The Butler football team took a tough 21-14 loss to Dayton on Saturday afternoon at the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl. BU scored a touchdown with less than six minutes remaining on the game clock and added a two-point conversion to tie the game at 14-14, but a 33-yard pass from VanVleet to Brenner went down as the game-winner to keep Dayton undefeated in PFL action.  
 
Butler's defense was on full display during the first half of the contest limiting Dayton to just seven points. Adam Sturtz and Danny Orgler were each credited with sacks in the first half, but the Flyers would hang onto a 7-3 advantage. The lone TD of the opening 30 minutes was setup after a BU fumble on special teams. The Flyers would take advantage of the short field and score an 8-yard touchdown on a pass from VanVleet to Coleman. Butler's three points came off the leg of Ryan Short. He connected on a 32-yard attempt as time expired.
 
The first points of the second half came late in the third quarter with VanVleet finding Brenner for a 22-yard score. Butler's second field goal of the game made it 14-6 as Short hit from 37 yards out.
 
Fourth quarter action picked up on a third and long conversion as Nick Howard found Luke Wooten down the far side of the field for a gain of 33 yards. Wooten made an incredible juggling catch to set up the 'Dawgs for a scoring drive. BU would punch it in on an eight-yard TD rush from Andrew and Howard would plunge in the end zone for the two-point conversion making the game 14-14.
 
Dayton kept their foot on the gas and a nice play call would help the visitors exit Indy with a road win. The Flyers rushed for 183 yards on the day and were sticking with the run late in the game for a chance at a late field goal attempt. The Flyer offense faked out a crowd of over 3,000 people and used a flea flicker to get behind the Bulldog defense. Brenner caught his second TD of the game with just 11 seconds to go to help Dayton pull out the win.
 
Drew VanVleet didn't have an incomplete pass in the first half and would end the game going 11-for-14 with three touchdowns. Mason Hackett was great on the ground with 111 rushing yards.
 
Butler's rushing attack was led by Andrew who carried the rock eight times for 87 yards and the score. Andrew was also 10-for-14 through the air for 50 yards.
 
The top BU target on the outside was Luke Wooten. He came up with six grabs for 50 yards.
 
The Bulldog defense was disruptive throughout the day to record four sacks and nine tackles for loss. Danny Orgler, Nick Bafia and Will Mason were the top tacklers on the team with seven each. Justin Anagonye and D'Marco Cross also enjoyed sacks on Saturday.
 
The Bulldogs will now travel to Davidson for their next contest on Saturday October 26^th. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m.