East Texas Baptist Tigers football | |
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First season | 1924 |
Athletic director | Ryan Erwin |
Head coach | Calvin Ruzicka 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
Stadium | Ornelas Stadium (capacity: 2,046) |
Year built | 2000 |
Field surface | FieldTurf |
Location | Marshall, Texas |
NCAA division | Division III |
Conference | ASC |
All-time record | 151–169–6 (.472) |
Playoff appearances | 1 |
Playoff record | 1–1 |
Conference titles | 2 |
Rivalries | Louisiana Christian (Battle for the Border Claw) |
Colors | Navy blue and gold [1] |
Mascot | Tigers |
Website | goetbutigers.com |
The East Texas Baptist Tigers football team represents East Texas Baptist University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Tigers are members of the American Southwest Conference (ASC), fielding its team in the ASC since 2000. The Tigers play their home games at Ornelas Stadium in Marshall, Texas. [2]
Their head coach is Calvin Ruzicka, who took over the position for the 2023 season.
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason [A 1] | ||||
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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] |
No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
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1 | unknown | 1924; 1926; 1934–1938; 1947–1950 | 93 | 33 | 54 | 6 | 0.387 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2 | Ralph Harris [7] | 2000–2006 | 72 | 35 | 37 | 0 | 0.486 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 0.516 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – |
3 | Mark Sartain [8] | 2007–2012 | 60 | 26 | 34 | 0 | 0.433 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 0.489 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
4 | Joshua Eargle [9] | 2013–2015 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0.467 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0.375 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ASC Coach of the Year (2015) [10] |
5 | Scotty Walden [11] | 2016 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
6 | Scott Highsmith [12] | 2017 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.667 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
7 | Brian Mayper [13] | 2018–2022 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 0.556 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0.590 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
8 | Calvin Ruzicka [14] | 2023–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.489 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.489 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
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Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
East Texas Baptist Tigers | ||||||||||||||
1924 | 1924 | unknown | NCAA | — | — | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
No team in 1925 | ||||||||||||||
1926 | 1926 | unknown | NCAA | — | — | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
No team from 1927–1933 | ||||||||||||||
1934 | 1934 | unknown | NCAA | — | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||
1935 | 1935 | 8 | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||||||||
1936 | 1936 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
1937 | 1937 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
1938 | 1938 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
No team from 1939–1946 | ||||||||||||||
1947 | 1947 | unknown | NCAA | — | — | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | — | ||||
1948 | 1948 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
1949 | 1949 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
1950 | 1950 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
No team from 1951–1999 | ||||||||||||||
2000 | 2000 | Ralph Harris | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
2001 | 2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2002 | 2002 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2003 | 2003 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III Second Round [16] | 14 | ||||
2004 | 2004 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2005 | 2005 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2006 | 2006 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2007 | 2007 | Mark Sartain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
2008 | 2008 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2009 | 2009 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2010 | 2010 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2011 | 2011 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2012 | 2012 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2013 | 2013 | Joshua Eargle | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
2014 | 2014 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2015 | 2015 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | ASC tri-champion [17] | — | ||||
2016 | 2016 | Scotty Walden | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
2017 | 2017 | Scott Highsmith | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
2018 | 2018 | Brian Mayper | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
2019 | 2019 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2020–21 | 2020–21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2021 | 2021 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2022 | 2022 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2023 | 2023 | Calvin Ruzicka | — | — | ||||||||||
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