Missouri S&T outgained Butler by a 477-to-440 margin in yardage Saturday -- including a 380-207 advantage through the air -- but key mistakes throughout the afternoon led to a 41-15 loss to the visiting Bulldogs at Allgood-Bailey Stadium.

The Miners were able to move the ball throughout the afternoon on Butler, but had two interceptions in Butler territory and also missed a field goal in the first half to stem scoring opportunities.

Meanwhile the Bulldogs, who had a 13-3 lead at intermission, scored touchdowns on all four of their second half possessions to pull away and drop the Miners to 2-2 on the year.

Butler set the tempo of the contest by driving 99 yards on 14 plays on its opening trip of the day for a touchdown. After Jason Schlueter (Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon) pinned Butler at its own one-yard line on a punt, the Bulldogs moved down the field and took the lead on Ricky Trujillo's nine-yard scoring run.

S&T drove back down the field and reached the Bulldogs' 10-yard line, but Joe Drahos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington)' 27-yard field goal attempt went wide to the left.

Butler extended its lead to 13-0 midway through the second quarter when Matt Kobli threw a seven-yard scoring pass to Stuart Harvey, then the Miners got on the scoreboard late in the first half when Drahos kicked a 24-yard field goal with a second to go before halftime.

The Bulldogs put together a lenghty scoring drive -- 78 yards on 13 plays and using nearly half of the third period -- to push its lead to 20-3 in the third quarter when Ryan Hitchcock scored on a one-yard run.

But the Miners came right back and drove 87 yards for their first touchdown of the afternoon, with Schlueter completing passes of 23 yards to Bryan Crider (Jefferson City, Mo./Helias) and 24 yards to Chad Shockley (St. James, Mo./John F. Hodge) to set up a five-yard touchdown run by David Shields (Florissant, Mo./Cardinal Ritter).

Butler answered the Miner score with a one-yard scoring run by Trujillo, then the Miners came right back and scored on a two-yard scoring pass from Schlueter to Crider. The Bulldogs scored again, however, when Kobli hit Eddie McHale down the sideline for a 32-yard scoring pass to make it 34-15.

The Miners quickly moved deep into Butler territory after that score when Schlueter connected with Zach Howard (McKinney, Texas/Frisco) for a 43-yard play to the Bulldog 17, but had his next pass to the end zone intercepted by Tadd Dombart to end that chance.

Schlueter threw for a career-high 380 yards as he completed 32-of-43 passes on the afternoon. Shockley and Howard both went over the 100-yard mark in receiving yardage, as Shockley had a career-highs of 165 yards on his 11 catches and Howard finished with 111 on eight grabs. Howard had 208 all-purpose yards on the afternoon.

Kobli threw for 207 yards and ran for another 116 for the Bulldogs.