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Harding scored seven rushing TD and won 63-7.
63
Winner Harding HU 2-0 , 2-0
7
Southern Nazarene SNU 0-2 , 0-2
Winner
Harding HU
2-0 , 2-0
63
Final
7
Southern Nazarene SNU
0-2 , 0-2
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
HU Harding 14 14 28 7 63
SNU Southern Nazarene 0 0 7 0 7

Game Recap: Football | | by Scott Goode (9/10/16)

Harding Rolls to 63-7 Victory at Southern Nazarene

BETHANY, Okla. – After a first half in which Harding scored on all four of its possessions and held Southern Nazarene to 12 yards of total offense, it was hard to imagine things going any better for the Bisons. Then the second half started.

On the opening kickoff, Harding senior Corey Bassett caught the ball on the goal line and raced 100 yards for the longest kickoff return in program history. Southern Nazarene fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and Park Parish scored on the next play on a 33-yard run. Two touchdowns in the first 23 seconds of the second half.

Less than two minutes later, junior Daylon Markham scored on a 27-yard fumble return, and Harding rolled to a 63-7 victory in Great American Conference action at SNU Football Stadium.

Harding scored seven rushing TD in the game, including three from Parish, who rushed for 106 yards on 13 carries. Freshman Romar Reades scored twice and rushed for 101 yards on 12 carries, all in the second half. It was the 19th time in program history that Harding had two 100-yard rushers in the same game.

Records
Harding improved to 2-0 with the victory and won its fifth straight against Southern Nazarene.

Southern Nazarene dropped to 0-2.

Team Stats
Harding rushed for 478 yards on 72 carries and limited Southern Nazarene to 61 yards. The Bisons also limited the Storm to only six passing yards, the seventh-fewest ever allowed by a Harding defense.

Harding was 7-of-10 on third down conversions and 2-of-2 on fourth down.

The Bisons had 22 different players on defense make at least one tackle.

It was the first game in program history that Harding did not punt.

Individual Stats
In addition to Parish and Reades, Michael Latu rushed 13 times for 68 yards, and Grant Kimberlin rushed for 66 yards on four carries.

Southern Nazarene's Terence Olds led the Storm with 29 rushing yards and scored his team's only TD.

Ben Shields and Daylan Skidmore led Harding with four tackles each.

Harding defensive back Isaiah Jefferson became the first Bison since Jason Thomasson against Missouri Southern in 2009 to recover two fumbles in the same game.

Scoring Plays
Harding 7, Southern Nazarene 0 – 11:11, 1st Quarter – Park Parish 10-yard run. 3 plays, 18 yards, 1:24 (Key play: Harding took over at the SNU 18 when Storm punter Carlos Anguiano dropped to a knee to field the punt).

Harding 14, Southern Nazarene 0 – 0:33, 1st Quarter – Michael Latu 6-yard run. 12 plays, 57 yards, 7:24 (Key play: 15-yard facemask penalty on Southern Nazarene on 3rd-and-10 that resulted in an automatic first down and kept the drive alive).

Harding 21, Southern Nazarene 0 – 7:30, 2nd Quarter – Park Parish 3-yard run. 13 plays, 68 yards, 5:58 (Key plays: Park Parish rushed for a first down on a quarterback sneak on 4th-and-1 at the HU 41 and Eric Kelly's 19-yard run on a sweep to the left to move Harding into Southern Nazarene territory).

Harding 28, Southern Nazarene 0 – 0:26, 2nd Quarter – Eric Simmons 5-yard run. 12 plays, 76 yards, 5:19 (Key play: Eric Simmons' 21-yard run on 2nd-and-12 moving Harding to the SNU 35).

Harding 35, Southern Nazarene 0 – 14:47, 3rd Quarter – Corey Bassett 100-yard kickoff return. (Longest kickoff return in program history).

Harding 42, Southern Nazarene 0 – 14:37, 3rd Quarter – Park Parish 33-yard run. 1 play, 33 yards, 0:10 (Key play: Harding took over at the SNU 33 following a fumble on the kickoff).

Harding 49, Southern Nazarene 0 – 13:04, 3rd Quarter – Daylon Markham 27-yard fumble return. (Harding's first defensive TD of the season).

Harding 49, Southern Nazarene 7 – 11:05, 3rd Quarter – Terence Olds 20-yard run. 3 plays, 16 yards, 1:22 (Key play: SNU took over at the HU 16 following a Harding fumble).

Harding 56, Southern Nazarene 7 – 6:22, 3rd Quarter – Romar Reades 1-yard run. 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:43 (Key play: Grant Kimberlin's 28-yard run to the SNU 5).

Harding 63, Southern Nazarene 7 – 13:08, 4th Quarter – Romar Reades 13-yard run. 12 plays, 80 yards, 6:02 (Harding's fourth scoring drive of 12 plays or more).

Next Up
Harding hosts Southern Arkansas next Saturday at 6 p.m. at First Security Stadium.



 


 
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