SEGUIN, Texas - Looking to ride the momentum of a 28-20 win against Lyon a week ago in the season opener, Hendrix headed far west for a pivotal, non-conference road contest against the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs from Seguin, Texas Saturday night. Junior redshirt quarterback Miles Thompson found senior wide out RP Upshaw on the first offensive play of the game from 79 yards out as Hendrix quickly took the early lead but 14 unanswered points by TLU after another Hendrix score made it a whole new ball game. Trailing 23-17 in the fourth quarter, junior running back Kip VanHoose scored on third down from a yard out to tie the game. Following a missed extra point attempt, the Warriors recovered a Bulldog fumble less than a minute later to set up senior kicker Sandy Burks for a game-winning field goal as time would expire. The Warriors managed to sneak away with the 26-23 road victory from Seguin; Hendrix's first win in Seguin and second win in the state of Texas since the program continued again in 2013. Hendrix improves to 2-0 on the season while TLU falls to 0-1 after the loss in its season opener.

THE BASICS

• Score: Hendrix 26, Texas Lutheran 20
• Records: Warriors 2-0, Bulldogs 0-1
• Date: Sept. 14, 2019
• Location: Seguin, Texas
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• Up Next: at Birmingham-Southern, Sept, 28; next week is BYE

 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- With 14:43 left in the opening quarter, Thompson found Upshaw wide open as the senior walked into the end zone from 79 yards out as Hendrix led 7-0.
- TLU tied the game after a 10-yard run with 11:18 left in the second quarter.
- Thompson found Upshaw again for a touchdown; this one from 32 yards outs as Hendrix took the 14-7 advantage with 7:50 left in the first half.
- TLU underwent a 13-0 run after a rushing touchdown and a pair of field goals; Bulldogs led 20-14 with 14:52 left in the fourth quarter.
- Burks nailed a 39-yard field goal with 9:56 left in regulation to bring the Warriors within three points, 17-20.
- TLU recorded a 28-yard field goal with 4:10 to go to take a 23-17 advantage.
- VanHoose walked into the end zone with 1:32 left in the fourth period to tie the game up; capping off a nine-play, 91-yard drive but a failed PAT try left the game tied at 23-all.
- After junior defensive lineman Adonnis Butler forced a Bulldog fumble and then recovered it himself with 35 seconds left, Burks nailed a 31-yard field goal as the Warriors escaped Seguin, Texas with the huge three-point win.

OFFENSIVE NOTABLES:
- Thompson finished 17-for-29 and 282 yards with a couple of touchdown passes; his first 200+ yard passing game since Nov. 11, 2017.
- Upshaw registered two catches for a team-best 111 yards and two scores; all of which was recorded in the first half.
- Cade Barger recorded five receptions for 73 yards while Colton Phillips tallied a team-high six catches for 60 yards.
- VanHoose finished with 53 rushing yards on 16 attempts and one score; his third touchdown of the season (tying the amount of touchdowns he had all of the 2018 season).

DEFENSIVE NOTABLES:
- Freshman defensive back Canon Roeder recorded the most tackles for the Warriors for the second consecutive game in his second collegiate game; joining junior linebacker Brooks Parham as two Warriors to record 15 tackles apiece Saturday night against the Bulldogs; Roeder accounting for one tackle for a loss of eight yards as well.
- After earning SAA Defensive Player of the Week earlier in the week, Jacob Bremmon recorded 10 tackles in the three-point win while both Butler and senior defensive lineman Jorge Astorga accounted for forced fumbles Saturday night in Seguin.
- Hendrix accumulated 111 total tackles to TLU's 68.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTABLES:
- Junior kicker Jaxon Sinclair recorded one punt for 41 yards while junior kicker Charles-Antoine Gingras accounted for four punts for 140 yards (35.0 average) including a long of 51 yards Saturday night.
- After going 2-for-2 on field goal tries Saturday night, Burks now has made 16 career field goals as a Warrior; while also recording over 70 successful PATs.

WHAT WAS SAID:
"I was really proud of our team tonight," stated an excited head coach Buck Buchanan. "We fought through a lot of adversity. Our defense didn't play like I would have liked, however they bent but never broke. Holding TLU to field goal tries instead of touchdowns were keys to our victory. The other huge key to victory was our discipline. We kept our composure and continued to fight and took advantage of a lot of penalties by TLU. I was really proud of our players for staying focused on the end goal and not put our team in jeopardy. I think that was a huge step forward from our first week. The offense came up big for us at the end orchestrating a bear, flawless drive to score to tie the game with a little over a minute left to play. Miles looked to be in top form and our offensive line gave him plenty of time to make throws. The receiver corps had guys step up and make plays and we are going to have to keep seeing new faces in that lineup make plays as we go through the year. Adonnis made a hustle play be getting on the fumble at the end and Kip made a big run to get us set up for the game winner. Sandy said to me on the sideline, "Coach if you put me back in I'll win the game." We actually fought until the last second and Sandy totally redeemed himself and nailed the game winner."

UP NEXT:
The Warriors enjoy a bye week next week before remaining on the road with a pivotal matchup against Birmingham-Southern Sept. 28 to open up the SAA portion of the season.

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