ARKADELPHIA, ARKANSAS - Northwestern Oklahoma State Football went to Arkadelphia for the final road game of the season before finishing the last two at home. Henderson State used a fast start in this one to take a 23-0 lead after the first quarter before closing out a 51-0 victory over the Rangers.
Henderson State moves to 7-2 on the season while the Rangers drop to 0-9 on the year.
In the opening quarter Henderson State started with the ball and completed a ten play 77 yard opening drive finished off by a two yard rushing touchdown that was setup from an 18 yard pass on 3rd and 7 to extend the drive. Henderson State was able to take advantage of some special teams errors from Northwestern. After a high snap on a 4th down punt attempt led to a safety making the score 9-0 the Reddies ran back the kickoff 72 yards to the house for a touchdown pushing their lead to 16-0 in the first quarter.
The Rangers were forced to punt as Jackson Garrett pinned the Reddies inside the ten as the home team took over on their own eight yard line. The drive started with back to back first down on two long plays for 40 yards before finishing the drive with a 18 yard passing touchdown from Edwards to Hatzis for a 23-0 first quarter lead which stayed there.
After a missed field goal, Henderson State took over on their own 27 yard line and extended the lead on a 73 yard touchdown pass on the first play from scrimmage from Edwards to Easter for a 30-0 lead.
The Reddies were able to extend their lead the next possession as this time a nine yard touchdown pass pushed the Ranger deficit to 37-0.
Henderson State took a 44-0 lead into halftime following one more touchdown on a 18 yard touchdown pass to Marcus Manuel.
The Reddies were able to extend their lead to 51-0 after a forced fumble recovered by Henderson State led to a 13 yard touchdown pass to Greene completing the three play drive. That ended the scoring for this game.
Northwestern defense forced a missed field goal from the Reddies at the end of the third quarter and in the fourth quarter after Henderson State got down to the Ranger 10 yard line the defense came through with a turnover. Kevin Orange jr. forced the fumble as Joseph Saunders recovered the ball.
Following the loss Saturday the Rangers will be back in action on November 4th at home against Southern Arkansas for the first of two straight home games.
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