Football 10/1/2019 1:44:00 PM

NOTES: Saturday Night Clash With SBU On Horizon For Bulldog Football

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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The second oldest rival on Truman Football's current schedule, Southwest Baptist University, will be the opponent on Saturday night at 6 p.m. as the Bulldogs look to continue the season perfect.

The two teams have met annually since 1988 with only a two-year hiatus from 2008-09.

Truman enters Saturday's contest on the cusp of a national ranking and their first 4-0 start to a regular season since 1994. The Bulldogs have received votes in the last three American Football Coaches Association polls with this week's total of 44 being good for 27^th in Division II. Truman dismantled neighbor Quincy University 63-14 in their last outing. The Bulldogs put up their most points in a GLVC game and most in a conference game since facing Southwest Baptist in 2000 (64-14). Truman put up 560 yards of total offense, forced five turnovers, scored nine touchdowns and possessed the ball for over 37 minutes in the beatdown. Reed McBroom earned the GLVC Defensive Player of the week award with eight tackles and two for loss while Josh Scheiderer became the fourth straight special teams recipient from Truman to garner that award. Scheiderer matched a school-record with nine point-after conversions.

Truman has now won 10 of their last 12 games, five by 20 points or more.

Southwest Baptist ran into the buzzsaw known at UINDY on Saturday night. The defending league champions were too much for SBU as they handed the Bearcats a 49-6 loss to stop SBU's two-game winning streak. Former Bearcat QB and current UINDY signal caller TJ Edwards threw for 173 yards and rushed for another 19 in accounting for three touchdowns against his former team. SBU netted only 167 yards of total offense on the night and were only 2-of-14 on third down attempts. With Edwards at SBU, the Bearcats were19-13 in three seasons but since have gone 2-12.

Truman/SBU Series Notes:
This will be the 31^st meeting between the two schools on the gridiron sharing conference games in the former MIAA and now GLVC banner. The Bulldogs have won 11 of the last 12 meetings with SBU and are 14-1 in Kirksville. The last SBU win came at Stokes in 2017 when the Bearcats won the first of two meetings 21-17. Truman avenged the loss with a 28-12 win later that year and rolled to a 38-14 win last season in Bolivar.

Truman and Missouri S&T share the longest active history with one another at 81 games.

Bulldogs Garnering Attention:
For the third straight week, the Truman Football team received votes in the American Football Coaches Association weekly Division II poll. Truman started with two votes then went up to 11 the week before. This week, the Bulldogs received 44 votes, which would be good for 27^th in the poll. Since the AFCA poll started in 2000, only twice has Truman been in the top 25, they were 21^st in the October 23, 2001 poll and 24^th in the October 30, 2001 poll.

In addition to the polls, Truman Football gained national attention by being a Division II team with victories against two Division I-FCS teams in Valparaiso and in week one against Drake.

Truman is number one in the GLVC in scoring defense (10.0/g), rushing defense (80.3/g), pass efficiency defense (93.5), total defense (273.8/g) and opponent third downs (19%). They are the number two kick return squad in Division II at 40.2 and ranked third nationally in opponent third downs, fourth in scoring defense and sixth in sacks allowed per game (0.50).

Post Game Notes Against Quincy:

The Bulldogs topped the 500-yard mark for total offense for the first time in 49 games with 560 yards on Saturday. The last game was in 2014 against Southwest Baptist when Truman had 502.
It was the second most total yards in the Coach Nesbitt era behind only a 615-yard game against Lincoln in 2011.
The Truman offense went from 150^th in Division II in total offense to 105 after the game. They now average 36.5 points and 326.3 yards per game.
The 63 points were the most scored by a Truman team since they defeated Northwestern Oklahoma State 63-21 in 2012.
It was the 13^th conference game all-time in which the Bulldogs scored 60 or more points and the first time since a 2001 game against Missouri S&T (61-0). The most points by a Bulldog team in a conference game was 87 set back in 1919 against Northwest Missouri State.
Gregg Nesbitt moved to within one win of tying colleague John Ware on the Truman career coaching victory list. Ware has 54 wins and is third on the list. Nesbitt and Ware were part of the same staff the last time Truman started a season 4-0 under head coach and now running backs coach Eric Holm.
It was the first career 100-yard rushing day for a pair of Bulldogs. Jaylin Jefferson had 129 rushes on 19 carries and two touchdowns while Cody Schrader had 126 yards and two touchdowns on 11 attempts.
Jake Ellis had a career day with seven catches for 88 yards and two scores. Ellis' previous high mark in catches and yards was four and 51 against William Jewell in 2017.
Jaden Barr moved up the ladder in the career rankings with a 17-25 217 yard three TD day. Barr slid pass Chris Hegg in career passing yards for sixth, pass Jeff Frost for third in completions, tied Hegg in career touchdown passes with 44 and broke a tie with Dale "Paley" Mills with 67 touchdowns responsible for.
Barr's first quarter was 8-of-10 with two touchdowns and 87 yards.
Spencer Newell leads the GLVC in punt return average at 13 per return and is tied for fifth in the GLVC in scoring per game at six points. Newell had a 30-yard TD reception on the play after he returned a punt 21 yards.
Lawrence Woods, Brandon Winston and Michael Prewitt all had interceptions for the Truman defense. Prewit scored on his return of 21 yards. This season, Truman has seven INTS for 151 return yards through four games. The school benchmark is 408 return yards set in 1975 on 27 interceptions.
Taylor Cornish had three of his four punts end inside the Quincy 20 yard-line and averaged 37.5 yards per punt. Cornish is second in the GLVC in punting average at 41.2.
Josh Scheiderer etched his name on another Truman kicking record. Scheiderer matched the single-game mark with nine point-after makes on Saturday joining Dave Austinson (twice in 1982), Scott Rudel (1995) and Derek Koon (2012) for the record. Scheiderer has also previously tied the record for field goals made in the game with four, last year against Valparaiso.

Behind Enemy Lines…

The Bearcats are 2-2 on the season and 0-1 in the GLVC.
They lost a non-conference game to William Jewell 29-9 in the season opener before bouncing back with wins over Central State (Ohio) 38-3 and Kentucky Wesleyan 20-13. They lost their GLVC lid lifter at Indianapolis 49-6.
The offense averages 18.2 points per game while gaining 363 yards per. It is a balanced attack with 178 on the ground and 185 through the air per game.
Dylan Mountain has completed 51-of-88 passes for 512 yards and two touchdowns, he has also carried the ball 45 times for 166 yards and another score.
Eric Knight is the leading rusher at 71.2 yards per game and Curtis Cuillard is the top target with 26 receptions for 278 yards and three TDs.
The defense has allowed 23.5 points per game with 162 on the ground and 194 passing. Coleton Smith and Cory Hanger are the leading stoppers with 21 and 20 tackles respectively.
Hanger has 11 pass breakups and recovered two fumbles to lead the GLVC.

Up Next:
The Bulldogs will travel to GLVC newcomer Lindenwood next Saturday for a 1 p.m. kick. The two teams met just once previously as they passed through the night in 2012. Lindenwood was the new member of the MIAA while Truman was in its final season and they met in the season finale in Kirksville with the Lions prevailing 38-13.

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Players Mentioned

#5 Derek Koon: K; 5' 8"; Senior

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

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

#38 Reed McBroom: LB; 5' 10"; Junior

#80 Spencer Newell: WR; 5' 9"; Sophomore

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

#21 Cody Schrader: RB; 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman

#8 Lawrence Woods: DB; 5' 9"; Junior

#35 Brandon Winston: DB; 5' 9"; Freshman

#98 Taylor Cornish: P; 6' 4"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#5 Derek Koon
: 5' 8"; Senior
: K

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

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

#38 Reed McBroom
: 5' 10"; Junior
: LB

#80 Spencer Newell
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: WR

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

#21 Cody Schrader
: 5' 9"; Redshirt Freshman
: RB

#8 Lawrence Woods
: 5' 9"; Junior
: DB

#35 Brandon Winston
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: DB

#98 Taylor Cornish
: 6' 4"; Sophomore
: P