The Bulldogs started flat in their first drive of the game, having to punt the ball away going three and out. The defense then manages to force Southwestern in a similar situation fourth and one. The Bulldogs' defense came up big by forcing the Builder's to turn the ball over on downs early in the contest.
This field position gave the Bulldogs what they needed to convert for a touchdown early, which they did in just one play by handing the ball off to #4
Jonathan White, who took it to the house for a 20-yard rushing touchdown that put the Bulldogs on top early. The builders squander their next drive by throwing an interception picked off by #47
Christopher Roshell. Sadly, the Bulldogs couldn't take advantage of the turnover and had to punt the ball away, which in turn put the Builders back to their own 20 yard-line. The Builder's answered, going 80 yards on just five plays which was capped off by a 44-yard touchdown pass. The Bulldogs then fire back quickly as #4 Jonathan white takes a handoff that he took 75 yards to the house. Unfortunately, this was called back to the Southwestern 14 yard-line due to a holding penalty. #20
Tristan Szabo then found #13
Aidan Frieson in the endzone for a 14-yard touchdown pass making the score 14-7.
Things were pretty quiet in the second quarter offensively for the Bulldogs, who seemed to be playing perfectly by forcing a safety and an interception by #27
Troy Wiseman. It wasn't until the panthers' last drive that an offensive point was scored in the second half. The bulldog offense seemed unable to muster anything in the second half. Bulldogs lead at half, 16-14.
The Bulldogs came out of the locker room ready to play and went 92 yards in 17 plays to score a touchdown to give them the first lead of the game, 20-16. After this, the defense seemed to pick up where it left off in the second quarter, only allowing a field goal for the rest of the game.
After the field goal in the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs' offense started showing signs of life, going 75 yards on just nine plays. Thirty-five yards were on one play where #4 Jonathan white seemed to break free again just to be brought down on the Builders 49 yard-line. The drive was capped off by a 4-yard touchdown pass to #15 Camron Mayshaw Jr., putting them within one with a PAT attempt still to be kicked. However, the bulldogs miss the field goal attempt leaving them down by only one point.
The defense did their job by forcing a three and out with over 4 minutes to go. The Bulldogs are held to only 23 yards in 5 plays forcing them to turn the ball over in downs sealing the deal for the #6 Builders. The Bulldogs lose by one 22-23. This is the third time this season the bulldogs have fallen by one.
Key contributors of the game include #4
Jonathan White and #11
Taeylon Garland. Jonathan led the offense today with a touchdown with 186 yards on the ground. He also had six receptions for 37 yards and accounted for 223 yards of offense alone. The defense was held down by
Taeylon Garland, who had ten total tackles and two sacks.
Bulldogs will host the Friends University Falcons at home on Saturday at 1:00 PM.
