ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita Baptist University football team takes on one its longest-standing rivals this Saturday, October 17 at home.

Kickoff against Arkansas-Monticello on Saturday is set for 1 p.m. at Cliff Harris Stadium and Kluck-Benson Field. It is Ouachita Football Alumni Day with a special recognition set for halftime.

General admission tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the stadium starting at 10 a.m. Tickets purchased online can be claimed at the will call window.

The game can be heard on the Ouachita Football Radio Network with the pregame show starting at noon. A complete list of stations can be found at www.OBUtigers.com/broadcast. The Ouachita Sports Digital Network will broadcast the game for free on the OSDN YouTube channel. Links can be found at www.OBUtigers.com/coverage.

Ouachita carries momentum into Saturday's contest against UAM. The Tigers are winners of their last two games, including last week's 49-14 victory over Southern Nazarene on Homecoming. UAM is 1-5 overall, most recently falling to Oklahoma Baptist 34-20 last Saturday in Monticello.

Saturday will mark the 85th meeting between the Tigers and Weevils in football. Ouachita leads the all-time series 50-33-1. The rivalry is Ouachita's third-longest at 84 meetings, trailing only Arkansas Tech (90) and Henderson State (98). Both institutions were members of the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference and the Gulf South Conference. Since both schools became charter members of the Great American Conference in 2011, Ouachita is 13-1 against UAM.