HBU Huskies (2-4, 1-3 SLC) at Southeastern Louisiana (3-3, 3-1 SLC)
Saturday, Oct. 22 – 4 p.m.
Strawberry Stadium – Hammond, Louisiana

Audio (Lonnie King/Jonathan Fleming)
Live Stats
Game Notes
 
HAMMOND, Louisiana - HBU will play its next three games on the road and four of its last five to finish the season, beginning with Southeastern Louisiana in Southland Conference action Saturday at 4 p.m. at Strawberry Stadium. The Legacy Sports Network audio broadcast with Lonnie King and Jonathan Fleming will be available on HBUHuskies.com.
 
The Huskies (2-4, 1-3 SLC) are looking to bounce back from a 33-30, double-overtime loss at home to Nicholls and are led by senior quarterback Tony Dawson, who has completed 86-of-168 passes for 941 yards, three touchdowns, an interception, and rushed 73 times for 353 yards and a pair of scores. Against Nicholls, he rushed for a school-record 191 yards and a touchdown, while completing 19-of-35 passes for 165 yards, a touchdown, and threw his first interception of the season. Junior running back Terrance Peters has rushed for 460 yards and four touchdowns and junior running back B.J. Kelly has added 187 yards and a touchdown. Junior Isaiah Hall is HBU's leading receiver with 22 receptions, while junior Wesley Lewis leads with 280 yards and four different Huskies have caught a touchdown.
 
Junior linebacker Garrett Dolan anchors the defense, ranking third in the nation and leading the Southland Conference with 12.0 tackles per game, and has two sacks, a forced fumble and a recovery. Senior linebacker Dorrin Turner has made 37 stops and recorded the Huskies' first interception of the year against Nicholls, while junior safety La'Travien Gee has made 36 tackles, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble. Freshman defensive end Andre Walker leads HBU with 2.5 sacks.
 
Junior punter Christian Guzman ranks 34th nationally and third in the SLC with a 41.2 average. Sophomore kicker Alec Chadwick has set the HBU single-season record with 10 made field goals on 15 attempts, including a school-record 46-yarder.
 
SLU (3-3, 3-1) is paced on offense by Justin Alo, who has completed 71-of-135 passes for 1,288 yards, 12 touchdowns and five interceptions and added 147 yards on the ground. Rasheed Harrell has rushed for 257 yards and Kaelyn Henderson 228 yards, both with a pair of touchdowns. Brandon Acker leads the Lions with 21 catches for 518 yards and five touchdowns, while Juwan Dickey has made 18 catches for 398 yards and four scores.
 
Javon Tillman has made 48 tackles and an interception to lead SLU, followed by Max Lyons with 45 and Torrance Mosley with 40, plus a pick. Sione Teuhema leads the Lions with two sacks, while the team has recovered six fumbles and made five interceptions. Ivy Wall has punted 17 times for a 41.7-yard average and Jonathan Tatum has connected on 5-of-7 field goals, with a long of 41.
 
The Lions lead the all-time series with the Huskies, 2-0, claiming last season's meeting in a downpour at Husky Stadium, 22-7, on Oct. 24.
 
The Huskies will face Lamar Saturday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. in Beaumont, Texas, followed by an FBS matchup with UTEP Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. CDT at the Sun Bowl in El Paso.
 
HBU Head Coach Vic Shealy Quotes
On Nicholls: "We're disappointed we didn't make enough plays to find a way to win last week. Coach (Tim) Rebowe continues to do a tremendous job and his kids play so well and so hard and it was probably a pretty good college football game to watch, but was unfornuate we didn't get it done. I think 13 penalties and some things we did against such a good football team, you can't make those mistakes. We had our opportunities and I know we continue to improve as a program and try to build culture. It was a tough night in so many ways, but proud of the kids who strive each week to better themselves."
 
On Southeastern Louisiana: "I got a chance to watch some of the (Southeastern Louisiana-Stephen F. Austin) tape and watch the three phases. I'm really impreossed with the improvement...Coach (Ron) Roberts had tough opponents those first couple of weeks and with some new kids just trying to build the expectations for this group of kids. Obviously, he's figured out what they do well and you see all the ways they did contribute to a great win for them on the road, and I think it speaks well for the quality of athlete they have in the program. It verifies what we all know that to beat a good football team you have to play well in all areas and you just can't beat yourself."
 
On Tony Dawson: "Tony really has worked so hard since he's been on our campus. I think once we finished up our season last year, with two quarterbacks in our program we feel like we can with, just Tony's dedication to what he could control -- how much he could work in the weight room, how much time he spent on the field throwing, studying tape and trying to be coachable. I think it's a real credit to him and his desire to prepare to play. His first game out was a tough one against Central Arkansas and their phenomenal defense and there's some reasons for those things, but he's continued to go in and be a tremendous student of the game, he's a tremendous leader that it always smiling, is always upbeat, is always 'next play' and our football team has rallied behind him and I think he continues to better himself every week. Obviously, we want to keep the guy healthy and I feel like there's a lot of football left for him to really impact our season and expect him to continue to do that this week."