No. 21 Harding Upends Northwestern Oklahoma on Homecoming 2022 

October 30, 2022

SEARCY– 21st-ranked Harding racked up 4 hurrying goals as well as restricted Northwestern Oklahoma to just one rating in 4 red-zone efforts in a 28-7 Excellent American Meeting triumph on Homecoming initially Protection Arena.

It was Harding’s 11th straight triumph over Northwestern Oklahoma as well as improved the Bisons’s document to 7-2 total as well as in the GAC. Northwestern was up to 1-8. It was Harding’s 8th straight Homecoming win.

Fresher port back Braden Jay as well as elderly security Cade Pugh both touched the sphere two times in the very first fifty percent, as well as when they did, advantages took place for Harding.

Northwestern drove to the Harding 13 on its very first property, however Pugh chose off a come on completion area for his 2nd interception of the period.

Later on in the quarter, Jay took a pitch around the left side as well as eluded the Northwestern protection for a 67-yard goal, his lengthiest run of the period as well as 2nd rating. The Bisons led 7-0 with 4:44 left in the very first quarter.

Pugh struck once again in the 2nd quarter. On the 14th play of a drive that lasted greater than 6 mins, Pugh obstructed an additional pass at the Harding 2-yard line as well as returned it 63 lawns down the sideline prior to being lowered from behind at the Northwestern 35.

4 plays later on, Jay took an additional pitch around the left side, weaved his means with website traffic, as well as scored his 2nd goal of the video game from 14 lawns out. Harding led 14-0 with 42 secs left in the fifty percent.

Northwestern had a hard time to relocate the sphere on its last property of the fifty percent, as well as Harding’s Give Fitzhugh obstructed a punting at the Northwestern 9-yard line. Kendale Allen recuperated it as well as returned the block to the 2-yard line however was taken on without time left in the fifty percent.

Harding quit a phony punting on Northwestern’s very first drive of the 2nd fifty percent, as well as a seven-play, 41-yard drive finished with a 2-yard goal run from student port back Jhalen Spicer, his 6th goal of the period. Harding led 21-0 with 7:51 left in the 3rd.

Northwestern’s only rating came with completion of a 21-play drive that lasted greater than 10 mins as well as extended the 3rd as well as 4th quarters.

Harding placed the video game away with a 73-yard goal run from redshirt fresher quarterback Cole Keylon with 7:36 left in the video game. It was his 5th goal as well as his lengthiest run of the period.

Keylon led Harding with 118 hurrying lawns on 14 lugs, his 2nd 100-yard hurrying video game.

The Bisons, that went into the video game as the leading group in Department II in 3rd down conversions, were 7 of 10 on 3rd down Saturday.

Harding do with 351 hurrying lawns, overshadowing the 200-yard hurrying mark for the 40th straight GAC video game.

Harding’s protection restricted Northwestern to just 3.6 lawns per play. Pugh do with 9 takes on, 3.0 takes on for loss, 2 interceptions as well as a quarterback rush. Student linebacker Clark Lion likewise had 9 takes on, as well as elderly protective end Jay Marshall had 1.5 sacks.

The Bisons play their last roadway video game of the routine period next Saturday at Southwestern Oklahoma in Weatherford prior to ending the routine period in the house versus Arkansas Technology on Nov. 12.

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