NCAAF Game Recap - Northwestern State at Houston Baptist
Sat Sep 21, 2019 7:00 PM EDT

UNCC
10
Clem
52
F
SMiss
7
Bama
49
F
ND
17
UGA
23
F
LSU
66
Vand
38
F
MiaOH
5
OSU
76
F
Aub
28
TxAM
20
F
Tenn
3
Fla
34
F
Utah
23
USC
30
F
Mich
14
Wisc
35
F
OkSt
30
Tex
36
F
UCF
34
Pitt
35
F
Oreg
21
Stan
6
F
UCLA
67
WaSt
63
F
AF
19
Boise
30
F
OD
17
UVA
28
F
Wash
45
BYU
19
F
Cal
28
Miss
20
F
Colo
34
AzSt
31
F
SMU
41
TCU
38
F
Hou
31
Tul
38
F
FLInt
31
LT
43
F
MSU
31
NW
10
F
ULMon
20
IASt
72
F
Elon
7
Wake
49
F
WestMI
33
Syr
52
F
BC
30
Rut
16
F
UConn
3
Ind
38
F
Mor
21
Army
52
F
CoCar
62
UMass
28
F
ULLaf
45
Ohio
25
F
CenCt
29
E Mi
34
F
Troy
35
Akr
7
F
BGSU
20
Kent
62
F
SoAl
3
UAB
35
F
Wyo
21
Tuls
24
F
App
34
UNC
31
F
Lou
24
FlaSt
35
F
Temp
22
Buff
38
F
JMU
37
Chat
14
F
SCar
14
MIZ
34
F
KY
13
MissSt
28
F
C Mi
12
MiaFL
17
F
NMS
52
NM
55
F
WVU
29
Kans
24
F
W&M
7
ECU
19
F
Hamp
27
Lib
62
F
Wagn
7
FlAtl
42
F
GASt
34
TxSt
37
F(2OT)
(N/A)
6
SamHu
45
F
SIU
28
ArkSt
41
F
N AL
12
JacSt
30
F
Bayl
21
Rice
13
F
Ball
23
NCSt
34
F
UTSA
3
NorTx
45
F
SJSU
31
Ark
24
F
NEV
37
UTEP
21
F
Neb
42
Ill
38
F
SacSt
20
Fres
34
F
Toled
41
ColSt
35
F
UtSt
23
SDSU
17
F
C Ark
16
Hawaii
35
F

Houston Baptist 48, Northwestern State 21

Sep 21, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Northwestern State (0-4)

0

0

14

7

21

Houston Baptist (3-1)

14

10

17

7

48

Houston Baptist wins 3 straight for 1st time, beats NW St.
Sat Sep 21, 2019 10:36 PM

HOUSTON (AP) Bailey Zappe threw for 257 yards and four scores as Houston Baptist opened Southland Conference play with its third straight win, a 48-21 victory over Northwestern State on Saturday night.

With just two wins in 22 starts over the last two seasons, the Huskies (3-1) have now won three consecutive games for the first time in their six-year history. They were 4-7 in 2016 and opened this season with a 36-34 loss to UTEP.

Ean Beek rushed for 131 yards with a score and Dreshawn Minnieweather totaled 112 yards rushing. Ben Ratzlaff caught five balls for 117 yards and two touchdowns.

The Huskies intercepted three passes. Brennan Young had two and Patrick Wolfe grabbed the third.

HBU sprinted to a 24-0 lead at the break and increased that to 31-0 early in the third before Northwestern State got on the board.

Zappe hit Coleman Robinson on a 2-yard TD pass with 9:57 remaining in the game to close out the scoring.

Shelton Eppler threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns for Northwestern State (0-4).

Passing

NWSt Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
S. Eppler 42 26 61.9 2 287 30 3 68.3
B. Rivers 4 2 50.0 0 14 13 0 58.3
HBU Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
B. Zappe 37 22 59.5 4 257 66 1 105.3
J. Sterns 1 1 100.0 1 9 9 0 143.8

Rushing

NWSt Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
J. West 17 80 4.7 15 1
S. Anderson 11 56 5.1 14 0
HBU Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
E. Beek 17 131 7.7 52 1
D. Minnieweather 14 112 8.0 37 0

Receiving

NWSt Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
A. Davis 3 68 22.7 30 2
Q. Shorts 7 47 6.7 24 0
HBU Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
B. Ratzlaff 5 117 23.4 66 2
J. Sterns 9 89 9.9 21 1

Fumbles

Returning

NWSt KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
B. Franklin 2 20.5 0 21 1 -4.0 0 0
HBU KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
G. Brito 2 34.0 0 38 0 0 0
J. Sterns 0 0 0 2 1.5 0 3

Punting

NWSt Punt Yds Avg LgPu
P. Pastorello 4 136 34.0 38
HBU Punt Yds Avg LgPu
B. Patterson 2 82 41.0 41

Takeaways

NWSt Int Yds InTD
K. Moore 1 0 0
HBU Int Yds InTD
B. Young 2 49 0
P. Wolfe 1 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

NWSt HBU
Points For 21 48
Total Yards 447 532
Rushing Yards 146 266
Passing Yards 301 266
Passing Completions / Attempts 28/46 23/38
Turnovers 3 1
Interceptions Thrown 3 1
Fumbles - Lost 0/0 0/0
First Downs 25 27
Penalties - Yards 4/30 5/47
Time Of Possession 36:36 24:24
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 9/17 4/11
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/3 1/2
Punts - Average Yards 4/34 2/41

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter NWSt HBU
HBU 01:55 TD Jerreth Sterns 12 yd pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick) 0 7
HBU 06:32 TD Ean Beek 52 yd run (Gino Garcia kick) 0 14
2nd Quarter NWSt HBU
HBU 01:52 TD Dreshawn Minnieweather 4 yd pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick) 0 21
HBU 14:12 FG Gino Garcia 33 yd FG 0 24
3rd Quarter NWSt HBU
HBU 03:02 TD Ben Ratzlaff 9 yd pass from Jerreth Sterns (Gino Garcia kick) 0 31
NWSt 06:24 TD Jared West 7 yd run (Ryan Gremillion kick) 7 31
HBU 07:20 TD Ben Ratzlaff 66 yd pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick) 7 38
NWSt 09:40 TD Akile Davis 30 yd pass from Shelton Eppler (Ryan Gremillion kick) 14 38
HBU 13:45 FG Gino Garcia 51 yd FG 14 41
4th Quarter NWSt HBU
NWSt 00:54 TD Akile Davis 26 yd pass from Shelton Eppler (Ryan Gremillion kick) 21 41
HBU 05:03 TD Coleman Robinson 2 yd pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick) 21 48

Game Information

Stadium: Husky Stadium, Houston, Texas
Attendance: 1,941
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