Football 10/24/2018 8:39:00 AM

Bulldogs Return Home To Host Rival Quincy

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Truman Bulldogs are riding a five-game winning streak and will put that on the line against conference/regional rival Quincy on Saturday afternoon at Stokes Stadium.

The Bulldogs shutout Southwest Baptist for three quarters in a 38-14 win on the road in Bolivar last Saturday. Truman got two special team touchdowns, a punt block by Griffin Becker followed with a scoop and score by Malique Robbins and their fourth kick return touchdown of the season. Jaylen Jefferson raced 97 yards in the fourth quarter as Truman tops all NCAA divisions in kick returns for touchdowns this season.

Quarterback Jaden Barr was an efficient 10-of-15 for 111 yards and led the team in rushing with 81 on 12 carries. Robbins made his bid to turn the Truman running attack into the "Four Horsemen" Robbins had five carries for 40 yards including a 16-yard rushing score as Truman again ran for over 200 yards for the fifth straight game. Jordan Salima had 19 rushes for 71 yards and Andy Satulla added nine for 39.

Barr's fourth TD pass of the year went to Jake Ellis for 38-yards and put Truman up 10-0.

The defense blanked their opponents through three quarters for the second straight week. SBU got nearly half of their total offense of 336 yards in the fourth quarter. Their two scoring drives accounted for 155 yards.

The Bulldogs will be looking to avoid a classic "trap game" on their schedule with the 2-6 Hawks. Quincy put a scare into Missouri S&T at home in their last outing. The Hawks trailed 20-10 midway through the fourth quarter but got a field goal and had the ball for a first and goal inside the S&T four-yard line in the final minute of play. A fumble prevented the Hawks from possibly tying the game. Truman has a home date with fellow unbeaten and nationally-ranked Indianapolis next Saturday.

Quincy is seventh in conference rankings in scoring offense at 14.2 points per game and has dropped five of their last six games. Prior to their 35-7 loss to Missouri S&T, the Hawks fell 35-7 to Indianapolis.

The Bulldogs have dominated the series history with the Hawks. Truman has won six of the eight games played between the two schools including last year's 31-7 triumph. In that game, the Bulldogs outgained Quincy 211 to 42 on the ground and led 31-0 before Quincy got on the scoreboard with 4:46 left to play. Jordan Salima ran for 98 yards and one touchdown and Jaden Barr ran for one and tossed two touchdowns.

Quincy's first win against the Bulldogs happened in the season finale of 1951, a 43-12 win to spoil an undefeated campaign under first year coach Maurice "Red" Wade. The two teams didn't play for another 50 years when Truman won 51-7 in 2001 and 69-14 in 2002. The Hawks picked up their other win in 2015, a 23-19 home win on Halloween 2015.

Bulldog Five-Game Winning Streak…
This is the second five-game winning streak for Truman in the last three years and third in the last six seasons. In 2015, the Bulldogs reeled off five wins en route to sharing the conference title with Southwest Baptist. In 2013, Truman opened up their first season under the GLVC banner by winning their first five games but lost their final two by scores of 6-3 to Saint Joseph's (Ind.) and UINDY 21-14.

Truman has won nine out of their last 12 games dating back to the final four wins of the 2017 season.

The last six-game winning streak occurred during the 1997 season. The Bulldogs won MIAA games over Missouri Western (31-17), at Central Missouri (37-34 ot), Emporia State (44-28), at Washburn (56-7) and at Southwest Baptist (28-0).

During the present streak, Truman is averaging 285 yards on the ground per game while allowing 130 yards rushing. They have averaged 5.5 yards per rush attempt with 60 or more rushes by Jaden Barr (67-556), Jordan Salima (96-428) and Andy Satulla (76-391).

They have only allowed two quarterback sacks while on the defensive side have sacked the opposing signal caller 15 times for 76 yards lost.

About The Bulldogs…

Jaden Barr is in his third year as the starting quarterback for the Bulldogs. Barr has started 28 games (18-10 as starter) and is inching up the Truman career passing lists. He is 11^thin yards completed with 4,453, tied for sixth in completions with 414 and sixth in total offense with 6,162.
Barr has 772 rushing yards this season to lead Truman with four, 100-yard running games. He has already eclipsed last year's running total of 598 yards.
A Truman quarterback has never gained 1000 yards rushing in a season. The top two highest rushing totals by Bulldogs QBs were Phil Davis' 833 in 2010 and Dusty Burk's 820 in 2002.
Jordan has passed Matt Ticich in career rushing yards as a Truman quarterback. Barr has 1,709 rushing yards. Ticich had 1,498 yards from 2006-08.
Barr is third in the GLVC in rushing yards per game at 96.5 and seventh in passing yards at 125.8. He is second in the conference in total offense at 222.2 yards per game.
Jordan Salima has gone over 2,300 career rushing yards and is 11^thon the Bulldog career list. He is sixth in career rushing attempts with 588 and is closing in on the top 10 in Truman all-purpose yards with 3,345. Salima has a team-high 133 rushing attempts this season for 536 yards and five touchdowns. He has rushed for over 100 yards in eight career games.
Andy Satulla went over 1,000 career rushing yards earlier this season and has 410 yards and two game winning touchdowns. Satulla has 1,213 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns.
Barr has used 14 different receivers this season on his 109 completions. Dante Ruffin has the most catches with 18 for 144 yards, Brass Woods has 13 catches for 142 and Mitch Nichols has the most yards receiving with 193 on 11 grabs.
Sam Reeves has 30.5 career quarterback sacks, 8.5 coming this season and is in second place in the career rankings. He is 1.5 back of Ernie Myerson's 1984-87 total of 32. Myerson is the father of current Bulldog and defensive mate of Reeves' Travis Myerson.
Reeves has 43.5 tackles for loss, which took over the top spot from Nic Abbate (2010-14). He has 11.5 TFLs this season.
The Bulldog defense has been balanced with eight players with over 30 tackles through eight games. Wyatt Fishel leads the pack with 52 and Bryan Edwards is second with 48. Edwards is the active career leader on the defense with 178 stops in 30 games played.
Lawrence Woods is a two-time GLVC Special Teams Player of the Week. Woods has returned three kicks for touchdowns this season, a Truman single-season record, and leads all of the NCAA in kickoff return average at 47.6 yards per return. The Truman single-season record is 37.2 per return held by Tremaine Millender in 2013. Millender had 10 returns for 372 yards while Woods this season has 10 returns for 476 yards.
Woods is one return touchdown away from tying the NCAA Division II season record of four held by Stephan Neville (Stonehill) in 2010 and Andrew Jackson (Merrimack) in 2005. Woods' has four career returns for score that matches the Truman record held by Mike Laususe (1974-77).
Jaylen Jefferson gave Truman four kick returns for a touchdown this season with his first coming against Southwest Baptist. He had the longest of the season, a 97-yard scamper. The most kick returns Truman have had in a season for touchdowns was two.
The Bulldogs are fourth in the NCAA Division II in kick return average at 30.0 as a team. Despite fourth in the nation, they are second in the GLVC trailing the University of Indianapolis (33.3/return). Missouri S&T is sixth at 27.5/return.
Brock Rohler has the Bulldogs second in the GLVC statistics in Net Punting. Rohler is averaging 39.7 yards per punt with a long of 55. He has had 12 of his 32 punts fair caught, 11 inside the 20 and two touchbacks. The Bulldogs have allowed eight punt returns this season for a total of 27 yards (3.4/return).
On the flip side, the Bulldogs, primarily Spencer Newell, have averaged 9.9 yards on 17 punt returns (169 yards). Newell has 11 returns for 99 yards with a long of 23.
Rohler is second on the Truman career list in punting yards with 7,320. Eric Phillips (2009-12) has the record with 9.731 yards. His 37.7 career average is currently seventh on the all-time list and his 194 attempts is second.
Josh Scheiderer leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 59 points making 12-of-16 field goals and 23-of-24 extra point attempts. Scheiderer's long is 46 yards coming against McKendree.
The Bulldogs continue to be one of the least penalized teams in the nation. Truman averages 3.75 flags accepted per game for a total of 35 yards per game. Those numbers are first in the GLVC and fifth in Division II.

Behind Enemy Lines…

Cody Leonard is the top tackler in Division II with 113 stops and a 14.1 tackles per game average. That total is third across all NCAA Divisions. Wyatt Lee (120) and Ryan Slager (114) both from Division III schools are the top stoppers this year.
Tionne Harris and Andrew Rund have split time at QB this year. Harris has completed 58-of-115 passes for 618 yards and three TDs and Rund is 42-of-86 for 540 yards.
Harris has the most carries with 82 for 279 rushing yards and six touchdowns. Chris Brinson is the leading rusher with 342 yards on 75 attempts.
17 different players have caught passes for the Hawks. Shane Barrett (12-243), Jordan Smith (19-197), Gabriel Bryant (12-183) and Paul Sullivan (10-97) are the leaders.
The Hawks two wins this season have come at home in week two against Kentucky Wesleyan (31-24) and on the road at Lincoln on October 6 14-13.
Quincy is near the bottom of the conference in third down efficiency. The Hawks are successful only 26% of the time whereas opponents have converted on 41% of their third down tries.

Truman vs. The GLVC:
The Bulldogs are 29-13 all-time in the Great Lakes Valley Conference since joining the league in 2013. They are 15-6 in conference home games and 14-7 in road tilts.

Truman has averaged 167.0 yards per conference game on the ground, while allowing 101.1 yards rushing. They have recorded 117 sacks in the 42 conference games (2.8/g) while allowing 61 (1.5/g).

Inside The Numbers (Southwest Baptist)

The win gave Truman a victory in nine of their last 12 games and 11 of their last 12 played against Southwest Baptist.
It was Truman's game this season in which they had a +plus turnover margin (+1).
The Bulldogs had only one "three and out." They didn't have any against Lincoln the week before and have 19 for the season.
Jordan Salima's 71 yards rushing moved him to within six of the top 10 in career rushing yards at Truman and moved him into the top 10 in all-purpose yards with 3,345.
The 38-yard TD pass caught by Jake Ellis was the longest of his Truman career and eighth overall.
The Bulldogs had a single-game low one flag thrown and accepted against them. It was a five-yard foul for running into the kicker and it gave SBU a first down.
Truman ran for over 200 yards for the fifth straight game (245) and it was their fifth multi-rushing touchdown game of the year.
The last blocked punt for Truman was in 2016 by Mitch Nichols against Quincy while the last blocked punt for a touchdown occurred in 2013 against William Jewell with Tremaine Millender getting the score.
Truman ran 23 of the 28 plays ran from scrimmage in the first quarter. Their opening drive was their longest in terms of plays for the season at 15 and resulted in a field goal. The Bulldogs owned the football for over 12 minutes in the first quarter.
For the game, Truman had 31:17 of possession time.

Around the GLVC…
Indianapolis (5-0) and Truman (4-0) are the lone unbeaten teams in the GLVC. Missouri S&T is in sole possession of third place with one loss. Following this week's games, the Bulldogs finish with UINDY at home and Missouri S&T on the road. Indianapolis travels to Southwest Baptist and Missouri S&T is at home facing Lincoln.

Indianapolis is ranked #16 in the latest American Football Coaches Association poll and are the number two scoring offense (32.0/g) and number one scoring defense (14.4/g) in the league. The Greyhounds top the Bulldogs in rushing yards per game with 255 while their total defensive yards average per game is 262.6

Regional Rankings Out:
The first set of NCAA Super Region rankings were released on Monday. Ferris (Mich.) State at 8-0 is number one followed by Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) is number two. UINDY is fifth and is the only representation from the GLVC.

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Players Mentioned

#13 Eric Phillips: K/P; 6' 1"; Junior

#92 Nic Abbate: DE; 6' 2"; Junior

#1 Tremaine Millender: DB; 5' 10"; Graduate Student

#99 Josh Scheiderer: K/P; 5' 11"; Freshman

#15 Jaden Barr: QB; 5' 11"; Junior

#27 Griffin Becker: DB; 5' 11"; Junior

#48 Bryan Edwards: LB; 6' 0"; Junior

#83 Jake Ellis: TE; 6' 7"; Sophomore; National Letter of Intent

#7 Wyatt Fishel: DB; 5' 7"; Sophomore

#17 Jaylen Jefferson: RB; 5' 9"; Sophomore; National Letter of Intent

#20 Travis Myerson: DB; 6' 1"; Junior

#80 Spencer Newell: WR; 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman

Players Mentioned

#13 Eric Phillips
: 6' 1"; Junior
: K/P

#92 Nic Abbate
: 6' 2"; Junior
: DE

#1 Tremaine Millender
: 5' 10"; Graduate Student
: DB

#99 Josh Scheiderer
: 5' 11"; Freshman
: K/P

#15 Jaden Barr
: 5' 11"; Junior
: QB

#27 Griffin Becker
: 5' 11"; Junior
: DB

#48 Bryan Edwards
: 6' 0"; Junior
: LB

#83 Jake Ellis
: 6' 7"; Sophomore; National Letter of Intent
: TE

#7 Wyatt Fishel
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: DB

#17 Jaylen Jefferson
: 5' 9"; Sophomore; National Letter of Intent
: RB

#20 Travis Myerson
: 6' 1"; Junior
: DB

#80 Spencer Newell
: 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman
: WR