SHERMAN, Texas - The Austin College football team fell 56-0 against visiting Mary Hardin-Baylor, ranked No. 1 by the AFCA and No. 2 by D3Football.com, on Saturday in American Southwest Conference action at Jerry Apple Stadium.

UMHB jumped on top early and finished the opening quarter leading 21-0, on their way to a 35-0 halftime margin and Austin College struggled to get things going offensively throughout the day. The Crusaders scored on three plays just 1:06 into the game, when Kyle King found Aaron Sims for a 37-yard touchdown on the opening drive. King added a 34-yard touchdown pass to Brenton Martin later in the quarter, and King got loose for a 52-yard touchdown jaunt with 2:37 left in the opening frame. 

The Cru added another score early in the second, as Alphonso Thomas plunged in from a yard out at the 12:33 mark to make it 28-0, and Brenton Martin caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Tommy Bowden to make it 35-0 with 6:53 left before the break. Austin College got an opportunity to get on the board late in the half, after Ethan Harris picked off a deflected pass deep in UMHB territory to set Austin College up at the 18-yard line, but the 'Roos failed to convert from fourth and goal from the four.

Mary Hardin-Baylor got on the board again with 6:47 left in the third quarter as King scored from four yards out to make it 42-0. That would be the only score of the third quarter, but UMHB got a 15-yard touchdown run from Bowden with 14:10 left in the game to make it 49-0. The Crusader tacked on one more score late, with Montana Miller finding the endzone from two yards out with 1:53 left to play.

The Crusaders out-gained Austin College 480-117 in the game, with 89 of those yards for Austin College coming on the ground. Maurice Reed led the 'Roos with 31 yards on seven carries, while Tyler James completed 7-of-15 attempts for 28 yards. Reed also paced the 'Roos with three catches for 17 yards. Grady Harper led the Austin College defense with a game-high 15 tackles, and Jarrett Pleasant added seven stops and two pass breakups. 

King went 8-of-10 for 141 yards and two touchdowns for the Cru, and Thomas carried the ball nine times for 63 yards. Martin caught three passes for 61 yards in a balanced offensive attack, while Omari Frazier had seven tackles to lead UMHB defensively.