INDIANAPOLIS – In the 2016 season finale, the UIndy football team (6-5, 5-3) ensured their seven straight winning season with a 21-16 victory against in-state Saint Joseph's College at Key Stadium Saturday evening. Prior to kickoff, the Greyhounds honored their 10 seniors before their final collegiate contest.
 
Alex Bobos, Derrick Bryant, Russell Collins, Sam Daggy, Rob Dury, Chad Eppley, Zach Hiss, Hayden Janney, Korey Rogan and Tommy Taylor all donned the Crimson & Grey for the final time Saturday. The group helped the Hounds to three GLVC championships, two NCAA playoff appearances and a 35-11 (.761) overall record over the last four seasons.
 
Up 11 in the fourth quarter, the Hounds came up with a pair of big defensive stops down the stretch, including stuffing a rush attempt on 4th & 1 on the UIndy 30-yard line. The Pumas (5-6, 3-5) finally scored the lone touchdown of the fourth quarter to make it a five-point game with 14 seconds left. They would fail on both the two-point conversion and the attempted onside kick recovery, however, as UIndy extended its win streak versus St. Joseph's to 17.
 
All told, the Pumas (5-6, 3-5) managed only 75 rushing yards while converting just 6 of 17 third-down snaps. Junior linebacker Aaron Bruning led all defenders with 12 total tackles, while junior safety Aeneas White garnered his first interception of the year on a ball tipped by teammate Robert Williams.
 
Senior linebackers Derrick Bryant (11) and Rob Dury (9) combined for 20 tackles. Dury, meanwhile, bumped his career total to 392, good for sixth in the UIndy all-time annals.
 
Junior running back Andrew Walker led the way offensively with a season-high 160 rushing yards on 27 carries, including a 59-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Redshirt-freshman QB Bryce Stancombe threw a pair of touchdown passes – a 39 yarder to Malik Higgins in the second quarter and a 3-yard dart to Alex Kimack in the third.


NOTES
UIndy has not lost to Saint Joseph's since 1994 ... Hayden Janney finished his career with 46 consecutive starts on the offensive line, playing in every game since his redshirt-freshman season in 2013 ... Higgins surpassed 1,000 yards receiving with his performance, notching the eighth such season in Greyhound history. His final total of 1,077 is good for sixth in the UIndy single-season annals ... Walker moved into the program's top five in career rushing, finishing his junior season with 2,671 yards.