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INDIANAPOLIS – Butler and Dayton will go head-to-head on Saturday afternoon at the Sellick Bowl. The PFL rivals will take the field for a 12 PM kick-off. Action will also stream on Facebook Live with Mark Minner on the call.
 
Bulldog Bits
- Will Marty's longest pass of the year came last Saturday on a 61-yard TD to WR Stephen Dennis.
- Marty now has 11 touchdown passes this year moving his career total to 22.
- Marty has thrown two TD passes in four games this season (YSU, MSU, Valpo, SD).
- Marty ranks 20th in the FCS in completions per game. (19.7)
- Marty is just seven completions shy of 400 for his BU career.
- BU averaged 6.1 yards per play vs. San Diego; their highest average this season
- Kavon Samuels had a 39-yard kickoff return vs. San Diego, the longest of the season.
- Pace Temple has scored six touchdowns this season accounting for a team-high 36 points.
- Drew Bevelhimer ranks second on the team in points. He is 4-5 on FG's and 13-15 on PAT's.
- Butler has scored points on 14 of their 18 red zone trips this season (78%).
- Luke Sennett leads the team and ranks second in the PFL with 69 tackles this season.
- Sennett has recorded 10+ tackles in four of Butler's seven games this season.
- Sennett now ranks 18th in the FCS in total tackles.
- Mickey Kane leads the PFL in sacks. (4)
- Butler is the least penalized team in the PFL. Just 26 flags for 249 yards over seven games.
- Butler ranks fourth among all FCS schools in fewest penalties.
- Butler's record vs. Dayton in regular season PFL games is 6-19.
- Opponents have outscored Butler 66-14 in the first quarter this season.
- Butler has not scored a single point off a turnover this season.
 
2018 Standings
1) San Diego 4-0, 5-2
2) Drake 3-1, 4-2
3) Marist 3-1, 3-4
4) Stetson 3-1, 5-1
5) Morehead State 2-2, 3-4
6) Davidson 2-3, 5-3
7) Dayton 2-3, 3-5
8) Butler 1-3, 3-4
9) Valparaiso 1-3, 1-6
10) Jacksonville 0-4, 1-5
 
PFL Schedule - Week 9
Dayton at Butler * 12:00 p.m.
Stetson at Davidson * 1:00 p.m.
Marist at Morehead State * 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at San Diego * 1:00 p.m.
Drake at Valparaiso * 2:00 p.m.
 
SCOUTING DAYTON: The Flyers are 2-3 in the PFL with wins over Davidson (42-21) and Valparaiso (53-20). Their first conference loss came at Marist (28-17) and their last two games have been setbacks to San Diego (36-34) and Drake (28-17). Dayton is a balanced team that has five different players averaging 40+ receiving yards per game. TE Adam Trautman leads the club with 438 receiving yards and five touchdowns. Their top WR is Ryan Skibiski with 344 yards and three TD's. Tucker Yinger is a dual threat that leads the team in rushing (81.4) and ranks fifth on the team in receiving (42.8). Yinger and QB Jack Cook each have five rushing touchdowns this season. The touchdown vulture on the Dayton roster is RB Richie Warfield. The 5-11, 212-pound redshirt freshman has 10 touchdowns on just 41 carries.
 
Dayton QB Jack Cook averages 239.5 yards of passing per game. He has 13 passing TD's in 2018 and is approaching 2,000 yards (1,916).
 
ALL-TIME SERIES: Dayton leads the all-time series over Butler 29-12-1.
 
Butler's last win over Dayton came in 2013 (33-30). Their last home win over Dayton was the previous season (21-11).
 
LAST MEETING: Dayton defeated Butler 27-22 last year by outscoring the Bulldogs 17-0 in the second half.
 
Pace Temple caught seven passes for 126 yards last year vs. Dayton, but Adam Trautman would score the game-winning touchdown on a two-yard pass with 9:20 to play in the fourth quarter.
 
ALL-TIME GREAT: Pace Temple heads into the weekend with 192 career receptions to total 2,872 yards. He ranks second all-time at Butler in career receiving yards and is now tied for second all-time in receptions. Temple needs 123 yards to pass Zach Watkins (08-11) for the top spot in receiving yards and 63 catches to break Watkins' career receptions record.
 
Temple will attempt to become just the seventh PFL player to reach 3,000 career receiving yards.
 
100-YARD TEAMMATES: Pace Temple and Stephen Dennis each topped 100 receiving yards vs. San Diego. The last time BU had two WR reach 100+yards in the same game was Sept. 20, 2014. Marquese Martin-Hayes had 159 yards on 10 catches and teammate Brandon Collins had 100 yards on five grabs.
 
TRIO OF TARGETS: Three Bulldogs have over 100-yards receiving this year. Pace Temple leads all players with 605 yards and Stephen Dennis is second on the team with 315. Anthony Scaccia has been great out of the backfield, reaching 112 receiving yards on 11 catches.
 
Brad Sznajder and Sam Yeaton will be the next Bulldogs to reach 100+ receiving yards this season. Sznajder heads into the weekend with 94 yards on 20 catches, Yeaton has 95 yards on just seven grabs.
 
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 4,285 career passing yards, the seventh-highest total in school history. He is just 276 yards shy of sixth (Curt Roy '79-'83).
 
Marty set new season-high totals vs. San Diego with 317 passing yards on 46 attempts. His 25 completions also tied his season-high total, originally set at Youngstown State.
 
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.
 
Drew Bevelhimer's longest made field goal at Butler was a 47-yarder. He connected on the kick vs. Franklin during the 2016 season.
 
FLIP THE FIELD: Punter Evan Giebel is averaging 38.0 yards per punt this season. He booted a 51-yard punt last week vs. San Diego
 
Giebel's longest punt this year was a 58-yarder, recorded at home vs. Morehead State. The redshirt-senior has now landed seven punts inside the opponent 20-yard line. He did it twice vs. San Diego.
 
FIND THE WIN COLUMN: The Bulldogs are 0-3 during the month of October. The last time BU went winless in October was 2007.
 
Dayton has defeated Butler in each of the last four meetings.
 
BRUNNER REACHES 100 CAREER TACKLES: Mason Brunner made seven tackles against San Diego to take his career total to 104.
 
Brunner leads BU in tackles for loss with six.
 
GEERS GRABS THE BALL: Senior defensive end Mark Geers made a spectacular play vs. San Diego by stripping RB Terrence Smith. Geers forced the fumble, recovered the ball and ran 15-yards down the field. He is one of two players in the PFL to force two fumbles this year.
 
Luke Sennett forced a fumble vs. San Diego at the one-yard line denying a Torero touchdown. He punched the ball out of Bandy's hand for a touchback.
 
UP NEXT: Butler will play at Jacksonville next Saturday, Nov. 3. The Dolphins are 1-4 this year and winless in the PFL.