Abilene Christian overwhelms Houston Baptist 49-21

ABILENE, Texas (AP) Parker McKenzie threw three touchdown passes, Herschel Sims ran for two more and Abilene Christian cruised to a 49-21 win over Houston

ABILENE, Texas (AP) Parker McKenzie threw three touchdown passes, Herschel Sims ran for two more and Abilene Christian cruised to a 49-21 win over Houston Baptist on Saturday night.

Trailing 14-7 early in the second quarter, Abilene Christian (1-1, 1-0 Southland) scored 35 consecutive points to take control of the game. Jonathan Epps hauled in two touchdown catches from McKenzie, while Sims scored on 9- and 35-yard runs as the Wildcats won their third straight over Houston Baptist (1-2, 0-1).

De'Andre Brown punched in a touchdown from the 1, Cedric Gilbert caught an 8-yard TD pass from McKenzie and Jamie Walker grabbed a 3-yard pass from Cody Ennis for the Wildcats, who held the Huskies to just 74 yards passing.

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Houston Baptist, in its third football season, got two rushing touchdowns from B.J. Kelly and a third from Mev Ajdin. Terrance Peters ran for 112 yards on 13 carries.

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