butler football

  • Heeter a hometown hero

    BY ADAM WINAY | STAFF REPORTER The hour ride to Franklin College is a quiet trip. Butler football players want to remain silent so they can focus on the task ahead. The same goes for Butler senior running back Trae Heeter. With his headphones on, listening to rapper Young Jeezy, Heeter tries to pump himself up…

  • Football: Bulldogs sneak by Franklin

    BY ADAM WINAY | STAFF REPORTER The Butler football team will return home with a 2-1 record for its game against Dartmouth College Saturday after winning on the road against Franklin College, 31-28. This will be Dartmouth’s first game of the season. It is Butler’s third. Butler’s game against Dartmouth will be the second time in…

  • Butler graduate the new voice of athletics

    BY JOHN YELEY | STAFF REPORTER Mark Minner, a 2012 Butler graduate, will be the new man behind the microphone for the Butler men’s basketball team when the new season kicks off Nov. 9 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. When veteran broadcaster Brandon Gaudin left unexpectedly in August to accept a broadcasting offer from Georgia Tech, more than…

  • OVERTIME: Football needs fan support

    BY KYLE BEERY | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Butler isn’t a football school. But it could be. Not many students seem to attend football games, or even seem to care about them. Those students, however, are missing out. It seems like the majority of students on Butler’s campus have an attitude of, “Our team isn’t any good,…

  • Football: Bulldogs cruise in home opener

    BY ADAM WINAY | STAFF REPORTER Butler football will play its next game at No. 13 Division III Franklin College after winning last weekend’s home opener against Wittenburg, 49-24. The Bulldogs go to Franklin after the Grizzlies lost to top-ranked, Division III Mount Union, 30-27. “We are going to play a team with much more confidence…

  • Football: Butler wins home opener

    BY ADAM WINAY | STAFF REPORTER The Butler football team won its home opener tonight against Division III Wittenberg, 49-24. Butler bounced back with a strong performance tonight after last week’s tough season opener against South Dakota State. Unlike last week, Butler came out of the locker room ready to score. Butler senior running back Trae…

  • Football team drops season opener

    BY ADAM WINAY | STAFF REPORTER The Butler football team will play its first home game Saturday with an 0-1 record after losing 55-14 over the weekend to South Dakota State, ranked No. 7 in the FCS Coaches Poll. The Bulldogs’ first home game is Saturday at the Butler Bowl against Division III Wittenberg. Kickoff is…

  • Defense of Pioneer League title looms

    BY ADAM WINAY | STAFF SPORTS REPORTER Butler football players and coaches are preparing for another run at the Pioneer Football League championship. The Bulldogs started full-time training camp a few weeks ago. Last season, Butler finished with an overall record of 8-3 and went 7-1 in conference play. The Bulldogs shared the PFL championship with…

  • New football schedule released with hope of bid

    The Butler football team will play a 12-game schedule in the fall with a new goal in place. As a member of the Pioneer Football League, a non-scholarship conference, the Bulldogs have never had the chance to make the playoffs. Beginning this season, the PFL champion will be awarded an automatic bid for the first…