The football team gave the Grambling State Tigers an old-fashioned butt whooping on Saturday night, defeating them on ULM turf 35-7.

The Warhawks dominated the game defensively while the offense had trouble putting points on the board early.

ULM scored the first touchdown of the game, but Grambling responded with a touchdown of their own to tie the score at seven in the first quarter. ULM scored again after a few bad drives and a missed field goal. The first quarter ended with the Warhawks leading 14-7.

With the offense moving slowly, ULM senior linebacker Troy Evans exploded defensively to start the second quarter, slamming a Grambling running back to the ground. Evans dominated the Tigers’ offense and finished the game with a team-high six tackles.

Evans was not alone in this defensive route by the Warhawks. Senior safety Darius Prelow boosted ULM with an interception that kept Grambling from going on a scoring drive.

He also intercepted a pass in the Florida State game and leads the team with two interceptions for the season. To add with the interception, Prelow recorded five tackles against Grambling.

Offensively, the Warhawks rushing attack worked best as sophomore Centarious Donald racked up 144 yards rushing on 12 yards per carry and a touchdown. Donald’s touchdown came on a 55 yard run, right through the center of the Tiger defense.

Along with Donald, sophomore Jyruss Edwards rushed for 90 yards on 22 attempts and a touchdown against the weakened Grambling defense.

The passing attack for the Warhawks kept the Tiger defense honest. Quarterback Kolton Browning threw one touchdown and one interception in the game.

Browning shared reps with back-up Cody Wells, and Wells came away with a touchdown pass of his own.

Wide receiver Tavarese Maye caught eight passes for 125 yards and a touchdown to lead the team. Tight end Keavon Milton also caught a touchdown pass for the Warhawks.

ULM struggled to knock down a field goal in the game. With last season’s kicker Radi Jobour out, the Warhawks called on freshman Justin Manton to try for three. Manton failed to get a field goal to fall between the up-rights on two separate attempts.

ULM will be back in action at Malone Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 8. The team will host Arkansas State for its conference-opener.

The team travels to Fort Worth, Texas on Saturday to take on TCU. The game begins a 1 p.m.