Dylan Hair threw four touchdown passes to help Truman deliver an early knockout of Lincoln winning 52-7 at Stokes Stadium on Saturday. The Blue Tigers fumbled the opening kickoff and it took Hair and the Bulldogs just three plays to score….
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. On their next possession, the Bulldogs drove 76 yards, in seven plays…..
Hair hit Elijah Stevens for a catch-and-run of 53 yards for his third touchdown pass of the first quarter and the freshman’s first college touchdown. Denim Cook had TD runs of eight yards and one yard to make the score 35-0 in the second quarter. The Blue Tigers only touchdown came on a pass play with 40 seconds left in the first half. It took Truman just 21 seconds to answer on Hair’s fourth touchdown pass from 23 yards out to Jackson Overton to make the score 42-7 at halftime. Stevens got his first rushing touchdown just over two minutes into the third quarter.
Hair was 12-of-16 passing for 287 yards. It was Overton’s ninth touchdown catch of the season. Hallsville native Harrison Fowler got his first touches and ran the ball seven times for 33 yards. Kendal Hammond of South Shelby made his first tackle.
Lincoln drops to 1-8. The Bulldogs improve to 5-4 overall and 4-2 in a three-way tie for second play in the GLVC. Truman will visit William Jewell next Saturday. Here is the postgame interview with Coach Kellen Nesbitt:
