With the win, ISU improves to 1-1 on the season while Butler fell to 1-1.

Butler, a member of the NCAA FCS Subdivision and the Pioneer Football League, became the first Sycamore victim in a non-conference game against a member of the FCS since a 41-24 ISU victory over UT-Martin in 2004. The Sycamores and Bulldogs met on the gridiron for the first time since 1974 with ISU taking their fifth consecutive win over the Bulldogs. ISU has now won its home opener in successive seasons for the first time since 1995 & 1996.

Brock Lough, a senior fullback, led the Sycamore ground game with 131 yards rushing on 17 attempts. Lough scored on rushes on three yards twice and a career-long 45-yard score. Lough's three rushing touchdowns were a career high.

Also finding the end zone twice on the ground for the Sycamores was Ben Obaseki, the Sycamores' starting defensive end, who scored on a pair of two-yard touchdown rushes.

Senior quarterback Ronnie Fouch was 15-of-18 passing for 232 yards and a touchdown. Fouch found Donald Spencer on a 26-yard scoring pass in the game's third quarter. Fouch completed his first 10 pass attempts, falling one short of Jeff Miller's school-record 11 set in 1985.

Senior Justin Hilton led the team with five catches for 84 yards while Spencer finished with five catches for 66 yards.

Indiana State did not punt in the contest, which marked the first time a Sycamore team did not have to field a punter since a 1992 contest against Lock Haven.

Leonard Riston was the star on special teams as he had a 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter. Riston's kickoff return for a touchdown was the first by a Sycamore since the 2005 season.

Defensively, Jacolby Washington and Aaron Archie each recorded 13 tackles. Washington and Calvin Burnett netted tackles for loss while Obaseki added a quarterback sack to go with his eight total tackles. Burnett finished the game with nine total tackles.

Obaseki's two-yard run on the Sycamores' opening drive gave ISU a quick 7-0 lead with 12:30 left in the first quarter. Jeff Larsen caught a 19-yard pass from Brandon Grubbe with 7:04 remaining in the opening stanza to knot the contest at 7-7.

Butler's David Lang gave the Bulldogs's a brief 10-7 advantage with a 30-yard field goal at the 14:29 mark of the second quarter before Riston's kickoff return of 92 yards pushed ISU ahead 14-10 just 14 seconds later. The Bulldogs surged ahead 17-14 with 7:26 remaining in the opening half on a 4-yard pass to Jordan Koopman from Andrew Huck.

Lough scored from three yards out with 1:26 left in the first half to help ISU regain the lead at 21-17 and Lang hit another 30-yard field goal with four seconds remaining in the second quarter as the two teams went into the locker room with ISU clinging to a 21-20 advantage.

Lough rushed the ball into the end zone from 45 yards out with 12:17 left in third quarter to push ISU ahead 28-20 and Spencer scored on a 26-yard pass from Fouch with 9:37 remaining in the third quarter to give the Sycamores a 35-20 lead.

Obaseki scored from two yards out with 1:39 left in the third quarter and Lough pounded in another three-yard run to give ISU its largest lead at 48-20 with 12:47 to go in the game.

Butler would add a 15-yard touchdown pass from Huck to Matt Jenson with 8:56 left in the fourth quarter and Koopman hauled in a nine-yard TD from Huck at the 1:04 mark of the final stanza as ISU won 48-34.

The Bulldogs were led in passing by Huck who finished the game 30-of-41 for 289 yards and three touchdowns with a interception thrown to the Sycamores' Dillon Painter. Trae Heeter had 16 rushes for 74 yards while Jeff Larsen caught 10 passes for 82 yards. Zach Watkins caught nine passes for 136 yards in the contest for the Bulldogs.

Indiana State returns to action against FBS member Western Kentucky on Saturday, September 17 in Bowling Green, Ky. The Sycamores and Hilltoppers will face off beginning at 7:00 p.m. (ET) in a game that will be televised nationally by ESPN3.com.