MARSHALL, Texas – Facing their second nationally ranked opponent this season, the East Texas Baptist University football team is hosting #16 Hardin-Simmons University in the final home game of the year. Before the game, ETBU will honor five seniors along with a ceremony unveiling the "My Brother's Keeper" statue in memory of Darrian "D.J." McClintock, Jr., and Norvontre "Tre" Harrison.
Below is information on the game.
ETBU vs #16 Hardin-Simmons University | Marshall, Texas | Saturday, November 8
Stadium: Ornelas Stadium
Time: 2:00 PM
All-Time Series: HSU leads, 17-2
GAME NOTES (ETBU vs. HSU)
QUICK NOTES vs. HSU
- This is the 20th meeting and the 10th in Marshall, Texas
- ETBU's last win over HSU came in 2015 for the ASC Championship
- HSU has won the last three meetings vs. ETBU and averaged 68 points per game in those games
- ETBU won in 2015, 27-21, over #10 HSU
- ETBU's only other win came in 2011 in Marshall, 26-22
- In 2015, Kendall Roberson had 198 yards rushing on 50 carries
- In 2016, it was a top 25 showdown in Abilene as #10 HSU defeated #21 ETBU, 66-30
- Richard Johnson had 227 yards receiving vs. HSU in 2016
- ETBU is 2-7 in Marshall, vs. HSU
Hardin-Simmons University (2-17)
S29-2018 at #7 Hardin-Simmons L 17-59
S30-2017 #6 HARDIN-SIMMONS L 42-80
N5-2016 at #10 Hardin-Simmons L 31-66
N7-2015 #8 Hardin Simmions W 27-21
N8-2014 at Hardin Simmions L 19-35
O19-2013 Hardin Simmions L 17-55
O13-2012 at Hardin-Simmons L 22-42
O1-2011 HARDIN-SIMMONS W 26-22
O2-2010 at Hardin-Simmons L 17-49
O10-2009 HARDIN-SIMMONS L 10-13
O11-2008 at Hardin-Simmons L 12-40
O13-2007 HARDIN-SIMMONS L 24-26
O14-2006 at Hardin Simmons L 17-56
O15-2005 at #4 Hardin-Simmons L 13-38
O16-2004 #5 HARDIN-SIMMONS L 13-31
O25-2003 at Hardin-Simmons L 14-20
O26-2002 Hardin-Simmons L 22-43
O27-2001 at Hardin-Simmons L 10-69
O28-2000 HARDIN-SIMMONS L 7-44
LAST MEETING
#7 HSU 59, ETBU 17
ABILENE, Texas – In their toughest road trip to date, the East Texas Baptist University football team fell to #7 Hardin-Simmons University, 59-17, in American Southwest Conference play.
Brian Baca completed 16-of-29 passing for 176 yards while rushing in for two touchdowns.
Justin Ward was ETBU's top rusher with 62 yards on 10 carries while
Tarek Beaugard had a team-leading 71 yards on three receptions. Defensively,
Garrett Gibson had six tackles to lead the team while
Aaron Buckley recorded an interception and Quaylon Buckley added a sack.
ETBU's first drive resulted in a three-and-out as they were forced to punt. The Cowboys would respond with a scoring drive of six plays to lead 7-0. ETBU would drive down the field on their second possession of the game to reach the 10-yard line before Baca scampered in to tie the game at seven. HSU drove down to the 28-yard line on their next possession but they were held to a 40-yard field goal to lead 10-7. ETBU's next possession led to a pick-six by HSU, which gave them a 17-7 lead. Following a missed field goal, HSU pick up another touchdown for a 24-7 lead.
As the second quarter started, ETBU was able to prevent a first down with a stop. But HSU's punt put ETBU inside their five-yard line, which they were unable to move from and were forced to punt. HSU would capitalize on good field position and make it 31-7. HSU added another touchdown before the half for a 38-7 lead.
HSU added 21 points in the third quarter before ETBU would put 10 points on the board in the fourth quarter. Baca ran in for his second touchdown of the day and then a
Drew MacKay field would finish out ETBU's scoring.
HAT TRICK FOOTBALL STYLE | AGAIN
For the second time this season, the ETBU defense had a safety record three interceptions in a game as
KJ Kelley pulled off the feat vs. Southwestern.
Grant LaPoint-Teate also had three interceptions vs. McMurry. Kelley was named the ASC Defensive Player of the Week and made the d3football.com "Team of the Week" for his performance.
Kelley's first interception occurred in the second quarter at ETBU's five-yard line as the Pirates looked for the go-ahead touchdown. In the beginning of the 4th quarter, he picked off his second pass as ETBU led, 35-23, at the ETBU 10 returning it 16 yards to stop another SU threat. His final pick came at the 4:37 mark in the 4th quarter at the SU 36-yard line just as SU started a new drive as ETBU was up 42-23. He also broke up a pass as well.
He is the 14
th player at ETBU to earn a spot on the d3football.com "Team of the Week." The last to be named to the team was Xavier Gray in 2017. ETBU six players named in 2015 and one in 2016 along with the offensive line twice in 2014 and 2016.
LOOKING FOR A GRAND
Senior running back
Jeremiah Robertson needs just 254 yards to break 1,000 rushing yards this year. He has posted five 100-yard rushing games this year against Texas Lutheran (150), Sul Ross State (115), McMurry (129), Howard Payne (169), and Southwestern (104). Against Southwestern, he had all the yards in the first half, too. ETBU's last 1,000 yard rusher came in 2015 from Kendall Roberson with 1,626 yards. There have only been five 1,000 yard rushers in ETBU's history since starting the program back up in 2000.
Year Name ATT YDS AVG TD
2003 RoShawn Johnson 322 1,757 5.2 13
2010 Sed Harris 138 1,116 8.1 11
2011 Sed Harris 125 1,018 8.1 5
Jair Stover 210 1,016 4.8 10
2013 Toi Glover 222 1,050 4.7 9
2015 Kendall Roberson 237 1,626 6.9 24
GIVE HIM ANOTHER 100
Junior
Justin Ward rushed for 110 yards vs. Southwestern for his second career 100-yard rushing game. His first 100-yard rushing game came last year with 104 yards on 11 carries vs. Howard Payne University. He went for 110 yards on 17 carries with a 42-yard run vs. Southwestern and a touchdown. He has scored a touchdown in two straight games now and has 343 yards rushing on the year.
BACA BREAKS THE RECORD
Senior
Brian Baca broke the ETBU career record for passing touchdowns at 63 against Southwestern University. He found
Jake Smith on a 39-yard pass in the fourth quarter to make it 42-23 to break the record. Baca has tallied 15 passing touchdowns this year and 1,956 yards passing. He surpassed Josh Warbington's record of 62 set from 2013 to 2015. Below is where Baca stands in the rest of career passing categories.
PASSING ATTEMPTS
Rk Player Years Att.
1 Josh Warbington 2012-15 857
2
Brian Baca 2016-pr. 786
3 Phil Van Cleave 2003-06 779
4 Seth Hubbard 2009-12 738
5 Dru Smith 2016-17 610
COMPLETIONS
Rk Player Years Comp.
1 Josh Warbington 2012-15 552
2
Brian Baca 2016-pr. 465
3 Phil Van Cleave 2003-06 404
4 Seth Hubbard 2009-12 390
5 Dru Smith 2016-17 379
YARDS
Rk Player Years Comp.
1 Josh Warbington 2012-15 7,636
2
Brian Baca 2016-pr. 6,825
3 Phil Van Cleave 2003-06 5,553
TOUCHDOWNS
Rk Player Years TD
1
Brian Baca 2016-pr. 63
2 Josh Warbington 2012-15 62
3 Dru Smith 2016-17 57
SACK LUNCH AND PICK YOUR PLACE TO GO
The ETBU defense has had a strong year going after the quarterback. In eight games they have recorded 21 sacks and 10 interceptions. They have had three or more sacks in four games and three interceptions in a game vs. McMurry and Southwestern. The posted five sacks vs. McMurry and four vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor.
SENIOR DAY
ETBU will honor five seniors in
Brian Baca,
Sirbatian Charles,
Grant LaPoint-Teate,
Alan Martinez, and
Jeremiah Robertson. This class has been a part of three straight winning seasons and has a chance to become the second class to have four winning seasons in their career. They have won 25 games in their career and finished in the top tier of the American Southwest Conference. Below are the write ups for senior day.
#7
Brian Baca. Brian is a four-year player and is from Pittsburg, Texas. He has played in 26 games posting 63 passing touchdowns, 6,825 passing yards, 919 rushing yards, and 14 rushing touchdowns. He is the all-time program leader in passing touchdowns and second in completions, passing attempts, and passing yards. He also has two single game records for passing touchdowns and passing yards in one game against Louisiana College in 2017. He is an All-ASC first-team selection, two-time ASC All-Academic, an ASC sportsmanship award winner, voted onto the CoSIDA Academic All-District team last year, a four-time ASC Offensive Player of the Week, and on the d3football.com Team of the Week once. #7
Brian Baca.
#2
Sirbatian Charles. Sirbatian is a four-year player from Patterson, Louisiana. He has played in 32 games recording 63 tackles and 23 pass break ups. He recorded a career high six tackles this year vs. Howard Payne and also had an interception vs. Wisconsin Platteville. #2
Sirbatian Charles.
#1
Grant LaPoint-Teate. Grant is a four-year player from Orange, Texas. He has played in 38 games and recorded 114 tackles, five tackles for loss, 8 interceptions, forced two fumbles and record two fumbles while breaking up 36 passes. He broke the single game record for interceptions with three against McMurry University and was named the ASC Defensive Player of the Week this year. #1
Grant LaPoint-Teate.
#41
Alan Martinez. Alan is a four-year player from Marshall, Texas. He has played in 21 games and had 30 punts for 1,068 yards. He averages 35.6 yards per punt with his longest punt being 60 yards. #14
Alan Martinez
#28
Jeremiah Robertson. Jeremiah is a four-year player from Huntington, Texas. He has played in 20 games recording over 1,300 yards with 23 rushing touchdowns. He has rushed for over 100 yards in seven games in his career and needs 254 yards this year to break 1,000 yards rushing in a season. He has scored two or more touchdowns in five games record three touchdowns in two games. The two-time ASC All-Academic selection was an All-ASC second team member last year and won the ASC Offensive Player of the Week once this year. #28
Jeremiah Robertson.
