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Winner Truman TSU 8-2 , 7-0
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Saint Joseph's IN SJC 5-5 , 3-4
Winner
Truman TSU
8-2 , 7-0
23
Final
3
Saint Joseph's IN SJC
5-5 , 3-4
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
TSU Truman 3 7 7 6 23
SJC Saint Joseph's IN 0 3 0 0 3

Game Recap: Football |

RECAP: Bulldogs Nab Share Of GLVC Title With 23-3 Win

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RENSSELAER, Ind. – The Bulldog Football team grabbed a piece of a conference title with a dominating second half performance and a 23-3 victory over Saint Joseph's (Ind.) College on Saturday afternoon.
 
Truman can win the Great Lakes Valley Conference outright next week in the regular season finale at McKendree. The Bulldogs are the only undefeated team in the GLVC at 7-0 while the Southwest Baptist Bearcats are 6-1 with their finale at home against Lincoln. It is the first time since 1988 that Truman has earned a share of a regular season conference championship.
 
Truman took a 10-3 lead into the locker room on a 33-yard field goal by Nick Dolezal in the first quarter and a nine-yard pass reception by Joey Schenck early in the second.  The Pumas got their points on a 25-yard field goal late in the half from Marcin Gawlak.
 
The Bulldogs thought they had extended their lead by seven more at the end of the half but Jaden Barr's Hail Mary attempt was ruled incomplete after a mad scramble in the endzone.
 
The Pumas tried an onsides kick to start the third quarter but the ball failed to go the required 10 yards. Truman couldn't convert that possession into points but Brock Rohler pinned the Pumas at their own four following the punt.
 
Sam Reeves picked up one of his three sacks on third down to force a deep punt that was returned by Jordan Jorgenson 23 yards to the SJC 24. Jorgenson broke the single-season Truman record in Punt Return yards with four returns on the day for 82 yards and a long of 32.
 
One play later, Barr broke up the middle and raced for the left pylon to beat the Pumas defenders into the endzone to giver Truman a 17-3 advantage with 10:35 left in the quarter.
 
The Bulldog defense stifled the Pumas the rest of the game accumulating seven sacks and 11 tackles for loss. SJC finished with only 221 yards of total offense, 79 coming on two plays.
 
Barr did not need to complete a pass in the second half. Truman finished the game with 50 rushing attempts for 186 yards after only nine rushing yards in the first 30 minutes. Malique Robbins added a spark when he carried the ball five of his nine times on a four minute, 50 second time consuming drive in the third quarter. Robbins finished with nine carries for 52 yards.
 
Barr capped off the game with his second rushing TD with four minutes left to play from eight yards out. He was 8-of-18 for 141 yards. Drew Slager caught three balls for 73 yards, Dalton Powell added two big receptions in the first quarter for 38 yards and Schenck finished with 18 and the touchdown.
 
Truman held the ball for nearly 20 minutes in the second half and almost 13 of the 15 minutes in the fourth quarter.
 
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