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The SeriesThis is the 89
th time the Tigers and Reddies have met. Ouachita is 40-42-6 all-time in The Battle of the Ravine.
Under Coach
Todd Knight, Ouachita is 7-7 versus HSU in The Battle of the Ravine. As both a player and coach at Ouachita, Knight is 10-8 versus the Reddies.
Since 1907, the two teams have scored a combined 2,878 points. Since 1999, the two teams have combined for 817 points, nearly 30% of the total points scored all-time. In those games, the Tigers have outscored the HSU 415-402.
The Battle of the Ravine has been decided by seven points or less 39 times. The Tigers are 19-14-6 in those games decided by a touchdown or less.
Since the series resumed in 1963, there have been only four games where the winning team won by shutout. The Tigers defeated HSU 36-0 in 1970. The Reddies held the Tigers scoreless in their 1965, 1968 and 2007 wins.
The Tigers 66-0 win over HSU in 1919 was the largest margin of victory by either team in the Battle of the Ravine. HSU defeated the Tigers 62-0 in 1932 for their largest margin of victory.
Last season's 41-20 win over HSU at Carpenter-Haygood Field snapped a four-game losing streak for Ouachita.
Here is what the local and national media have reported on The Battle of the Ravine:
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteSporting Life ArkansasGregg Doyel/CBS SportsNCAA Champion MagazineBy The NumbersWith his four rushing touchdowns last week against Southern Nazarene,
Kris Oliver has 18 rushing touchdowns in 2015. That is the most by a freshman in program history and two shy of the program single-season record of 20, set last year by
Steven Kehner. Oliver's rushing touchdown total are two off the GAC record (20; Kehner) and third most in conference history.
Oliver's 1,087 rushing yards are the most by any freshman running back at Ouachita during Coach Knight's tenure. His current total is the fifth-highest by a running back since 2000. The top four running back single-season rushing records under Coach Knight are: 1.
Steven Kehner ('14) – 1,183 yards; 2. KJ Johnson ('09) – 1,178 yards; 3. Willie Hopson ('07) – 1,177 yards; 4. Montoya Brown (2000) – 1,163 yards
William Miller set the all-time single-season rushing at Ouachita in 1978 with 1,668 yards. Miller also finished with 19 rushing touchdowns, a single-season record that stood until 2014.
As a team, the Tigers have rushed for 200-plus yards in nine of their 10 games this season. They've topped 300 rushing yards in four of those games. The Tigers are 7-2 in games when they rush for 200 yards or more and 4-0 in games where they top 300 yards rushing.
Ouachita's defense is averaging 5.6 tackles for loss per game. The defense is averaging 1.8 sacks per game.
Mike Williamson's 3.5 tackles for loss against UAM were the most for a Tiger defensive player this season.
Khairan Stafford's two sacks versus SAU were the most by a Tiger in a single game this season.
2014 RecapARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Trailing 17-7 at the end of the first quarter, the Ouachita Tigers (10-0, 10-0) outscored the Henderson State Reddies (9-2, 8-2) 34-3 to finish the season undefeated and claim the GAC title outright with a 41-20 victory.
Senior
Steven Kehner rushed for 126 yards and three touchdowns, setting the GAC single-season record with 16 this season. Quarterback
Kiehl Frazier went 12-22-0 for 177 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for 27 yards and scored from one yard out to put the game away for Ouachita.
The Tigers intercepted All-American Reddie quarterback Kevin Rogers twice in the second half, one by safety
Zack Mitchell and the other by defensive end
Kyle Lamothe. The Tiger's defensive line got to Rogers three times, with two of those sack coming in the second half.
Ouachita held the Reddies to 362 yards of total offense, 148.5 yards below their season average of 510.5. Henderson State managed only 49 rushing yards in the game, nearly 100 yards below their season average.
Henderson scored on their second drive of the game to take a 7-0 lead. Ryan McDonald carried it in from two yards out early in the first quarter. Ouachita responded on the ensuing drive, scoring on a 38-yard touchdown pass from Frazier to
Jalen Jones.
Kevin Rogers found JaVante Mack on a 16-yard route to put the Reddies up 14-7 with 4:19 left in the opening quarter. The Tigers fumbled on the next possession, giving HSU the ball on the Ouachita 14 yard line. The Tigers held Henderson to a field goal and Ouachita trailed 17-7 at the end of the first quarter.
With 9:34 left in the second quarter,
Steven Kehner punched it in for Ouachita from three yards out, capping off a six play, 54-yard drive. After forcing a Reddie punt,
Steven Kehner took the ball on a first and 10 from the HSU 45 yard line and ran untouched into the end zone to give the Tigers a 21-17 lead.
With the Tigers driving, HSU forced another Ouachita fumble, recovering it on their own 44 yard line. Rogers completed five straight passes, getting the Reddies into field goal position. Henderson State closed within one on a 47-yard field goal, trailing 21-20 at the half.
Henderson was stalled on their opening drive in the second half. The Tigers defense stopped them on a fourth and one conversion attempt. Henderson State forced a Ouachita three-and-out, but were again denied a chance to retake the lead after missing a 27-yard field goal attempt.
Kiehl Frazier led the Tigers on a 14 play, 80-yard drive culminating on a third and goal touchdown reception by
Drew White from the 12 yard line. It was Frazier's second touchdown pass of the game.
On the first play of the next Reddie drive, senior safety
Zack Mitchell made an acrobatic interception off Rogers to give the Tigers the ball back on the HSU 41. The quarter ended with the Tigers leading 28-20.
After driving down to the HSU one yard line, Frazier rolled off his center on the keeper and put the Tigers up 34-20. The Tigers missed the PAT. Henderson was forced to punt, but that turned disastrous after a high snap gave Ouachita the ball on the Reddie 10 yard line.
Steven Kehner scored his third rushing touchdown of the day on a one-yard run, giving him 16 on the year and breaking the GAC single-season record of 15 set last season by Keaton Stigger of HSU.
With the Tigers leading 41-20, the defense held strong, getting another turnover via the interception by
Kyle Lamothe and forcing the Reddies to punt on their last possession.
With the win, Ouachita claims the GAC title outright and finishes the regular season at 10-0 for the first time in program history.
The Match-Up | HSU | | OUA |
| Winning PCT | 9-1 (.900) | | 7-3 (.700) |
| Total Offense | 373.7 ypg | | 420.1 ypg |
| Rushing Offense | 164.8 ypg | | 263.5 ypg |
| Passing Offense | 208.9 ypg | | 156.6 ypg |
| Red Zone Offense | 37-44 (84.1%) | | 46-55 (83.6%) |
| Scoring Offense | 31.6 ppg | | 34.1 ppg |
| Total Defense | 308.5 ypg | | 396.5 ypg |
| Rushing Defense | 117.6 ypg | | 161.3 ypg |
| Passing Defense | 190.9 ypg | | 235.2 ypg |
| Red Zone Defense | 19-29 (65.5%) | | 43-54 ( 79.6%) |
| Scoring Defense | 14.4 ppg | | 26.2 ppg |
| Turnovers Gained | 31 | | 12 |
| Turnovers Lost | 15 | | 12 |
| Turnover Margin | +16 | | 0 |
| First Downs Offense | 192 | | 217 |
| First Downs Defense | 177 | | 194 |
| Sacks | 11 | | 18 |
| Sacks Allowed | 16 | | 13 |
| 3rd Down conversion PCT | 42.5% | | 51.5% |
| 3rd Down Conversion Defense | 43.9% | | 40.4% |
| Penalties | 72 | | 69 |
| Penalty Yards | 693 | | 677 |
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