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Game Summary:
Well it’s cold and raining. Thanks New York weather. We’re playing against Syracuse today, our “rival” from upstate. We here at NCU consider this to be an emerging rivalry, while Syracuse just looks at it as a warm up game. Well warm up to deezze. Ok, that’s out the way. Another rainy, ugly game. The first quarter was rather uneventful. It was more like the opening rounds to a boxing match, the 2 teams were just trying to feel each other out. So let’s move on to the 2
nd quarter.
Again, we couldn’t stop the run. Last week we ran a 4-2-5 and couldn’t stop it, this week we ran a 3-4 and couldn’t stop it. Syracuse strikes first by marching up the field and scoring on a 2 yard run by Gulley. One of the big things that kept us in the game was missed opportunities by Syracuse. They missed so many field goals. We would score our first home TD in school history on a 73 yard pass from Gatewood to Felder. Get used to that combination. Syracuse would march down the field again in an effort to get points before the half, but an interception by Tatum would stop that. So we go to the half tied up 7-7. Another nail bitter in the making.
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3
rd quarter starts with Syracuse getting the ball and keeping a drive going that would stall out on a 4
th down stop by the defense. We were hoping that this drive would be the drive that would give us our first lead in school history. And it was. We marched down the field and score on a pass from Gatewood to Greene. It took us 6 ½ quarters but we have a lead. Only to squander it on the next drive, as a 33 yard run from Gulley ties it up. We end the third all tied up 14-14.
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4
th quarter. Let the fireworks begin. Syracuse starts it off with a punt. We’re driving down the field when an uncostly fumble strikes and turn the ball over. SU wastes no time, by scoring on a 50-yard bomb.
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We get the ball, and we’re moving. But the freshman makes a crucial mistake and throws an interception with 4:29 left in the game. Defense holds, but now we can’t catch a ball to save our lives. 4 straight incompletions. 2 were wide open drops. Again, the defense holds, giving us the ball back with 1:50 and a score of 21-14. We can do it right? No. More drops and missed reads. We had a total of 10 drops recorded, and more that went unrecorded. SU scores a TD real late, one that got the home crowd riled up cause they could’ve just kneeled down and ended the game. But hey, we score with 0:05 left on a 74-yard bomb to Greene again. But it was for naught, as we lose to Syracuse 28-21.
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Game Stats
Syracuse |
Stat |
North City |
28 |
Score |
21 |
20 |
First Downs |
19 |
512 |
Total Offense |
436 |
40-225-3 |
Rushes-Yards-TD |
15-5-0 |
20-36-1 |
Comp-Att-TD |
32-60-3 |
287 |
Passing Yards |
431 |
5-16 (31%) |
3rd Down Conv |
4-14 (28%) |
2-3 (66%) |
4th Down Conv |
1-3 (33%) |
0-0 (0%) |
2-Point Conv |
0-0 (0%) |
4-2-0 (50%) |
Red Zone-TD-FG |
0-0-0 (0%) |
1 |
Turnovers |
2 |
0 |
Fumbles Lost |
1 |
1 |
Intercepted |
1 |
9 |
PR Yards |
24 |
75 |
KR Yards |
108 |
596 |
Total Yards |
568 |
6-36.2 |
Punts-Average |
7-36.9 |
4-25 |
Penalties |
2-10 |
20:30 |
T.O.P. |
15:30 |
Player Stats