Football Returns To Action At Houston Baptist Saturday Night

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• Texas Southern continues its road stand with an easy 11-mile trip down Hwy 59 South for a match-up against the Huskies of Houston Baptist at 6:05 p.m. on Saturday.

• This marks the third match-up in series history between both schools with HBU holding a 2-0 series lead. The series began in 2016 and has been played at both team’s respective stadiums.

• Saturday’s contest will feature live audio on KTSU 90.9 FM and will be shown on ESPN3.

• The Tigers feature a new head coach in Clarence McKinney. A Houston native, McKinney attended high school across the street at Jack Yates High School and played collegiately at Montana State and the University of Mary. He also served as head coach at Yates before joining the staffs at Houston, Texas A&M and Arizona.

• Clarence McKinney is the 17th head coach in the history of Texas Southern Football. McKinney has a task ahead as the program has only had 28 winning seasons in 73 years of existence and hasn’t recorded a winning season since 2000. 

• McKinney won as a student at Yates High School and helped the University of Mary post three winning seasons as a student-athlete in college which made school history. As head coach at Yates, McKinney posted a mark of 30-8 over three years before moving on to the collegiate ranks as an assistant. As an assistant at Houston, Texas A&M and Arizona, McKinney has only experienced two losing seasons in his 11 years of collegiate coaching. 

• TSU returns to action after an open week on Sept. 21. The Tigers last played at Louisiana on Sept. 14.

• Texas Southern is playing its second and final team from the Southland Conference this season. The Tigers were defeated by Incarnate Word 63-44 on Sept. 7.

• TSU has scored 73 points in its first three games this season. It took four games last season for the Tigers to score 70-plus points.

• HBU has been an early surprise with a 3-1 record and features an offense which ranks No. 3 in the FCS (541.3 ypg). HBU holds the No. 3 passing offense (356.3) and No. 2 in scoring offense (48.3 ppg). They lead all FCS teams with  111 first downs as quarterback Bailey Zappe has passed for 1,319 yards and 14 touchdowns.

• Texas Southern has not defeated a Southland Conference opponent since a 26-20 win over Sam Houston State in 1996.