| Teamname: | Howard Payne Yellow Jackets football |
| Athleticdirector: | Hunter Sims |
| Headcoach: | Kevin Bachtel |
| Headcoachyear: | 2nd |
| Hcwins: | 7 |
| Hclosses: | 11 |
| Stadium: | Gordon Wood Stadium |
| Stadcapacity: | 7,500 |
| Stadsurface: | FieldTurf |
| Location: | Brownwood, Texas |
| Ncaadivision: | III |
| Conference: | ASC |
| Pastaffiliations: | Independent TIAA TC TIAA LSC |
| Atwins: | 536 |
| Atlosses: | 563 |
| Atties: | 42 |
| Bowlwins: | 1 |
| Bowllosses: | 0 |
| Playoffapps: | 1 |
| Playoffs: | 0–1 |
| Conftitles: | 19 |
| Mascotdisplay: | Yellowjackets |
| Websitename: | hpusports.com |
| Websiteurl: | https://hpusports.com/sports/football |
The Howard Payne Yellow Jackets football team represents Howard Payne University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Yellow Jackets are members of the American Southwest Conference (ASC), fielding its team in the ASC since 1996. The Yellow Jackets play their home games at Gordon Wood Stadium in Brownwood, Texas.[1]
Their head coach is Kevin Bachtel, who took over the position for the 2023 season.[2]
| Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown | 1903–1908; 1914–1916 | 33 | 9 | 22 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2 | Elmer Simpson | 1909; 1911 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 3 | Gwinn Henry | 1912–1913 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 4 | Arnold L. Kirkpatrick | 1917–1923 | 52 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 5 | T. B. Amis | 1924–1927 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| 6 | Joe Bailey Cheaney | 1928–1934; 1946–1947 | 86 | 58 | 20 | 8 | 34 | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | |||
| 7 | J. McAdoo Keaton | 1935–1942 | 80 | 53 | 19 | 8 | 40 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | |||
| 8 | Felton T. Wright | 1948–1950 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 9 | Carl Anderson | 1951–1952 | 46 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| 10 | Guy B. Gardner | 1953–1955 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 11 | Bennie B. Williams | 1956–1961 | 118 | 44 | 72 | 2 | 23 | 50 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 12 | Rusty Russell | 1962–1963 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 13 | Joe James | 1964–1967 | 41 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 14 | James Cameron | 1968–1971 | 42 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| 15 | Dean Slayton | 1972–1978 | 72 | 28 | 42 | 2 | 21 | 34 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 16 | Harold Mayo | 1979–1981 | 30 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 17 | Bill Hicks | 1982–1985 | 40 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 18 | Jerry Millsapps | 1986–1987 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 19 | Bill Anderson | 1988–1991 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| 20 | Vance Gibson | 1992–2004 | 131 | 89 | 42 | 0 | 65 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| 21 | Mike Redwine | 2005–2007 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 22 | Steve Fanara | 2008–2011 | 40 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 23 | Roger Geise | 2012–2015 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 24 | Hunter Sims | 2016 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 25 | Braxton Harris | 2017–2019 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 26 | Jason Bachtel | 2020–2022 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 27 | Kevin Bachtel | 2023–present | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Howard Payne Yellow Jackets | ||||||||||||||
| 1903 | 1903 | Unknown | IAAUS | — | Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1904 | 1904 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1905 | 1905 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| No team in 1906 | ||||||||||||||
| 1907 | 1907 | Unknown | IAAUS | — | Independent | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1908 | 1908 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1909 | 1909 | Elmer Simpson | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| No team in 1910 | ||||||||||||||
| 1911 | 1911 | Elmer Simpson | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1912 | 1912 | Gwinn Henry | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1913 | 1913 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1914 | 1914 | Unknown | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1915 | 1915 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1916 | 1916 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1917 | 1917 | Arnold L. Kirkpatrick | TIAA | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1918 | 1918 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1919 | 1919 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1920 | 1920 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1921 | 1921 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1922 | 1922 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1923 | 1923 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1924 | 1924 | T. B. Amis | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | |||
| 1925 | 1925 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1926 | 1926 | TC | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1927 | 1927 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1928 | 1928 | Joe Bailey Cheaney | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | |||
| 1929 | 1929 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1930 | 1930 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 1 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1932 | 1932 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 1 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1935 | 1935 | J. McAdoo Keaton | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | — | |||
| 1936 | 1936 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 1 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1938 | 1938 | 7 | 3 | 1 | T–1st | 6 | 0 | 1 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1939 | 1939 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4th | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1941 | 1941 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1942 | 1942 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| No team from 1943–1945 | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Joe Bailey Cheaney | NCAA | — | TC | 2 | 5 | 2 | T–4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1947 | 1947 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | Felton T. Wright | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1949 | 1949 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1950 | 1950 | 4 | 5 | 1 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1951 | 1951 | Carl Anderson | 4 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 3 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | |||
| 1952 | 1952 | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1953 | 1953 | Guy B. Gardner | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1954 | 1954 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2nd | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | Bennie B. Williams | College Division | — | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1957 | 1957 | LSC | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1958 | 1958 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1959 | 1959 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1960 | 1960 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1962 | 1962 | Rusty Russell | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8th | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1963 | 1963 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1964 | 1964 | Joe James | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1965 | 1965 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 5 | 5 | 1 | T–4th | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1967 | 1967 | NAIA | — | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | 1968 | James Cameron | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7th | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1969 | 1969 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1970 | 1970 | Division I | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 1 | 1 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 1 | W Cowboy Bowl | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | Dean Slayton | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1973 | 1973 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | ||||
| 1974 | 1974 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 1 | 8 | 1 | T–7th | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | Harold Mayo | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1980 | 1980 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | NCAA | Division II | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | 1982 | Bill Hicks | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1983 | 1983 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | Jerry Millsapps | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1987 | 1987 | NAIA | Division II | TIAA | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1988 | 1988 | Bill Anderson | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1989 | 1989 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 8 | 2 | 0 | Conference co-champion | 23 | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | Vance Gibson | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | 6 | |||
| 1993 | 1993 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | |||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | 23 | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Division II First Round | 13 | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | NCAA | Division III | ASC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | |
| 1997 | 1997 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | Mike Redwine | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2006 | 2006 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Steve Fanara | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2009 | 2009 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | Roger Geise | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2013 | 2013 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | Hunter Sims | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2017 | 2017 | Braxton Harris | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2020–21 | Jason Bachtel | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3rd West | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2021 | 2021 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | Kevin Bachtel | ||||||||||||