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INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler football team will return to the Sellick Bowl this Saturday for a Pioneer Football League showdown against San Diego. Kick-off is slated for 12 PM. The game can also be viewed on Facebook Live.
 
Bulldog Bits
- Luke Sennett leads the team and ranks second in the PFL with 57 tackles this season.
- Sennett recorded a career-high 15 tackles at Valpo and added an interception.
- Sennett now ranks 23rd in the FCS in total tackles.
- Mickey Kane leads the PFL in sacks. (4)
- BU leads the PFL in Red Zone Defense.
- Carter Raleigh has recorded at least six tackles in every game this season.
- Brad Sznajder is averaging 5.0 yards per carry this season. He has 513 total rushing yards.
- Pace Temple has 500 receiving yards this year. He leads the team with five TD's.
- Temple has led BU in receiving during four of Butler's six games this season.
- Will Marty has nine touchdown passes this year moving his career total to 20.
- Marty hit Temple for a TD twice in the second quarter at Valparaiso. (5-yard and 4-yard)
- Marty ranks 25th in the FCS in completions per game. (18.8)
- Marty completed 20+ passes in each of the first three games this year, but has been under 20 over the last three games.
- Butler's balanced offense at Valpo resulted in seven rushing first downs and seven passing.
- Butler did not allow a sack at Valpo.
- Drew Bevelhimer missed his first FG of the season but has been perfect since (4-4).
- Butler is the least penalized team in the PFL. Just 20 flags for 197 yards over six games.
- Butler was only flagged once at Valpo. (15 yards)
- Butler ranks third among all FCS schools in fewest penalties.
- Butler and San Diego are tied for the PFL lead in time of possession. (32:22)
 
2018 Standings
San Diego 3-0, 4-2
Drake 2-1, 3-2
Marist 2-1, 2-4
Stetson 2-1, 4-1
Davidson 2-2, 5-2
Dayton 2-2, 3-4
Butler 1-2, 3-3
Morehead State 1-2, 2-4
Valparaiso 1-2, 1-5
Jacksonville 0-3, 1-4
 
PFL Schedule - Week 8
San Diego at Butler * 12:00 p.m.
Drake at Dayton * 1:00 p.m.
Davidson at Marist * 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at Stetson * 1:00 p.m.
Valparaiso at Morehead State * 2:00 p.m.
 
SCOUTING SAN DIEGO: San Diego won their sixth Pioneer Football League title in 2017 by going undefeated in league play (8-0). The 2018 preseason favorites are now sitting on top of the PFL standings with a 3-0 record. They are the only undefeated team in the league and they are coming off a tight 36-34 win vs. Dayton, the team picked to finish second in the PFL. The game between San Diego and Dayton came down to the wire. The Flyers threw a four-yard touchdown pass with 2:44 left in the fourth quarter to move the score to 36-34. The two-point try failed and the Toreros would hang on for the victory. San Diego posted 609 total yards of offense in the win. They rank second in the PFL in scoring offense (34.8) and first in pass offense (345.7). QB Anthony Lawrence leads the league in passing yards per game and is currently tied with Drake's Grant Kraemer with 16 passing TD's. His top target is WR Michael Bandy, a 5-11 junior who averages 131 receiving yards per game.
 
Team captains for San Diego this year include Daniel Cooney (OL), Anthony Lawrence (QB) and Marcus Vaivao (LB).
 
ALL-TIME SERIES: San Diego leads the all-time series against Butler 18-5. The first meeting between the two clubs was played in 1993. Butler's first win in the series followed in 1994 (38-21).
 
Butler's last win over San Diego came during the 2009 season (25-24).
 
LAST MEETING: San Diego defeated Butler 38-17 last year. Will Marty found Pace Temple for two first half touchdowns.
 
The Toreros racked up 499 total yards of offense last year against Butler. Lawrence threw for 367 yards and five touchdowns.
 
TEMPLE VS. BANDY: Two of the top receivers in the PFL will go head-to-head this weekend when Butler hosts San Diego. Bandy leads the league in receiving yards (791), receptions (48) and touchdowns (7). Temple ranks fourth in yards (500), second in receptions (41) and is tied for third with five touchdowns.
 
Bandy is having a breakout season in 2018. He did not record a catch last year vs. Butler.
 
BRUNNER EYES 100 TACKLES: Mason Brunner is three tackles shy of 100 for his career.
 
Brunner made three tackles vs. Valpo with one coming behind the line of scrimmage.
 
MARTY MAKES HIS MARK: QB Will Marty continues to climb the all-time passing yards top-ten list at Butler. Marty heads into Saturday with 3,968 career passing yards, the eighth-highest total in school history. He is just 104 yards shy of seventh (Rob Cutter '84-'87).
 
Marty hit 19 of his 30 targets at Valpo for 197 yards and two touchdowns.
 
ALL-TIME GREAT: Pace Temple heads into the weekend with 185 career receptions to total 2,767 yards. He ranks second all-time at Butler in career receiving yards and is up to third all-time in receptions. Temple needs 228 yards to pass Zach Watkins (08-11) for the top spot in receiving yards and eight catches to move into second place in receptions.
 
Temple will attempt to become just the seventh PFL player to reach 3,000 career receiving yards.
 
ITS GOOD: Butler kicker Drew Bevelhimer has made 32 field goals during his Bulldog career, just four shy of the all-time career school record. The BU record currently belongs to David Lang who hit 35 field goals from 2008-11.
 
Bevelhimer hit a 39-yard field goal in the third quarter at Valparaiso.
 
PACE PUTS ON A SHOW: Pace Temple caught 14 passes for 167 yards and a touchdown at #24 Youngstown State. He led all FCS receivers with 14 catches, and therefore was named Stats FCS National Offensive Player of the Week and PFL Player of the Week. He became the first Bulldog to earn the PFL honor since 2015 when the award went to Matt Shiltz. 14 catches and 167 yards were both career-high marks for Temple. He now has nine 100-yard receiving games in his BU career.
 
14 catches in a single-game is just one shy of tying the school record set by Tom Redmond (15 catches vs. Ball State - 1972)
 
GOOD TO BE HOME: Butler has played four of their six games on the road this season. The 'Dawgs are 1-1 at the Sellick Bowl with a win over Morehead State.
 
TOUGH TEST: The Bulldogs will welcome two-straight home games to end the month of October, but the next two opponents on the schedule finished 1-2 in the Preseason PFL Coaches Poll. San Diego received nine first place votes to end the poll with 81 points. Dayton was close behind in second with 72 points. Drake rounded out the top three (58).
 
Butler and Valparaiso tied for fourth place in the PFL Preseason Poll.
 
SLOW DOWN THE TOREROS: Butler and San Diego have met 23 times dating back to the first-ever matchup in 1993. San Diego has scored 21+ points in 21 of the 23 meetings.
 
San Diego has scored 40+ point vs. Butler eight times.
 
ELIMINATE BIG PLAYS: Valpo returned the opening kickoff of the second half 97 yards for a touchdown. The last opponent to return a kickoff for a TD before last weekend was San Diego when Jacob Arnell ran 88 yards for the score.
 
Butler has allowed three 100-yard rushers this year, but have only allowed one 100-yard receiving game. No QB has passed for 300 yards on Butler in 2018.
 
UP NEXT: Butler will end the month of October with a 12 PM kick vs. Dayton at the Sellick Bowl.
 
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