Last Updated: November 19, 2023, 03:30 IST
Luke Bailey threw for a landing and Dorian Boyland ran it in from the two-yard line for the sport-successful rating and Drake clinched the Pioneer Football crown beating Butler 13-9 on Saturday for its eighth-straight win.
With the win, Drake (8-3, 8-0) earned its first outright PFL championship and its first FCS playoff look. Drake completed 3-8 in 2022 and a couple of-8 in 2021. The final time the staff completed above .500 was in 2019 when the Bulldogs went 6-5.
Trailing 9-7, Bailey led an 11-play, 78-yard drive that lasted 5:13 and ended when Boyland crashed into the top zone with 2:43 remaining. Butler managed simply 17 yards in eight performs on its ensuing drive and turned it over on downs. Drake ran out the clock from there.
Luka Zurak kicked area objectives of 38, 23 and 48 yards for Butler (7-4, 5-3). Bret Bushka threw for 140 yards and Jyran Mitchell ran for 55 yards.
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