KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The #13 Indianapolis Greyhounds took advantage of Truman's mistakes and upended the #19 Bulldogs 38-17 to take control of the Great Lakes Valley Conference title race. Truman State will host William Jewell next Saturday for Homecoming.
 
The Bulldogs took the opening possession and drove down to the UINDY 18 but an underthrown pass by Nolan Hair was picked off Landry Mavungu and returned out to the 20. The Greyhounds swept down the field in seven plays to take the early lead.
 
Truman tied the game after Denim Cook busted a 59-yard run back to the Greyhounds' 18 and Tim Johnson Jr. brought it home on the next play with his longest rush of the season.
 
UNIDY retook the lead on their next drive with quarterback Gavin Sukup completing a four-yard pass to Cobi Cook early in the second quarter.
 
Truman answered right back with Johnson again rushing for 23 yards to set up the Bulldogs at the 11. Two plays later, Hair found Parker Erickson for the touchdown to tie things up at 14 each.
 
Ben Thomas picked off Sukup on the next series and Truman again had the ball at the UINDY 18. After a pair of incomplete passes, Grant Ross trotted in for a 36-yard field goal chance that was blocked by Aaron Barnett then returned by Mavungu 82 yards for the touchdown.
 
The Bulldogs missed a field goal late in the quarter and UINDY took a 21-14 lead into the locker room.
 
The Greyhounds had the first possession of the second half, but Truman made them settle for a field goal after Sukup found Anthony Crowell for a 25-yard pass on a third and long.
 
Later in the quarter, Hair tried to extend a third down play but the ball was jarred loose and recovered by Khoreice Crawford near midfield. That turnover resulted in a six-yard touchdown run by Jon Lewis.
 
The Bulldogs turned the ball over on downs early in the fourth after Cook scampered for another long run of 48 yards to the UINDY 15.
 
Following a short punt, Truman started a drive inside the UINDY 40 with 11 minutes to play and managed to cut the deficit down two possessions following a 23-yard field goal from Ross to make it 31-17 with 6:31 left.
 
The Bulldogs got the stop needed but KJ Rouderbush stepped in front of a Hair pass at the 50 and took it down to the two-yard line that set up the final Greyhounds touchdown.
 
Truman State was 3-of-7 in red zone chances while UINDY converted on all four of their trips.  Hair was 15-of-32 for 165 yards with Christopher Kerr catching four balls for 63 yards and Tate Crane four for 60. Denim Cook netted 130 yards on the ground on 15 carries.  Brock Jones made a season-high 10 tackles on defense for the home team.
 
The Bulldogs see their seven-game winning streak dating back to last season come to an end with their last two losses coming at the hands of the Greyhounds. It was the 10^th victory of UINDY over the Bulldogs in the 11 meetings.
 
Truman will enter next Saturday against William Jewell with a 6-1 overall record and 2-1 in the GLVC while UINDY (6-0; 3-0 GLVC) goes back on the road at Quincy.