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Battle of the Ravine

College football rivalry

Summary

College football rivalry

Field	Value
wide	yes
name	Battle of the Ravine
team1logo	Henderson-st_logo_from_NCAA.svg
team2logo	Ouachita tigers wordmark.png
team1	Henderson State Reddies
team2	Ouachita Baptist Tigers
sport	Football
firstmeeting	November 28, 1895
Ouachita Baptist, 8–0
mostrecent	November 15, 2025
Henderson State, 41–14
nextmeeting	November 2026
total	98
series	Ouachita Baptist University,
largestvictory	Ouachita Baptist, 66–0 (1919)
longeststreak	Henderson State, 7 (1989–1998)
currentstreak	Henderson State, 1 (2025–present)

Ouachita Baptist, 8–0 Henderson State, 41–14 | mark-coord1 = | label-pos1 = top | label-color1 = black | mark-coord2 = | label-pos2 = bottom | label-color2 = black

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, alongside the Black Hills Brawl. The current, full title is the "Southern Bancorp Battle of the Ravine".

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 47–45–6.

Game results

| November 28, 1895 | unknown | Ouachita Baptist | 8 | Henderson State | 0 | 1907 | unknown | Henderson State | 22 | Ouachita Baptist | 6 | November 26, 1908 | unknown | Henderson State | 42 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 25, 1909 | unknown | Henderson State | 38 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 25, 1910 | unknown | Henderson State | 9 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 30, 1911 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 11 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 28, 1912 | unknown | Henderson State | 13 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 20, 1914 | unknown | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 12, 1915 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 7 | Ouachita Baptist | 34 | November 30, 1916 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 31 | 1918 | unknown | Henderson State | 7 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | 1919 | unknown | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 66 | 1920 | unknown | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 3 | November 24, 1921 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 14 | November 30, 1922 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 8 | November 29, 1923 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 26 | Ouachita Baptist | 6 | November 27, 1924 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 12 | November 26, 1925 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 7 | Ouachita Baptist | 46 | 1926 | unknown | Henderson State | 7 | Ouachita Baptist | 14 | 1927 | unknown | Henderson State | 6 | Ouachita Baptist | 6 | November 29, 1928 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 21 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 28, 1929 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 46 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 27, 1930 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 13 | Ouachita Baptist | 6 | October 30, 1931 | Conway, AR | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 12 | 1932 | unknown | Henderson State | 62 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 30, 1933 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 21 | Ouachita Baptist | 6 | 1934 | unknown | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 7 | 1935 | unknown | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 19 | November 18, 38 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 6 | Ouachita Baptist | 19 | December 8, 1939 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 3 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | September 20, 1940 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 7 | Ouachita Baptist | 20 | December 6, 1940 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 20 | September 27, 41 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 7 | November 27, 1941 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 7 | 1945 | unknown | Henderson State | 21 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | 1945 | unknown | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 6 | 1946 | unknown | Henderson State | 14 | Ouachita Baptist | 26 | November 27, 1947 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 25, 1948 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 7 | Ouachita Baptist | 20 | November 24, 1949 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 14 | Ouachita Baptist | 17 | November 23, 1950 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 7 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | 1951 | unknown | Henderson State | 54 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 28, 1963 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 28 | Ouachita Baptist | 13 | November 26, 1964 | unknown | Henderson State | 6 | Ouachita Baptist | 6 | November 25, 1965 | unknown | Henderson State | 7 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 19, 1966 | unknown | Henderson State | 21 | Ouachita Baptist | 33 | November 18, 1967 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 17 | Ouachita Baptist | 29 | November 23, 1968 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 16 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 22, 1969 | unknown | Henderson State | 23 | Ouachita Baptist | 17 | November 21, 1970 | unknown | Henderson State | 0 | Ouachita Baptist | 36 | November 20, 1971 | unknown | Henderson State | 14 | Ouachita Baptist | 21 | November 18, 1972 | unknown | Henderson State | 14 | Ouachita Baptist | 15 | November 17, 1973 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 23 | Ouachita Baptist | 7 | November 23, 1974 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 28 | Ouachita Baptist | 7 | November 22, 1975 | unknown | Henderson State | 20 | Ouachita Baptist | 21 | November 20, 1976 | unknown | Henderson State | 18 | Ouachita Baptist | 3 | November 17, 1977 | unknown | Henderson State | 17 | Ouachita Baptist | 16 | November 18, 1978 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 7 | Ouachita Baptist | 6 | November 17, 1979 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 28 | Ouachita Baptist | 21 | November 22, 1980 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 21 | Ouachita Baptist | 28 | November 21, 1981 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 13 | Ouachita Baptist | 17 | November 20, 1982 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 18 | Ouachita Baptist | 19 | November 19, 1983 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 16 | Ouachita Baptist | 19 | November 17, 1984 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 22 | Ouachita Baptist | 24 | November 23, 1985 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 33 | Ouachita Baptist | 19 | November 22, 1986 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 10 | Ouachita Baptist | 10 | November 21, 1987 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 3 | Ouachita Baptist | 18 | November 19, 1988 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 3 | Ouachita Baptist | 3 | November 18, 1989 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 20 | Ouachita Baptist | 14 | October 27, 1990 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 34 | Ouachita Baptist | 20 | November 2, 1991 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 21 | Ouachita Baptist | 7 | October 31, 1992 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 35 | Ouachita Baptist | 23 | September 7, 1996 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 21 | Ouachita Baptist | 17 | September 6, 1997 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 36 | Ouachita Baptist | 23 | September 5, 1998 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 24 | Ouachita Baptist | 3 | September 4, 1999 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 14 | Ouachita Baptist | 34 | September 2, 2000 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 16 | Ouachita Baptist | 9 | September 1, 2001 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 13 | Ouachita Baptist | 41 | November 2, 2002 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 14 | Ouachita Baptist | 28 | November 1, 2003 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 17 | Ouachita Baptist | 35 | November 4, 2006 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 48 | Ouachita Baptist | 28 | November 1, 2007 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 18 | Ouachita Baptist | 0 | November 6, 2008 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 36 | Ouachita Baptist | 43 | November 7, 2009 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 28 | Ouachita Baptist | 35 | October 30, 2010 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 35 | Ouachita Baptist | 26 | November 12, 2011 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 41 | Ouachita Baptist | 36 | November 10, 2012 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 42 | Ouachita Baptist | 7 | November 16, 2013 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 60 | Ouachita Baptist | 52 | November 15, 2014 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 20 | Ouachita Baptist | 41 | November 14, 2015 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 21 | Ouachita Baptist | 17 | November 12, 2016 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 27 | Ouachita Baptist | 30 | November 11, 2017 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 42 | Ouachita Baptist | 49 | November 10, 2018 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 10 | Ouachita Baptist | 38 | November 16, 2019 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 21 | Ouachita Baptist | 24 | November 13, 2021 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 28 | Ouachita Baptist | 31 | November 12, 2022 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 37 | Ouachita Baptist | 40 | November 11, 2023 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 31 | Ouachita Baptist | 27 | November 16, 2024 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 20 | Ouachita Baptist | 27 | November 15, 2025 | Arkadelphia, AR | Henderson State | 41 | Ouachita Baptist | 14 | footnote =

References

"Tie-breaker year for Battle of the Ravine – Arkadelphia, AR – Arkadelphia Siftings Herald".
(November 6, 2009). "Tie-breaker year for Battle of the Ravine". Daily Siftings Herald.
Trister, Noah. (November 6, 2009). "Arkansas rivals separated by only a street". [[Associated Press]].
Tugman, Lindsey. (November 5, 2012). "Press conference for 'Battle of the Ravine' football game".

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