TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology won its fifth straight game by handling Bluffton University 48-12 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference football action on Saturday at Cook Stadium.

Shane Welshans rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns, and Alex Gresock added a third touchdown rush to lead the Engineer offense.  Andrew Dion completed 20-of-31 passes for 252 yards and one touchdown, a 6-yard strike to Gresock.

Leading receivers included Noah Thomas with five receptions for 96 yards; Adam Tice-Saliu with six catches for 76 yards; and Daniel Huery with six receptions for 51 yards.

The Rose-Hulman defense played a key role in the victory, highlighted by two pick-six touchdowns.  Chaikou Sow returned a pass over the middle 68 yards for a first-half touchdown, and Winston Amankwah added a 45-yard interception return for a score.  Amankwah recorded a pick-six defensive touchdown for the second straight week after scoring at Manchester in the most recent game.

Sow also added a fumble recovery to his defensive effort.  Cameron Dorsey and Tyce Miller also had interceptions as the Fightin' Engineers forced four interceptions and one fumble turnover on the day.

Michael Stevens led the tackling effort with seven stops and one forced fumble.  Kyzer Bowen added five tackles, 2.5 tackles-for-loss and one pass breakup.

Rose-Hulman jumped out to a 17-6 lead with 3:28 left in the first quarter.  Gresock scored on a two-yard touchdown run and Welshans scored from three yards out for early touchdowns.  Jonathan Oliger added a 21-yard field goal to put Rose-Hulman up by three scores early.

After a 15-yard touchdown pass from Blake Rine to Ethan Beringer closed Bluffton within 17-6, Sow provided the biggest play of the day with his 68-yard interception return to give Rose-Hulman a 24-6 lead at the half.

In the second half, Dion and Gresock connected on a 6-yard touchdown pass and Amankwah scored on his 45-yard interception to put Rose-Hulman up 38-6.  Welshans added a two-yard run to make the score 45-6.

Oliger closed the Rose-Hulman scoring with a career-long 42-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter.

Rose-Hulman improved to 6-2 overall and 5-0 in HCAC play, while Bluffton dropped to 2-6 and 1-4 in league games.  The Fightin' Engineers return to action at Franklin College next Saturday Nov. 6 at 1:30 pm.