INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – PC did it again.

The Blue Hose remained in a state of suspended superiority, defeating Butler, 31-25, in the Selick Bowl in front of 3,682 fans on Saturday afternoon.

Presbyterian (6-0, 2-0 Pioneer Football League) led most of the way but had to come from behind in the second half. Butler (4-3, 2-1) was a worthy opponent, but the Blue Hose’ head coach, Steve Englehart, is himself a worthy Hoosier from Terre Haute. He’s bettered the Bulldogs two years in a row. That probably means a little to him.

Collin Hurst completed 12/16 passes for 176 yards and two touchdowns.

Sophomore Justin Montgomery rushed for a career-high 134 yards. Tight end Nathan Levicki scored on a 75-yard catch.

The Bulldogs’ Reagan Andrew was 20/33 for 195, throwing neither a touchdown nor an interception. Ten different receivers caught his passes.

PC is one victory away from matching the school’s all-time record for best start to a season (established in 1959), winning their third one-score game of 2025 in the process.

Presbyterian now holds a 10-game winning streak that spans nearly a full calendar year, the second-longest active streak of any NCAA Division I football team.

The Blue Hose have tied Harvard by winning their fifth straight road game.

Presbyterian returns home for, yes, Homecoming, facing Stetson on Saturday for the fifth game in a row at 1 p.m.

Nearly 60 percent of PC’s yards came on the ground as Montgomery and senior Zach Switzer combined for 209 rushing yards and a couple of touchdowns.

Levicki, who caught the touchdown and conversion pass that beat Furman in overtime on Sept. 6, caught his 75-yarder against Butler on the first play after the Bulldogs had taken a 22-18 edge early in the fourth quarter.

It was the longest pass play of the season for the Blue Hose and since a 79-yard score by Cincere Gill at Marist in November 2024.

Presbyterian then forced a Butler punt in the next series and executed a five-minute drive that boosted the lead to 31-22.

Four times Butler had to settle for Ryan Short field goals, two of them after long, time-consuming drives.

PC’s starting linebackers – Boyce Bankhead, Michael Torres, and Malik Lewis – made a combined 27 tackles altogether, led by Bankhead’s 11.

Presbyterian opened the game aggressively, driving 75 yards in only 1:38 to get into the end zone. Gill scored on a 14-yard slant from Hurst, then Montgomery rushed for a two-point conversion.

Butler countered with a near-eight-minute sequence of 15 plays, totaling 89 yards and producing its first touchdown of the day. Griffin Caldwell scored on a 14-yard rush.

Zach Switzer consummated a seven-play series with a seven-yard run that hiked the PC lead to 15-7.

PC’s next drive was its longest of the first half, a 10-play stretch took four and a half minutes off the clock. Jett Jackson kicked a 38-yard field goal, putting Presbyterian up, 18-10.

A muffed punt allowed the Bulldogs to close the halftime score to 18-16. The conversion was blocked.

The third quarter belonged to Butler, thanks mostly to an 18-play, 10-minute drive that ended with a successful field goal.

Butler made its third field goal in the early moments of the fourth quarter to go up 22-18,

Switzer dove into the end zone for his 11th touchdown of the season, leaving the Bulldogs only 55 seconds to work with, down by nine points.

Butler managed to progress far enough for a 41-yard field goal with 10 seconds remaining, but their onside kick attempt sailed out of bounds.

Andrew also led the Bulldogs in rushing, gained 115 yards in 31 carries.

Stetson (3-4, 2-1) defeatedt Morehead State,21-14, on Saturday.

Take a look at the stats here.

Clinton High grad Bryson James, a redshirt sophomore, scored on runs of 73 and 70 yards, setting an Anderson University rushing record with 221 yards in the Trojans’ 35-28 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne.

He also had a third rushing score and averaged 11.1 yards for each of his 20 carries.

For the season, James leads Anderson (5-2, 3-2 SAC) with 566 yards. The Trojans are at home the next three weeks against Carson-Newman, Wingate and Newberry.

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