Truman took over sole possession of first place and clinched at least a share of the GLVC title with a 47-10 victory at William Jewell on Saturday. The two teams went into the contest tied for first place. The conference’s leading scorer, Madden Irving, found the endzone 3 times and Dylan Hair became the program’s all-time touchdown-maker with 3 TD passes. Hair now has 83 career combined passing and rushing touchdowns (broke a tie with Jaden Barr, who had 80).
Leading 7-0 after the 1st, Hair threw his first touchdown pass on the first play of the 2nd quarter:
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. Cori Robertson finished with 6 catches for 68 yards. The Bulldogs scored late to make the score 27-0 at halftime:
The Cardinals got on the board in the 3rd with a 45-yard field goal, but the Bulldogs answered right back:
Irving finished with 133 yards of total offense. Hair is just one touchdown pass from matching that all-time record. Duan McRoberts and Colt Nolin also scored their first career Bulldog touchdowns.
Jewell drops into a second place tie with Upper Iowa and Indianpolis at 5-2 and 6-3 overall. Truman won its 4th straight game to improve to 6-1 in the GLVC and 6-4 overall. It’s the 28th football conference championship for the Bulldogs, who can clinch an outright title and earn a berth in the NCAA Playoffs with a win over McKendree next Saturday, on Senior Day, at Stokes Stadium. You can hear the broadcast starting at 2:40 on nemopressbox.com.
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postgame with Kellen Nesbitt:
