Saturday night's 6 p.m. kick-off vs. Hanover will be a "White Out" for Bulldog fans in attendance. Butler is 2-0 in night games under the leadership of Head Coach Mike Uremovich. They beat Wabash 47-21 in 2023 and topped Taylor 45-10 in 2022.
 
Game Day
Date: Saturday, September 14
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Indianapolis, Ind. / Sellick Bowl
Live Stats: ButlerSports.com (Statbroadcast)
Watch: FloSports.com
 
Bulldog Bits
- Ryan Short earned PFL Special Teams Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career on Sunday.
- Reagan Andrew completed 18 of his 25 passes vs. the Racers to end the game with 193 yards.
- Luke Wooten is one reception shy of 100 in his BU career (24 games).
- Joey Suchy is 107 rushing yards away from 1,000.
- Billy Dozier set career-high totals at Murray State with 10 rushing attempts and three receptions.
- Drew Cassens came up with a career-high 32 receiving yards at Murray State.
- Butler dominated time of possession at Murray State holding onto the ball for over 41 minutes.
- The Bulldogs ran 44 more plays than the Racers last weekend (85-41).
- BU posted 436 yards of total offense last Saturday.
- The Bulldogs are 7-for-7 on red zone scoring chances this season.
- Butler scored points on each fourth quarter drive at Murray State to win the fourth quarter battle 9-3.
- BU went 10-for-18 on third down last week while Murray State went 2-for-9.
- Butler ranks ninth in the FCS in third down conversion percentage.
- The Bulldogs only allowed 41 passing yards in the win at Roy Stewart Stadium.
- Butler ranks second among all FCS programs in passing yards allowed.
- Adam Sturtz had a sack and a tackle for loss at Murray State to go along with six tackles.
- Nick Bafia had a team-high eight tackles at Murray State. He needs three solo tackles on Saturday to reach 100 in his career.
- Will Mason matched his career-high with eight tackles against the Racers.
- Butler has started the season 2-0 three times over the last decade (2022, 2018).
- PFL teams went 7-3 during Week 2.
- The Bulldogs have not allowed any points in the first quarter this season.
- 13 different Bulldogs have hauled in at least one reception over the team's first two games.
 
PFL Schedule - Week 3
Marist at Lafayette 12:30 P.M.
Virginia-Lynchburg at Presbyterian 1:00 P.M.
Black Hills State at St. Thomas 2:00 P.M.
Stetson at Furman 2:00 P.M.
Morehead State at Montana 3:00 P.M.
Hanover at Butler 6:00 P.M.
Dayton at Indiana State 6:00 P.M.
Point University at Davidson 7:00 P.M.
Indiana Wesleyan at Valparaiso 7:30 P.M.
 
PFL Standings
Butler 2-0
Morehead State 2-0
San Diego 2-0
Stetson 2-0
Dayton 1-0
Drake 1-0
Davidson 1-1
Presbyterian 1-1
Marist 0-1
St. Thomas 0-2
Valparaiso 0-2
 
SCOUTING HANOVER: The Panthers took a 27-12 home loss to Centre in their season opener last week. QB Eian Roudebush passed for 270 yards, but had three interceptions in the setback. His top targets were seniors Jalen Peck and Austin Oppel. Peck was the team leader with 78 receiving yards while Oppel was in the box score with 72 yards and a touchdown. Hanover only had one rushing first down and ended the game with negative rushing yards.
 
Ben Massey led the Hanover defense with eight tackles. Jamey Deckard had an interception and Aidan Jochem had a sack.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES: Butler leads the all-time series against Hanover 21-1-1.
 
The first-ever meeting between Butler and Hanover was played in 1887! The Bulldogs capped off their inaugural season with a 24-10 victory over the Panthers to complete their 3-0 season.
 
HISTORY VS. HANOVER: Butler handed Hanover a 122-0 loss in 1921. The game nicknamed "The Track Meet" featured BU scoring 17 touchdowns and adding a field goal.
 
Team captain Bill Kiser played fullback for head coach Pat Page that season. The 122 point performance still stands as the school record for most points scored in a single-game in BU football history.
 
SHORT NAMED SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Short's 22-yard field goal with nine seconds left lifted Butler to a 19-17 victory at Murray State. It was one of two 22-yard field goals he hit in the win, and he also had a PAT to account for seven of Butler's 19 points.
 
Short's two punts averaged 38.5 yards and were both downed inside the 20-yard line. He also had four kickoffs with one touchback.
 
HAVE A DAY HOWARD: Nick Howard amassed 175 yards of total offense (85 rushing and 90 passing) and ran for two touchdowns on Saturday to help Butler earn a 19-17 road victory at Missouri Valley Conference foe Murray State.
 
The Bulldog victory gave the PFL their first win against the MVFC since 2019 (Dayton at Indiana State). Butler's last win over a Missouri Valley Football Conference opponent came the year prior in 2018. The Bulldogs upset #24 Youngstown State 23-21 in the season opener.
 
2,000 RUSHING YARDS: Nick Howard topped 2,000 career rushing yards on Saturday with his performance against Murray State.
 
Howard has three rushing touchdowns for the Bulldogs in 2024 to push his career total to 37.
 
CAREER DAY FOR ENNEKING: William Enneking set new career-high marks at Murray State by making four receptions to gain 74 yards.
 
Enneking's 34-yard reception from Nick Howard in the fourth quarter of the Murray State game was the longest gain of his career and helped BU set up the game-winning field goal.
 
REAGAN IS ROLLING: Reagan Andrew earned PFL Offensive Player of the Week honors after the season opener then completed more passes in Week 2 (18) than he attempted in Week 1.
 
Andrew leads the PFL in passing efficiency.
 
MASON MADE A PLAY: Will Mason had eight tackles, including one for loss, and an interception in the Bulldogs' 19-17 victory at Murray State.
 
Mason leads the Butler defense with 15 total  tackles this year.
 
DAWGS PLAYING D: Butler's defense limited Murray State to just 239 yards of total offense. The Racers only completed 10 passes in the game and had one passing first down.
 
Murray State went 3-and-out three times on Saturday against the Butler defense.
 
LEAGUE LEADERS: After Week 2, Butler leads the PFL fewest penalty yards per game, passing yards allowed, and red zone offense.
 
Reagan Andrew leads the PFL in yards per pass attempt and Luke Wooten is the league leader in yards per reception.
 
MOVE THE CHAINS: Butler's offense went 6-for-9 on third down in the second half of the Murray State game.
 
Butler did not punt the football in the second half last Saturday.
 
UP NEXT: Butler's bye week lands on Sept. 21 this year giving the Bulldogs two weeks to prepare for the Virginia-Lynchburg game. VUL will visit the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl on Sept. 28. Kick-off is set for 1 PM.
 
September 28 is Family Weekend at Butler University. Fans can come out to see the first-ever meeting between Butler and Virginia-Lynchburg or stream the action live on FloSports.com.