[Eaglesfan27]

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Terry Betters returns the opening kickoff 36 yards.

Sanders drove us down the field, but overthrows Kelley on 3rd and 5.

We hit a 44 yard FG. 3-0.



A personal foul on the kickoff return gives them the ball at midfield.

Marcus Hicks runs for 4, 1, and 9 yards on their first 3 plays.

DeMulling intercepts the first pass intended for Hicks downfield!



Sanders hits Wes deep downfield on a 36 yard pass completion.

Sanders hits Howard for 12 to convert 3rd and 10.

We get stopped inside the 20, and we kick a 35 yard FG. 6-0.




Joshua Lewis with a big sack to force 3rd and 15. We force a 3 and out.


We drive to the 20, but they sack Sanders on 3rd and 4 and we settle for a 41 yard FG. 9-0.


Culp hits Brian Fann their speedy HB (backup) for a few quick plays, and Hicks run it in from 1 yard out. 9-7 USC leads.



End of 1: USC leads 9-7.



Sanders moves us brilliantly down the field, overthrows Jones on a long pass, but Jones adjusts, catches it for 34 yards to get us inside the 5.

On 3rd and goal from the 1, Wes runs it in for the TD. 16-7. That drive ate up 5 minutes as we covered 82 yards in 13 plays.



We stop them on 3rd and 4, but they drove past our 20. They connect on a FG. 16-10.


We drive inside the 30, but a penalty forces us into 4th and 10 from the 39. We attempt a 56 yard FG which falls short.


We force a 3 and out as we stuff Hicks on his first two carries.


We have the ball on our 36 with under a minute left.


We end up running out of time before we can get in FG range.



Halftime: 16-10 lead for us. Sanders stats: 15 of 26 for 218 yards 0 TD 0 INT.




We stop them outside the 36 as DeMulling made a great hit on their WR and forced him to drop the pass.


Howard gets crushed on a crossing route, and it doesn't look like he will return.

The next play our starting C Eric Evans is hurt and has to leave the game.


We keep moving the ball down the field mostly with strong running on this drive.

Sanders ends the drive with a 10 yard in route to Dick Sayers for the TD! Sedrick throws it to Dick for the 2 point conversion. 24-10.

Wes had over 50 yards rushing on that drive.


We stop them at midfield and force the punt.


Dick Sayers hurts his knee while running a stop and go pattern, he won't return.


Wes Nelson has a personal foul when we convert a 4th and 2 and we end up giving the ball over to Arizona.



End of 3: 24-10 lead for us, with Arizona driving deep into our territory.



They put together a balanced drive which ends with a 3 yard TD run for Hicks' second TD of the day. 24-17.



Sanders hit Kelley for 33 yards to start the drive.

Wes with a 10 yard run.

Sanders with a 12 yard pass to Franklin.

Wes with a nice 6 yard run.

Incomplete pass as their corner defended it.

Sanders overthrows his receiver on 3rd and 4th, and we settle for a short FG. 27-17. We really are moving the ball well, just not punching it in.



They throw deep on the 2nd play which is 2nd and 15, Dwone Secules intercepts it at the 50.


Sanders drives us down the field in 4 plays and hits scrub WR Lamar Woods for a 10 yard TD to end the drive! 34-17.


We force a 3 and out as we bottle up Hicks.


We drive inside the 10, but Wes Nelson fumbles and they recover it. That is my only complaint about Wes, he fumbles too often.



They have the ball with just under 3 minutes left.


They drive down the field, but Bratton intercepts it inside our 20. We take a knee and the game is over.



Game over. 34-17 win.


Pros: Wes with another huge day. Very good showing from Sanders and the receivers.

Cons: Quite a few injuries this game. Hopefully, none of them are too serious.