Liberty, Mo. - The SBU Bearcats football team moved to 5-1 on the season with an impressive 35-0 victory over William Jewell College on Saturday afternoon. The Bearcat defense recorded their first shut out of the 2011 season, while the offense scored a season high 35 points.

The Bearcats rushing attack continued to be an impressive asset to the Bearcat offense. As a team, SBU had 259 rushing yards, and five rushing touchdowns, spread over six different rushers. Dan Connors lead the rushing attack with 58 yards on 14 carriers. After a scoreless first quarter, SBU jumped out to a 7-0 lead on a Dan Connors 5 yard touchdown run. Later in the second quarter, Thaddeus Everson ran in another Bearcat touchdown from 6 yards out to put SBU up 14-0 at the half. SBU came out early in the third quarter when Derwyn Lauderdale took a handoff from Dan Connors and turned it into an impressive 55 yard touchdown run to put SBU up 21-0. The Bearcats would add touchdowns from Tiras Harris from five yards out, and Chris Culbreth from six yards out to seal a 35-0 victory.

On the defense side of the ball, the Bearcats were lead in tackling by Nathaniel Belak with 7.5 tackles. The Bearcats recorded two crucial sacks, one by Glen Johnson and the other by Kourtney Bennett. Chris Muhammad had a solid defensive game, blocking a field goal attempt, forcing a fumble, and recording 4.5 tackles. As a team, the Bearcats recorded seven tackles for lost yardage.

"I was very pleased with our entire teams effort and execution today," head coach Keith Allen commented after the win. "Our offense took care of the ball and scored points in the red zone. Defensively we had some missed tackles but the kids rallied and made plays. We played fundamentally sound football today. I told our team enjoy the win today, but tomorrow its time to go to work and be 1-0 next Saturday."

The Bearcats will travel to Central State University on October 15 as part of their three game road trip. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m.