2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

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2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football
HBU Huskies Wordmark.png
ConferenceSouthland Conference
2020 record1–3 (0–0 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorZach Kittley (3rd season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Home stadiumHusky Stadium (Capacity: 5,000)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Southland Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Sam Houston State $^   6 – 0     10 – 0  
No. 20 Southeastern Louisiana   4 – 2     4 – 3  
Incarnate Word   3 – 3     3 – 3  
No. 23 Nicholls   3 – 3     4 – 3  
McNeese State*   2 – 4     3 – 4  
Lamar   2 – 4     2 – 4  
Northwestern State   1 – 5     1 – 5  
Rankings from STATS Poll
2020 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
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 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 were led by eighth-year head coach Vic Shealy. They played their home games at Husky Stadium as members of the Southland Conference.

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
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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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)
Statistics HBU NT
First downs 28 33
Plays–yards 87–569 86–721
Rushes–yards 24–89 52–360
Passing yards 480 361
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 39–62–0 21–34–0
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 carries, 48 yards
Receiving Ben Ratzlaff 6 receptions, 108 yards, 1 TD
North Texas Passing Jason Bean 11/18, 217 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Oscar Adaway III 5 carries, 118 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Greg White 2 receptions, 76 yards, 1 TD

References[]

  1. ^ "Nicholls Favored to Win Southland Football Spring Season". www.southland.org. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Southland Announces 2020 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved 8 August 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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