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INDIANAPOLIS – Butler and Jacksonville will meet at the Sellick Bowl at 1 PM on Saturday afternoon. Mark Minner and former Butler football player Brandon Collins will have the call on YouTube.
 
Bulldog Bits
- Luke Sennett ranks 10th in the FCS with 40 solo tackles.
- Ryan Smith's interception at Morehead State was the first of his career.
- Nick Mahalak was credited with the first sack of his BU career on Saturday at MSU.
- Austin Lewis led BU with a career-high 10 tackles at Morehead State.
- Nick Orlando scored three rushing touchdowns on just 11 carries at MSU.
- Orlando is averaging 5.2 yards per carry.
- Brad Sznajder popped off a 41-yard rush at MSU to end the contest with 90 yards on the ground.
- Sznajder ended the game with 151 all-purpose yards (20 rcv, 41 pr).
- Butler only allowed 91 rushing yards in their last game.
- Mason Brunner needs 10 tackles to reach 200 in his BU career.
- Butler has outscored their opponent 37-34 in the fourth quarter this season.
 
SCOUTING JACKSONVILLE: The Dolphins have lost all three of their PFL contests this season to move to 2-5 overall. Dayton (56-28), Morehead State (30-22), and Davidson (49-19) all posted wins over Jacksonville in recent weeks. In order for BU to do the same, the Bulldogs will have to slow down the Jacksonville rushing attack. The Dolphins rank second in the Pioneer Football League in rushing offense. QB Calvin Turner leads the league in rushing yards per game (103.6). Turner has four 100-yard rushing performances this season. He rushed for 169 yards at Dayton on Oct. 5.
 
On the other side of the ball, Jacksonville has the best pass defense in the PFL (155.3), but rank ninth in rushing defense (265.4). Caysaun Wakeley, Jeremiah Johnson and Ethan Hull are all players to keep an eye on. Every member of that trio appears in the top-ten of the PFL rankings in tackles per game.
 
Calvin Turner has more 100-yard rushing games than any other player in the PFL (4).
 
ALL-TIME SERIES: Jacksonville leads the all-time series against Butler 9-3. BU lost 48-44 at Jacksonville a year ago, but posted a 37-22 win at home over the Dolphins in 2017. The first meeting between the two programs was played in 2005.
 
Jacksonville won the first seven meetings against Butler, but the Bulldogs have responded by winning three of the last five.
 
LAST YEAR VS. JACKSONVILLE: Calvin Turner scored a three-yard rushing touchdown with just five seconds left in the fourth quarter to give Jacksonville a 48-44 win over Butler last year. The Bulldogs gave up 448 yards on the ground to Jacksonville, but would counter with 425 passing yards. The two teams combined for 1,061 total yards of offense.
 
Jacksonville had three players rush for over 100-yards in the last meeting. Calvin Turner led all players with a game-high 194 rushing yards.
 
ORLANDO OPENS UP OFFENSE: Nick Orlando rushed for three touchdowns at Morehead State to move his season total to six. The last Bulldog to rush for three scores in a single-game was Sam Schrader back in 2017. Schrader scored three touchdowns vs. Jacksonville on just 10 carries. He logged 74 yards on the ground in the 37-22 win.
 
Butler averaged 6.1 yards per carry in their last win over Jacksonville. They outscored the Dolphins 10-0 in the third quarter to help come out on top in 2017.
 
SENNETT LEADS SECONDARY: Luke Sennett ranks second in the PFL with 62 total tackles. He averages 8.9 tackles per game.
 
Sennett made a career-high 17 tackles the last time BU played Jacksonville. The senior safety now has 225 tackles in his BU career.
 
MAHALAK MAKES A STATEMENT: DE Nick Mahalak has made four tackles for loss over the last two games.
 
Mahalak has 5.5 tackles for loss this season. He entered his senior campaign with just one.
 
DENNIS REACHES 1,000 CAREER RECEIVING YARDS: Stephen Dennis has 1,065 receiving yards in his BU career. All the other wide receivers on the roster combine for 822 career receiving yards.
 
MAKE A STAND: Butler's defense is allowing 34 points per game during PFL action, but the Dolphins are struggling too by allowing 45 points per game against conference foes.
 
PFL RANKINGS: Butler ranks second in the league in punt return average (17.8). They are also one of the least penalized teams in the PFL averaging just 41.1 yards per game in that category to rank second.
 
The Butler defense has made seven interceptions this year to rank fourth in the PFL. They also rank fifth in Red Zone offense, scoring on 84% of their trips.
 
UP NEXT: Butler will play at Marist on Nov. 2. The contest features a 12 PM start.
 
Butler and Marist have not played in two years. The last meeting was a 30-21 win for the Red Foxes in 2016.