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7
Ark.-Monticello UAM 4-4 , 4-4
64
Winner Harding HAR 7-1 , 7-1
Ark.-Monticello UAM
4-4 , 4-4
7
Final
64
Harding HAR
7-1 , 7-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
UAM Ark.-Monticello 7 0 0 0 7
HAR Harding 14 23 14 13 64

Game Recap: Football | | Scott Goode (10/23/21)

12th-Ranked Harding Rolls to Homecoming Victory over UAM

SEARCY – Seven rushing touchdowns plus a defensive touchdown, plus a special teams touchdown equaled a 64-7 Homecoming victory for the 12th-ranked Harding Bisons Saturday over the Arkansas-Monticello Weevils at First Security Stadium.

Harding scored at least two TD in every quarter for its highest scoring effort since a 70-42 victory at Southern Arkansas in 2015.

The win was Harding's sixth straight overall, 12th straight at home, seventh straight on Homecoming and 10th straight over Arkansas-Monticello. The Bisons improved to 7-1 overall and in the Great American Conference and remained tied atop the conference standings. Arkansas-Monticello dropped to 4-4.

Six different Bisons rushed for a TD, including senior Cole Chancey who scored twice and has now found the end zone in 14 straight GAC games. Harding also got TD from Blake Delacruz, Taylor Bissell, Preston Paden, Will Fitzhugh and Colby Clark.

Fitzhugh became the first Harding player ever to block two punts in the same game. The first was returned 7 yards by Orlando Henley for a TD, and the second flew out of the end zone for safety. It was Harding's second punt blocked for a safety in the last two games.

Harding's final TD came on a Cooper Carroll interception on the goal line. He returned it 100 yards, becoming only the second Bison with a 100-yard interception return. He tied the record of Bershard Tillman against Northeastern State in 1999.

Harding rushed for 340 yards on 62 carries.

Defensively, the Bisons limited the Weevils to 54 rushing yards and 294 total yards. UAM quarterback Demilon Brown, the 2019 GAC Freshman of the Year, completed 17-of-29 passes for 186 yards and a TD. C.J. Parham had eight catches for 105 yards.

Harding scored 21 points off turnovers Saturday and have outscored opponents 79-17 off turnovers in 2021.

The Bisons return to the road next Saturday to take on Northwestern Oklahoma. Kickoff in Alva, Oklahoma, is at 2 p.m. Northwestern collected its first win of the season today with a 47-27 victory at home against Southern Nazarene.







 
Gallery: (10-23-2021) Football vs. Arkansas-Monticello


 
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