Southern Nazarene at Henderson State
WHEN 2 p.m. WHERE Carpenter-Haygood Stadium Arkadelphia RADIO KARN-AM, 920, in Little Rock; KDEL-FM, 100.9, in Arkadelphia; KAFNFM, 100.7, and KZYP-AM, 1310, in Malvern; KEWI-AM, 690, in Benton INTERNET hsusports.com RECORDS Southern Nazarene 0-8, 0-8 Great American Conference; HSU 7-1, 7-1
RANKINGS HSU is No. 11 in the AFCA Division II coaches poll and No. 20 in the d2football.com poll.
COACHES Craig Hubbard (0-8 in first season at Southern Nazarene and overall); Scott Maxfield (76-38 in 11th season at HSU and 105-50 in 15th season overall) SERIES HSU leads 3-0
LAST MEETING HSU won 72-7 last season. LAST WEEK Southern Nazarene lost to Northwestern Oklahoma State 49-20. HSU defeated Southern Arkansas 29-28. COMMENTS HSU rallied from a 12-point deficit to defeat Southern Arkansas as quarterback Dallas Hardison led a 15play, 94-yard winning drive that ended with his 6-yard scoring run as time expired. It was Hardison’s first college touchdown run. … The Reddies continue to lead all NCAA divisions with 19 interceptions. Thomas More (Ky.) leads Division III with 18, Arkansas State (15) leads the FBS and Jacksonville (15) leads the FCS. … HSU kicker Houston Ray was named the GAC special teams player of the week for the second time this season after making field goals of 20, 41 and 42 yards against SAU. … HSU junior Jaquan Cole continues to lead the GAC with 883 rushing yards on 148 carries. … HSU has outscored Southern Nazarene 217-38 in three meetings. In the first half of last year’s game, quarterback Kevin Rodgers passed for 408 yards with a conference- and school-record seven touchdowns as the Reddies led 59-0. — Steve Rogers