IT'S PLAYOFF GAME DAY

For the 25th straight season, there is a playoff bracket that includes Booneville. To put that in perspective Allen Ray was a sophomore the year the streak started. Tonight, his son Rylen Ray is a sophomore.

In all, tonight’s game marks the 45th playoff appearance by the Bearcats though state officials recognize just 43 of them – the 1952 and 1947 postseasons are the exceptions. Using the 45 appearances, the Bearcat playoff record is 71-40, a 0.640 winning percentage.

Bearcat Stadium is hosting its 58th playoff game. The Bearcats are 44-13 in those games, a 0.772 winning percentage.

• MASCOTS: Booneville Bearcats; Salem Greyhounds
• WHEN: 7 p.m., November 12, at Bearcat Stadium
• SERIES: Teams have never met
• LAST MEETING: Teams have never met
• STREAK: Teams have never met
• FIRST MEETING: Teams have never met
• CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS: Booneville is 3A-4; Salem is 3A-2
• NOTES: Through the regular season the Bearcats have recorded 72 tackles for a loss. One-third of them are courtesy of the defensive line with Chase Plymale responsible for 10, Johnny Barnes for 5.5, and Brett Welling for 4.5.

Salem, like Booneville, had only four home dates this season to get in 10 games. However, the Bearcat record actually includes 11 games including a forfeit from Danville.

The Bearcats have reached 10 wins for the second straight year and the 28th time in school history.

• THIS DATE IN BEARCAT FOOTBALL HISTORY: The Bearcats are 6-3 in games documented to have been played on November 12, including wins in the last four games on the date. In playoff games the November 12 record is 5-1.

First, however, in a non-playoff game Paul X. Williams threw for four touchdowns, one of them a still standing school record of 90 yards to Cliff Green in a 33-0 win over Danville in 1954.

On November 12, 1999 Allen Ray ran for four touchdowns and 216 yards in a 56-13 win over Bald Knob. Will Swint also returned a punt for a touchdown in that game.

The week 11 game in 2004 fell on November 12 and the Bearcats wracked up 576 yards against Marianna Lee with Derek Davis running for 176 and Daniel Shaw running for 171.

Brandon Herrera kicked two 31-yard field goals in a 27-6, November 12, 1993 win over Huntsville.