2005 Harding Bisons Football Game 6 Home of the Bisons Contact: Scott Goode ([email protected]) www.harding.edu Ph: (501) 279-4760 • Fax: (501) 279-4020 2005 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result BISONS TAKE SECOND STRAIGHT ROADTRIP 8/27 at Southwest Baptist W, 47-14 9/3 Missouri Southern W, 45-27 Harding Bisons (3-2, 1-2) vs. Henderson State Reddies (1-4, 0-3) 9/10 at West Georgia L, 21-23 Saturday, Oct. 1 • Carpenter-Haygood Stadium (9,600) • 3 p.m. CST 9/17 #1 Valdosta State W, 16-13 9/24 at North Alabama L, 6-35 TODAY’S GAME 10/1 at Henderson State 3 p.m. • Harding plays its second of four road games during a five-week period Saturday when the Bisons 10/8 Central Arkansas 6 p.m. meet Henderson State at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium in Arkadelphia. Kickoff is at 3 p.m. 10/13 at Arkansas-Monticello 6 p.m. - Harding is coming off a tough 35-6 loss to 14th-ranked North Alabama last Saturday in 10/22 at Delta State 6 p.m. Florence, Ala. ... it was the Bisons’ second straight game against a ranked opponent. 10/29 Arkansas Tech 2 p.m. - The Bisons have a 247-256-18 all-time record ... Randy Tribble, who is in his 12th season as 11/5 Ouachita Baptist 2 p.m. head coach of the Bisons, has a 64-57-1 record. He is the longest tenured head football coach in Arkansas and in the Gulf South Conference. 2004 RESULTS • Harding enters the game with a 3-2 overall record and a 1-2 (tied for 7th) mark in the Gulf South Date Opponent Time/Result Conference ... the Bisons dropped out of the AFCA poll and the d2football.com poll with their 8/28 Southwest Baptist W, 17-10 loss to North Alabama. 9/4 at Missouri Southern W, 32-27 - Harding leads the GSC with 11 interceptions, four coming against Valdosta State ... the 9/11 West Georgia W, 28-21 Bisons also lead the conference with seven field goals made in five games. 9/18 at Valdosta State L, 19-32 - Harding is averaging 141.0 rushing yards per game (117.9 in ‘04), led by junior Kyle Wess 9/25 North Alabama W, 30-27 with 236 yards on 45 carries (5.2 avg.) ... the Bisons have had 12 different players run the 10/2 Henderson State W, 44-20 football ... HU went without a rushing TD for the first time this season vs. UNA. 10/9 at Central Arkansas L, 20-28 - Senior QB Adam Lybrand is completing 58 percent of his passes and has 7 TD ... Lybrand 10/16 Arkansas-Monticello L, 28-37 passed for only 42 yards vs. UNA but did move into third in career passing yards at Harding 10/23 Delta State L, 14-48 with 5,053 ... he is 640 yards off Freddie Langston’s school yardage record. 10/30 at Arkansas Tech L, 14-17 - Senior WR Reid Smith and senior TE David Feliciano each have 24 catches to lead the 11/6 at Ouachita Baptist W, 20-17 Bisons ... Feliciano leads with 275 yards and Smith leads with 5 TD. - Senior LBs Scott Dutile (43 tackles) and Izzy Fieilo (37 tackles) have led the defense ... DB HU - HSU SERIES HISTORY Torrance Daniels leads the team with 4.5 TFL and NG Justin Currie has a team-high 3.0 Overall: ............................... HSU leads 24-15-1 sacks ... CB Jeremy Fairrow has three interceptions and CB Robert Towns has a GSC-best 8 In Searcy: ................................ HU leads 11-6-1 passes defended (6 breakups, 2 INT). In Arkadelphia: ....................... HSU leads 18-4 Last Meeting: ........................ HU, 44-20 (2004) THE SERIES • Harding and Henderson State are meeting for the 40th time overall and for the 23rd time in HARDING QUICK FACTS Arkadelphia ... The Reddies lead the series 24-15-1 overall and 18-4 in Arkadelphia ... Harding Location: ........................................ Searcy, Ark. has won six of the last seven meetings in the series. Founded: ...................................................... 1924 - The Bisons won last season’s meeting 44-20 against Henderson State in Searcy ... Harding Enrollment: ................................................ 5,760 converted five HSU fumbles into 20 points ... it was Harding’s largest win of the season ... Conference: ...................................... Gulf South K Ben Davis was 3-of-3 FG and 5-of-5 PAT in the game. Nickname: ............................................... Bisons - Torrance Daniels has 20 tackles and 3.0 TFL in 3 games vs. HSU ... DB Travis DeSisso has Colors: ...................................... Black and Gold 2.0 sacks in 3 games ... TE David Feliciano has 10 rec., 102 yards, and 2 TD in 2 games ... QB Stadium: .......................... First Security (6,000) Adam Lybrand is 40-of-60 for 502 yards and 5 TD in 2 games ... WR Reid Smith has 6 rec., Surface: ................. Pro Play (artificial surface) for 104 yards, and 1 TD in 3 games. President:....................................... David Burks Athletics Director: ................... Greg Harnden 2005 BISONS • The 2005 Bisons are one of the most experienced squads in school history. Harding returns 18 Coaching Staff: Ronnie Huckeba (offensive starters (10 off., 8 def.) and 27 seniors after playing only six seniors in 2004. coordinator), Clay Beason (linebackers), Klay • Harding is coming off a 6-5 record in 2004, its second winning season in the last three years ... the Bartee (defensive line), James Frank (running Bisons tied for sixth in the GSC at 4-5 ... the Bisons are looking for their first back-to-back win- backs), Scott Ragsdale (QB/receivers) ning seasons since 1993-94. HEAD COACH LAST WEEK • Harding fell to 18th-ranked North Alabama 35-6 at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Ala. RANDY TRIBBLE - Offensively, Harding had a season-low 199 total yards, including only 70 in the first half ... the Bisons were 2-of-14 on third down ... HU tied a school record by completing passes to 10 different receivers. - Defensively, Harding LB Steve Brown had a career-high nine tackles ... UNA passed for 4 TD and had 379 total yards. NEXT WEEK • Harding returns home to meet Central Arkansas on Parents’ Night at First Security Stadium ... it will be the last meeting between the Bisons and Bears as conference rivals ... UCA will join the NCAA I-AA Southland Conference next season. - Central Arkansas leads the all-time series 29-6-3 ... Harding has not won against UCA in Searcy since 1976. - UCA won last season’s meeting 28-20 in Conway ... UCA safety Jasper Johnson inter cepted a pass in the back of the endzone with less than one minute left ending Harding’s comeback. • The 2005 season is Randy Tribble’s 12th as head coach of the Bison foot- TEAM CAPTAINS ball team ... he is the longest tenured • Harding selected its 2005 captains in a team vote on Aug. 10 at Camp Tahkodah. Directing the head coach in the Gulf South Confer- team are five seniors--defensive back Torrance Daniels, defensive back Travis DeSisso, linebacker ence and the longest tenured of any Scott Dutile, quarterback Adam Lybrand, and wide receiver Joe Price. college football coach in Arkansas ... Tribble’s tenure is second only to John WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE Prock (24 years) in Harding football • In Harding’s three wins, the Bisons have a +9 turnover margin ... in the two losses, it’s -3. history. • Harding averages 190.3 rushing yards and 4.7 yards per rush in wins and 67.0 rushing yards and 2.2 yards per rush in losses. • Tribble has 64-57-1 career record ... his 64 wins ranks second in school • Harding has scored 67 points in the first half of its wins and 0 points in the first half of its losses. history as does his .529 winning per- • Harding has 10 interceptions in its wins and 1 in its losses. centage. • The 2005 season will mark Tribble’s 25 season as a member of the Harding coaching staff making him the long- est tenured football coach in school history. • Inducted into the Harding Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999. STATISTICS LEADERS HARDING HENDERSON STATE TRIBBLE YEAR-BY-YEAR Rushing G Att Yds Avg. TD Rushing G Att Yds Avg. TD Overall Conference K. Wess 5 45 236 5.2 1 B. Palmer 5 75 330 4.4 2 1994 5-4-1 3-1 (2nd) AIC A. Lybrand 5 41 150 3.7 2 A. Burnett 4 14 70 5.0 0 1995 4-6-0 No conference NAIA B. Smith 5 36 147 4.1 3 D. King 5 38 53 1.4 2 1996 6-4-0 No conference NAIA 1997 5-5 3-5 (4th) LSC Passing G C-A Pct. Yds I-TD Passing G C-A Pct. Yds I-TD 1998 8-3 6-2 (3rd) LSC A. Lybrand 5 72-124 58.1 791 6-7 D. King 5 124-228 54.4 1333 12-9 1999 5-5 3-5 (5th) LSC D. Knighton 4 12-29 41.4 126 1-0 2000 5-6 4-5 (tied-6th) GSC C. Rowan 5 13-20 65.0 166 0-0 Receiving G Rec Yds Avg. TD 2001 4-6 4-5 (tied-7th) GSC D. Bell 5 20 223 11.1 2 2002 9-2 7-2 (2nd) GSC Receiving G Rec Yds Avg. TD M. Clark 5 18 178 9.9 1 2003 4-6 3-6 (tied-7th) GSC D. Feliciano 5 24 275 11.5 0 G. Manning 5 17 202 11.9 2 2004 6-5 4-5 (tied-6th) GSC R. Smith 5 24 273 11.4 5 K.