IT'S GAME DAY

Bearcat head coach Doc Crowley knows the way to Searcy. He’ll be making his fourth trip since 2015 to Harding University’s First Security Field with the Bearcats for a game against Harding Academy.

This will, however, be the first trip for a regular season game. The 2015 trip was as an assistant to Scott Hyatt with the 2020 and 2021 trips for playoff games as a head coach – Harding went on to win state titles in 2020 and 2021 which prompted their move to Class 4A.

• Mascots: Booneville Bearcats; Harding Academy Wildcats
• When: 7 pm, September 15, at First Security Stadium in Searcy
• Series: Harding Academy leads 4-0-0 (0.000)
• Last Meeting: Harding Academy 44 Bearcats 14 on September 16, 2022
• Streak: Harding Academy has won last 4
• First Meeting: Harding Academy 53 Bearcats 21 on November 13, 2015
• Conference Affiliations: Bearcats are 3A-1, Harding Academy is 4A-2

TODAY IN BEARCAT FOOTBALL HISTORY: The Bearcats are 6-4 all time in games documented to have been played on September 15. Les Nuckolls ran 84 yards for one touchdown and 65 yards for another in a 47-20 win over Siloam Springs on September 15, 2000. For the night Nuckolls ran for a career high 190 yards.

TODAY IN THE 3A-1: Bearcats (1-1) at Harding Academy (2-0); Charleston (0-2) at Nashville (2-1); Green Forest (1-1) at Cedarville (0-2); Lavaca (2-0) at Mount Ida (0-2); Mansfield (2-0) at Waldron (0-3). Hackett, Greenland, and West Fork are open.

NOTES: Though lopsided in Harding's favor, this series has featured plenty of highlights for the Bearcats. Randon Ray, Hayden Fennell, and Caleb Draper all hae runs of 70 yards or more and Rocky Ross returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown in 2021.

Although none of the 763 wins in Bearcat football history is against Harding Academy, there is one against Harding College. In 1924 the Bearcats beat Harding College 12-0.