2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

The 2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football team will represent Houston Baptist University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Huskies will be led by eighth-year head coach Vic Shealy. They will play their home games at Husky Stadium as members of the Southland Conference.

2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
2020 record1–3 (0–0 Southland)
Head coach
Home stadiumHusky Stadium (Capacity: 5,000)
2020 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Incarnate Word   –      –  
Lamar   –      –  
McNeese State *   –      –  
Nicholls   –      –  
Northwestern State   –      –  
Sam Houston State   –      –  
Southeastern Louisiana   –      –  
  • * – Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to NCAA sanctions Abilene Christian, Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, and Stephen F. Austin opting out of playing spring conference football
As of February 8, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Houston Baptist had a game scheduled against Texas Southern, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On July 22, Houston Baptist announced that it had added a game against Louisiana Tech as a replacement for Texas Southern.[2]

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

[3]

Game summaries

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

at Apogee Stadium • Denton, Texas

  • Date: Saturday, September 5, 2020
  • Game time: 6:30 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Clear • Temperature: 82 °F (28 °C) • Wind: Calm
  • TV: ESPN3
  • ESPN game summary
Game information
  • (12:31) UNT – Jaelon Darden 33 yard pass from Jason Bean, Zach Williams kick (Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 2:29; North Texas 7–0)
  • (6:07) UNT – Greg White 32 yard pass from Jason Bean, Zach Williams kick (Drive: 8 plays, 95 yards, 2:16; North Texas 14–0)
Second quarter
  • (14:35) UNT – Jaelon Darden 19 yard pass from Jason Bean, kick failed (Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards, 2:08; North Texas 20–0)
  • (9:39) HBU – Josh Alfaro 7 yard pass from Bailey Zappe, Gino Garcia kick (Drive: 5 plays, 29 yards, 1:56; North Texas 20–7)
  • (1:18) UNT – Zach Williams 30 yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 3:07; North Texas 23–7)
  • (0:00) HBU – Gino Garcia 50 yard field goal (Drive: 5 plays, 42 yards, 1:18; North Texas 23–10)
Third quarter
  • (8:23) UNT – Jason Bean 37 yard rush, 2-pt. conversion failed (Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards, 2:18; North Texas 29–10)
  • (7:08) UNT – Oscar Adaway III 35 yard rush, Zach Williams kick (Drive: 3 plays, 79 yards, 0:38; North Texas 36–10)
  • (3:37) UNT – Jaelon Darden 6 yard pass from Austin Aune, Zach Williams kick (Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 2:19; North Texas 43–10)
  • (0:30) HBU – Blaise Bentsen 1 yard rush, Gino Garcia kick (Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:07; North Texas 43–17)
Fourth quarter
  • (14:25) UNT – Oscar Adway III 47 yard rush, Zach Williams kick (Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:05; North Texas 50–17)
  • (11:19) UNT – Isaiah Johnson 16 yard rush, Zach Williams kick (Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards, 1:56; North Texas 57–17)
  • (9:36) HBU – Ben Ratzlaff 71 yard pass from Bailey Zappe, Gino Garcia kick (Drive: 6 plays, 97 yards, 1:43; North Texas 57–24)
  • (5:36) HBU – Josh Sterns 38 yard from Bailey Zappe, Gino Garcia kick (Drive: 6 plays, 77 yards, 1:59; North Texas 57–31)
StatisticsHBUNT
First downs2833
Plays–yards87–56986–721
Rushes–yards24–8952–360
Passing yards480361
Passing: Comp–Att–Int39–62–021–34–0
Time of possession31:4128:19
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Houston BaptistPassingBailey Zappe39/62, 480 yards, 3 TD
RushingEan Beek12 carries, 48 yards
ReceivingBen Ratzlaff6 receptions, 108 yards, 1 TD
North TexasPassingJason Bean11/18, 217 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
RushingOscar Adaway III5 carries, 118 yards, 2 TD
ReceivingGreg White2 receptions, 76 yards, 1 TD

References
  1. Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  2. Diaz, Cory (July 22, 2020). "Louisiana Tech adds Houston Baptist to 2020 football schedule". thenewsstar.com. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  3. "2020 Houston Baptist Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
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