This week we face Huntington Beach (7-4), a team we've had some success against in the past (4-1 all time). Our last match against them was in 2009, when we beat them 30-14 in Tucson. They're led by 5th-year QB Clarence Lincoln, who is very talented but has yet to start 16 games in a season, and 4th-year, former 7th-round pick Jorge Riddols (who boomed to be a 70/70 player).
We'll still be without the services of Harold Stoltzfus this week, which may spell a big day for Riddols. We'll just have to hope that Holliday, Goodwin and company can keep up.
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Box Score: Huntington Beach at Tucson
Tucson, AZ.
Week 13, 2011
Attendance: 68,400 (69,800).
Weather: 83 degrees, fair.
1Q: 14:03 TUC - Courtney Hodges 24 pass from Kent Goodwin.
1Q: 14:03 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point.
1Q: 10:54 HBE - Rubin Castorena 40 field goal.
1Q: 07:17 TUC - Corwin Jeffries 1 run.
1Q: 07:17 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point.
1Q: 02:51 HBE - Rubin Castorena 43 field goal.
2Q: 09:35 HBE - Rubin Castorena 25 field goal.
2Q: 08:57 TUC - Drew Holliday 58 run.
2Q: 08:57 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point.
2Q: 02:32 TUC - Hugo Eckard 35 field goal.
2Q: 00:14 HBE - Rubin Castorena 41 field goal.
3Q: 10:11 TUC - Hugo Eckard 37 field goal.
4Q: 12:56 TUC - Drew Holliday 17 pass from Kent Goodwin.
4Q: 12:56 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point.
4Q: 07:41 TUC - Demetrius Higginbotham 10 pass from Kent Goodwin.
4Q: 07:41 TUC - Hugo Eckard extra point.
Game MVP: TUC 19 Kent Goodwin
Huntington Beach 6 6 0 0 - 12
Tucson 14 10 3 14 - 41
Team Statistics HBE TUC
First Downs 19 24
Total Rushes 32 25
Rushing Yards 134 154
Yards Per Carry 4.1 6.1
Pass Attempts 34 42
Completions 12 20
Passing Yards 203 279
Yards Per Attempt 5.9 6.6
Sacked 5 2
Yards Lost 26 11
Interceptions 1 2
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 0/0
Total Plays 71 69
Total Yards 311 422
Yards Per Play 4.3 6.1
3rd Down Plays 3/14 6/14
Avg. YTG on 3rd 7.7 6.6
4th Down Plays 0/1 0/0
Penalties 4 5
Penalty Yards 64 79
Avg. Drive Start OWN 18 OWN 38
Time Of Possession 30:54 29:06
Tucson Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
42 Holliday 15 117 7.8 58 1
26 Jeffries 10 37 3.7 10 1
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
19 Goodwin 42 20 279 6.6 31 3 2 2
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
80 Higginbotham 6 80 13.3 12 22 1
81 Hodges 5 92 18.4 4 31 1
85 Garcia 2 16 8.0 1 9 0
87 Emerson 2 32 16.0 2 19 0
89 Armitage 1 8 8.0 1 8 0
42 Holliday 1 17 17.0 0 17 1
26 Jeffries 1 3 3.0 4 3 0
82 Torres 1 16 16.0 2 16 0
84 Joyner 1 15 15.0 0 15 0
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
42 Holliday 3 9 3.0 0
85 Garcia 2 21 10.5 0
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
35 Giles 3 93 31.0 0
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
15 Winters 5 190 38.0 56 3
Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
12 Eckard 2 2 37 5 5
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
55 Trujillo 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
31 Enoch 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
45 Stine 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
58 Watford 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
70 Neubauer 4 1 2.0 0 0 0
75 Grier 4 1 1.0 0 0 0
72 Bernard 3 1 2.0 0 0 0
52 Wash 3 7 0.0 0 0 0
40 Biggs 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Giles 2 2 0.0 1 13 0
25 Minahan 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 King 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Horn 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
82 Torres 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Cochrane 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
32 Hartung 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
21 Stallings 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
34 McGarrity 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
19 Goodwin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Van Brocklin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
68 Kudrow 0 0 0 0 2 1
60 Poplawski 0 0 0 0 0 1
54 Reeves 0 0 0 0 3 0
75 Grier 0 1 1 0 0 0
64 Connell 0 0 0 0 2 0
70 Neubauer 0 0 1 0 0 0
71 Franck 0 0 0 0 1 0
97 Horn 0 1 0 0 0 0
26 Jeffries 0 0 0 0 1 0
59 Buckley 0 0 0 0 1 0
I had forgotten that we'd be locking horns with longtime Toro Rubin Castorena today - fitting that he was the only Capitalist to score against us.
It was a tale of two halves for our defense - in the 1st half we practiced a "bend but don't break" philosophy. In the 2nd half we practiced a "don't even bend" philosophy. Just look at the Capitalists' drive chart:
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Huntington Beach Drive Chart
Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:03 3:09 OWN 20 6 57 Field Goal
1 7:17 4:26 OWN 20 8 54 Field Goal
1 0:23 5:48 OWN 8 14 84 Field Goal
2 8:57 3:36 OWN 25 6 41 Fumble
2 2:32 0:43 OWN 11 2 6 Fumble
2 1:00 0:46 OWN 20 5 56 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:54 OWN 20 3 3 Punt
3 10:11 1:16 OWN 21 3 18 Interception
3 5:43 2:10 OWN 2 5 17 Punt
3 3:13 1:39 OWN 21 3 7 Punt
3 0:57 0:27 OWN 31 3 0 Punt
4 12:56 2:44 OWN 20 5 19 Downs
4 7:41 3:05 OWN 16 5 6 Punt
4 3:28 0:38 OWN 31 3 0 Punt
4 0:05 0:05 OWN 18 1 -8 Game
Our defense held them to 31 plays for 62 yards in the second half - wow. And while we coughed up the expected yardage to Riddols, we were able to keep Lincoln nicely in check (12 of 34, 203 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT, 5 sacks). Who the hell needs Stoltzfus?
Holliday had a nifty 58 yard scamper for a TD, and tacked on a 17 yd TD reception later on to put the finishing touch on his 143 total yard day. Goodwin had a so-so day, featuring his first multi-interception game, but it was enough to get us a win. I won't complain.
Fortunately we had no new significant injuries - the most noteworthy was a "shift" in long-term, probable-grade injuries for Chris Frank. I believe he'd been playing with a strained hamstring or somesuch before the game, but after the game he spiralled into a severe depression. There are good treatments for depression out there, Chris. Avail yourself of them.
In other RoF news, both Las Vegas (7-5) and Honolulu (6-6) lost, giving us a comfortable 3-game cushion. With 4 games to go, that feels quite nice. We're still hoping to give Boise (11-1) a run for the #1 seed, but they proved that they can win without Branden Lin today when they topped Honolulu.
Next up: vs. Shreveport.