BLUE DRAGON FOOTBALL |
No. 1 Hutchinson (4-0, 1-0) at No. 10 Butler (3-1, 2-1) |
| When: Saturday, September 30, 2023 Where: BG Products Veterans Memorial Stadium, El Dorado, KS Kickoff: 7:00 p.m. Radio: KHUT-FM (102.9), 6:30 p.m. with Countdown to Kickoff (Glen Grunwald-PBP; Daren Dunn-Color; Sean Boston-Sidelines) Video: BCTV Twitter: @bluedragonsport CLICK FOR FULL BLUE DRAGON GAME NOTES (PDF Format) |
Hutchinson CC Sports Information
The premiere Jayhawk Conference football rivalry renews itself for the 100th time on Saturday as the No. 1-ranked Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons travel to play the No. 10 Butler Grizzlies at 7 p.m. in BG Products Veterans Memorial Stadium in El Dorado.
The game will be broadcast live on Blue Dragon flagship station KHUT-FM (102.9) beginning at 6:30 p.m. with Countdown to Kickoff.
Saturday's 100th meeting between Hutchinson (4-0, 1-0 KJCCC) and Butler (3-1, 2-1) carries its normal list of what's at stake when the Blue Dragons and Grizzlies square off. For the 16th time in the last 20 games, the Dragons and Grizzlies meet as nationally ranked opponents, meeting for the second-straight season as Top 10 foes. The winner will also have an inside track to the KJCCC title.
Hutchinson will playing a nationally ranked opponent on the road for the third time this season. The Blue Dragons have already won at No. 11 Navarro (42-7) and at No. 5 Iowa Central (27-2) this season. The Blue Dragons are 4-0 in road games against nationally ranked opponents in the Drew Dallas era.
Both Hutchinson and Butler enter Saturday's contest on winning streaks.
The Blue Dragons won their fourth game in a row to start the season after last week's 37-7 victory over Coffeyville. Tre Richardson, who was named NJCAA Special Teams Player of the Week for the second time this season, returned two punts for touchdowns to spark the Blue Dragons to their first Jayhawk Conference victory of the season. The Blue Dragons overcame three turnovers to defeat the Red Ravens.
The Grizzlies stepped out of conference play last week for a 32-7 victory at NEO. Running back Jaisean Murray, this week's KJCCC Offensive Player of the Week, scored a pair of touchdowns and ran for 144 yards on 15 carries. Butler out-gained NEO 383-148.
The Centennial Hutchinson-Butler game features the KJCCC's top 2 scoring offenses (Hutchinson 44.5 ppg); Butler (29.5 ppg).
The Blue Dragons are the No. 1 scoring defense in the KJCCC and NJCAA so far this season. Allowing just 5.5 points per game, the Dragon defense hasn't allowed a point in the last two games.