NCAAF Game Recap - Houston Baptist at Eastern Kentucky
Sat Oct 3, 2020 3:00 PM EDT

UVA
23
Clem
41
F
TxAM
24
Bama
52
F
SCar
24
Fla
38
F
Aub
6
UGA
27
F
TCU
33
Tex
31
F
Tuls
34
UCF
26
F
UNC
26
BC
22
F
SoFL
7
Cin
28
F
Ark
21
MissSt
14
F
OkSt
47
Kans
7
F
Okla
30
IASt
37
F
LSU
41
Vand
7
F
MIZ
12
Tenn
35
F
LT
14
BYU
45
F
NCSt
30
Pitt
29
F
Mem
27
SMU
30
F
Camp
14
Wake
66
F
ArkSt
23
CoCar
52
F
Bayl
21
WVU
27
F(1OT)
ECU
29
GASt
49
F
UTSA
13
UAB
21
F
N AL
7
Lib
28
F
Abil
23
Army
55
F
TxTch
21
K St
31
F
JacSt
24
FlaSt
41
F
Miss
42
KY
41
F OT
VaTec
38
Duke
31
F
UNCC
17
FlAtl
21
F
W Ky
20
MidTN
17
F
Navy
7
AF
40
F
GaSo
35
ULMon
30
F
SMiss
41
NorTx
31
F

Houston Baptist 33, Eastern Kentucky 30

Oct 3, 2020, 3:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Houston Baptist (1-3)

14

10

7

2

33

Eastern Kentucky (1-3)

7

0

10

13

30

Houston Baptist ends short season with a 33-30 victory
Sat Oct 3, 2020 7:07 PM

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) Bailey Zappe threw for three touchdowns, Houston Baptist blocked a late PAT for a two-point conversion and the Huskies' completed their four-game season with a 33-30 win over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday.

EKU rallied from a 21-point halftime deficit to get within one with just over four minutes remaining after Parker McKinney threw a 27-yard score to Keyion Dixon. But the point-after kick was blocked and Tra Fluellen, who also had an interception, returned it for two points.

The Colonels (1-3) got the ball back with 2:22 remaining but McKinney fumbled on a scramble.

Zappe, who came in as the Division I passing leader with 1,453 yards and 12 touchdowns, was 35 of 46 for 380 yards. The senior's season is over, though, with the Huskies' finishing with a win after losing to three FBS schools. HBU has opted out of the Southland Conference spring season.

Zappe's TD passes included scores of 65 yards to Josh Sterns and 42 to Josh's older brother, Jerreth Sterns.

McKinney was 25-of-40 passing for 296 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. Alonzo Booth ran for 108 yards and a score for EKU.

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Passing

HBU Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
B. Zappe 46 35 76.1 3 380 65 0 121.6
E Ky Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
P. McKinney 40 25 62.5 3 296 55 2 89.2

Rushing

HBU Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
D. Minnieweather 9 38 4.2 18 1
L. Turner 3 37 12.3 24 0
E Ky Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
A. Booth 17 108 6.4 29 1
P. McKinney 12 59 4.9 11 0

Receiving

HBU Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
V. Harrell 10 98 9.8 20 1
J. Sterns 4 96 24.0 65 1
E Ky Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
K. Dixon 6 112 18.7 55 1
J. Beerman 6 84 14.0 21 0

Fumbles

E Ky F FL
P. McKinney 1 1

Returning

HBU KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
E. Beek 4 22.8 0 28 0 0 0
J. Sterns 0 0 0 2 8.0 0 0

Punting

HBU Punt Yds Avg LgPu
B. Patterson 5 209 41.8 55
E Ky Punt Yds Avg LgPu
T. Cook 4 144 36.0 39

Takeaways

HBU Int Yds InTD
P. Wolfe 1 21 0
T. Fluellen 1 38 0

Team Stats Comparison

HBU E Ky
Points For 33 30
Total Yards 520 480
Rushing Yards 140 184
Passing Yards 380 296
Passing Completions / Attempts 35/46 25/40
Turnovers 0 3
Interceptions Thrown 0 2
Fumbles - Lost 0/0 2/1
First Downs 24 26
Penalties - Yards 12/137 8/60
Time Of Possession 41:41 19:19
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 8/15 5/13
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 0/0 2/2
Punts - Average Yards 0/0 0/0

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter HBU E Ky
HBU 07:15 TD Vernon Harrell 8 yd pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick) 7 0
HBU 08:59 TD Jerreth Sterns 42 yd pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick) 14 0
E Ky 13:28 TD Matt Wilcox Jr. 10 yd pass from Parker McKinney (Alexander Woznick kick) 14 7
2nd Quarter HBU E Ky
HBU 00:59 FG Gino Garcia 24 yd FG 17 7
HBU 14:17 TD Dreshawn Minnieweather 1 yd run (Gino Garcia kick) 24 7
3rd Quarter HBU E Ky
E Ky 04:07 TD Matt Wilcox Jr. 7 yd pass from Parker McKinney (Alexander Woznick kick) 24 14
E Ky 13:24 FG Alexander Woznick 26 yd FG 24 17
HBU 14:22 TD Josh Sterns 65 yd pass from Bailey Zappe (Gino Garcia kick) 31 17
4th Quarter HBU E Ky
E Ky 01:39 TD Alonzo Booth 29 yd run (Alexander Woznick kick) 31 24
E Ky 10:56 TD Keyion Dixon 27 yd pass from Parker McKinney (blocked XP) 31 30
HBU 10:56 RX Tra Fluellen returned XP 33 30

Game Information

Stadium: Roy Kidd Stadium, Richmond, Kentucky
Attendance: 2,916
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