The Booneville Bearcats will host the Ozark Hillbillies tonight at Bearcat Stadium. Kickoff for the Bearcat home opener is set for 7 p.m.
The Bearcats come into the game 1-0 after last week's 32-0 win at Dardanelle. Ozark is also 1-0 after surviving a two point conversion attempt in overtime at Clarksville in a 14-13 win.
A year ago Booneville knocked off the ranked 4A Hillbillies in Ozark with a 90-yard fourth quarter drive coupled with a Jacob Herrera interception in the final minute.
Being the home team in this series has not been much of an advantage. The visitor has won eight of the last nine meetings with last year marking five straight Booneville wins in games played in Ozark. The only Bearcat win in the last four meetings at Bearcat Stadium came in 2016.
MASCOTS: Booneville Bearcats; Ozark Hillbillies
WHEN: 7 p.m., September 4, at Bearcat Stadium
SERIES: Booneville leads 52-27-4 (0.651)
LAST MEETING: Booneville 20 Ozark 19 on September 4, 2020
STREAK: Booneville has won last 1
FIRST MEETING: Booneville 45 Ozark 0 on November 6, 1924
CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS: Booneville is 3A-4; Ozark is 4A-4
THIS DATE IN BEARCAT FOOTBALL HISTORY: The Bearcats are 6-2-1 in games played on September 3 but were 0-2-1 in September 3rd games after a 12-6 loss to Pulaski Robinson in 1976 before winning the last 6 games on the date. The most recent was a 42-21 win over Ozark on September 3, 2010 in Booneville.
Also notable is Jeremey McDonald ran for 207 yards in a 39-17 win over Mena on September 3, 2007; Talor Tatterson ran for 192 yards in a 42-21 win over Ozark on September 3, 2010; Allen Ray ran for 128 yards and the Beracats gained 488 yards in a 53-7 win over Pulaski Robinson on September 3, 1999; and Mike Fleming ran for 129 yards in a 20-0 win over Charleston in 1982 to start a September 3 winning streak.
