FB Preview: UMHB at Howard Payne
Mary Hardin-Baylor (5-4, 4-1 ASC) at Howard Payne (6-3, 3-2 ASC)
Brownwood, Texas – Gordon Wood Stadium
Kickoff: 1:00 pm CST
Series: UMHB leads series 22-2-0
Last Meeting: UMHB won 27-24 in Brownwood, Texas (11/5/22)
Head Coaches: Howard Payne - Kevin Bachtel | UMHB – Larry Harmon
Listen: 94.3 FM KYOX or www.HPUsports.com/watch
Video: www.HPUsports.com/watch
Live Stats: https://hpusports.com/sidearmstats/football/summary

HOWARD PAYNE
The Yellow Jackets come off a 47-42 loss at Sul Ross State last week. HPU was led by Landon McKinney going 34 of 56 for 471 yards and four TDs with no interceptions. McKinney now holds the school record for career passing completions with 659, the previous record of 653 was held by Scott Lincher (1991-1994).

McKinney is just 322 yards (9,925) shy of breaking the HPU career passing yards record currently held by Adam King with 10,246 yards (2001- 2004).

Against Sul Ross, Jessie Paris and KJ Kelley led the Yellow Jacket defense. Paris finished with 12 tackles and Kelley had 11 tackles, a forced fumble, and two pass breakups.

Last season, the Yellow Jackets tied the game at 24-24 with 31 seconds left but UMHB was able to connect on a 44-yard field goal as time expired to win 27-24.

This is the 25^th meeting between the two schools.

MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR
After dropping its first three games of the season, UMHB has gone 5-1 to stand at 5-4 going into the final game of the year.

UMHB outlasted East Texas Baptist last week 21-12 in Belton.

The Cru will use a pair of runners in Kenneth Cormier and Ozias Wright, Cormier with 595 yards and five TDs, and Wright with 455 yards and four TDs on the year.
Isaac Phe has played in nine games as QB for the Cru. He has 1,544 yards passing and 16 touchdowns.

Durand Hill is their top tackler with 76, third in the ASC.

AROUND THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE

ASC FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Games: November 4, 2023
 
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Jess Hoel, QB, Fr., McMurry
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Trey Belyeu-Witcher, DL, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
 
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Alec Garcia, DB, So., Sul Ross State

CURRENT ASC STANDINGS

SCHOOL	CONF	CPCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	STREAK
Hardin-Simmons	5-0	1.000	8-1	.889	W6
Mary Hardin-Baylor	4-1	.800	5-4	.556	W1
East Texas Baptist	3-2	.600	5-4	.556	L1
Howard Payne	3-2	.600	6-3	.667	L1
McMurry	3-3	.500	5-4	.556	W3
Austin	0-5	.000	1-8	.111	L6
Texas Lutheran	0-5	.000	1-8	.111	L7
Sul Ross State #	0-0	.000	4-5	.444	W1

# - Ineligible for ASC and NCAA Championships (NCAA Division II reclassifying)

THIS WEEK'S ASC SCHEDULE

Away	Home	Time	Location
Austin	Texas Lutheran	1:00 P.M.	Seguin, Texas
Hardin-Simmons	East Texas Baptist	1:00 P.M.	Marshall, Texas (Conf.)
Sul Ross State	McMurry	1:00 P.M.	Abilene, Texas
Mary Hardin-Baylor	Howard Payne	1:00 P.M.	Brownwood, Texas (Conf.)