PFL action continues this weekend when the Butler Bulldogs host the Dayton Flyers for a 1 p.m. kick. The Flyers are still undefeated in league play while the Bulldogs look to get back to their winning ways.
 
Game Day
Date: Saturday, October 19
Time: 1:00 PM ET
Location: Indianapolis, Ind. / Sellick Bowl
Live Stats: ButlerSports.com (Statbroadcast)
Watch: FloSports
 
Bulldog Bits
- Butler is receiving votes in the AFCA FCS Coaches Poll.
- Dayton is receiving votes in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll.
- No Bulldog opponent has scored points against Butler in the first quarter this season.
- Jack Burch had two sacks at Drake giving him three total over his last two games.
- Adam Sturtz recorded a career-high 10 tackles (six solo) at Drake.
- Devaon Holman recorded his first interception of the season at Drake to move his career total to four.
- Holman tied his career-high tackle total in the game with four stops.
- D'Marco Cross and Onye Onuoha each had a career-high four tackles at Drake.
- Tyson Garrett needs five tackles on Saturday to reach 100 in his BU career.
- Jeremiah Jackson is seven tackles away from 100.
- Reagan Andrew scored his fourth rushing touchdown of the season last Saturday.
- Andrew led the Bulldog offense with a career-high 81 rushing yards while adding 174 passing yards.
- Andrew set new career-highs in rushing attempts (18), passing attempts (32) and completions (22).
- Ethan Loss caught a career-high eight passes on Saturday to end the game with 86 receiving yards.
- Butler's longest gain against Drake was a 26-yard pass from Nick Howard to Trevon Brown.
- Brown came up with a career-high 42 receiving yards at Drake; he has caught a pass in five-straight games.
- Butler had more first downs than Drake (28-19) and recorded more total yards of offense (333-314).
- Joey Suchy scored a fourth quarter touchdown at Drake to give him four TD's on the year.
- Cameron Heald caught two touchdown passes in Butler's win over Dayton in 2022.
 
PFL Schedule – Week 8
Dayton at Butler 1:00 P.M.
Stetson at Davidson 1:00 P.M.
Drake at Presbyterian 1:00 P.M.
St. Thomas at Valparaiso 2:00 P.M.
Marist at San Diego 5:00 P.M.
 
PFL Standings
Drake 3-0, 4-1
Dayton 2-0, 4-1
St. Thomas 2-0, 3-3
Davidson 2-1, 4-2
Morehead State 2-1, 4-3
Butler 1-1, 5-1
San Diego 1-1, 3-2
Stetson 0-1, 2-3
Valparaiso 0-2, 2-4
Presbyterian 0-3, 2-5
Marist 0-3, 0-6
 
SCOUTING DAYTON: The Flyers blocked four kicks against Davidson, helping them notch a 16-14 win against the Wildcats. Dayton scored 13 of their 16 points in the second quarter to take control of the action. Davidson took a one-point lead with a third quarter TD, but a 25-yard, fourth quarter field goal would go down as the game-winner. Dayton is now 4-1 on the year with a 2-0 record in the PFL.
 
Gideon Lampron was named PFL Special Teams Player of the Week on Sunday after blocking two field goal attempts over the weekend. He added 11 tackles in the victory.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES: Dayton holds a 33-14-1 advantage over Butler in the all-time series. These two teams played for the first time in 1925 with Butler recording a 10-7 win in Indianapolis. Dayton had won seven-straight meetings before the arrival of Mike Uremovich.
 
Butler is 2-0 against Dayton under the leadership of head coach Mike Uremovich. They won 31-0 in 2022 and 37-10 in 2023.
 
LAST MEETING: The Bulldogs won at Dayton last year for the first time since 2013 behind a three-touchdown game from Jyran Mitchell. BU jumped out to a 13-0 lead and would move forward to collect a 37-10 win at Welcome Stadium.
 
Dayton dropped back to pass 49 times in the setback, but only passed for 184 yards.
 
NO FLY ZONE: Dayton and Butler rank first and second in the nation in passing yards allowed.
 
Dayton allows 89 passing yards per game. The Bulldogs are limiting the opposition to 112 yards per contest.
TOSS FOR 200: Butler threw for 214 yards at Drake last weekend. It was the first time BU had passed for 200+ yards since Week 2.
 
Butler set season-high marks at Drake in pass attempts (38) and completions (25).
 
BALANCED BULLDOGS: Seven different Bulldogs have scored a rushing touchdown for BU this year and seven players have caught a touchdown pass. BU has rushed for 20 touchdowns and have 12 receiving TD's.
 
BU has rushed for at least two touchdowns in every game this year, but last Saturday was just the second time this season they did not throw a touchdown.
 
TOP DAWGS: BU leads the nation in third down conversion percentage and red zone offense.
 
The Bulldogs are 25-for-25 on red zone scoring chances this season.
 
GO FOR IT: Butler is 5-for-11 on fourth down conversions this season. They went 1-for-3 on fourth down at Drake after going 2-for-2 on fourth vs. MSU. Their aggressive approach also appeared in the box score at Murray State when the 'Dawgs went for it on fourth down four times.

Butler has not punted the ball more than two times in a game since Week 1.
 
SHORT SHOWS OFF THE LEG: Ryan Short hit a career-long 39-yard field goal late in the third quarter at Drake. He added a career-long 54-yard punt in the setback.
 
Short is now 4-for-4 on field goal attempts this year. He is averaging 41.6 yards per punt.
 
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: Butler's offense is averaging 38.7 points per game this year and the defense is only allowing 9.5 points per game.
 
Butler ranks second among all FCS schools in scoring defense and is now ninth in scoring offense.
 
STOP THE RUN: Dayton RB Mason Hackett is one of only two PFL players that average over 100 rushing yards per game. Hackett had a career-high 218 yards vs. Davidson last weekend and had 110 the week before at Marist.
 
Butler has not allowed a 100-yard rusher this season. The BU running attack is led by the QB tandem of Howard and Andrew. Howard ranks fifth in the PFL (58.0) and Andrew ranks ninth (44.7).
 
TAKE CARE OF IT: Butler turned the ball over two times at Drake. Those were the first two turnovers of the year since the season opener vs. Upper Iowa.
 
All four BU turnovers this season have been interceptions. They are one of seven FCS teams that have not lost a fumble this year.
 
UP NEXT: Butler will play at Davidson next weekend, putting two of the best offenses in the PFL on the field at Davidson College Stadium. Kick-off on ESPN+ is set for 1 p.m.
 
This will be Butler's first time playing at Davidson College Stadium. After calling Richardson Stadium home for 100 years, the Wildcats opened their brand new state-of-the-art facility earlier this year on Sept. 7 against Catawba College.