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FUMA Varsity Football falls to 2-1
FUMA's PG football players faced a much tougher Louisburg College team than some fans expected today and came away on the wrong end of the 12-14 final score.
This is the first football team that Louisburg College has fielded in seventy years. As the junior college started their program they had over 200 players show up to play and winnowed the team down to their 100 best. Their great depth and some strong performances helped them power over the FUMA Blue Devils in a hard-fought game that truly came down to the last play to decide the game.
Neither team had much offensive success early in the game and the contest rocked back and forth with a lot of sound and fury, but no points on the board. The Louisburg Hurricanes drew first blood and put 7 points on the scoreboard with a touchdown and point after kick. The Blue Devils answered with a touchdown of their own, but the point after kick did not make it through the uprights, leaving the score at 7-6 at the half in favor of the Hurricanes.
In the second half, FUMA's Jacoby Ford, who had been shut down by excellent punt and kick return coverage throughout the game, unleashed a remarkable run as he left his right split end position to take the handoff on a startling end-around, racing past defenders, breaking tackles, and maintaining his balance in an outstanding display of speed and agility, ending up in the end zone more than seventy yards later. The points never made it on the board, however, as the play was called back on an illegal block by FUMA.
In a game marked by penalties, interceptions and fumbles on both sides, it was hard for either team to mount much of a successful offensive drive. Louisburg was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct on at least three separate occasions. At one point, a double penalty on the Hurricanes negated a long gain and moved them back almost seventy yards from where the ball had been spotted.
As time ran down in the fourth quarter, with the Hurricanes ahead 14-6, FUMA pressed hard and finally completed some passes to get into the red zone. With 2.3 seconds remaining and only time for one play, the Blue Devils connected on a touchdown pass to bring the score to 12-14. With time totally expired in the game, FUMA had only a two-point conversion attempt to tie the score but the final pass sailed incomplete giving the Hurricanes the win.
Posted by CPT Dan Thompson, Sunday, September 18, 2005 10:16 PM
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