DAYTON - The University of Dayton (4-2, 2-1 PFL) defeated Morehead State (2-4, 1-2 PFL) 51-27 Saturday at Welcome Stadium. The Flyers rushed for a season-high 461 yards, led by Tucker Yinger's 193 yards on 21 carries, Jared Ruffing's 186 yards on 20 carries, and Alex Jeske's 83 yards on nine rushes. Ruffing rushed for three touchdowns, Yinger added a 57-yard rushing TD and Jeske accounted for two touchdowns, a 15-yard pass to Jack Euritt and a 13-yard rushing TD.

William Will was a perfect 3-for-3 on field goals (20, 38 and 49 yards). It was a record-setting day for Will. 

His 49-yard field goal matched the longest of his career.  It was also the 49th of his career, tying the PFL record. Earlier in the game, his first field goal of the day gave him sole possession for the Flyer record for FGs in a career.  In addition, Will's second PAT of the day was the 65th consecutive PAT he send through the uprights, a UD program record previously held by Greg Schwarber (1972-75).  Will finished the day with 69 in a row.

SCORING
• Redshirt sophomore Jared Ruffing got the Flyers on the board on the first play of the second quarter with a one-yard rush. The play was set up by Ruffing's 61-yard rush – a career-long for him – to Morehead State's nine-yard line. The 91-yard scoring drive was the longest for the Flyers of the 2016 season.
• Redshirt senior William Will became UD's all-time career leader in field goals made (47) with a 20-yard made attempt with 11:42 left in the second quarter to put UD up 10-0.
• Ruffing scored his second rushing TD of the game, the second consecutive week he's rushed for at least two scores, to put the Flyers up 17-0 with 6:27 to play in the half. Will's PAT was his 65th consecutive, breaking a UD program record set by Greg Schwarber (1972-75).
• Morehead State scored on a 45-yard pass play from Austin Gahafer to Darius Pritchett.
• Alex Jeske found Jack Euritt in the end zone on a 15-yard pass with 31 seconds left in the half to give the Flyers a 24-7 lead. 
• The Eagles scored the first points of the second half, Gahafer connecting with Jake Sutherland on an eight-yard pass with 10:03 left in the third quarter to cut the UD lead to 24-14.
• Will made a 38-yard field goal with 6:15 left to play in the third quarter to put UD up 27-14.
• Will hit a 49-yard field goal, the longest of his career to extend Dayton's lead to 30-14. It marked the 49th of his career, tying the PFL all-time record by former NFL kicker Billy Cundiff of Drake.
• MSU scored on a 79-yard pass play from Gahafer to Jarin Higginbotham with 33 seconds left in the third quarter. The PAT was no good.
• Ruffing scored his third rushing touchdown of the game, this one a three-yard rush to put the Flyers up 37-20 with 12:19 left in the game. The three rushing TDs is the most for him in a single game.
• Pritchett scored his second TD of the game, an 86-yard reception from Gahafer.
• Redshirt sophomore Tucker Yinger rushed for a 57-yard touchdown to put UD up 44-27 with 7:54 showing on the clock.
• Jeske scored on a 13-yard rush to put the Flyers up 51-27.

STATS
• The Flyers rushed for a season-high 461 yards, while holding the Eagles to just 106 yards.
• In addition to rushing for 83 yards, Jeske accounted for 122 yards passing. He completed passes to four different receivers.  He was 10 of 21 with no interceptions.
• The UD defense gave up 418 passing yards but Cameron Stubbs came up with a big interception with 4:10 left in the fourth quarter.
• Stubbs accumulated 107 yards in all-purpose yardage with 35 yards on his interception return and 72 yards on two kickoff returns.  He also batted down two passes.
• Chris Hagan led the defense with eight tackles (seven solo).   Christopher Beaschler added six (all solo) and Mike Gray five (all solo) with a pass deflected at the line.
• Ryan Skibinski finished the day with three catches for a total of 19 pass receptions this season, breaking the UD freshman single-season record previously by current junior Tyler Tumpane (18 in 2014).
• Ruffing came into the day with a career-high rushing performance of 55 yards which he did twice.  He obliterated it with 61 yards on his third carry of the day, and 83 yards of UD's 91-yard scoring drive.

NOTES
• Dayton has now scored in an NCAA-all-division record 449 straight games.
• UD leads the all-time series 17-5, and has won the last eight games with the Eagles.
• Dayton's 51 points is the most the Flyers have scored in a regulation game since their 61-0 win over Butler on Nov. 3, 2007. After neither team scored in the first quarter, the Flyers opened up the scoring with 24 points in the second quarter, and added 21 in the fourth.
• The Flyers are 4-0 at home this season, and 4-0 when they score first.

UP NEXT
• UD's next game is at Jacksonville on Saturday, Oct. 15 at noon ET.
• Dayton's next home game is against Stetson on Saturday, Oct. 29.