Findlay scored 21 unanswered points to start the game and held off Truman for a season-opening 37-21 victory at Stokes Stadium this afternoon. Boston College transfer Matt Rueve connected with fullback Tristan Cross for a pair of three-yard touchdowns, with the second coming at the 12:22 mark of the second quarter to cap the early burst for the team from Ohio.
The Bulldogs took some momentum into the locker room scoring late in the half:
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. The play of the game came on a Truman completion to the Oiler 21 yard line early in the third quarter. Findlay’s Jason Kpassou stripped Kel Battle and sprinted 79 yards to make the score 28-7. The Bulldogs got a 32-yard TD run from Denim Cook later in the third and Hair scrambled for a four-yard score with 5:54 left to make it a 10-point game.
In his first start, Hair finished with 271 yards of total offense. The Bulldogs have an early GLVC showdown at Indianapolis next Saturday. Those were the top two teams in the GLVC Preseason Coaches Poll. Here is the postgame interview with Truman coach Kellen Nesbitt, after his first game as Head Coach:
