COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Despite an impressive nine-minute opening drive and two highlight-reel touchdown receptions by Victor Moulden, the Lindsey Wilson College football team couldn't hold back Union College's offense as the Bulldogs rolled to a 44-14 win at Blue Raider Stadium.

Led by Mike Brinkley completing 16-of-28 passes for 253 yards and three touchdowns, Union (4-3, 1-1 MSC West) amassed 569 yards of total offense. Running back Armond Smith rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown, while P.J. Burrowes tallied 100 receiving yards and a touchdown on four catches.

Moulden finished the game with 75 receiving yards on six catches and Richard Kennedy led Lindsey Wilson (2-5, 1-1 MSC East) with 59 rushing yards on 11 attempts. Ricky Bowling completed 14-of-21 passes for 114 yards with the two touchdown strikes to Moulden.

After both teams failed to score in the opening quarter, Union made the Blue Raider defense pay in the second quarter with a pair of touchdown passes to enter halftime up 14-0. Sean Mackey was on the receiving end of both short scoring plays of two and four yards, respectively.

Early in the third quarter, Union added three points to the deficit with a 28-yard field goal by Chad Boyington before Smith carried the ball 16 yards into the end zone to make the score 24-0.

With 6 minutes and 20 seconds left in the third quarter. Bowling finally put points on the board for Lindsey Wilson with a 15-yard strike to Moulden to make the score 24-7.

The 17-point deficit was as close as Lindsey Wilson would get the rest of the night as Union went on to lead the game by as many as 30 points (44-14) with a 15-yard Brinkley pass to Burrowes with 3:30 to play in the game.

Excitement was high entering the game as 1,613 fans were on hand to witness the first night game in program history.