SERIES: Benton leads 24-12-1 since 1974

2009, Bryant 38, Benton 7 – Salt Bowl 10

2008, Bryant 36, Benton 12 – Salt Bowl 9

2007, Bryant 25, Benton 7 – Salt Bowl 8

2006, Bryant 20, Benton 7 – Salt Bowl 7

2005, Benton 35, Bryant 28 – playoffs

2005, Benton 14, Bryant 7 – Salt Bowl 6

2004, Bryant 10, Benton 2 – Salt Bowl 5

2003, Bryant 34, Benton 34 – Salt Bowl 4

2002, Bryant 16, Benton 13 – Salt Bowl 3

2001, Bryant 28, Benton 23 – Salt Bowl 2

2000, Bryant 44, Benton 17 – Salt Bowl 1

1999, Bryant 42, Benton 7

1998, Benton 17, Bryant 14

1997, Benton 14, Bryant 10

1996, Benton 14, Bryant 0

1995, Benton 12, Bryant 7

1994, Benton 35, Bryant 12

1993, Benton 48, Bryant 14

1992, Benton 32, Bryant 7

1991, Benton 10, Bryant 0

1990, Benton 36, Bryant 0

1989, Benton 21, Bryant 0

1988, Benton 21, Bryant 7

1987, Benton 35, Bryant 7

1986, Benton 12, Bryant 0

1985, Bryant 14, Benton 7

1984, Bryant 32, Benton 17

1983, Benton 29, Bryant 20

1982, Benton 30, Bryant 10

1981, Benton 17, Bryant 0

1980, Benton 28, Bryant 7

1979, Benton 21, Bryant 0

1978, Bryant 3, Benton 0

1977, Benton 42, Bryant 0

1976, Benton 28, Bryant 7

1975, Benton 10, Bryant 0

1974, Benton 28, Bryant 0

Saline County, AR — Thursday night, Sept. 3rd from 5pm-7pm at Everett Buick Pontiac GMC in Bryant, there will be a county-wide Salt Bowl Pep Rally where members of the media will compete to “Throw the Football in the Truck” for the media bragging rights.

Coaches, players, cheer, drill teams and bands from Benton and Bryant will be on hand for a pep rally leading up to Friday’s Salt Bowl.

The media will be given a chance to land the football in the truck.  If more than one is successful, we will have a “throw off” to decide the winner.  So come on out to see if you can take the trophy back to the office!!

There will also be a drawing for the participants for Friday night’s “Throw for a Truck” and “Kick for Chicken” contests that will take place during half time of the Salt Bowl game.  Plus, the local banks and credit unions will bring in their tally’s from collecting for the Arkansas Rice Depot and the winning branch gets to sit in “Hog Heaven” on Friday night!

There will also be Salt Bowl tshirts available for sale.  This may be your last opportunity to get your Official Salt Bowl tshirt before the game.

For the Salt Bowl game, there will be space near the NE side of the War Memorial Stadium for media outlets to set up. Coach Tom Farmer, Gary James and Jasen Kelly will be out at the stadium beginning at 10am on Friday.

Each school will hold their campus pep rally’s on Friday morning. The Panthers at Benton Arena around 9:30am and Bryant at the Hornet’s Nest Gym around 11:30am.  Shane Broadway will be at both with Salt Bowl trophy in tow.

Tickets are now on sale for the 10th Salt Bowl football game pitting Saline County rivals Bryant and Benton at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock on Friday, Sept. 4, at 7:30 p.m.

TICKET OUTLETS

Big Red Valero Stores

Bryant Schools Athletic Director’s Office (Tom Farmer)

Benton Schools Athletic Director’s Office (Scott Neathery)

Tickets are $5 for all ages and available at all Big Red Valero locations across central Arkansas as well as the athletic directors’ offices at both schools. Tickets will be available at the gate.

This will be the 37th gridiron meeting between the two schools. Benton leads the series 24-11-1 but Bryant, with last-year’s 36-12 win, has won nine of the last 11 meetings.

Benton, with new head coach Steve Quinn, will be the home team this year.  Benton fans will sit on the west side of War Memorial Stadium and Bryant fans on the east side of the stadium.

Little Rock, AR – The Press Conference to announce the 2009 Salt Bowl plans will be held at 1:30pm, August 11, 2009 at War Memorial Stadium. State Representative Shane Broadway will make the formal announcement which will officially kickoff the 2009 Salt Bowl schedule of events.

Activities around this event include the annual Benton Athletic Booster Club Fish Fry, Swarmfest in Bryant at Mills Park, the 2nd Annual Salt Bowl Golf Tournament at Longhills Golf Club and the largest high school tailgate party in Arkansas on the War Memorial Stadium parking lot.  The tailgate party will begin at 3:30 the day of the game, September 4th.

The Salt Bowl was established to feed the frenzy of the Benton/Bryant Football rivalry that has been a tradition for many years.