INDIANAPOLIS - The Butler University football team fell to the No. 23/24 Presbyterian Blue Hose 31-25 on Saturday afternoon. With the loss, BU slides to 4-3 on the season and 2-1 in Pioneer Football League action while PC improves to 6-0 and 2-0 in PFL play. Reagan Andrew accumulated 310 yards of total offense in the game and posted a career-high 115 rushing yards on 31 carries. 

ON THE RECORD WITH COACH LYNCH

"Obviously, really hard fought football game today between two really good teams. You can tell why they're undefeated and ranked nationally. Really good skill and really good talent. I thought we played really hard, obviously, just came up a play short or so. But, you know, we can't fault the effort of our guys. They played really hard and did everything we asked them to. Just needed a couple more plays in the red zone that we just didn't quite make, and I think we'd have a little bit of a different story if we could have got that done."

NOTEABLE STATS 

• Andrew carried the ball a career-high 31 times accumulating 115 yards, which marks a new career-high in rushing yards for the redshirt junior. Andrew found the endzone once with his legs and completed 20 of his 33 attempts for 195 yards. The St. Louis native tallied 310 total yards of offense in the contest. 

• Caldwell carried the ball five times totaling 40 yards and a touchdown. 

• Nick Munson tallied four receptions for a team-high 48 yards. 

• Justin Montgomery tallied 135 yards rushing for Presbyterian on 10 carries. 

• Collin Hurst completed 12 of his 16 passes for 175 yards and two touchdowns. 

• Ethan Loss had four catches for 36 yards. 

• Jeremiah Jackson led the squad on defense with nine total tackles. 

• Short converted four field goals on the day. 

• Butler held the ball for over 40 minutes in the contest. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• PC put together a four-play drive on their opening possession and were able to find the endzone on a 14-yard pass to Cincere Gill. The Blue Hose converted a two-point attempt, giving the visitors an early 8-0 advantage. 

• After trading possessions, Butler strung together a 15-play, 89-yard drive that was capped off with Andrew scoring his seventh rushing touchdown of the season from nine yards out. 

• The Blue Hose responded on the ensuing drive. The visitors put together a seven-play, 75-yard drive capped off by an eight-yard touchdown run by Zach Switzer. The first quarter ended with the Blue Hose ahead, 15-7. 

• Butler's opening drive of the second quarter ended in a 33-yard field goal from Ryan Short, cutting the PC lead to five. 

• With three minutes left in the quarter, the Bulldog defense stood tall as the Blue Hose drive stalled with the help of a false start on fourth down. Jett Jackson converted a 38-yard field goal extending PC's lead back to eight. 

• With under a minute left in the half, PC botched a punt return putting the ball on the ground. Mason Armstrong jumped on the fumble giving Butler the ball inside the Blue Hose 20. Griffin Caldwell then scampered into the endzone from 14-yards out cutting the BU deficit to two. PC blocked the extra point attempt as the Blue Hose took the 18-16 lead into the half. 

• Butler strung together an 18-play, 67-yard drive that lasted over nine minutes to start the second half. The Bulldogs converted a 25-yard field goal, taking the lead for the first time in the contest at 19-18. 

• BU was able to put another three on the board after a 10-play, 57-yard drive giving Butler a 22-18 lead. PC responded on the ensuing drive with a 75-yard touchdown catch. After a missed extra point, the Bulldogs trailed 24-22 with 11 minutes left in the contest. 

• PC sealed the victory in the final minutes of the contest with a three-yard touchdown run by Switzer. The Blue Hose secured the 31-25 victory. 

UP NEXT
The Bulldogs hit the road next week as BU travels to Dayton to face the Flyers on Saturday, October 18. Kickoff at Welcome Stadium is scheduled for 12 p.m. A link to live stats and a live stream will be available on Butlersports.com.