Abilene, Texas – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor football team put together what appeared to be a championship drive in the final five minutes, only to see Hardin-Simmons answer just 48 seconds later as the Cru fell to the Cowboys 29-26 Saturday in Abilene. The loss drops UMHB to 7-1 overall and 2-1 in American Southwest-Conference play. The defeat also snaps the Cru's 61-game regular season win streak, a 39-game ASC win streak and a stretch of 13 consecutive wins over HSU. The Cowboys improve to 8-0 overall and 3-0 in the ASC with the victory.

UMHB trailed 22-19 with 7:36 left in the fourth quarter after Kerry Sloan's five-yard touchdown run and a two-point conversion for the Cowboys. The Cru then had an apparent go-ahead kickoff return for a touchdown by Michael Carpenter wiped out by a penalty. UMHB would march 78 yards in nine plays before Marcus Wimby scored on a two-yard run to give the Cru a 26-22 lead with 4:00 to go. Hardin-Simmons responded just three plays later when Ryan Breton found Jessie Ramos streaking up the sideline for a 57-yard touchdown pass to put the Cowboys back on top 29-26. UMHB's final drive would end with a turnover on downs following an HSU sack and the Cowboys killed the clock to clinch the victory. The Cru led 9-7 at halftime on Malcolm Miller's 11-yard TD run and Jacob O'Neill's 37-yard field goal. Breton hit Ramos from 25 yards out for the Cowboys' only points of the first half. HSU took the opening drive of the second half, converting a fake field goal on the way, and took a 14-9 lead on Sloan's two-yard run. O'Neill kicked a 27-yard field after a blocked punt and Miller scored on a 14-yard run after a big punt return to give UMHB a 19-14 lead.

The Cru finished with 343 yards of total offense, with 171 rushing and 172 passing. Hardin-Simmons posted 415 yards of offense with 284 coming through the air. Both teams turned the ball over once and UMHB blocked two kicks in the game.

Miller finished with 113 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries for the Cru. Zach Anderson was 11-18 passing for 124 yards and Wimby caught five passes for 45 yards. Reggie Wilson had 12 total tackles and an interception for the UMHB defense and Teidrick Smith added 3.0 sacks to break the UMHB single-season record with 13.0.

Ramos caught 10 passes for 223 yards and two scores for HSU and Sloan added 108 yards and two scores on the ground. Breton was 27-41 for 284 yards and two TD's. Korey Zavala had 14 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss to lead the Cowboy defense and HSU recorded five sacks in the contest.