College Football: No. 8 Hardin-Simmons crushes Albright in season opener in Abilene
NON-CONFERENCE
HARDIN-SIMMONS 47, ALBRIGHT 3
Top performers
Albright: Dean Severin 24 FG; Ty’Sean Helm 14-65 rushing, 3-9-1 25 passing; Matt Creeger 2-52 receiving
HSU: Gaylon Glynn 20-24-1 354 yards, 4 TDs passing, 4-66 rushing; Colton Marshall 6-106 TD rushing, 1-29 TD receiving; Goddy Pyeatt 20-51 2 TDs receiving; Cole Michna 18 tackles
Highlights: Gaylon Glynn threw for 354 yards and four TDs, while Hawley junior Colton Marshall ran for 106 yards on six carries, including a 46-yard TD, and he also caught a 29-yard pass for a TD as No. 8 Hardin-Simmons blasted Albright on Friday night at Shelton Stadium.
Cooper grad Noah Garcia had a 7-yard TD run on the Cowboys’ first possession for the only score HSU needed.
HSU outgained the Lions 628-269 in total yards and picked off two passes.
Records: Albright 0-1; Hardin-Simmons 1-0.
Next: No. 10 Delaware Valley at Albright, 11 a.m. Sept. 9 at Gene Shirk Stadium, Reading, Pennsylvania; HSU at No. 12 Wisconsin-La Crosse, 1 p.m. Sept. 9.
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NON-CONFERENCE
BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN 20, MCMURRY 19
Top performers
McMurry: Jess Hoel 32-48-2 355 yards, 1 TD passing; Kristopher Martin 9-134 1TD receiving; Karmelus Card 7-107 receiving; Damon Dozier Jr. 12 tackles (10 solo)
Birmingham-Southern: Matt McClary 17-30-1 301 2 TDs passing; Thomas Speed 4-115 1 TD receiving.
Highlights: Birmingham-Southern blocked a game-tying PAT, and McMurry turned the ball over on its next possession as the Panthers escaped with the one-point victory Thursday night at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas.
McMurry trailed 20-0 going into the final quarter, but freshman quarterback Jess Hoel, an Abernathy grad, threw a 21-yard TD pass to Kristopher Martin on fourth-and-4 to make it a one-point game with 4:22 remaining.
Earlier in the quarter, Anson grad Drew Hagler ran for TDs of 1 and 2 yards — the latter with 7:45 to play after a 50-yard pass from Hoel to Karmelus Card.
The Panthers got a 4-yard TD run from Mitch Thompson — one play after a 50-yard run by Kobe Hughes — for the game’s first score with 7:50 left in the first quarter.
Matt McClary threw a 47-yard TD pass to A.J. McLemore late in the second quarter and an 83-yard TD pass to Thomas Speed early in the fourth quarter for a 20-0 lead.
Records: McMurry 0-1; Birmingham-Southern 1-0.
Next: McMurry at Millsaps, 1 p.m. Sept. 9, Harper Davis Field, Jackson, Mississippi; Birmingham-Southern at Huntingdon College, 6 p.m. Sept. 9, Montgomery, Alabama.
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Week 1 results for McMurry, Hardin-Simmons football teams
