SAN ANTONIO – HBU's late rally came up short as its two-point conversion attempt with 2:07 left was incomplete in a 28-26 loss to Incarnate Word in the Southland Conference regular-season finale Thursday night at Benson Stadium.
Senior quarterback
Tony Dawson completed 12-of-25 passes for 218 yards, while rushing for 53 yards and a pair of touchdowns for the Huskies (4-7, 3-5 SLC). Junior running back
B.J. Kelly added 43 rushing yards and a touchdown. Senior wide receiver
Ricardo Barnett made four catches for 99 yards, while junior wide receiver
Ethan Fry had two receptions for 69 yards.
Junior linebacker
Garrett Dolan led HBU defensively with 15 tackles, finishing the year with 135, while junior linebacker
Cody Moncure had 11. Senior linebacker
Dorrin Turner and senior cornerback
Tay Spann each made eight stops and junior cornerback
Derek Broussard recorded his first career interception.
Trent Brittan completed 15-of-34 passes for 234 yards, three touchdowns and an interception, while rushing for 19 yards and a touchdown for UIW (3-8, 3-6). Desmond Hite rushed for 56 yards, Broderick Reeves had 49 and Junior Sessions added 46. Jamari Gilbert made six catches for 158 yards and a score.
Sean Hoeferkamp led the Cardinals with 10 tackles, while Josh Zellars made nine.
UIW had 416 yards of offense, compared to 330 for HBU. The Cardinals outrushed the Huskies, 182-112, converting 10-of-18 on third down, and possessing the ball for 36:25. UIW made the game's only turnover and were penalized five times for 50 yards, compared to HBU's seven for 41 yards.
UIW scored on its first possession has Jamari Gilbert broke a pair of tackles and sprinted 76 yards for a touchdown on a pass from Brittain. HBU nearly answered right back as Dawson completed a 62-yard pass to Barnett to set up the Huskies at the UIW 6, but the offense stalled and Chadwick's field goal attempt was blocked.
Chadwick connected on a 43-yard field in the second quarter to get HBU on the board, then Dawson's two-yard touchdown run just before halftime gave the Huskies a 10-7 lead at the break.
The Cardinals scored a pair of third-quarter touchdowns as Brittain three a four-yard touchdown pass to John Oglesby, then snuck in from a yard out with 1:49 left to put UIW ahead, 21-10.
On the first play of the fourth quarter, Chadwick drilled a 60-yard field goal, tying for the second-longest field goal in conference history.
UIW took over with 14:49, then went on an 18-play, 75-yard drive which ate up 8:47 seconds of the clock. The drive was capped by Brittain's 14-yard touchdown pass on 4
th-and-11 to put the Cardinals ahead, 28-13.
HBU took over with 5:55 left and only took one minute to find the endzone. On a double-reverse flea-flicker, Dawson hit Fry for a 44-yard pass to the UIW 20. After a 14-completion to Hall, Kelly took it in from six yards out to make the score, 28-20, with 4:55 to go.
The Huskies forced a three-and-out, then Dawson hooked up with Fry for a 25-yard completion to the UIW 13, then Dawson ran it in from six yards out to make it a two-point game with just over two minutes remaining on the clock. Dawson dropped back on the two-point conversion, but it was incomplete to junior tight end
Buddy Tuamasaga.
The Huskies finish the season with program records for wins (4), conference wins (3) and recorded their first road victory over a Southland opponent.
