ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – SWOSU Football went score-for-score with #5/4 Ouachita early on the road in Arkadelphia, but the Tiger offense proved to be too much to handle as the Dawgs eventually fell 63-24 on Saturday afternoon.  
 
Ouachita scored touchdowns on nine consecutive possessions, starting when the game began.
 
The Tigers, who boast the second-best running attack in all of Division II, rushed for 481 yards in the contest and added 228 yards through the air. 709 yards of total offense is the most a SWOSU defense has allowed in the Division II era.
 
Tylan Morton and the offense showed bright spots Saturday, especially in the first half when he and the Dawgs scored on three consecutive drives when both sides were battling. Morton finished 24-33 for 261 yards and a pair of scores and added 37 yards rushing. He was intercepted one time.  
 
After a three-and-out to start the game, SWOSU fell behind 7-0 following a quick four play drive by Ouachita that ended with a 30-yard touchdown pass. The Tigers, predominantly a running team, came out with an up-tempo pace and threw the ball twice in those four plays, catching the Dawgs off balance from the jump.
 
From that point, the Bulldog offense settled in and began to score. SWOSU was halted in the red zone the following possession but got on the board with a Jaren Van Winkle field goal.
 
The offense then went on a 10 play, 74-yard drive next capped off by a Troy Henderson run from one-yard out for the first touchdown of the game. The score came one play following a 16-yard Morton scamper.
 
The last SWOSU score of the first half came on the very next drive when Morton connected with Deshon Moreaux streaking down the sideline for a 36-yard touchdown pass and catch.
 
Unfortunately, while the offense was clicking in the first half, so was Ouachita's. The Tigers had an answer to SWOSU's score each time with one of their own. After Moreaux's touchdown had the Dawgs close at 21-17, Ouachita scored again and then began to get stops on defense which allowed the margin to grow.
 
At halftime SWOSU trailed 42-17 and only managed one more score in the contest.
 
Ouachita put up 21 unanswered points in the third quarter before Jalen Lampley finally got the Dawgs on the board with a 32-yard touchdown grab. Neither side scored in the fourth quarter.
 
In the game, Moreaux and Lampley combined to catch 11 passes for 165 yards and their scores. Isreal Watson hauled in nine grabs for 63 yards.
 
Gerald Palmer ran the ball 14 times for 33 yards.
 
On defense, Treymon Fullwood led the team with 11 tackles (8s-3a) followed by Ashton Hamby with nine and Keldric Martin with eight. Ouachita did not turn the ball over on Saturday.
 
Ouachita had a pair of 100-yard rushers and six total touchdowns on the ground. The starting Tiger quarterback finished 12-13 for 197 yards and two scores.