BROWNWOOD, Texas – The Howard Payne University football team fell to Mary Hardin-Baylor 35-10 at home on senior day in what was the final game of the season.
The Yellow Jackets lost the turnover battle versus the Crusaders fumbling the ball once and throwing two interceptions. HPU also gave up four sacks losing a total of 23 yards.
Landon McKinney was 27 of 48 for 315 yards while throwing two interceptions and one touchdown. McKinney finished seven yards short of breaking the HPU career passing yards record, totaling 10,240 yards for his career.
Jordan Carroll led the way for the receivers catching five passes for 83 yards.
Casey Dufner totaled four receptions for 38 yards and a touchdown.
KJ Kelley led the defensive charge for HPU recording nine tackles. Following behind Kelley was
Jacob Korrodi and
Justin Kay recording seven a piece.
The Yellow Jackets had 353 total yards of offense, 315 through the passing attack and 38 on the ground. UMHB finished with 320 yards of offense, 205 through the air and 115 on the ground.
Scoring Summary
| Qtr |
Time |
Scoring Play |
MHB |
HPU |
| 1st |
12:29 |
MHB - Cormier, Jr.,Kenneth 1 yd run (Lopez,Edwin kick), 4 plays, 3 yards, TOP 01:52 |
7 |
0 |
| 1st |
09:58 |
MHB - Williams,AJ 33 yd pass from Phe,Isaac (Lopez,Edwin kick) 3 plays, 54 yards, TOP 00:45 |
14 |
0 |
| 1st |
09:21 |
MHB - Asiegbu,Stanley 30 yd pass from Phe,Isaac (Lopez,Edwin kick) 1 plays, 30 yards, TOP 00:10 |
21 |
0 |
| 1st |
00:59 |
HPU - Dufner,Casey 9 yd pass from McKinney,Landon (Fields,Michael kick) 8 plays, 70 yards, TOP 03:23 |
21 |
7 |
| 2nd |
11:24 |
HPU - Fields,Michael 37 yd field goal 9 plays, 63 yards, TOP 02:19 |
21 |
10 |
| 3rd |
06:51 |
MHB - Williams,AJ 22 yd pass from Phe,Isaac (Lopez,Edwin kick) 2 plays, 23 yards, TOP 00:41 |
28 |
10 |
| 4th |
09:36 |
MHB - Cephus,Jerry 20 yd pass from Phe,Isaac (Lopez,Edwin kick) 9 plays, 67 yards, TOP 04:03 |
35 |
10 |
Howard Payne finishes the 2023 season 6-4 overall and 3-3 in the ASC after dropping the final game of the year versus Mary Hardin-Baylor on senior day. The Yellow Jackets have earned their third winning season in a row highlighted by a 5-1 home record at Gordon Wood Stadium.
