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The Truman Bulldogs will return home and host Fort Hays (Kan.) State University for game number five in the 2012 season.

The Bulldogs are coming off a 38-17 loss at the hands of the University of Central Missouri for their first loss of the season while the Tigers will be looking to crack the win column for the first time in ’12 after a 21-3 loss at home to nationally-ranked Missouri Western. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. from Stokes Stadium.
 
The two teams played in week two last season in Kirksville with the Bulldogs scoring 13 points in the final quarter to pull out a 36-31 victory.

The Tigers rushed for 314 yards on the day with Andrew Smith going for 204 yards on 21 carries in the loss. Graduated ‘Dog J.B. Clark had 298 yards passing with three touchdowns, one to Anthony Brown, one to Dallas Grier and one to Paul Taylor before scoring himself from one-yard out for the winning TD with 9:28 remaining.
 
Truman is in the top five in the conference in scoring offense (36.5/g), scoring defense (21.2/g), rushing offense (165.8/g) and rushing defense (93.8/g) while the Tigers are last in the league in scoring (12.8/g), total defense (517.2/g), rushing defense (244.8/g) and passing defense (272.5/g).
 
The Bulldogs past opponents this season are a combine 4-12 while the Tigers past opponents are 14-2 entering play this week.
 
This will be the seventh meeting with the Tigers since they joined the MIAA in 2006. Truman has won four of the previous six games.

Courtesy Truman State University