(Seguin) — The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs are home this Saturday looking to even up their record at 1-1 as they host Howard Payne.
TLU is coming off a 26-14 home opening loss last Thursday to rival Trinity. All the scoring in the game happened in the first half as neither team found the end zone in the second half. Bulldog wideout Caleb Camarillo surpassed 1,000 career receiving yards. The senior had 95 yards receiving and was named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts.
Howard Payne also opened their season last Thursday, winning their home opener, holding off Pacific in a 21-13 victory. Pacific had a chance to tie the game late, but turned the ball over on downs deep in Howard Payne territory with under two minutes to go.
TLU Bulldog head coach Neal LaHue says the Yellow Jackets have a lot of playmakers on offense and defensively, they like to be aggressive.
“From what we’ve seen on film, they’re very explosive on offense. They wanna run it, but they’ll throw it as well. On defense, the defensive coordinator from McMurry has come over to run their defense,” LaHue said. “There a three-three stack team. They like to blitz and play a dime package behind it.
“So, we gotta be able to protect the quarterback and pick up the blitz, but we gotta be able to run the football, in my opinion.”
Howard Payne has a three-game win streak in the series with TLU dating back to 2021. The teams last met two years ago with the Yellow Jackets winning, 31-27 in Brownwood.
You’ll be able to hear Saturday’s game on KWED. Our TLU football pregame starts at 5:30 on Saturday afternoon, where we’ll talk more with Texas Lutheran head coach Neal LaHue. Kickoff between TLU and Howard Payne is set for 6 p.m. at Bulldog Stadium on AM 1580 and streaming at SeguinToday.com.