on the third play of the drive, set the Tigers up on the Southeastern 18-yardline. One snap later and Brazeal scampered into the end zone for his first career-rushing touchdown. The touchdown gave the Tigers a 14-7 advantage with 5:47 remaining in the first half of play.
Southeastern Oklahoma State then went on a methodical 11-play, 69 yard drive. The Tigers defense stood strong in the red zone and forced the Savage Storm to kick one of their three field goals of the night.
Brazeal on the first play of the drive fumbled the ball after a four-yard run. It did not hurt the Tigers however, as linebacker, Jon Johnson (Haskell, Ark.) intercepted the Savage Storm for the second time in the game. Ouachita ran out the clock to go into the half with the lead.
Third Quarter: Ouachita 14, Southeastern Oklahoma State 16 The Tigers offense had a very forgettable third quarter; it was the only quarter in which Ouachita failed to score.
Meanwhile, the defense played a bend but don't break style of defense during the quarter. Southeastern went on two drives that lasted 10 and 13 plays, but both times the defense stepped up to the challenge and forces the Savage Storm to a pair of field goals.
Fourth Quarter: Ouachita 32, Southeastern Oklahoma State 16 The final quarter of play was all Ouachita; the Tigers defense blanked the Savage Storm in the final frame.
With 12:16 remaining in the game, the Tigers offense took over with the ball on their own 46-yard line. Brazeal rushed for a total of 43-yards on the drive and Brockton Brown (Sheridan, Ark.) rumbled in from three-yards out to give the Tigers the lead.
On the next series, Brown scored his second touchdown of the night, capping off a 9-play, 60 yard drive that took four minutes off the clock. Austin Guymon intercepted Southeastern on the first play of their next series and gave the ball back to the Tigers offense in the red zone.
Antley booted a 37-yard field goal through the uprights to give the Tigers a commanding 32-16 advantage with only three minutes to play in the game. The Savage Storm tried to get something going but Evans intercepted the ball at the 50-yard line to end any threat of a Southeastern comeback.
For the third consecutive game, the Tigers ran the victory formation to run out the clock. Ouachita will be back at home next weekend against East Central University. The Tigers will be looking to go 4-0 for the first time since the 2014 campaign.
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Quickie Statistics (Final) Southwestern Oklahom vs #19 Ouachita Baptist (9/8/2018 at Arkadelphia, Ark.)
SWOSU OBU Score 8 41 FIRST DOWNS 15 20 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 35-146 47-323 PASSING YDS (NET) 126 110 Passes Att-Comp-Int 28-16-1 13-8-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 63-272 60-433 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-0 3-49 Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-151 1-2 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 9-36.8 4-33.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-49 2-12 Possession Time 32:09 27:51 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 16 4 of 10 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 4 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-2 4-4
Southwestern Oklahom Ouachita Baptist Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Jermaine Mask 8 62 1 61 0 19 7.6 Kris Oliver 16 133 6 127 3 52 7.9 K. Richards 7 45 0 45 0 15 6.4 Shun'cee Thomas 4 80 0 80 1 61 20.0 M. Anderson II 2 39 0 39 0 37 19.5 TJ Cole 7 48 0 48 0 14 6.9 Jaden Knowles 8 19 0 19 0 10 2.4 Brockton Brown 5 42 0 42 1 21 8.4
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Casey Freeman 14-24-1 104 1 25 4 Brayden Brazeal 8-13-0 110 0 60 0 Tyler Marr 2-4-0 22 0 15 1
Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long K. Richards 4 39 0 21 Drew Harris 5 39 0 13 Turner Jackson 3 7 0 5 Allie Freeman 2 68 0 60 JR Omigie 2 35 1 25 La'Darius McElr 1 3 0 3 E. Thomas IV 2 8 0 5
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Kane Bowen 8 308 38.5 66 1 0 Jake Ford 4 135 33.8 42 2 0 Casey Freeman 1 23 23.0 23 1 0
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long DJ Hicks 1 0 0 0 Allie Freeman 3 49 0 25 Turner Jackson 1 0 0 0
Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long K. Richards 5 118 0 51 Shun'cee Thomas 1 2 0 2 Kevin Fox Jr 2 33 0 20
Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Braden Sweet 6-0 6.0 0.0 2.0 Gregory Junior 6-0 6.0 0.0 0.0 Ethan Savoy 5-0 5.0 0.0 0.0 Tommy Crumpton 5-0 5.0 1.0 0.0 TJ Harris 4-0 4.0 0.0 0.0 Hayden Lassiter 5-0 5.0 0.0 0.0 Darion Richards 3-0 3.0 0.0 0.0 Austin Guymon 4-0 4.0 0.0 0.0
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 06:34 OBU - Kris Oliver 2 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 15-88 6:26 0 - 7 04:20 OBU - Kris Oliver 52 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 1-52 0:10 0 - 14 2nd 14:17 OBU - Cole Antley 29 yd field goal, 6-47 2:56 0 - 17 07:50 OBU - Shun'cee Thomas 61 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 3-71 1:12 0 - 24 01:57 OBU - Kris Oliver 26 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 2-30 0:30 0 - 31 3rd 10:48 OBU - Cole Antley 26 yd field goal, 4-26 0:48 0 - 34 04:38 OBU - Brockton Brown 3 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 5-46 1:31 0 - 41 4th 14:01 SWOSU - JR Omigie 25 yd pass from Casey Freeman (Alex Ramirez pass from Casey Freeman), 11-80 5:37 8 - 41
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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – On a warm and rainy night at Cliff Harris Stadium the No. 19/20 Ouachita Tigers pounded out 323 rushing yards against Southwestern Oklaho- ma State in a 41-8 pounding.
With the victory, Ouachita (2-0, 2-0 GAC) has now hoisted the Paul Sharp Trophy for three consecutive seasons. The Tigers also improve to 11-4 all-time against Southwestern Oklahoma State (1-1, 1-1 GAC) and Ouachita now holds a 7-1 mark in the Great American Conference era. The 33-point victory on Saturday night ties the largest Ouachita victory in series history.
Senior running back Kris Oliver (Arkadelphia, Ark.) lead a potent Tiger rushing attack. The Natural State native rumbled for a season high 127 yards and three scores on the night. Junior running back Shun'cee Thomas (Bossier City, La.) complemented Olivers pounding attack with a little bit of speed. Thomas carried the ball just four times in the game, but midway through the second quarter the Bossier City product broke free for a 61-yard touchdown run. Brockton Brown (Sheridan, Ark.) rounded out the touchdown runs with a three-yard score late in the game.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Brayden Brazeal (England, Ark.) had another quality outing completing 61 percent of his passes for 110 yards. Drew Harris (Benton, Ark.) was Brazeal's go to guy as he hauled in five receptions for 39-yards.
Special teams once again played an important role in the Tigers win, as they were able to flip the field position on multiple occasions. Jake Ford (Australia) punted the ball four times for an average of 33.8 yards and two of his punts landed inside the 20-yardline. Senior kicker Cole Antley (Atlanta, Ga.) connected on both of his field goal attempts and averaged 63-yards per kickoff in the game.
The Tigers defensive front played in the Bulldogs backfield all night as they brought Casey Freeman down five times during the game. In week one Freeman threw for 416 yards, this week the Tigers limited the talented quarterback to just 104 yards passing and Hayden Lassiter (Warren, Ark.) picked off a pass.
First Quarter: Ouachita 14, Southwestern Oklahoma State 0 After a quick three-and-out by Southwestern Oklahoma State to begin the game, the Tigers offense took over on their own 12-yard line. Ouachita then went on a -me thodical 15 play, 88-yard scoring drive to open the game.
The Tigers defense showed that they were hungry from the start as Khairan Stafford (Newport, Ark.) and Shimorye Hampton (Shreveport, La.) each sacked Freeman on back-to-back plays to force the Bulldogs into another punting situation.
Ouachita did not wait long to score their second touchdown of the game, as Oliver took the handoff on the first play of the drive and raced to the endzone for a 52-yard score.
Second Quarter: Ouachita 31, Southwestern Oklahoma State 0 The Tigers offense began the second quarter in opponents territory as they stood just nine yards away from the endzone. Ouachita was unable to score a touchdown but Antley connected on his first of two field goals on the night.
Southwestern Oklahoma State began to work the ball down field and it appeared that they were getting into a rhythm, but back-to-back incomplete passes stalled one of their longest drives of the game.
Two plays later and the Tigers offense found the endzone again, this time it was a 61-yard touchdown run by Thomas. After a series of back-to-back punts by each team, Ouachita took over with 2:27 remaining in the half on the Bulldogs 30-yardline. Two plays later and Oliver had found his way into the endzone for his third score of the half.
Southwestern Oklahoma State tried to respond to the offensive outpouring by Ouachita, but the Tigers defense made sure that would not happen. Lassiter intercepted the ball in the endzone to put an end to a potential scoring drive by the Bulldogs.
Third Quarter: Ouachita 41, Southwestern Oklahoma State 0 Ouachita opened up the second half on a nine-play scoring drive. After an incomplete pass in the endzone was knocked away by a Bulldog defender, Antley came out for his second field goal of the night. The Peach State native cleared the uprights for the second time in the game and extended the Tigers lead to 34-0.
With 6:09 remaining in the quarter Brown became the primary runner on the drive as he rumbled for a total of 35 yards and a touchdown.
Fourth Quarter: Ouachita 41, Southwestern Oklahoma State 8 Southwestern Oklahoma State broke up the shutout bid by the Ouachita defense at the start of the final quarter. Freeman found JR Omigie in the back of the endzone for the Bulldogs first score of the evening. The Bulldogs converted on the two-point attempt but still faced an uphill climb.
The rest of the quarter, both teams decided to give their younger players playing time. Ouachita fumbled and gave the Bulldogs prime field position late in the game. The Tigers defense made a huge goal line stand to make sure Southwestern Oklahoma State did not get in the endzone. The Tigers took over on downs and ran out the clock for their second victory of the season.
Ouachita has now started the season 2-0 in nine out of the past ten seasons. Next up for the Tigers is a road trip to Southeastern Oklahoma State. For more information on the Ouachita football team stay tuned to www.obutigers.com
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Quickie Statistics (Final) #24 Ouachita Baptist vs Northwestern Okla. (8/30/2018 at Alva, Okla.)
OBU NWOSU Score 29 21 FIRST DOWNS 24 20 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 47-229 42-217 PASSING YDS (NET) 220 146 Passes Att-Comp-Int 24-17-0 26-12-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 71-449 68-363 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-14 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-13 6-140 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 2-43.5 4-50.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-45 4-52 Possession Time 33:52 26:08 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 10 6 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 2 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 3-4
Ouachita Baptist Northwestern Okla. Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Kris Oliver 24 107 1 106 2 13 4.4 Jalen Williams 8 90 3 87 0 32 10.9 Shun'cee Thomas 10 77 1 76 0 44 7.6 Jacob Peyton 19 82 7 75 2 17 3.9 Brockton Brown 4 36 0 36 0 19 9.0 Isaiah Weed 9 36 6 30 1 8 3.3 Brayden Brazeal 2 13 0 13 0 8 6.5 Tyson Gatewood 6 28 3 25 0 11 4.2
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Brayden Brazeal 17-24-0 220 1 26 0 Isaiah Weed 12-26-1 146 0 35 1
Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 10 109 1 25 Horatio Smith 2 28 0 19 La'Darius McElr 3 51 0 26 Kentrez Bell 2 22 0 12 Drew Harris 3 39 0 16 Myles Mitchusso 2 12 0 6 Lamar Haynes 1 21 0 21 Gavin Garner 2 10 0 7
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Jake Ford 2 87 43.5 45 0 0 Blake Humble 3 183 61.0 70 1 1 Brendan Brown 1 19 19.0 19 0 0
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 1 14 0 14 Trey Merritt 0 0 0 0
Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Allie Freeman 1 13 0 13 Justin Cain 4 92 0 39 Jacob Peyton 1 17 0 17
Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Keandre Evans 7-4 9.0 0.0 1.0 Dakota Driskill 8-8 12.0 0.0 0.0 Tevin Jones 6-2 7.0 0.0 0.0 Maurice Wright 4-7 7.5 0.0 0.0 Jon Johnson 2-7 5.5 0.0 1.0 Trey Merritt 6-2 7.0 0.0 0.0 Airric Parker 3-4 5.0 0.0 1.0 James Ellis 4-4 6.0 0.0 0.0
Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 04:15 OBU - Kris Oliver 1 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 12-78 5:19 7 - 0 2nd 13:59 OBU - Kris Oliver 5 yd run (Cole Antley kick), 7-57 2:41 14 - 0 09:54 OBU - Cole Antley 30 yd field goal, 5-23 3:10 17 - 0 04:58 OBU - Cole Antley 37 yd field goal, 6-36 3:03 20 - 0 01:43 NWOSU - Isaiah Weed 6 yd run (Luke Neimeyer kick), 14-78 3:09 20 - 7 3rd 08:32 OBU - Allie Freeman 25 yd pass from Brayden Brazeal (Cole Antley kick failed), 7-80 3:22 26 - 7 03:18 NWOSU - Jacob Peyton 11 yd run (Luke Neimeyer kick), 11-75 5:14 26 - 14 4th 13:50 OBU - Cole Antley 31 yd field goal, 7-61 4:28 29 - 14 02:47 NWOSU - Jacob Peyton 1 yd run (Luke Neimeyer kick), 6-75 1:59 29 - 21 38 www.obutigers.com-Twitter/Instagram @OuachitaTigers-Facebook Ouachita Baptist Athletics #FinishEmpty 39 TIGER FOOTBALL 2018
ALVA, Okla. – For the 12th consecutive season the Ouachita Tiger football team will begin the year with a 1-0 record as they defeated Northwestern Oklahoma State 29-21 at Ranger Field on Thursday night.
With a 1:48 left in the game junior running back Brockton Brown (Sheridan, Ark.) rumbled ahead for an eight yard gain to give the Tigers game clinching first down. Ouachita (1-0, 1-0 GAC) went into victory formation the final three plays to milk the clock away and come away with another close win against Northwestern Oklahoma State (0-1, 0-1).
The Ouachita offense was cranking on all cylinders Thursday evening. The Tigers outrushed the Rangers 281-217, out passed the Rangers 168-146 and produced 449 total yards on offense. Ouachita also won the time of possession battle 32:14 to 25:26.
Ouachita kept the ball on the ground the majority of the game as they broke in redshirt freshman quarterback Brayden Brazeal (England, Ark.). Brazeal went 12-for-19 and threw for 168 yards and a touchdown. Junior wide receiver Allie Freeman (Little Rock, Ark.) became Brazeal's go to man as Freeman collected 57 yards off five recep- tions and his first receiving touchdown of the season. Freeman also ran the ball five times for 52 yards.
Kris Oliver (Arkadelphia, Ark.) proved to be a force in the opening half with two touchdown scores. The senior finished the night with a team high 107 yards on 24 attempts. Shun'cee Thomas (Bossier City, La.) was the second leading rusher with 77 yards.
Keandre Evans (Junction City, Ark.) was once again a force on the defensive side of the ball for the Tigers, with 11 total tackles and two key pass brake ups late in the game. Middle linebacker Jon Johnson (Haskell, Ark.) finished second on the team with 9 tackles.
First Quarter: Ouachita 7, Northwestern Oklahoma State 0 With 12 minutes to go in the opening quarter of play, Freeman, took the handoff ran for a nine yard gain but a hit from Aharon Barnes forced the ball loose and the Rangers set up in great field position.
Nine plays and 39 yards later Luke Neimeyer lined up for a 29-yard field goal to give Northwestern the early lead. Neimeyer shanked the field goal wide right and Ouachi- ta took over at their own 22-yard line.
Ouachita began a slow methodical drive down the field with 9:34 remaining in first stanza of play. On the tenth play of the drive Brown took a handoff and scampered up the middle of the field for a 19-yard gain. Two plays later and Oliver ran the ball in for the first Tiger touchdown of the 2018 season.
The Tigers ended the first quarter with a 26-yard pass to La'Darius McElroy (Ashdown, Ark.). The completion set the Tigers up in prime field position to begin the second quarter.
Second Quarter: Ouachita 20, Northwestern Oklahoma State 7 Ouachita had the ball spotted at the Northwestern 10-yardline and on the second play of the quarter Oliver ran the ball in from five-yards out.
With a 14-0 advantage and all the momentum on the Tigers side, it did not take long for the Ouachita to get the ball back. In fact, Sam Johnson (Ferriday, La.) came away with an interception on the first pass of the series.
Ouachita went on a 7-play 23-yard drive that saw Cole Antley (Atlanta, Ga.) kick a 30-yard field goal. The field goal gave the Tigers a commanding 17-0 advantage -mid way through the second quarter.
After a quick four-and-out by the Ranger offense, Ouachita got the ball back with decent field position to work with. 15-yard roughing the passer penalty against Isaiah Weed became the big play of the series as the Tigers moved into Ranger territory for the third consecutive series. Once again the Tigers had to settle for a field goal as Antley booted a 37-yard field goal through the uprights.
Down 20-0, Northwestern knew that they needed to get some sort of momentum going in their direction going into halftime. They did just that, pulling off a 14-play, 78- yard drive that was capped off by an Isaiah Weed touchdown.
Ouachita tried to grab the momentum right back from the Rangers in the closing minutes of the second quarter. The Tigers were able to work the ball down inside the Northwestern 20-yard line, where Antley lined up for a 29-yard field goal. Barnes blocked the kick and Trey Merritt returned the block kick 15-yards. Time ran out though as Ouachita headed into halftime with a 20-7 advantage.
Third Quarter: Ouachita 26, Northwestern Oklahoma State 14 Both teams began the third quarter with a pair of three-and-outs by the opposing offense. Ouachita began their second drive of the second half on their own 20-yardline with 11:54 to go in the quarter.
Brazeal was able to showcase his arm a little bit more on this particular drive. The redshirt freshman went four-for-four on the drive with 75 passing yards through the air. The final completion of the drive was a 25-yard touchdown reception by Freeman. Antley missed the point after attempt and Ouachita lead 26-7.
The Rangers were quick to answer, they responded with an 11-play, 87-yard drive that resulted in a Jacob Peyton 11-yard touchdown run.
Ouachita got the ball back with 3:18 remaining in the quarter. Four plays later and Thomas bolted up the middle of the field for a 44-yard gain. Ouachita ended the quar- ter on the Northwestern 14-yardline.
Fourth Quarter: Ouachita 29, Northwestern Oklahoma State 21 The Tigers began the fourth quarter with the fourth field goal attempt of the night. Antley once again made a 31-yard attempt and put Ouachita up 29-14.
Ouachita's defense developed a bend but don't break attitude late in final quarter of play. Northwestern Oklahoma State drove deep into Ouachita territory and had first and goal from the eight-yard line. The Tigers survived a scare on fourth goal as a touchdown was called off, thanks to a holding penalty on the offense. Evans made sure it was not a fluke as he broke up the pass on fourth and goal.
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The Tiger offense took over with 9:28 remaining in the game and began to milk the clock. Ouachita was able to grind off almost five minutes of game time before they had to punt the ball back to the Rangers. Jake Ford (Australia) boomed a 42-yard punt down the field to give the Rangers a long field to work with.
On the second play of the drive Justin Cain hauled in a 35-yard reception that set the Rangers up inside Tiger territory. Three plays later and Jacob Peyton was in the endzone and Northwestern Oklahoma State was back with eight points of the Tigers.
Ouachita was able to run out the clock and preserve the victory. Next week the Tigers will host Southwestern Oklahoma State at Cliff Harris Stadium, kick-off is sched- uled for 6:00 p.m.
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