ARKADELPHIA, ARK—Coming off a 31-11 victory over Northwestern Oklahoma State in front of an electric home crowd, the Ouachita Tiger Football team will hit the road to take on GAC opponent, the Southwestern Oklahoma State University Bulldogs this Saturday, Sept. 28.
Last week, Southwestern fell to the Arkansas-Monticello Boll Weevils 44-9 after starting the season 2-0, beating East Central and Southeastern Oklahoma. The Bulldogs got on the board first with a 40-yard field goal, the only 3 points of the first quarter for either squad. However, the Boll Weevil offense scored 17 points in the second quarter and then 27 in the fourth to pull away a win against the Bulldogs.
Bulldogs Scouting Report
Offense:
Against Monticello, the Southwestern offense struggled, only putting up 88 yards passing and 103 yards rushing, going 3-13 on third downs and throwing 2 interceptions. However, that is not the story of the season; against Southeastern Oklahoma State, the Bulldog offense put up 409 yards, averaging almost 20 yards per pass completion, against East Central they averaged just over 10 yards per completion.
The Southwestern offense is led by quarterback Tyler Marr who is 36-84 for 643 yards so far on the season. His ability to extend the play has gained him 82 yards on the ground. The rushing attack has not proved as successful, but has diversified the offense. When the Bulldogs stay on the ground they rely on running backs Tristian Houston, Justin Bailey and Kenny Graham who have racked up a total of 342 yards on the season.
Defense:
Against the Boll Weevils, defensive back Braden Sweet led the Bulldog squad with 11 tackles. Last year he ranked third on the team with 53 tackles (32 solo, 21 assist) to go along with 6.0 tackles for loss. Derrius Franklin recorded 8 tackles and Gerald White recorded 5. The Bulldog defense has allowed 1231 yards in their first 3 games of the 2019 season, averaging 410 allowed yards per game.
Ouachita Look-in
Last week for Ouachita, a huge offensive performance pushed the game into the win column. On their first drive of the game, the Tigers drove the ball 75 yards ending in an
Allie Freeman 26-yard touchdown catch. Ouachita added 24 more points throughout the rest of the game, without having to punt the ball a single time.
Offense:
Brayden Brazeal started the game completing his first 14 pass attempts, finishing the night 21-23 for 199 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore running back
TJ Cole hit his stride for the first time as a Tiger rushing for 101 yards on 12 attempts including a 41-yard touchdown late in the first half. Offensive Player or the Week
Allie Freeman broke his season high in catches with 13 for a total of 118 yards and a touchdown. In addition, Freeman returned two kickoffs for a total of 71 yards.
Defense:
Defensive Player of the Week
Austin Guymon led the Tigers with 12 tackles. CJ Heckard and
Keandre Evans each added seven tackles;
Jon Johnson had 6, as well as a huge field goal block that he returned 13 yards. The Tigers have blocked a field goal in each of their three games this year.
Game History
The Tigers are 7-1 all time against Southwestern Oklahoma State. Last year, on a warm and rainy night Ouachita rushed for 323 yards and put up 41 points. All time the Tigers average over 40-points per game, and have never won by less than 10 points.
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