CORSICANA, Texas – Following a second-consecutive eight-win regular season which concluded with its seventh win in the past eight years over Battle of the Timberlands rival Arkansas-Monticello, the Southern Arkansas Mulerider Football program has accepted an invitation to play in the Heritage Bowl on Saturday, December 7, from Corsicana ISD's Tiger Stadium. Kick-off in the third-annual playing of the bowl game is scheduled for noon and will see the Muleriders take on (RV) Eastern New Mexico (7-4) of the Lone Star Conference (LSC).
The match-up was made official during a web conference on Tuesday afternoon. Tickets for the game are $10 and can be purchased
here. For more information, visit online at
www.heritagebowl.org.
The Heritage Bowl, formerly known as the Corsicana Bowl, is in its third year and stands as one of only four NCAA Division II sanctioned bowl games. Since 2012, the Muleriders have played in three of those games.
The Muleriders (8-3, 8-3 GAC) won seven of their first eight games in 2019 and capped off the regular season by reclaiming the Battle of the Timberlands Trophy last Saturday. At stake for Southern Arkansas in central Texas is the program's ninth nine-win season all-time, first since 2016, and the first postseason victory since a 41-31 win over the Mexican All-Stars in the 1990 Aztec Bowl. The bowl selection marks just the second time in program history that the Muleriders have made consecutive postseason appearances after playing in bowl games in 1947 and 1948 as Magnolia A&M.
The Greyhounds (7-4, 4-4 LSC) won seven games for the third time in the last four years courtesy of back-to-back wins over Angelo State and Western Oregon to close out the regular season. Eastern New Mexico finished fifth in the highly-competitive LSC.
The early December matchup will be the first between SAU and ENMU on the gridiron. Game Notes and additional statistical information on the matchup will be made available in the coming days on
www.MuleriderAthletics.com.
MULERIDER FOOTBALL POSTSEASON HISTORY
2018 | Agent Barry Live United Bowl vs. Missouri Western | L, 25-30
2016 | Agent Barry Live United Bowl vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville | L, 17-24
2012 | C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl vs. McMurry | L, 35-36
2003 | NCAA DII Playoffs Round 1 vs. North Alabama | L, 24-48
1997 | NCAA DII Playoffs Round 1 vs. Albany State | L, 6-10
1990 | Aztec Bowl vs. Mexican All-Stars | W, 41-31
1948 | Papoose Bowl vs. Eastern Oklahoma A&M | W, 41-12
1947 | Cajun Bowl vs. John McNeese (La.) Junior College | T, 0-0
HERITAGE BOWL HISTORY
2018 | Emporia State 30, Arkansas-Monticello 22
2017 | Central Oklahoma 38, Tarleton State 31
