Seguin, Texas - The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs defeated the Trinity University Tigers 42-14 Saturday afternoon in a non-conference football game at Matador Stadium.
 
Trinity dropped to 2-3, and Texas Lutheran improved to 3-2. It marked only the second victory for the Bulldogs over the Tigers since the series resumed in 2000. Trinity had won nine of 10 meetings with Texas Lutheran, which beat the Tigers 14-9 in Seguin in 2006. Last year's game, also played in Seguin, was a tightly played contest as Tiger kicker Garrett Biel booted a a 34-yard field goal with no time on the clock, giving Trinity a 22-21 win. Overall, Trinity leads the series 14-9, with the first game played in 1965.
 
The Bulldogs scored first in the game, as halfback Charles Cooper rushed for a seven yard touchdown with 11:17 left in the opening period. Trinity was in a position to tighten things up, on a 10-play, 48-yard series that ran into the beginning of the second quarter.  Biel's field-goal attempt from 23 yards was blocked, marking his first field goal miss of the season, as he previously stood at 5-5. The Bulldogs Mitchell Bunger then completed an 80-yard TD pass to  Steven Thrash,  to give TLU a 14-0 advantage early in the second quarter.
 
Trinity remained in the hunt, driving down inside the 10 yard line. The Bulldogs made a goal-line stand, however, and quarterback Patrick Dickinson was stopped just inches from the goal line on fourth down.  Bunger gave Texas Lutheran a 21-0 lead on the next possession, driving 99 yards in 11 plays, and leaving Trinity just 46 seconds before the half.
 
In the third quarter, Bunger scored on a 6-yard run to put TLU up 28-0, then completed a 15-yard TD pass to Dominique Hardaway at 9:40 in the third, for a 35-0 lead. The Bulldogs picked up their largest lead of the game, 42-0, as Bunger fired in a 34-yarder to Billy Hardee at 5:22 to play in the third quarter.
 
Trinity got on the board in the fourth quarter when Jarrod Burns returned TLU's Jarret Buchholtz fumble 65 yards for a touchdown.  It was Trinity's first fumble return for a touchdown since Matthew Shavers did it against Austin College in 2004. 

Tiger backup QB Nykolas McKissic entered the game with six minutes remaining, leading the Tiger offense to its only points of the game. McKissic hit Daniel South for a 33-yard TD pass with just under four minutes left in the game.
 
Dickinson completed 10-15 passes for 109 yards, and McKissic hit 3-7 for 50 yards and a touchdown. Robert Davidson also saw action and went 5-13 for 77 yards. South snagged five passes for 99 yards and a touchdown to lead the Tigers, while Urban grabbed four passes for 43 yards. Urban also recorded four kickoff returns for 113 yards, with the longest at 39 yards. Kyle Lewis had seven carries for 30 yards, and Desmond King rushed 10 times for 25 yards.
 
Bunger completed 11-15 for 295 yards and three touchdowns for the Bulldogs. He also had 40 yards rushing, with two touchdowns.
 
Ben Robinson made nine tackles (seven solo) for the Tigers, including one for a loss. Thomas Puskarich also had nine tackles (five solo), and one for a loss. Charlie Wilson made seven tackles (five solo), and Burns had six (four solo).
 
Trinity accounted for 236 yards passing and 104 rushing, for 340 total yards. Texas Lutheran put up 295 yards in the air and 155 on the ground, for 450 total yards. The Tigers had two turnovers in the game, two interceptions and one fumble. The Bulldogs lost one fumble, recovered by Burns for a touchdown.

The Tigers (0-2 SCAC) continue their conference campaign next Saturday in Sewanee, Tenn., with Sewanee: The University of the South. Kickoff is at 1 p.m.