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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Truman State Football team will visit Fayette, Iowa for the first time in program history. The Bulldogs will face Upper Iowa University in a key Great Lakes Valley Conference matchup on Saturday.
 
Truman State scored 31 unanswered points to pick up their first win of the season on Saturday over Wayne (Mich.) State at home 31-17 while the Peacocks scored 22 straight points, all in the fourth quarter to come from behind to down Quincy (Ill.) University on the road 29-27.
 
The previous four games played between the two programs have each been played in Kirksville including last year's 14-7 defensive battle with the Peacocks during their inaugural season in the GLVC.
 
Nolan Hair scored two rushing touchdowns and then helped bleed the clock dry for the final 5:40 of the fourth quarter to preserve the victory on Senior Day. The teams combine for just under 500 yards of total offense on the day with UIU outgaining Truman State 282-210 and possessing the ball for over 37 minutes of game action.
 
The Truman State campus is only 30 miles away from the Hawkeye State but games played in Iowa have been few and far between until now. As mentioned earlier, the Bulldogs have never played in Fayette, Iowa and only four games have been contested in the state's borders since 1994. Three have been played at Drake (2019, 2014, 2002) and the other against Morningside in Sioux Falls (2017). Truman State has played 13 different schools from the state with the most games played against a single school being the now-closed Parsons College, located in Fairfield, with 12 games.
 
Last Time Out:
For the fourth time in four games, the Bulldog Football team trailed after the first quarter and didn't have a lead into the locker room at halftime. However, the Bulldogs exploded for 21 three third-quarter touchdowns and 31 unanswered points in a 31-17 win over Wayne (Mich.) State on Saturday.
 
Vinnie Calvaruso put the Bulldogs on the scoreboard with a 28-yard field goal with six minutes left in the second quarter. That made the score 10-3 and where it would stay for halftime.
 
The Bulldogs took the opening kickoff of the third quarter and marched 64 yards in nine plays before Denim Cook powered in an 8-yard touchdown run to even the score at 10 each. The Warriors went three and out on their first possession of the half and the Bulldogs engineered a seven-play, 56-yard drive with Cook catching an 11-yard pass from Dylan Hair to give the team their first lead in a game this season.
 
The excitement continued later in the quarter when Jake Closser returned a Wayne State punt 80 yards for a 24-10 lead. It was the first punt return for a touchdown, non-blocked, by the Bulldogs since 2019 and only four yards shy of the school record for a punt return touchdown. Closser was named the GLVC Special Teams Player of the Week for the score.
 
Hair capped off Truman State's longest drive of the game with a 2-yard rushing touchdown on fourth and goal to make it 31-10. The Bulldogs chewed up over six minutes and went 72 yards in 10 plays.
 
Hair finished an efficient 16-of-23 passing for 134 yards while also turning in the longest play from scrimmage with a 42-yard run. Cook gained a season-high 94 yards on 18 attempts and Jack Butchko carried seven times for 53 yards.
 
It was the fourth straight win over Wayne State in the series and sixth out of eight games played between the two schools.
 
Upper Iowa trailed 20-7 entering the fourth quarter in their GLVC game with Quincy (Ill.). The Peacocks needed just one play to turn a fumble recovery into a touchdown early in the fourth quarter. They would go up 21-20 on a five-yard touchdown run by Jayden Mitchen which finished off an eight-play, 71-yard drive with 6:42 to play.
 
An interception near midfield stopped the Hawks next drive and Mitchell scored his third TD of the day on a 39-yard run to go up 29-20 with 1:53 to play.
 
Quincy would sweep down the field and score to pull within two but could not recover the onsides kick.
 
Mitchell racked up 169 rushing yards on 22 touches and added 16 receiving yards and a two-point conversion reception to garner GLVC Offensive Player of the Week accolades. The Peacocks edged the Hawks in total yards by a 412 to 359 final tally.
 
 
Through Four Games:
The Bulldogs are averaging 25.0 points and 355 yards on offense this season.  Dylan Hair is 70-of-131 (30%) for 812 yards and five touchdown passes. Jackson Overton has caught 18 passes for 225 yards and three scores. Eleven different receivers have caught at least one pass from Hair.
 
Denim Cook is the leading rusher with 278 yards on 61 attempts. Hair is second with 197 yards on 46 carries and Jack Butchko has 150 yards on 26 touches. The team is averaging 152 yards rushing per game. Cook is nearly 1,000 career rushing yards. He sits at 907 yards in 21 games played.
 
The defense has allowed 33 points and 395 yards of offense on average thus far. Opponents have averaged 155 yards on the ground at 4.9 per carry and 957 passing yards with a 65% completion rate. Opponents have been successful on third downs 46% of the time and have converted on all six fourth-down plays attempted.
 
Jake McCollum is the top tackler for the 'Dogs with 26 with one quarterback sack. Shane Johnson and Brock Jones are second with 24 stops each. Jones has the lone fumble recovery for the defense this season. Johnson and Robert Goehl have both interceptions for the defense.
 
Vinnie Calvaruso is 3-for-7 on field goals with a long of 38 and 11-of-11 on point-after attempts. He has averaged 54.5 yards on 19 kickoffs. Mason Gessert has punted 16 times for a 35.2 yards per punt average with a long of 44 and seven inside the opponent's 20-yard line.
 
Up Next:
The Bulldogs return to Kirksville and face their longest-standing rival Missouri S&T for their only night game at home this season. It will be the 85^th meeting between the Bulldogs and Miners.
 
Missouri S&T is 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the GLVC. They will host Southwest Baptist in a league game on Saturday evening.