Football

  • Football: Dominates rival Valparaiso

    The Butler football team remained undefeated in Pioneer League play as they defeated rival Valparaiso 56-17. The Bulldogs (4-2, 3-0) were led by quarterback Matt Lancaster’s 246 yards and three touchdowns, as he played only the first half. Lancaster finished the first half with a 41-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver JT Mesch to give…

  • Football: Bulldogs move to 2-0 in conference play

    Butler will play for a trophy next Saturday after upending rival Dayton 21-11 Saturday afternoon. Junior running back Trae Heeter led the Bulldogs with 159 rushing yards and two touchdowns. The Bulldogs (3-2, 2-0) remain undefeated in Pioneer League play with the win. Butler has won three of four in the lifetime series with Dayton.…

  • Football team downs rival Flyers

    The Butler football team upended rival Dayton 21-11 Saturday afternoon behind 159 yards and two touchdowns from running back Trae Heeter. The Bulldogs (3-2 overall) remained undefeated at 2-0 in Pioneer League play. Butler has won three of four in the series with Dayton. “From day one I was here, I always knew we’d be…

  • Voris focused on Butler’s season despite job opening

    DePauw University fired its head football coach Robby Long early last week after the team started the season 0-2. “Long was dismissed due to his failure to fully comply with the school’s policies and administrative expectations,” according to a press release from the university. While an interim head coach has been named, the opening for…

  • Heeter has career day

    Butler junior running back Trae Heeter had a career-high 204 rushing yards to lead the Bulldogs to a 35-14 victory against Campbell in their Pioneer League opener. Butler (2-2, 1-0) avenged last season’s 38-23 loss against the Camels (1-3, 0-1). “Campbell got to us last year, and they beat us pretty bad,” Heeter said. “So…

  • Football: Dartmouth too much for Bulldogs

    The Butler football team got off to a slow start Saturday night against the Dartmouth Big Green and never recovered, falling 35-7. The Bulldogs (1-2) were able to keep pace for most of the first half in their first-ever game against an Ivy League opponent. Despite giving up an 85-yard touchdown on the opening kickoff…

  • Football falls on road at Dartmouth

    The Butler Football team got off to a slow start and couldn’t recover Saturday night, losing to Ivy League school Dartmouth 35-7. The Bulldogs’ (1-2) lone touchdown came on a 5-yard pass from quarterback Matt Lancaster to Derek O’Connor with under 7:00 in the first half. The Mean Green answered with 19 seconds remaining to…

  • Football: Team dominates first night game in seven decades

    The Butler football team used the atmosphere created by its first night game since 1941 to fuel a 42-13 win over Franklin College on Saturday. “The energy on campus all week has been outstanding, and the band and the cheerleaders and all that really made it special for us,”  Butler coach Jeff Voris said. “There…

  • Football falls short in season opener

    The Butler football team trailed Western Illinois 23-0 late in the third quarter before the offense showed its first sign of life in the season opener. Trae Heeter scored on a 5-yard run with 4:00 remaining in the quarter to make the score 23-7. The Bulldogs tried to get  an onside kick past the Leathernecks…