Battle of the Ravine

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]

Battle of the Ravine
SportFootball
Teams
First meetingNovember 28, 1895
Ouachita Baptist, 8–0[a]
Latest meetingNovember 11, 2023
Henderson State, 31–27
Statistics
Meetings total96[b]
All-time seriesOuachita Baptist leads, 47–44–6 (.515)[c]
Largest victoryOuachita Baptist, 66–0 (1919)
Longest win streakHenderson State, 7 (1989–1998)
Current win streakHenderson State, 1 (2023)
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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 47–44–6.[a][c]

Game results

Henderson State victoriesOuachita Baptist victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
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 Tie10–10
67 November 21, 1987 Arkadelphia, AR Ouachita Baptist 18–3
68 November 19, 1988 Arkadelphia, AR Tie3–3
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
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Series: Ouachita Baptist leads 47–44–6

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