2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

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. 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.

2020 Houston Baptist Huskies football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record1–3 (0–0 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorZach Kittley (3rd season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Co-defensive coordinatorRoger Hinshaw (8th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJeff Mills (3rd season)
Home stadiumHusky Stadium (capacity: 5,000)
2020 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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
ConfOverall
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.

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)
1Central Arkansas*190 (12)
2Sam Houston State170 (4)
3Nicholls169 (6)
4Southeastern Louisiana157
5McNeese State113
6Incarnate Word104
7Abilene Christian*101
8Stephen F. Austin*60
9Houston Baptist*59
10Northwestern State49
11Lamar38

(*) 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

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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
Period 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 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 Baptist PassingBailey Zappe39/62, 480 yards, 3 TD
RushingEan Beek12 carries, 48 yards
ReceivingBen Ratzlaff6 receptions, 108 yards, 1 TD
North Texas PassingJason 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. "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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