Howard Payne Yellow Jackets football
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| Howard Payne Yellow Jackets football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1903 |
| Athletic director | Hunter Sims |
| Head coach | Kevin Bachtel 2nd season, 7–11 (.389) |
| Stadium | Gordon Wood Stadium (capacity: 7,500) |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Brownwood, Texas |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | ASC |
| Past conferences | Independent TIAA TC TIAA LSC |
| All-time record | 536–563–42 (.488) |
| Bowl record | 1–0 (1.000) |
| Playoff appearances | 1 |
| Playoff record | 0–1 |
| Conference titles | 19 |
| Rivalries | McMurry |
| Colors | Navy and yellow gold[1] |
| Mascot | Yellowjackets |
| Website | hpusports.com |
The Howard Payne Yellow Jackets football team represents Howard Payne University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Yellow Jackets are members of the American Southwest Conference (ASC), fielding its team in the ASC since 1996. The Yellow Jackets play their home games at Gordon Wood Stadium in Brownwood, Texas.[2]
Their head coach is Kevin Bachtel, who took over the position for the 2023 season.[3]
Conference affiliations
[edit]- Independent (1903–1916)
- Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1917–1925)
- Texas Conference (1926–1942; 1946–1955)
- Lone Star Conference (1957–1986)
- Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1987–1995)
- American Southwest Conference (1996–present)
List of head coaches
[edit]Key
[edit]| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
[edit]| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown | 1903–1908; 1914–1916 | 33 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0.397 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Elmer Simpson | 1909; 1911 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.413 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Gwinn Henry | 1912–1913 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0.614 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Arnold L. Kirkpatrick | 1917–1923 | 52 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 0.250 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | T. B. Amis | 1924–1927 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0.634 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0.593 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 6 | Joe Bailey Cheaney | 1928–1934; 1946–1947 | 86 | 58 | 20 | 8 | 0.781 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0.593 | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| 7 | J. McAdoo Keaton | 1935–1942 | 80 | 53 | 19 | 8 | 0.556 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 0.593 | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| 8 | Felton T. Wright | 1948–1950 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0.583 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.593 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Carl Anderson | 1951–1952 | 46 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 0.593 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0.593 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 10 | Guy B. Gardner | 1953–1955 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0.667 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.593 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Bennie B. Williams | 1956–1961 | 118 | 44 | 72 | 2 | 0.738 | 23 | 50 | 2 | 0.738 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Rusty Russell | 1962–1963 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0.687 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0.593 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Joe James | 1964–1967 | 41 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 0.655 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0.593 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | James Cameron | 1968–1971 | 42 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0.656 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0.738 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 15 | Dean Slayton | 1972–1978 | 72 | 28 | 42 | 2 | 0.656 | 21 | 34 | 1 | 0.738 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Harold Mayo | 1979–1981 | 30 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0.656 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0.656 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Bill Hicks | 1982–1985 | 40 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 0.656 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0.656 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Jerry Millsapps | 1986–1987 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0.656 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.656 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Bill Anderson | 1988–1991 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0.656 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0.656 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 20 | Vance Gibson | 1992–2004 | 131 | 89 | 42 | 0 | 0.656 | 65 | 26 | 0 | 0.656 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 21 | Mike Redwine | 2005–2007 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0.656 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0.656 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Steve Fanara | 2008–2011 | 40 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0.656 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0.656 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Roger Geise | 2012–2015 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0.656 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0.656 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Hunter Sims | 2016 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.656 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.656 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | Braxton Harris | 2017–2019 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0.656 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0.656 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Jason Bachtel | 2020–2022 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0.656 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0.656 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | Kevin Bachtel | 2023–present | 0.656 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Year-by-year results
[edit]| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Howard Payne Yellow Jackets | ||||||||||||||
| 1903 | 1903 | Unknown | IAAUS | — | Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1904 | 1904 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1905 | 1905 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| No team in 1906 | ||||||||||||||
| 1907 | 1907 | Unknown | IAAUS | — | Independent | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1908 | 1908 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1909 | 1909 | Elmer Simpson | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| No team in 1910 | ||||||||||||||
| 1911 | 1911 | Elmer Simpson | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1912 | 1912 | Gwinn Henry | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1913 | 1913 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1914 | 1914 | Unknown | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1915 | 1915 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1916 | 1916 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1917 | 1917 | Arnold L. Kirkpatrick | TIAA | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1918 | 1918 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1919 | 1919 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1920 | 1920 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1921 | 1921 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1922 | 1922 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1923 | 1923 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1924 | 1924 | T. B. Amis | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | |||
| 1925 | 1925 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1926 | 1926 | TC | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1927 | 1927 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1928 | 1928 | Joe Bailey Cheaney | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | |||
| 1929 | 1929 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1930 | 1930 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 1 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1932 | 1932 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 1 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1935 | 1935 | J. McAdoo Keaton | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | — | |||
| 1936 | 1936 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 1 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1938 | 1938 | 7 | 3 | 1 | T–1st | 6 | 0 | 1 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1939 | 1939 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4th | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1941 | 1941 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1942 | 1942 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| No team from 1943–1945 | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Joe Bailey Cheaney | NCAA | — | TC | 2 | 5 | 2 | T–4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1947 | 1947 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | Felton T. Wright | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1949 | 1949 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1950 | 1950 | 4 | 5 | 1 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1951 | 1951 | Carl Anderson | 4 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 3 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | |||
| 1952 | 1952 | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1953 | 1953 | Guy B. Gardner | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1954 | 1954 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2nd | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | Bennie B. Williams | College Division | — | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1957 | 1957 | LSC | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1958 | 1958 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1959 | 1959 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1960 | 1960 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1962 | 1962 | Rusty Russell | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8th | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1963 | 1963 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1964 | 1964 | Joe James | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1965 | 1965 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 5 | 5 | 1 | T–4th | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1967 | 1967 | NAIA | — | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | 1968 | James Cameron | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7th | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1969 | 1969 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1970 | 1970 | Division I | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 1 | 1 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 1 | W Cowboy Bowl | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | Dean Slayton | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1973 | 1973 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | ||||
| 1974 | 1974 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 1 | 8 | 1 | T–7th | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | Harold Mayo | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1980 | 1980 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | NCAA | Division II | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | 1982 | Bill Hicks | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1983 | 1983 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | Jerry Millsapps | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1987 | 1987 | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1988 | 1988 | Bill Anderson | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1989 | 1989 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 8 | 2 | 0 | Conference co-champion | 23 | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | Vance Gibson | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | 6 | |||
| 1993 | 1993 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | |||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | 23 | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Division II First Round | 13 | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | |
| 1997 | 1997 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | Mike Redwine | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2006 | 2006 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Steve Fanara | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2009 | 2009 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | Roger Geise | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2013 | 2013 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | Hunter Sims | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2017 | 2017 | Braxton Harris | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2020–21 | Jason Bachtel | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3rd West | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2021 | 2021 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | Kevin Bachtel | ||||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[4]
- ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[5]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "HOWARD PAYNE UNIVERSITY". Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ "Gordon Wood Stadium / About Gordon Wood Stadium". Brownwood ISD. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ "Jason Bachtel departs HPU, brother Kevin elevated to head coach". Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ "HPU Football School Records (PDF)" (PDF). Howard Payne University Athletics. Retrieved April 14, 2023.