• Texas Southern is back in action this weekend as they'll travel to Baylor University for its first-ever match-up against Baylor and a team from the Big 12.
• Saturday's contest will feature live audio on KTSU 90.9 FM and will be shown live on ESPN+.
• The SWAC opted for a spring schedule due to uncertainties surrounding COVID-19 last fall. TSU could only get two games in due to COVID-19 protocols surrounding the opposing team or at TSU. Last week's game against Prairie View A&M was TSU 's fourth game in a six-month span.
• The Tigers are coming off a 40-17 loss to Prairie View A&M in its 2021 season opener on Sept. 4. The next opportunity to redeem itself in terms of SWAC play won't happen until Oct. 9 against Southern in Arlington, Texas.
• Saturday's game marks the first of two consecutive games against FBS opponents. TSU will travel crosstown to Rice on Sept. 25. • TSU is 0-14 all-time when playing up a division as an FCS (formerly Division I-AA) member. TSU's first-ever FBS (formerly I-A) opponent was in 1992 when they played Nevada. This marks the first time in school history TSU will play a team from a Power 5 conference.
• TSU has two players (Michael Badejo / Jonathan Giles) who has a history against Baylor. Badejo played against Baylor in 2016 at SMU (4 tackles) while Giles combined to catch 7 passes for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns in two games (2015- 16) against the Bears.
• The Tigers feature a third-year head coach in Clarence McKinney. A Houston native, McKinney attended high school across the street at Jack Yates High School and played collegiately at Montana State and the University of Mary. He also served as head coach at Yates before joining the staffs at Houston, Texas A&M and Arizona.
• Clarence McKinney is the 17th head coach in the history of Texas Southern Football. McKinney has a task ahead as the program has only had 28 winning seasons in 75 years of existence and hasn't recorded a winning season since 2000. • McKinney won as a student at Yates High School and helped the University of Mary post three winning seasons as a student-athlete in college which made school history. As head coach at Yates, McKinney posted a mark of 30-8 over three years before moving on to the collegiate ranks as an assistant. As an assistant at Houston, Texas A&M and Arizona, McKinney has only experienced three losing seasons in his 11 years of collegiate coaching.
• Due to Alcorn State opting out the 2021 spring season, TSU was awarded a win via forfeit by the SWAC.
