2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–3
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorZach Kittley (3rd season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Co-defensive coordinatorRoger Hinshaw (8th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJeff Mills (3rd season)
Base defense3–4 or 4–3
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Sam Houston State $^   6 – 0     10 – 0  
No. 20 Southeastern Louisiana   4 – 2     4 – 3  
No. 23 Nicholls   3 – 3     4 – 3  
Incarnate Word   3 – 3     3 – 3  
Lamar   2 – 4     2 – 4  
McNeese State*   2 – 4     3 – 4  
Northwestern State   1 – 5     1 – 5  
Rankings from STATS Poll
2020 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Stephen F. Austin   –     6 – 4  
Tarleton State†   –     5 – 3  
Central Arkansas   –     5 – 4  
Presbyterian†   –     4 – 3  
Eastern Kentucky   –     3 – 6  
Dixie State†   –     2 – 3  
Houston Baptist   –     1 – 3  
Abilene Christian   –     1 – 5  
Campbell   –     0 – 4  
North Alabama   –     0 – 4  
  • Note: † – Dixie State, Presbyterian, and Tarleton State played only in the spring. All other teams listed played only in the fall. Presbyterian was in a scheduling agreement with the Pioneer Football League, which it fully joined in July 2021.

The 2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Huskies played four non-conference games in the fall of 2020 and opted out of the Southland Conference season played in the spring of 2021 and instead competed as an FCS independent. Led by eighth-year head coach Vic Shealy, Houston Baptist compiled a record of 1–3. The team played home games at Husky Stadium in Houston.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their original preseason poll in July 2020. The Huskies were picked to finish ninth in the conference, prior to their schedule split from the rest of the league.[1] In addition, five Huskies were chosen to the Preseason All-Southland Team[2]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Central Arkansas* 190 (12)
2 Sam Houston State 170 (4)
3 Nicholls 169 (6)
4 Southeastern Louisiana 157
5 McNeese State 113
6 Incarnate Word 104
7 Abilene Christian* 101
8 Stephen F. Austin* 60
9 Houston Baptist* 59
10 Northwestern State 49
11 Lamar 38

(*) These teams opted out of playing in the revised spring 2021 Southland schedule, and instead played as Independent in the fall of 2020.

Preseason All–Southland Teams

Schedule

Houston Baptist had a game scheduled against Texas Southern, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On July 22, Houston Baptist announced that it had added a game against Louisiana Tech as a replacement for Texas Southern.[4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5 6:30 p.m. at North Texas
ESPN3 L 31–57 7,611
September 12 7:00 p.m. at Texas Tech
ESPN+ L 33–35 11,157
September 26 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana Tech
ESPN3 L 38–66 7,140
October 3 2:00 p.m. at Eastern Kentucky
ESPN+ W 33–30 2,916

[5]

Game summaries

At North Texas

See also: 2020 North Texas Mean Green football team
Houston Baptist Huskies at North Texas Mean Green
Period 1 2 34Total
Huskies 0 10 71431
Mean Green 14 9 201457

at Apogee Stadium, Denton, Texas

  • Date: September 5
  • Game time: 6:30 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 77 °F (25 °C)
  • Game attendance: 7,611
  • Referee: Billy Williams
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Doug Anderson and LaDarrin McLane
  • Box score, Recap
Game information
First quarter
  • UNT – Jaelon Darden 33-yard pass from Jason Bean (Zach Williams kick), 12:31. Mean Green 7–0. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 2:29.
  • UNT – Greg White 32-yard pass from Jason Bean (Zach Williams kick), 6:07. Mean Green 14–0. Drive: 8 plays, 95 yards, 2:16.

Second quarter

  • UNT – Jaelon Darden 19-yard pass from Jason Bean (kick failed), 14:35. Mean Green 20–0. Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards, 2:08.
  • HBU – Josh Alfaro 7-yard pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick), 9:39. Mean Green 20–7. Drive: 5 plays, 29 yards, 1:56.
  • UNT – Zach Williams 30-yard field goal, 1:18. Mean Green 23–7. Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 3:07.
  • HBU – Gino Garcia 50-yard field goal, 0:00. Mean Green 23–10. Drive: 5 plays, 42 yards, 1:18.

Third quarter

  • UNT – Jason Bean 37-yard run (pass failed), 8:23. Mean Green 29–10. Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards, 2:18.
  • UNT – Oscar Adaway III 35-yard run (Zach Williams kick), 7:08. Mean Green 36–10. Drive: 3 plays, 79 yards, 0:38.
  • UNT – Jaelon Darden 6-yard pass from Austin Aune (Zach Williams kick), 3:37. Mean Green 43–10. Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 2:19.
  • HBU – Blaise Bentsen 1-yard run (Gino Garcia kick), 0:30. Mean Grean 43–17. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:07.

Fourth quarter

  • UNT – Oscar Adaway III 47-yard run (Zach Williams kick), 14:25. Mean Green 50–17. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:05.
  • UNT – Isaiah Johnson 16-yard run (Zach Williams kick), 11:19. Mean Green 57–17. Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards, 1:56.
  • HBU – Ben Ratzlaff 71-yard pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick), 9:36. Mean Green 57–24. Drive: 6 plays, 97 yards, 1:43.
  • HBU – Josh Sterns 38-yard pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick), 5:36. Mean Green 57–31. Drive: 6 plays, 77 yards, 1:59.
Statistics HBU UNT
First downs 28 33
Total yards 569 721
Rushing yards 89 360
Passing yards 480 361
Turnovers 0 1
Time of possession 31:41 28:19
Team Category Player Statistics
Houston Baptist Passing Bailey Zappe 39/62, 480 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Ean Beek 12 rushes, 48 yards
Receiving Ben Ratzlaff 6 receptions, 108 yards, TD
North Texas Passing Jason Bean 11/18, 217 yards, 3 TD, INT
Rushing Oscar Adaway III 5 rushes, 118 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Greg White 2 receptions, 76 yards, TD

At Texas Tech

See also: 2020 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
Houston Baptist Huskies at Texas Tech Red Raiders
Period 1 2 34Total
Huskies 3 7 101333
Red Raiders 14 7 7735

at Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, Texas

Game information
  • TTU – Erik Ezukanma 7-yard pass from Alan Bowman (Trey Wolff kick), 13:22. Red Raiders 7–0. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:38.
  • HBU – Gino Garcia 40-yard field goal, 10:11. Red Raiders 7–3. Drive: 9 plays, 53 yards, 3:11.
  • TTU – SaRodorick Thompson 5-yard run (Trey Wolff kick), 3:39. Red Raiders 14–3. Drive: 11 plays, 95 yards, 4:18.
Second quarter
  • TTU – Tahj Brooks 1-yard run (Trey Wolff kick), 6:22. Red Raiders 21–3. Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards, 2:32.
  • HBU – D. J. Dormeus 65-yard pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick), 5:21. Red Raiders 21–10. Drive: 4 plays, 81 yards, 1:01.
Third quarter
  • HBU – Gino Garcia 44-yard field goal, 8:25. Red Raiders 21–13. Drive: 6 plays, 17 yards, 1:42.
  • HBU – Josh Sterns 65-yard pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick), 5:40. Red Raiders 21–20. Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, 0:59.
  • TTU – SaRodorick Thompson 8-yard run (Trey Wolff kick), 1:39. Red Raiders 28–20. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 4:01.
Fourth quarter
  • TTU – KeSean Carter 18-yard pass from Alan Bowman (Trey Wolff kick), 11:29. Red Raiders 35–20. Drive: 11 plays, 84 yards, 2:41.
  • HBU – Josh Sterns 75-yard pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick), 11:19. Red Raiders 35–27. Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:10.
  • HBU – Jerreth Sterns 6-yard pass from Bailey Zappe (pass failed), 3:23. Red Raiders 35–33. Drive: 7 plays, 96 yards, 2:02.
Statistics HBU TTU
First downs 28 35
Total yards 600 624
Rushing yards 28 194
Passing yards 572 430
Turnovers 1 1
Time of possession 26:56 33:04
Team Category Player Statistics
Houston Baptist Passing Bailey Zappe 30/49, 567 yards, 4 TD
Rushing Ean Beek 16 rushes, 34 yards
Receiving Josh Sterns 5 receptions, 209 yards, 2 TD
Texas Tech Passing Alan Bowman 38/52, 430 yards, 2 TD, INT
Rushing SaRodorick Thompson 22 rushes, 118 yards, 2 TD
Receiving KeSean Carter 6 receptions, 86 yards, TD

References

  1. ^ "Nicholls Favored to Win Southland Football Spring Season". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Southland Announces 2020 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  3. ^ Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  4. ^ Diaz, Cory (July 22, 2020). "Louisiana Tech adds Houston Baptist to 2020 football schedule". thenewsstar.com. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Houston Baptist Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
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