22nd ranked Indianpolis racked up 500 yards of offense and dominated time of possession (by over 14 minutes) in fending off Truman for a 30-20 win at Stokes Stadium on Saturday. The Greyhounds set the offensive tone on their opening drive, which consisted of 14 plays and lasted nearly eight minutes capped by quarterback Gavin Sukup’s 7-yard run. UIndy’s halftime lead was only 10-0 thanks to a fourth down goal line stand by the Truman defense in the second quarter.
Sukup capped the opening drive of the second half with a 14-yard TD pass to Alonzo Derrick. The Greyhounds followed that with a field goal less than three minutes later to lead 20-7. Truman’s Thomas Pulliam answered back immediately:
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. Pulliam became the 5th Bulldog all-time to have a 100-yard kick return touchdown. Juseters Fataki halted any momentum on the hosts side with a 67-yard touchdown run. Fataki finished with 144 yards rushing. Down 30-14, Dylan Hair connected with former Blair Oaks High School teammate Adam Hall for a 13-yard touchdown with 1:42 left, but the 2-point conversion failed.
Tight end Gerard Grewe had his best game as a Bulldog with eight receptions for 147. Truman drops to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the GLVC. The ‘Dogs take next weekend off before a home date with Upper Iowa on October 11th. UIndy improves to 4-1 and 2-0 in the conference. You can hear the full broadcast by going to our Game Archive section.
postgame with Kellen Nesbitt:
