matt lancaster

  • Lack of scholarships not an obstacle for Pioneer League

    Much of the focus in today’s college football landscape is placed on conference expansion and profit. Not all college football conferences, however, are about big-time spending and marketing. Butler’s conference, the Pioneer Football League, is competitive at the Division I level and does so without players on scholarships. The conference has been a non-scholarship league…

  • 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 makes comeback, falls in season opener

    The Butler football team fell short of a comeback in its season opener against Western Illinois. The Bulldogs trailed 23-0 late in the third quarter before the offense showed its first signs of life in the season. Junior running back Trae Heeter scored on a 5-yard run with four minutes remaining in the quarter to…

  • 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…