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Truman Football Travels To William Jewell On Saturday

 
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Truman Football team returns to Great Lakes Valley Conference action riding a two-game winning streak when they face another hot team in William Jewell on Saturday. The Cardinals have won their last three games, two coming late in the fourth quarter.

The Cardinals stunned the Bulldogs last year at Homecoming with 21 second half points after Truman went into the locker room up 17-0. Truman led in nearly every statistical category that day but a 65-yard pass following a scramble by quarterback Nick West sparked the Cardinals onto victory. West capped off the rally with a 10-yard TD run in the fourth quarter while receiver Anthony Mullins caught six passes for 135 yards.

Truman is riding high after coming back from 20 against the University of Saint Francis (Ill.) last Saturday to win 24-20. True freshman running back Andy Satulla earned GLVC Offensive Player of the Week honors after running for 172 yards on 31 carries and the Bulldog rushing attack finished with 226 yards against a USF defense that was leading the NAIA at 77 yards rushing allowed per game.

The "Cardiac" Cards have won three straight and last two in dramatic fashion.  After starting the season 0-4, WJC downed Missouri S&T 40-16 at home then went on the road to win in the fourth quarter over Quincy (24-21) and Southwest Baptist (35-34). Kicker Brandon Womack hit a 28-yard field goal on the game's final play to defeat the Hawks and then nailed a GLVC record 52-yard FG to complete the victory over the Bearcats. Womack was named the GLVC Special
Teams Player of the week.

This is the 16th meeting between the Cardinals and Bulldogs with William Jewell leading the series 7-6-2. The majority of games played by these two teams were from 1903-1917 with Jewell winning six of their seven during that time span.

Truman/Jewell Inside the Numbers:
Rushing:
The Bulldogs and Cardinals are two and three respectively in the GLVC in rushing defense. Truman allows 126 yards per game while the Cardinals allow 139. On the other side, Truman is fifth in the conference in rushing yards gained per game at 155.9 and the Cardinals are eighth in rushing at 122.1 per game.
 
Andy Satulla leads Truman at 49.9 yards per game and is coming off his 31-carry, 172-yard day against Saint Francis. Trejuan Mask leads the Cardinals at 62.2 yards per game and had 52 yards with two touchdowns on 16 attempts against Southwest Baptist.
 
Passing:
Truman averages 146.1 yards through the air and Jewell averages 234.5. The Bulldog defense had held opponents to 164.1 yards passing through seven games and Jewell's defense gives up 270.1 per game.
 
Randy Schroeder has started the last two games and has averaged 93.0 yards per game in six contests. He threw for 274 against Southwest Baptist and 158 against Saint Francis in those two starts. Nick West is third in the GLVC in passing yards with 1,629 and threw for 353 yards against Southwest Baptist last Saturday.
 
The top receivers on both teams are Joey Schenck for Truman with 40 catches for 371 yards and two touchdowns and Anthony Mullins for WJC with 31 grabs for 455 yards.
 
Defense:
The Bulldog defense is tops in conference only games at allowing 16 points and 306 yards per game.They are first in rushing defense, second in passing defense and fourth in sacks with 11. Austin Zoda leads the squad with 62 total tackles, four tackles for loss and an interception while 13 Bulldogs have at least a partial sack this year in all games played.
 
Jewell is sixth in conference only games in points allowed (26.2) and total defense (383.8) and are second in rushing defense but eighth in passing defense. Nick Messer has 55 total tackles for the Cardinals, Isaac Dozier had four interceptions and Robert Hurd has 6.5 sacks this year.
 
Special Teams:
Truman is first in conference in kick return defense while the Cardinals are first in kickoff returns. Anthony Mullins is eighth in Division II in yards per return at 30.8 and has a two touchdowns including a 97-yard score.
 
Jewell kicker Brandon Womack is 9-of-10 with a long of 52 this season while Truman's kickers Roger Howard and Nick Dolezal are a combine eight for eight. Opponent kickers against Truman have made only three out of nine attempts with two blocks.

Truman/USF Follow-Ups:
  • The Bulldogs fell behind 20-0 after a 49-yard interception return by the Fighting Saints set up an 11-yard rushing touchdown with 9:55 left in the second quarter.
  • USF's first TD came on their opening drive of 75 yards and a muffed kickoff return fumble that gave them the ball at Truman's 28. The extra point on the second touchdown was missed.
  • This was only the fourth time under Head Coach Gregg Nesbitt that the Bulldogs won a game in which they trailed at half (4-25). The previous was against Missouri S&T on October 26, 2013 in which they trailed 7-6 at the half and won 27-7. The other two were against William Penn (September 21, 2013, trailed 17-10, won 24-23) and Fort Hays State (September 10, 2011, trailed 21-20, won 36-31).
  • The last time Truman rallied from 20 points down to win was on November 8, 2003 when they trailed Missouri S&T 21-0 with 10:35 left in the second quarter and won 35-28.
  • Since 1979, the Bulldogs have won just one other time after trailing by 20+ points. The other game in question was on September 3, 1988 when they trailed 28-7 to Grand Valley State midway through the second quarter and won 36-35.
  • Andy Satulla was named the GLVC Offensive Player of the Week following the victory.
  • Satulla finished with a season high 31 carries and 172 yards. He averaged 5.5 yards per carry. He had 81 yards at the half. USF came into the game allowing 76.3 yards per game rushing.
  • Satulla was the first true freshman for the Bulldogs to run over 150 yards since Jarrett Anderson ran for 172 against Northwest Missouri in 1993. His 31 carries were the most by a Bulldog running back since a 2004 game when Jerard Leverson carried the ball 48 times.
  • Truman finished with 226 yards of rushing on 51 carries. Adam Yancey had eight for 34 yards and A.J. Hartfield added five for 18.
  • Truman outgained USF 384 to 215 and ran 21 more plays than the Fighting Saints.
  • Saint Francis had 75 of their 215 yards on the first drive of the game and 104 yards in the first quarter. They had 18 yards in the second quarter, 37 in the second and 56 in the fourth quarter.
  • Each team had three turnovers.
  • Ben Wellman led Truman with 11 total tackles and had a sack. Brown finished with eight stops along with the INT return.
  • Truman had six tackles for loss for 23 yards and two sacks totally 15. USF had allowed four sacks through the first seven games.
  • The Fighting Saints had four tackles for loss and no sacks on the day.
  • USF had allowed one rushing touchdown this season before Satulla scored twice on running plays within the third quarter.
  • Truman had over 30 minutes of possession time for the second straight week with 31:57.
  • The Bulldogs have won two straight and are now 3-4 on the season. USF had their five-game winning streak stopped and are 5-2 on the year. The Saints were looking to tie a school record for consecutive wins at six.
  • It was the first game against an NAIA opponent on the road since the Bulldogs defeated Iowa Wesleyan 37-7 in 1993. Truman played at McKendree in 2011 but they were transitioning to Division II at the time.
 
Behind Enemy Lines:
The Cardinals have won eight of their last 12 GLVC games dating back to last season…they ended the University of Indianapolis' 23-game conference winning streak in last season's finale by a 27-24 score at Indianapolis…Jewell has averaged nearly 32 minutes of possession time per game this season…started the season losing four straight including conference losses to McKendree (41-23) and Saint Joseph's (34-9)…Trejuan Mask has 103 carries for 436 yards and Thomas Cook has 62 attempts for 286 yards…three receivers have over 300 yards this year led by Anthony Mullins 455 yards (Bulla Graft – 363 and Nate Egharevba -304)…under the direction of first year head coach Shawn Weigel, who has been on the staff the previous nine seasons.

The Bulldogs In The GLVC:
  • Truman is in fifth place in the GLVC standings but just one win from second.  The two second place teams, McKendree and Missouri S&T play each other this week while Truman can jump ahead of William Jewell (3-2) with a victory.
  • The University of Indianapolis leads the league with a 4-0 record and they travel to Lincoln this week.
  • Truman is 12-7 as they play their third season of GLVC football. The previous two years the Bulldogs have tied for second in the league race behind champion UIndy.
  • In those games, the offense has averaged 24.2 points per game with an average of 353.6 total offensive yards (176.5 rushing/177.1 passing).
  • The defense has allowed 16.1 points per GLVC game with an average of 298.9 yards of total offense (99.4 rushing/199.5 passing).
  • The defense has posted 52 sacks in 19 GLVC games while the offense has allowed 26 sacks.
  • Truman has outscored GLVC foes 460 to 306 (+154) with 59 Touchdowns to 35 Touchdowns allowed.
  • Most of the scoring damage has come in the first half with Truman outscoring GLVC opponents 304-100 (+204 points) but in the fourth quarter of conference games, opponents have a 133-81 margin (-52).
  • Truman defense has allowed three 100-yard rushers, two in the same game (vs. Indianapolis on October 18, 2014) and most recently by Bubba Jenkins of SBU on October 10 this season in 19 GLVC games.
Road Warriors:
Seven of the first nine games will be played away from Kirksville and the Truman campus. It ties the 2005 season with the most road games on a single season schedule.

Out of 172 NCAA Division II programs, Truman is one of three schools with seven true road games. The Bulldogs join Minnesota State Moorehead and Chowan (N.C.) with seven road games. Lane (Tenn.) and Central State (Ohio) also has seven games away from campus but each has one with a neutral site designation.

Truman will travel nearly 5,000 miles roundtrip this season but will also play three of the four closest NCAA Division II schools on the road. Those three are Quincy, Lincoln and William Jewell that will account for a total of 483 of those roundtrip miles.

Bulldogs Return To TV
The October 31st conference game with rival Quincy has been selected by the NCAA Division II as part of their weekly national television package to be broadcasted on the American Sports Network. The ASN is comprised of 162 Sinclair Broadcast Group stations. The company, which launched last season, produced 250 college events in nine sports with plans to air more than 375 events this year. The game will be seen locally on KTVO CBS 3.2 and on KHQA CBS Channel 7 and nationwide on NCAA.com.

All Truman home games will be available on the GLVC Sports Network. The free webcasts which can be found on TrumanBulldogs.com/watch, will feature a simulcast of the radio broadcast provided by 104.7 FM KRES. The "Voice of the Bulldogs" Brad Boyer and "Mr. Bulldog" Hank Janssen return for their 21st season in brining Bulldog action to fans. In addition, all games will have a free audio webcast at CentralMoInfo.com/KRES.

Kings of Missouri
With a .580 all-time winning percentage, Truman is the "Top Dog" of all NCAA Football playing schools in the state of Missouri. The Bulldogs are second in terms of overall wins with 554 and trail the flagship institution of the state, the University of Missouri in that regard. Northwest Missouri (.578), Missouri Western (.550), Mizzou (.547) and Westminster College (.529) round out the top five of the 15 public and private schools in the state that play football under the NCAA banner.

Up Next:
Truman's final road game of the season will also be its closest. The Bulldogs and Quincy Hawks will square off in front of a national television audience at 11 a.m. next Saturday for the newly refurbished QU Stadium.

The game will be televised on the American Sports Network and locally on KTVO in Kirksville.

The Bulldogs clipped the Hawks 17-14 in Kirksville last year after winning 33-0 the year before. Quincy steps outside of conference play this week as they host Ohio Dominican.
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Nick Dolezal

#42 Nick Dolezal

K
5' 10"
Sophomore
Joey Schenck

#15 Joey Schenck

WR
6' 4"
Junior
Randy Schroeder

#8 Randy Schroeder

QB
5' 11"
Redshirt Freshman
Ben Wellman

#41 Ben Wellman

LB
5' 9"
Sophomore
Adam Yancey

#28 Adam Yancey

RB
5' 11"
Redshirt Freshman
Austin Zoda

#36 Austin Zoda

DB
5' 8"
Junior
Andy Satulla

#29 Andy Satulla

RB
5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Nick Dolezal

#42 Nick Dolezal

5' 10"
Sophomore
K
Joey Schenck

#15 Joey Schenck

6' 4"
Junior
WR
Randy Schroeder

#8 Randy Schroeder

5' 11"
Redshirt Freshman
QB
Ben Wellman

#41 Ben Wellman

5' 9"
Sophomore
LB
Adam Yancey

#28 Adam Yancey

5' 11"
Redshirt Freshman
RB
Austin Zoda

#36 Austin Zoda

5' 8"
Junior
DB
Andy Satulla

#29 Andy Satulla

5' 9"
Freshman
RB