Ferris State Football Closes Out Regular Season With Big Senior Day Victory

Postgame Highlights 
Postgame Press Conference 

Big Rapids, Mich. - Ferris State University closed out the regular-season in style on Saturday (Nov. 11) as the Bulldog football squad rolled to a 63-19 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) home win over Wayne State at Top Taggart Field.

The Bulldogs racked up 611 yards of total offense and put up 35 second-half points in registering the win.

With the triumph, the Bulldogs solidified their position as a potential NCAA Division II Playoff squad and are expected to make the program's ninth-straight trip to the playoffs when the official selection announcement is made on Sunday evening at 6 p.m. (ET) at NCAA.com.

In Saturday's victory, Ferris State ran for 353 yards on 45 carries while throwing for 258 yards on 18-of-24 passing, utilizing multiple quarterbacks on the day. Ferris State also went seven-of-seven in the red zone and eight-of-12 on third down.

After an early Wayne State field goal from Griffin Milovanski, the Bulldogs jumped in front quickly on their opening offensive play with Mylik Mitchell finding Tyrese Hunt-Thompson on a 75-yard TD throw. The Bulldogs increased their lead to 14-3 late in the third on Carson Gulker's 12-yard carry to the endzone.

In the second period, the Bulldogs extended their edge to 21-3 as Mitchell found the endzone from five yards away to finish a nine-play, 54-yard jaunt. The lead eventually grew to 28-6 when Gulker hooked up with Xavier Wade on a 10-yard scoring throw before WSU notched its third field goal of the opening half late to make it 28-9 at the break.

Ferris State wasted little time in taking control in the second half, scoring 21 points in the third period and 28 in the opening 16:12 to make it a 56-9 game. The Bulldogs got a 30-yard TD run from Gulker in the third along with a three-yarder from Mitchell and a 17-yard sprint to pay dirt from tailback Markel King before Trinidad Chambliss started the final period with a three-yard carry for a score.

The Bulldogs later added a 16-yard run from tailback James Coby after Wayne State notched its only TD of the day with 11:28 to play. The Warriors added yet another field goal from Milovanski from 48-yards away with three seconds left to account for the final margin.

Gulker ran for 95 yards and two scores on the ground with King totaling 91 yards on 10 carries. Mitchell completed nine-of-13 passes for 155 yards and CJ Jefferson caught eight balls for 88 yards with Hunt-Thompson hauling in four catches for 122 yards.

Ferris State also intercepted Wayne State twice defensively and limited WSU to 341 total yards with only 134 coming on the ground. FSU also forced a fumble.

Stay tuned to FerrisStateBulldogs.com for additional information regarding postseason play as it becomes available.