MONTICELLO, Ark. – Oklahoma Baptist got a school-record 493 passing yards from
Preston Haire and a school-record 13 receptions by
Cagney Roberson in a 45-37 loss at Arkansas-Monticello Saturday.
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Haire broke his own record of 473 yards against Southern Arkansas and Roberson broke the record of 12 he had shared with Nyko Symonds.
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Haire passed for the 493 yards on a school-record 43 completed passes on a school-record 64 attempts with a record-tying five touchdown passes.
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For the first time, five different Bison caught a touchdown pass.
Josh Arnold had a school-record 18 tackles.
Kris Greer finished with 10.
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Roberson collected 13 catches for 129 yards while
Josh Pettijohn caught nine passes for 118 yards.
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Tyler Stuever rushed 17 times for 55 yards.
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The Weevils rolled out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, pulling a few tricks out of the playbook.
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UAM had the ball for a chance at a three-touchdown lead with four tries inside the OBU five but the Bison defense stiffened and
Myles Russell recovered a fumble on fourth down.
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That ignited the team, who fired off consecutive touchdown marches.
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OBU went 97 yards on 12 plays to get on the scoreboard. The drive featured a 13-yard run by Haire and 11-yard Haire passes to
Noah McGraw and Roberson. Haire threw a 20-yard pass to Roberson to set up a touchdown by that combo from five yards out. The TD cut UAM's led to 14-7 with 11:07 left on the first quarter clock.
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The Bison tied the score on an 11-play, 93-yard drive.
Tyler Stuever went 18 yards and Haire passed to Pettijohn for 22 yards before hooking up with
Dillon Smith for a 20-yard scoring pass.
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UAM scored late in the half to take a 21-14 lead to halftime.
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Luke Wendl kicked a 27-yard field goal to narrow the UAM lead to 21-17 with 9:41 left in the third quarter.
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The Weevils went up 28-17 heading into the fourth quarter.
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Haire connected with Pettijohn for 15 yards and Roberson for 16 before throwing to Stuever for a 57-yard pass and run to make it 28-24 with 12:16 left in the game. The drive covered 93 yards on six plays.
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After a UAM score, Haire completed passes of 23 yards to
Abel Wills and 13 to Pettijohn to set up an eight-yard touchdown pass to Pettijohn to make it 35-30 with 8:28 to play.
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Monticello would score 10 more points before the Bison scored with a minute to play. OBU covered 75 yards on nine plays, culminating with an 18-yard touchdown pass from Haire to McGraw.
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The Bison finish the road portion of the schedule Saturday at Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford.
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