Henderson State scored early and often as the No. 11 Reddies rolled to a 76-7 victory over Southern Nazarene, Saturday at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium.

The Reddies, 8-1 on the season, scored on all 11 offensive possessions including eight possessions in the first half in route to a 63-0 lead.

Henderson totaled 408 yards in the opening half, while the defensive unit limited SNU to just 31 yards on 28 plays.

Reddies got on the board quickly scoring on their first possession when Dallas Hardison connected with Jacoby Lewis for a 17-yard touchdown with just 1:21 taken off the clock.

Hardison would go on to throw two more touchdown passes including a 24-yard score to Mark Czaus and a 10-yard strike to James Jackson before exiting the game in the first half.

Ryan McDonald rushed for scores of 5, 2 and 2 yards in the opening half, while both Andrew Black and Calen Peters scored on 7-yard runs in the first 30 minutes.

Henderson's other score in the first half was provided by the defense as Camron Sonnier picked off a Jacob Spady pass and returned it 37 yards to pay dirt.

Henderson went deep into the bench in the second half as the Reddies would play four quarterbacks in the game.

Black came in for Hardison and completed 11-of-18 passes for 96 yards including a 7-yard touchdown pass to Ben Johnson who recorded his first career touchdown.

Black also led the Reddie ground game carrying the ball six times for 73 yards.

Houston Ray, who was 10-for-10 on extra-points, added two field goals in the fourth quarter including kicks of 36 and 31 yards to total 16 points which is second most by a kicker in GAC history. Henderson's Charles Gonsalves has the record with 17 points scored in Henderson 2012 win over Southern Nazarene.

Hardison played less than a half and completed 10-of-13 passes for 166 yards and three touchdowns.

A total of 12 different players caught passes for the Reddies led by Johnson's five receptions for 79 yards.

Jacoby Lewis totaled 71 yards on five catches in the first half, while Darion Gray had three grabs for 47 yards.

Aside from Black's rushing total, Calen Peters carried the ball eight times for 56 yards, with Rodney Bryson totaling 53 yards on five attempts.

The Reddie offense totaled 535 yards on 73 plays for the game.

The Henderson defense limited the Crimson Storm to just 165 yards of offense including just 63 yards rushing.

Henderson ran its NCAA national leading interception total to 22 with three picks on Saturday. Also having interceptions were Christian Love and Darius Thomas.

Henderson State will be on the road for the final two weeks of the regular-season beginning with its first-ever trip to Shawnee, Okla. to face Oklahoma Baptist with kickoff set for Saturday, Nov. 7 at 1 p.m.
 
NOTES

• Henderson State scored on all 11 offensive possessions and the Reddies were 10-for-10 in the Red Zone.
• Houston Ray had a career-best 10-for-10 in extra points and kicked two field goals for 16 points scored.
• Southern Nazarene had just one first downs in the first half, never crossing its own 40 yardline.
• Henderson State limited SNU to just 31 yards of offense on 28 plays in the first half.
• Dallas Hardison had 166 yards passing increasing his season total to 1693 yards which is eighth best in HSU history.
• Henderson has outscored Southern Nazarene 293 to 45 in the four meetings.
• HSU has recorded at least eight wins in each of the last four seasons under Scott Maxfield. Only Sporty Carpenter has accomplished that feat in HSU history with his teams winning at least eight or more games in five straight seasons from 1973 to 1977.