Schreiner University football

The win moves Schreiner to 3-1 and gives the first-year program its first road victory. Its only other road trip was a 47-29 loss at Oklahoma Panhandle State on Sept. 12. Centenary fell to 0-3.

Schreiner University needed every last tick of the clock to beat Southwestern (Texas) 31-28 on Saturday night at Antler Stadium, closing the game with a nine-play, 59-yard drive that ended with Bryce Warren’s 33-yard field goal as time expired.

Oklahoma Panhandle State (1-1) outgained Schreiner 554 yards to 429 and converted 8 of 14 third-down chances (57 percent) to Schreiner’s 8 of 20 (40 percent).

First-year coach Keith Allen didn’t sugarcoat his team’s first outing. Asked what went well, he said: “We scored more points than the opposing team.” Asked what didn’t: “Everything else. We’ve got to clean up a lot of stuff.”

The Schreiner University football program made its historic return on Saturday night at Antler Stadium.

The Mountaineers open the season at 6 p.m. Saturday against Austin College at Antler Stadium, the first of five home dates this fall under a new agreement that lets Schreiner share Kerrville ISD’s stadium with Tivy High School.

Carson Roper and Jess Hoel combined for three touchdown passes and Jerome Malachi returned a kickoff 97 yards for a score as McMurry opened its season with a 36-26 win over Southwestern (Texas) on Saturday.

Hardin-Simmons broke open a close game with five second-half touchdowns, including a 94-yard kickoff return by Dylan Hardin and two short touchdown runs from Ty Thompson, to beat Chapman 44-24 on Saturday.

Bryce Still threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns and Blessing Ngene ran for 106 yards and a score as Howard Payne opened its season with a 49-0 rout of Pacific (Ore.) on Friday night.

Carson Horton threw for 351 yards and four touchdowns, and BJ Stewart caught two of them for 176 yards, as No. 21 Mary Hardin-Baylor opened its season with a 35-14 win over Rowan on Friday night.