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
Conference	Southland Conference
2020 record	1–3 (0–0 Southland)
Head coach	Vic Shealy (8th season)
Home stadium	Husky 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]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:30 p.m.	at North Texas*	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	ESPN3	L 31–57	7,611
September 12	7:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech*	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX	ESPN+	L 33–35	11,157
September 26	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech*	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPN3	L 38–66	7,140
October 3	2:00 p.m.	at Eastern Kentucky*	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	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

Game One – Houston Baptist Huskies at North Texas Mean Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	10	7	14	31
Mean Green	14	9	20	14	57

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. 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.