Truman scored 20 points off four Quincy turnovers and quarterback Dylan Hair had a career-high 150 yards rushing and two touchdowns in the Bulldogs’ 44-21 homecoming win on Saturday. Hair ripped off a 52-yard run on the ‘Dogs second play from scrimmage to light up the scoreboard. A Hawks fumble set Truman at the 18 yard line and resulted in a two-yard plunge by Denim Cook. Diego Perez capped a 17-point first quarter with the first of his three field goals. Hair connected with Gerard Grewe for a six-yard touchdown early in the second frame and the Bulldogs took a 24-0 lead into the locker room.
Quincy took the opening drive of the second half to the endzone and then forced a three-and-out, but the ensuing punt was muffed setting up Truman at the 10. Cook once again took advantage of the short field with a one-yard touchdown to make it 31-7. The Hawks came right back with a touchdown, but Hair had an answer with another long run:
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. On the next Hawks’ possession, Jaxin Patterson jarred the ball loose with a blindside sack of Bradyn Little. That short field resulted in a 31-yard field goal by Perez. Another muffed punt by Quincy in the 4th quarter led to a Perez 26-yard field goal.
Truman had five sacks and held the Hawks to a minus-11 yards rushing. Hair had 315 yards of total offense and accounted for 3 touchdowns. The Bulldogs pass Quincy in the GLVC standings at 3-1 and improve to 4-3 overall. The Hawks are also 4-3 and 2-2 in the conference. Truman will play at Southwest Baptist next Saturday. You can hear the full broadcast by going to our Game Archive page at nemopressbox.com.
postgame with coach Kellen Nesbitt:
