The Bulldogs were overly-hospitable hosts to the Indians Friday, allowing Grand Saline to return home with a 50-13 victory in Quitman’s district opener.

Quitman stalled early with back-to-back three-and-outs, only moving the chains via an offensive holding penalty, and punting the ball away.

An Indian motioned right for a jet sweep for Grand Saline’s first play from scrimmage – near their own 40 – for a touchdown three minutes in and 7-0 lead.

A rush-propelled drive pushed the Indians ahead 14-0 with 2:31 in the first.

Quitman fumbled it at their own 33 yard line.

Landon Green nabbed an interception, but the ball was stripped from him and Grand Saline had a new set of downs.

It was an ugly first quarter.

A 14-yard quarterback-draw gave the Indians another score. They faked the point after, throwing for two to go up 22–0 with 10:14 remaining in the half.

On their fourth possession, the Bulldog offense got moving. A delayed screen from Kameron Crockett to Klayton Meadows kick-started the engine. A streak up the middle to Meadows accelerated things.

Some solid runs by Green kept the motor revving, including one where he dragged defenders along for the ride. A couple of first downs yielded a Grand Saline timeout at 5:57 with Quitman halfway into Indian territory, on their 25.

A third-down conversion and a timely offside penalty on fourth down at the eight yard-line kept the drive alive.

Matthews managed to cap off the nearly nine-minute march, including six first downs, and punch it in to put the Bulldogs on the board with a minute to go in the half, 22-7.

In an attempt to get right back in it, Quitman tried an onside kick, to no avail.

Instead, Grand Saline ran another motion-sweep, this time to the left, to score from midfield, take the momentum right back and a 29-7 into the locker-room at half.

The Indians took two plays from scrimmage to attack via the air and put the game out of reach.

Thomas Sabedra made a nice kickoff return to the Grand Saline 46, which turned into the Bulldogs’ only other scoring of the game. It featured a fourth-down conversion on a slant to Brady Floyd and was punctuated by Green who ran it into the end zone on fourth down.

The Indians would simply not be caught.

Green led Bulldog rushers with 10 carries for 56 yards; Meadows had 27 yards on eight totes and caught three passes for 36 yards; Crockett threw 6-for-11 for 63 yards.

Quitman travels to Troup to take on the Tigers, who are coming off of a bye week, Friday.