Butler and Drake will go head-to-head this weekend in Des Moines Iowa. The 2 p.m. (1PM CT) kick-off will feature last year's PFL Champion and this year's first-place team in the annual Battle of the Bulldogs contest.
 
Game Day
Date: Saturday, October 12
Time: 2:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM CT
Location: Des Moines, Iowa / Drake Stadium
Live Stats: GoDrakeBulldogs.com (Statbroadcast)
Watch: ESPN+
 
Bulldog Bits
- Butler is receiving votes in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll and the AFCA FCS Coaches Poll.
- The Bulldogs are 5-0 for the first time since 2009.
- The Bulldogs have outscored their opponents 52-0 in the first quarter this season and 50-9 in the fourth.
- Reagan Andrew's 71-yard pass to Ethan Loss on Saturday was the longest play of the year for BU.
- Loss has hauled in a reception of 40+ yards in four-straight games for BU. He leads the PFL in yards per catch (25.3).
- Nick Howard has five rushing touchdowns and five passing touchdowns over his first five games as a Bulldog.
- Trevon Brown has caught a touchdown in two-straight games.
- Billy Dozier has three rushing touchdowns over his last two games.
- Ershod Jasey II had a career-high 76 rushing yards in Saturday's win over the Eagles.
- BU went 7-for-11 on third down vs. MSU while the Eagles were just 1-for-9.
- Butler's defense has recorded at least one sack in every game this season.
- Jack Burch broke through the MSU line on Saturday to record his first sack of the season.
- The Bulldogs have only allowed four touchdowns this season; two rushing and two passing.
- Tyson Garrett is eight tackles away from 100 in his career.
- Shadon Shannon came up with a career-high six tackles in the win over Morehead State.
- Ashton Nawrocki returned to action against MSU after missing the previous three games.
- Jeremiah Jackson blocked a field goal attempt against MSU.
- Butler has only punted the ball 10 times this season; five of the 10 occurred in the season opener.
 
PFL Schedule – Week 7
Valparaiso at Stetson 12:00 P.M.
Davidson at Dayton 12:00 P.M.
St. Thomas at Marist 12:00 P.M.
Presbyterian at Morehead State 2:00 P.M.
Butler at Drake 2:00 P.M.
 
PFL Standings
Butler 1-0, 5-0
Davidson 2-0, 4-1
Dayton 1-0, 3-1
Drake 2-0, 3-1
St. Thomas 1-0, 2-3
San Diego 1-1, 3-2
Morehead State 1-1, 3-3
Stetson 0-1, 2-3
Presbyterian 0-2, 2-4
Valparaiso 0-2, 2-4
Marist 0-2, 0-5
 
SCOUTING DRAKE: The Bulldogs are 3-1 this year with wins over Eastern Washington, San Diego, and Valparaiso. Their lone setback was at #6 South Dakota on Sept. 21. Defensive end Finn Claypool was recognized as a Preseason All-American at the start of the season and QB Luke Bailey was named to the Walter Payton Award Preseason Watch List. Claypool is the reigning PFL Defensive Player of the Week and Bailey earned offensive honors on Sept. 8.
 
The Bulldogs have won 13-straight league games. Their last PFL loss came on Oct. 22, 2022 to Davidson.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES: Drake leads Butler in the all-time series 24-8-1. Butler's last win over Drake came during the 2015 season (20-13). The first-ever meeting happened back in 1932. Neither team scored which resulted in the only tie between the two programs.
 
Butler's last win in Des Moines was recorded in 1994 (28-20).
 
LAST MEETING: Drake came up with a 13-9 win at Butler last year to claim their first outright PFL title since 2004.
 
Drake scored the go-ahead touchdown with less than three minutes to play in the fourth quarter.
 
HOME COOKIN': The Bulldogs head to Des Moines after playing three-straight games at the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl. This is their first road game since Sept. 7.
 
Butler has not played three-straight home games since 2013. That year, they faced three-straight PFL teams in Indy.
 
ANDREW NAMED PFL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Reagan Andrew was responsible for four touchdowns and nearly had a perfect day passing while leading Butler to a 40-6 victory against Morehead State on Saturday. He completed 11-of-12 passes for 172 yards and two touchdowns while running for two touchdowns as part of an eight-carry, 58-yard day. He opened the day's scoring with a three-yard touchdown run and closed the scoring with a career-long 33-yard touchdown carry. In between, he connected on touchdown throws to William Enneking (14 yards) and Ershod Jasey II (25-yards) on each side of halftime.
 
Andrew was an honorable mention selection for the Stats Perform FCS National Offensive Player of the Week award.
 
UNDEFEATED: The Bulldogs are one of just five undefeated teams in the Football Championship Subdivision.
 
Montana State leads the way with a 6-0 overall record. Butler, Mercer, and Delaware are all 5-0 and Dartmouth is 3-0.
 
TOP DAWGS: Butler leads the nation in third down conversion percentage, red zone offense, red zone defense, fewest penalty yards per game, passing yards allowed, and scoring defense.
 
The Bulldogs are 23-for-23 on red zone scoring chances this season. They average 452 yards of total offense per game and only allow 204.
 
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: Butler's offense is averaging 43.0 points per game this year and the defense is only allowing six points per game.
 
Butler leads the country in scoring defense and trails only SFA (45.6) in scoring offense.
 
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 18 touchdowns and have 12 receiving TD's.
 
No Butler player has a 100-yard rushing or receiving game this year.
 
AUDIA ALL-PURPOSE YARDS: Joey Audia has recorded 1,971 all-purpose yards over 30 games at Butler. He needs 29 yards on Saturday to reach 2,000.
 
Audia has 300 yards this season; 111 on punt returns, 97 on kick returns, 53 rushing and 39 receiving.
 
BATTLE OF THE BULLDOGS: Butler ran 20 more plays than Drake in the last meeting between the two programs. BU held Drake to 176 yards of offense and dominated time of possession (37:17 to 22:43).
 
Audia set career-high totals against Drake last year, taking eight handoffs which resulted in 50 rushing yards. Luke Wooten also had success against Drake with six receptions to lead BU with 65 yards.
 
UP NEXT: Butler will return to Indianapolis next weekend to host Dayton at 1 p.m.
 
Saturday will be Youth Day and Junior Dawg Pound Day on campus. The 49th meeting between Dayton and Butler will stream live on FloSports.com.