Battle of the Timberlands

The Battle of the Timberlands is an annual college football rivalry game between the Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils of the University of Arkansas at Monticello and the Southern Arkansas Muleriders of the Southern Arkansas University. The game became known as the "Battle of the Timberlands" in 2012 when a traveling trophy for the contest was created (both schools are located in southern Arkansas, which has a large forest products industry).

Battle of the Timberlands

Sport	Football
Teams	Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils Southern Arkansas Muleriders
First meeting	November 27, 1913 Arkansas–Monticello, 26–0
Latest meeting	November 16, 2024 Southern Arkansas, 54–22
Statistics
Meetings total	99
All-time series	Southern Arkansas leads, 61–37–1 (.621)[A]
Largest victory	Southern Arkansas, 91–0 (1925)
Longest win streak	Southern Arkansas, 11 (1967–1977)
Current win streak	Southern Arkansas, 3 (2022–present)

120km
75miles

Southern Arkansas

Arkansas–Monticello

   

Locations in Arkansas

The rivalry between the two schools dates back to 1913. Both schools are currently members of the Great American Conference. Through the 99 games played, Southern Arkansas leads the series 61–37–1.^[A]

Game results

Arkansas–Monticello victories

Southern Arkansas victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 November 21, 1913 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 26–0 2 November 9, 1914 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 47–21 3 November 27, 1915 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 7–0 4 November 4, 1916 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 27–0 5 November 29, 1917 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 24–0 6 October 18, 1919 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 46–0 7 November 11, 1921 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 13–7 8 November 9, 1923 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 13–6 9 November 27, 1924 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 46–0 10 November 25, 1925 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 91–0 11 November 25, 1926 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 26–0 12 November 24, 1927 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 7–0 13 November 29, 1928 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 7–0 14 November 28, 1929 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 32–6 15 November 27, 1930 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 6–0 16 November 26, 1931 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 12–0 17 November 24, 1932 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 6–0 18 November 29, 1933 El Dorado, AR Tie 0–0 19 November 29, 1934 El Dorado, AR Southern Arkansas 7–6 20 November 28, 1935 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 7–0 21 November 26, 1936 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 13–0 22 November 27, 1941 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 25–7 23 November 29, 1946 El Dorado, AR Southern Arkansas 21–0 24 November 28, 1947 El Dorado, AR Southern Arkansas 33–6 25 November 25, 1948 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 7–6 26 November 24, 1949 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 26–14 27 November 23, 1950 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 21–15 28 November 22, 1951 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 19–7 29 November 27, 1952 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 21–7 30 November 26, 1953 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 31–14 31 November 25, 1954 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 13–6 32 November 24, 1955 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 12–7 33 November 28, 1957 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 9–6 34 November 27, 1958 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 21–6 35 November 21, 1959 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 13–6 36 November 19, 1960 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 48–13 37 November 18, 1961 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 35–13 38 November 17, 1962 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 20–6 39 November 16, 1963 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 28–0 40 November 14, 1964 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 14–13 41 November 13, 1965 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 37–0 42 November 19, 1966 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 40–20 43 November 18, 1967 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 21–19 44 November 23, 1968 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 21–13 45 November 21, 1969 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 8–7 46 November 21, 1970 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 7–0 47 November 20, 1971 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 49–18 48 November 18, 1972 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 43–0 49 November 17, 1973 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 35–20 50 November 23, 1974 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 14–0 No. Date Location Winner Score 51 November 22, 1975 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 25–0 52 November 20, 1976 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 42–24 53 November 19, 1977 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 14–9 54 November 18, 1978 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 51–13 55 November 17, 1979 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 35–18 56 November 22, 1980 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 13–9 57 November 21, 1981 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 20–16 58 November 20, 1982 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 14–10 59 November 19, 1983 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 10–7 60 November 17, 1984 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 44–14 61 November 23, 1985 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 35–26 62 November 20, 1986 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 21–7 63 November 19, 1987 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 14–13 64 November 19, 1988 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 41–15 65 November 16, 1989 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 23–20 66 September 29, 1990 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 31–26 67 October 5, 1991 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 12–6 68 October 3, 1992 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 21–18 69 October 30, 1993 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 17–9 70 November 5, 1994 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 34–20 71 November 11, 1995 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 50–14 72 November 2, 1996 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 27–20 73 November 1, 1997 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 20–17 74 September 19, 1998 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 44–7 75 September 18, 1999[A] Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 23–20 76 October 28, 2000 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 31–21 77 October 27, 2001 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 29–22 78 November 2, 2002 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 48–0 79 November 1, 2003 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 31–28 80 October 2, 2004 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 33–31 81 October 1, 2005 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 52–21 82 August 26, 2006 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 18–15 83 September 1, 2007 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 38–21 84 November 8, 2008 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 23–16 85 November 7, 2009 El Dorado, AR Arkansas–Monticello 17–6 86 November 6, 2010 El Dorado, AR Arkansas–Monticello 28–23 87 November 5, 2011 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 53–28 88 September 29, 2012 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 30–14 89 November 16, 2013 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 44–20 90 November 15, 2014 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 66–42 91 November 14, 2015 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 49–29 92 November 12, 2016 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 56–43 93 November 11, 2017 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 51–20 94 November 10, 2018 Monticello, AR Arkansas–Monticello 20–17 95 November 16, 2019 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 34–32 96 November 13, 2021 Magnolia, AR Arkansas–Monticello 73–37 97 November 12, 2022 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 20–7 98 November 11, 2023 Magnolia, AR Southern Arkansas 60–17 99 November 16, 2024 Monticello, AR Southern Arkansas 54–22 Series: Southern Arkansas leads 61–37–1

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games