Texas Southern Tigers (0-1) at HBU Huskies (0-1)
Saturday, Sept. 10 – 7 p.m.
Husky Stadium – Houston
TV: Root Sports Southwest (Tom Franklin/John Harris/Ashley Prendergast/Jeff Power)
Channels: DirecTV 674, Xfinity 39/639, U-verse 758/1758 (Complete Listings)
Audio (Lonnie King)
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HOUSTON - HBU hosts crosstown rival Texas Southern in the Huskies' home opener in non-conference FCS action Saturday at 7 p.m. at Husky Stadium. The game will be televised live on Root Sports Southwest, with a re-air at midnight, and the audio broadcast is available on Legacy Sports Network at HBUHuskies.com.
The Huskies (0-1) are led defensively by junior linebacker
Garrett Dolan, who led the FCS with 18 tackles on the season's opening weekend, while adding a fumble recovery. Senior linebacker
Dorrin Turner also racked up double-digit stops with 13 and junior linebacker
Cody Moncure added nine.
Senior quarterback
Tony Dawson completed 10-of-27 passes in last Thursday's Southland Conference road loss to Central Arkansas, while junior quarterback
Max Staver completed 8-of-13 passes for 85 yards, including a 31-yard touchdown to sophomore wide receiver
David Racine. Junior wide receiver
Isaiah Hall caught eight passes for 90 yards, the second-most in each category in HBU's short history, while junior running back
Terrance Peters carried 14 times for 65 yards.
Junior punter
Christian Guzman returned from last year's season-ending knee injury to punt 10 times for a 38.8-yard average, and sophomore transfer kicker
Alec Chadwick was 2-for-3 on field goal attempts, with his only miss being a 54-yarder, which was blocked.
Texas Southern (0-1) opened the season with a 29-25 loss to long-time SWAC rival Prairie View A&M on the road Sunday night. Averion Hurts completed 8-of-15 passes for 71 yards, while Jay Christophe completed 5-of-8 for 112 yards and a touchdown, while adding 46 rushing yards. Tylor Cook carried 14 times for 67 yards and a score, while Derrick Griffin made six receptions for 90 yards and a touchdown.
Defensively, Damond King, Zack Bamijko and Jamal Lucas each made seven tackles, and Demetrius Johns had a pair of interceptions for the Tigers.
Saturday night's matchup marks the first meeting between HBU and TSU, and the two teams are scheduled to meet again on Sept. 9, 2017, at BBVA Compass Stadium.
The Huskies return to action with back-to-back SLC home games against Abilene Christian Sept. 17 and Sam Houston State Sept. 24, with both kickoffs set for 7 p.m.
