Quaterback Dylan Hair hands off the ball to running back Denim Cook during a game at Truman in 2025

After dropping their first three games of the season, the Bulldog football team finished strong winning seven of their last eight to earn a spot in the America’s Crossroads Bowl for the third time in Hobart, Indiana.

The Bulldogs roughed up Tiffin 29-10 to win their third Crossroads Bowl Championship in as many appearances. Junior running back Denim Cook gained 152 yards on the ground, including two touchdowns, to be named the Offensive Player of the Game. The Defensive Player of the Game was awarded to Shane Johnson, whose pick six with six minutes left in the fourth quarter put the game away for the Bulldogs.

Sophomore quarterback Dylan Hair passed for 2,360 yards and 25 touchdowns in his first season as a starting quarterback. It was the most yards passing and touchdown tosses by a Truman quarterback since 2007.

Following the season, the interim tag was removed from Head Coach Kellen Nesbitt, and he will guide the team into the 2025 season.