Battle of the Ravine

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Battle of the Ravine
Sport Football
First meetingNovember 28, 1895
Ouachita Baptist, 8–0 [a]
Latest meetingNovember 16, 2024
Ouachita Baptist, 27-20
Next meeting2025
Statistics
Meetings total97 [b]
All-time seriesHenderson state University, 48–44–6 (.520) [c]
Largest victoryOuachita Baptist, 66–0 (1919)
Longest win streakHenderson State, 7 (1989–1998)
Current win streakOuachita Baptist, 1 (2024)
Battle of the Ravine
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Ouachita Baptist University
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Henderson State University
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]

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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 48–44–6. [a] [c]

Game results

Henderson State victoriesOuachita Baptist victoriesTie games

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Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 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. 98 counting the 1895 game
  3. 1 2 86–0–6 (.967) counting the 1885 game
  1. "Tie-breaker year for Battle of the Ravine – Arkadelphia, AR – Arkadelphia Siftings Herald". Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  2. "Tie-breaker year for Battle of the Ravine". Daily Siftings Herald. November 6, 2009. Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  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.