SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – On Saturday, the University of the Incarnate Word will be celebrating Homecoming and the football team will have a chance to extend their current three-game home winning streak against visiting Houston Baptist University at 6 p.m. at Benson Stadium.

The Cardinals (3-4) have outscored the opposition, 126-26 in their three home games this year and have a pair of shutouts.  They are averaging 434.3 yards of offense per game while holding the opposition to only 186.3 yards per game at Benson Stadium.

For the season the Cardinals are averaging 161.7 rushing yards and 185.7 passing yards per game.  Junior Sessions (Mesquite/Mesquite HS) leads the ground attack with 53.3 yards per game while quarterback Trent Brittain (Eastland/Eastland HS) is putting up 43.1 yards per game.  Brittain is 111-of-208 for 1,249 yards passing with seven touchdowns and five interceptions.

The top receiver for the Cardinals is Casey Jennings (Fremont, CA/Washington HS) who has 33 catches for 494 yards and two touchdowns.  He needs 133 yards to match Dominic Hamilton's 2010 record of 627 receiving yards for a season.

The UIW defense does not have one individual standout, but they have 12 players with at least 20 tackles on the season.  Brandon Tanksley (Katy/Morton Ranch HS) recorded 12 tackles last week and Robby Horton (Beeville/Jones HS) leads the team with 7.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks.

In special teams, the Cardinals have an excellent punter in Emmanuel Nunez (Dallas/Seguin HS).  He is averaging 42.4 yards per punt and has had nine of his 36 punts end up inside the 20-yard line.  UIW has three good kick returners who all average at least 23.0 yards per return.

The Huskies (2-2) are in their first year as a football program.  They are scoring 24.5 points per game and giving up 43.5 points per game.  They have a dynamic running back duo of B.J. Kelly and Craig Bell.  Kelly leads the team with 81.0 yards per game on 5.0 yards per carry while Bell is averaging 56.8 yards per game on 5.3 yards per carry.  Ka'Darius Baker is the starting quarterback and he is 54-of-87 for 629 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.    They have three receivers with at least 10 receptions.

The HBU defense is led by the trio of Terrell Brown, Garrett Dolan and Cody Moncure.  Brown has 36 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and an interception.  Dolan and Moncure have combined for 65 tackles between the two of them.

A win for the Cardinals would give them a school record four home wins for the season and also eclipse the season win total for each of the past three years.
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