ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita Baptist University football team is back to home this Saturday, October 15 to take on the University of Arkansas at Monticello Boll Weevils.
Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Cliff Harris Stadium at Benson-Williams Field. It is the final Saturday home game of the regular season for the Tigers.
The game will be broadcast live on the Ouachita Football Radio Network on affiliate stations across the state of Arkansas, and on YouTube through the Ouachita Sports Digital Network. Live stats will also be available. Links can be found at
www.OBUTigers.com/coverage.
The Tigers are ranked in the top five of all major NCAA Division II polls, including their highest ranking of No. 4 by D2Football.com. Ouachita is No. 5 in the American Football Coaches Association Top 25 and No. 5 in the latest NCAA.com power rankings.
Ouachita is 6-0 for the 10th time in program history, coming off a school-record 709 yards of total offense in a 63-24 win over Southwestern Oklahoma State last Saturday for Homecoming. The victory clinched Ouachita's 14th consecutive winning season.
The Weevils are 3-3 entering Saturday's game, and are coming off back-to-back losses, most recently a 26-23 loss at home last Saturday to previously-winless Northwestern Oklahoma State.
The UAM rivalry is Ouachita's third-longest at 80 meetings, behind only Arkansas Tech at 86 and Henderson State at 94. The Tigers lead the Weevils 46-33-1 in the series and are 9-1 in the Great American Conference era.