ARKADELPHIA – The fifth-ranked Ouachita Baptist University football team returns to Cliff Harris Stadium this Saturday, September 30 for Homecoming to take on Southeastern Oklahoma State.
Saturday's kickoff is set for noon at Cliff Harris Stadium. General admission tickets will be on sale starting at 9 a.m. at the stadium. Tickets purchased online can be collected at the will call window. The Homecoming ceremony will begin at 11:25 a.m.
The game can be heard on the Ouachita Football Radio Network on affiliate stations statewide with the pregame show starting at 11 a.m. The Ouachita Sports Digital Network will broadcast the game live for free on YouTube. Links to live coverage can be accessed at
www.OBUtigers.com/coverage.
Ouachita enters the game at 4-0 following a 45-25 road win over Arkansas-Monticello last Saturday. The Tigers are ranked fifth in this week's American Football Coaches Association Top 25 Poll, seventh in the NCAA.com D2 Power Rankings, and ninth in the D2Football.com Top 25.
Southeastern (1-3) earned its first win of the season last Saturday in convincing fashion, taking down Northwestern Oklahoma State by a final score of 41-2. The Savage Storm opened the season with losses to Southern Arkansas (34-19), Henderson State (38-28), and Oklahoma Baptist (36-3).
This Saturday's game between the Tigers and the Savage Storm is the 59th meeting between the two schools in football. Ouachita leads the series 33-21-4 and is 8-3 against Southeastern since both schools became charter members of the Great American Conference in 2011. Last year, Ouachita clinched the 2022 GAC championship outright with a 40-18 win over Southeastern in Durant, Oklahoma.
Ouachita is 10-2 in the past 12 homecoming games, highlighted by 60-point scoring performances in the past two games – a 63-24 win over Southwestern Oklahoma State in 2022 and a 64-17 win over Northwestern Oklahoma State in 2021.