Battle of the Ravine

Battle of the Ravine

Sport	Football
Teams	Henderson State Reddies Ouachita Baptist Tigers
First meeting	November 28, 1895 Ouachita Baptist, 8–0 [lower-alpha 1]
Latest meeting	November 11, 2023 Henderson State, 31–27
Statistics
Meetings total	96 [lower-alpha 2]
All-time series	Ouachita Baptist leads, 47–44–6 (.515) [lower-alpha 3]
Largest victory	Ouachita Baptist, 66–0 (1919)
Longest win streak	Henderson State, 7 (1989–1998)
Current win streak	Henderson State, 1 (2023)

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Locations in Arkadelphia

The Battle of the Ravine is an American college football rivalry game played annually by Henderson State University and Ouachita Baptist University. The football rivalry game is tied for the oldest rivalry game in NCAA Division II, ^{[2] [3]} alongside the Black Hills Brawl. The current, full title is the "Southern Bancorp Battle of the Ravine". ^[4]

In its earliest days, the game was played on Thanksgiving Day, but now it is played as the last game on each team's schedule. It is a unique rivalry in that the two schools located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas are across the street from each other and the visiting team walks from their own locker room to the other team's stadium. Ouachita Baptist currently leads the series 47–44–6. ^{[lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 3]}

Game results

Henderson State victories

Ouachita Baptist victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 November 28, 1895 [lower-alpha 1] unknown Ouachita Baptist 8–0 2 1907 unknown Henderson State 22–6 3 November 26, 1908 unknown Henderson State 42–0 4 November 25, 1909 unknown Henderson State 38–0 5 November 25, 1910 unknown Henderson State 9–0 6 November 30, 1911 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 11–0 7 November 28, 1912 unknown Henderson State 13–0 8 November 20, 1914 unknown Tie 0–0 9 November 12, 1915 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 34–7 10 November 30, 1916 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 31–0 11 1918 unknown Henderson State 7–0 12 1919 unknown Ouachita Baptist 66–0 13 1920 unknown Ouachita Baptist 3–0 14 November 24, 1921 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 14–0 15 November 30, 1922 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 8–0 16 November 29, 1923 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 26–6 17 November 27, 1924 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 12–0 18 November 26, 1925 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 46–7 19 1926 unknown Ouachita Baptist 14–7 20 1927 unknown Tie 6–6 21 November 29, 1928 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 21–0 22 November 28, 1929 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 46–0 23 November 27, 1930 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 13–6 24 October 30, 1931 Conway, AR Ouachita Baptist 12–0 25 1932 unknown Henderson State 62–0 26 November 30, 1933 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 21–6 27 1943 unknown Ouachita Baptist 7–0 28 1935 unknown Ouachita Baptist 19–0 29 November 18, 38 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 19–6 30 December 8, 1939 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 3–0 31 September 20, 1940 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 20–7 32 December 6, 1940 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 20–0 33 September 27, 41 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 7–0 34 November 27, 1941 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 7–0 35 1945 unknown Henderson State 21–0 36 1945 unknown Ouachita Baptist 6–0 37 1946 unknown Ouachita Baptist 26–14 38 November 27, 1947 Arkadelphia, AR Tie 0–0 39 November 25, 1948 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 20–7 40 November 24, 1949 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 17–14 41 November 23, 1950 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 7–0 42 1951 unknown Henderson State 54–0 43 November 28, 1963 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 28–13 44 November 26, 1964 unknown Tie 6–6 45 November 25, 1965 unknown Henderson State 7–0 46 November 19, 1966 unknown Ouachita Baptist 33–21 47 November 18, 1967 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 29–17 48 November 23, 1968 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 16–0 49 November 22, 1969 unknown Henderson State 23–17 50 November 21, 1970 unknown Ouachita Baptist 36–0 No. Date Location Winner Score 51 November 20, 1971 unknown Ouachita Baptist 21–14 52 November 18, 1972 unknown Ouachita Baptist 15–14 53 November 17, 1973 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 23–7 54 November 23, 1974 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 28–7 55 November 22, 1975 unknown Ouachita Baptist 21–20 56 November 20, 1976 unknown Henderson State 18–3 57 November 17, 1977 unknown Henderson State 17–16 58 November 18, 1978 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 7–6 59 November 17, 1979 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 28–21 60 November 22, 1980 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 28–21 61 November 21, 1981 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 17–13 62 November 20, 1982 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 19–18 63 November 19, 1983 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 19–16 64 November 17, 1984 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 24–22 65 November 23, 1985 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 33–19 66 November 22, 1986 Arkadelphia, AR Tie 10–10 67 November 21, 1987 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 18–3 68 November 19, 1988 Arkadelphia, AR Tie 3–3 69 November 18, 1989 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 20–14 70 October 27, 1990 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 34–20 71 November 2, 1991 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 21–7 72 October 31, 1992 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 35–23 73 September 7, 1996 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 21–17 74 September 6, 1997 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 36–23 75 September 5, 1998 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 24–3 76 September 4, 1999 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 34–14 77 September 2, 2000 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 16–9 78 September 1, 2001 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 41–13 79 November 2, 2002 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 28–14 80 November 1, 2003 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 35–17 81 November 4, 2006 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 48–28 82 November 1, 2007 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 18–0 83 November 6, 2008 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 43–36 84 November 7, 2009 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 35–28 85 October 30, 2010 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 35–26 86 November 12, 2011 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 41–36 87 November 10, 2012 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 42–7 88 November 16, 2013 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 60–52 89 November 15, 2014 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 41–20 90 November 14, 2015 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 21–17 91 November 12, 2016 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 30–27 92 November 11, 2017 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 49–42 93 November 10, 2018 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 38–10 94 November 16, 2019 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 24–21 95 November 13, 2021 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 31–28 96 November 12, 2022 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 40–37 97 November 11, 2023 Arkadelphia, AR Henderson State 31–27 98 Series: Ouachita Baptist leads 47–44–6

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• Battle of 33rd Street, an NCAA Division I basketball rivalry that also involves schools with adjacent campuses

Notes and references

1. The 1885 games was unsanctioned. ^[1] The first game to count in the all-time series was played in 1907, which was won by Henderson State 22–6
2. 97 counting the 1895 game
3. 47–43–6 (.521) counting the 1885 game

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3. Trister, Noah (November 6, 2009). "Arkansas rivals separated by only a street". USA Today . Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
4. Tugman, Lindsey (November 5, 2012). "Press conference for 'Battle of the Ravine' football game". Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2012.