INDIANAPOLIS – A spectacular catch with 11 seconds to go by Luke Brenner on a 33-yard flea-flicker pass from Drew VanVleet lifted the University of Dayton football to a 21-14 win at Butler on Saturday.  The game-winning TD capped  a 10-play, 93-yard drive that was Dayton's longest of the year.

Dayton is now 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the Pioneer Football League, while Butler falls to 5-2, and 1-2.

GAME RECAP
1st Quarter – Dayton 0, Butler 0
•    Butler took the opening kickoff and moved to midfield, but Jeremy Jonozzo intercepted a deep ball to give the Flyers the ball at its own 5.
•    UD out-gained Butler 78 to 39 with 71 yards coning on the ground.
•    Mason Hackett had 10 carries for 53 yards and Dillon Fitzpatrick had two carries for 35 yards.  
2nd Quarter – Dayton 7, Butler 3
•    The two offenses hovered near midfield for most of the quarter, but Dayton took advantage of a muffed punt and Eli Kirk recovered it at the Bulldog 10-yard line.
•    Three plays later, Drew VanVleet hit Jake Coleman for an eight-yard TD with 5:01 left to play in the half.
•    Butler took the ensuing kickoff and drove 60 yards to set up a 32-yard Ryan Short field goal on the last play of the half.
•    At intermission, Mason Hackett had 66 yards on 17 carries.
•    VanVleet was five-for-five for 47 yards and the score.
3rd Quarter – Dayton 14, Butler 6
•    The two teams exchanged punts to start the half, and then Dayton mounted a 10-play, 57-yard scoring drive.
•    UD converted two fourth downs in the possession, including a 22-yard VanVleet-to-Luke Brenner touchdown on fourth-and-seven.
•    Butler responded with a 56-yard drive that ended with a 37-yard Short field goal.
4th Quarter – Dayton 21, Butler 14
•    The Flyers had the ball for seven plays to start the quarter, and punted back to the Bulldogs inside the 20.
•    But Butler didn't care, driving 81 yards in 12 snaps.  Butler's two quarterbacks ran the ball nine times, with Reagan Andrew scoring an eight-yard TD, and Nick Howard scoring the game-tying two-point conversion.
•    The Flyers got the ball back with 5:32 to go, but a penalty on the kickoff return put the ball on the UD seven-yard line.
•    This time it was Dayton's turn not to care, as the Flyers manufactured a 10-play, 93-yard game-winning drive.
•    VanVleet ran for 17 yards on third-and-eight, Gavin Lochow ran for 37 yards on second-and-16, and Hackett converted on fourth-and-one on the Butler 34.
•    That play set up the game-winner on the very next snap.  Hackett took the hand-off, lateraled it back to VanVleet, who threw to Brenner in the end zone.  Butler corner Onye Onuoha made a great recovery and arrived the same time as the ball, but Brenner fought through the contact to come-back-for and hold-on-to the football for the game-winning score.
•    Butler's last snap came from its own 46, and when Flyer captain Ca'ron Coleman picked off the second lateral, UD had the win as the clock was at zeroes.

BY THE NUMBERS
•    Dayton outgained Butler 320 to 260.  
•    The 260 yards were a season-low for the Bulldogs.  They were held 23 points and 172 yards under their season averages.
•    Ca'ron Coleman led UD in tackles (7) and solos (6).  Two of his solo tackles came while he was also engaged with a blocker on passes in the flat.  He also had one of Dayton's three TFL, and recovered a fumble.
•    Logan Miller had six tackles (4 solo) with a forced fumble and Dayton's only pass break up.
•    Mason Hackett carried the ball a career-high 35 times for 111 yards.  It was his third consecutive game over 100 yards.  His 111 yards were 0.3 yards  more than Butler was allowing as a team per game before Saturday.
•    Drew VanVleet was 11-of-14 passing for 137 yards and three TD.  Two of his three incompletions were drops.
•    Gavin Lochow led UD with four catches for 37 yards.  In addition, he caught two swing passes that were laterals for an additional 45 yards.
•    Luke Brenner led the Flyers in receiving yards (57) and two of his three catches were for scores.
•    Logan Forcum only averaged 36.8 yards per punt, but three of his boots were inside the 20 and he had no touchbacks.

UP NEXT
•    UD returns home to play Morehead State on Saturday, Oct. 26.  
•    The Morehead game will be the Flyers' annual Alumni Game, and will also be the Breast Cancer Awareness Game.  
•    Kickoff is 12 Noon ET.