The Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders football team represents the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor in college football in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the NCAA Division III level. The Crusaders are members of the American Southwest Conference (ASC), fielding its team in the ASC since 1998. The Crusaders play their home games at Crusader Stadium in Belton, Texas.
Their head coach is Larry Harmon, who took over the position for the 2022 season after serving the previous twenty as the team's defensive coordinator under Pete Fredenburg.
Mary Hardin–Baylor has won three NCAA Division III football championships: 2016, 2018, and 2021. The 2016 championship was vacated and 29 wins were vacated due to ineligible players.
Conference affiliations American Southwest Conference (1998–present)
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Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records and conference records No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL O% CW CL C% 1 Pete Fredenburg 1998–2021 270 231 39 154 16 2 Larry Harmon 2022–present 46 33 13 22 4
Year-by-year results National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossFinishWinLossMary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders 1998 1998Pete FredenburgNCAADivision IIIASC37T–5th25— — 1999 199946T–4th34— — 2000 2000912nd81— — 2001 2001822nd71L NCAA Division III First Round— 2002 20021011st90L NCAA Division III First Round— 2003 2003 9 1T–1st 8 1— 15 2004 2004 13 2 2nd 8 1L NCAA Division III Championship2 2005 2005 9 21st 7 1L NCAA Division III Second Round11 2006 2006 10 31st 8 0L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal8 2007 2007 12 21st 8 0L NCAA Division III Semifinal3 2008 2008 12 21st 8 0L NCAA Division III Semifinal3 2009 2009 10 2T–1st 7 1L NCAA Division III Second Round7 2010 2010 12 11st 8 0L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal5 2011 2011 12 11st 80L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal5 2012 2012 13 11st 7 0L NCAA Division III Semifinal5 2013 2013 13 11st 6 0L NCAA Division III Semifinal2 2014 2014 11 11st 5 0L NCAA Division III Second Round6 2015 2015 11 2T–1st 4 1L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal7 20162016 2 01st 1 0W (vacated) NCAA Division III Championship1 2017 2017 1 01st 1 0L (vacated) NCAA Division III Championship2 20182018 15 01st 9 0W NCAA Division III Championship1 2019 2019 12 11st90L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal62020–212019501st (East)40—— 20212021 15 01st 9 0W NCAA Division III Championship1 2022 2022Larry Harmon 12 21st 8 0L NCAA Division III Semifinal3 2023 2023 6 4 2nd 5 1—— 2024 2024 8 4 2nd 4 2L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal— 2025 2025 7 3T–1st 5 1——
Crusader Stadium
Crusader Stadium is a football stadium in Belton, Texas, with a seating capacity of 9,118. It is home to the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders football team. The facility opened in 2013 and replaced Tiger Field.
It cost $20 million to build and was designed by Turner Construction who designed the new Yankee Stadium and Target Field. The stadium's construction was a part of the university's $100 million campus improvements which included a new nursing school, banquet hall, and arts complex.
In 2021, the McLane Family gifted funds to replace the stadium's video board with a 1,000 square-foot screen.
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