Box Score

Butler dropped a 28-14 decision at Drake Saturday afternoon in the 2016 season finale for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs finish the season with a record of 4-7 overall and 2-6 in Pioneer Football League play. Drake is now 6-4 (5-2 PFL).
 
Senior quarterback Malcolm Weaver threw for 154 yards and ran for another 57 yards to lead the Butler offense. Duvante Lane had 58 yards on 16 carries for the Bulldogs.
 
Butler had a 302-293 advantage in total yards on the day, and held Drake to just 47 rushing yards on 34 attempts.
 
Drake got out to a 14-0 lead with a pair of touchdown passes by Grant Kraemer in the first 20 minutes of the contest. Butler responded with a 1-yard touchdown run by Weaver to pull within 14-7 with 3:53 remaining in the first half.
 
The home team would score the first two touchdowns of the third quarter to take a 28-7 lead before Lane scored from one-yard out with 2:34 remaining in the quarter. That would be the final after a scoreless fourth quarter. Kraemer finished with three touchdown passes and 246 yards through the air.
 
Senior David Starkey led the Butler defense with 12 tackles, including a sack and a forced fumble. Matt Hawkins had a career-best seven stops from the defensive tackle position. Mike Cerone and Curt Beckman each had a sack for the Bulldogs.
 
Senior Ian Dobek had a 76-yard punt in the contest, which breaks the Butler record of 72 yards by Mike Morgan against Morehead State during the 2007 season.
 
Sophomore Pace Temple caught two passes for 22 yards, giving him 978 receiving yards on the season. That is the fifth-best single-season mark in Butler history.