| Teamname: | East Texas Baptist Tigers football |
| Firstyear: | 1924 |
| Athleticdirector: | Ryan Erwin |
| Headcoach: | Calvin Ruzicka |
| Headcoachyear: | 2nd |
| Hcwins: | 5 |
| Hclosses: | 5 |
| Stadium: | Ornelas Stadium |
| Stadiumbuilt: | 2000 |
| Stadcapacity: | 2,046 |
| Stadsurface: | FieldTurf |
| Location: | Marshall, Texas |
| Ncaadivision: | III |
| Conference: | ASC |
| Atwins: | 151 |
| Atlosses: | 169 |
| Atties: | 6 |
| Playoffapps: | 1 |
| Playoffs: | 1–1 |
| Conftitles: | 2 |
| Rivalries: | Louisiana Christian (Battle for the Border Claw) |
| Mascotdisplay: | Tigers |
| Websitename: | goetbutigers.com |
| Websiteurl: | https://goetbutigers.com/sports/football |
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.[1]
Their head coach is Calvin Ruzicka, who took over the position for the 2023 season.
East Texas Baptist claims 2 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2015.
| 2003† | 9–3 | 8–1 | Ralph Harris | |
| 2015† | 7–3 | 4–1 | Joshua Eargle |
The Tigers have appeared in the Division III playoffs one time with an overall record of 1–1.
| First round Second round | W 42–41 L 7–13 |
| Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unknown | 1924; 1926; 1934–1938; 1947–1950 | 93 | 33 | 54 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2 | Ralph Harris[3] | 2000–2006 | 72 | 35 | 37 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| 3 | Mark Sartain[4] | 2007–2012 | 60 | 26 | 34 | 0 | 23 | 24 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 4 | Joshua Eargle[5] | 2013–2015 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ASC Coach of the Year (2015)[6] | |||
| 5 | Scotty Walden[7] | 2016 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 6 | Scott Highsmith[8] | 2017 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 7 | Brian Mayper[9] | 2018–2022 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 8 | Calvin Ruzicka[10] | 2023–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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[12] | 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[13] | — | ||||
| 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 | — | — | ||||||||||