Perfect season ruined by divisonal rival

amdaily · 11-19-2003, 04:36 PM

Fresh off a super bowl win, I'm 15-0 with an offense that has put up some of the best numbers in league history. Week 16 takes me to division rival Tampa Bay (10-5). I had beat then 28-25 earlier in the season. My team fumbles on its 2nd last possession and TB converts it to a FG. They scored another FG with :07 seconds left to take the lead permanently.

I take the loss in stride, and felt more upbeat with a bye week and no serious injuries... then I find out I'm playing TB again. The barely made it out of the frozen tundra the week before and had 5 starters on the inactive list. Things aren't looking good when they take a 28-9 lead with only 9:26 left in the game, but I kept the faith as my offense had put up 516 points in the regular season and my QB 4th year QB is already far and away the best on the league. He also has 9th 4Q Heroics, so I wasn't too worried.

We get the ball on our 39, and after an 8 play 61-yard drive, the game is 28-16. The defense holds strong giving up only 17 yards to TB on 6 plays and we get the ball back with 2:24 to go. My QB drives us 66 yards in 4 plays and connected with a secondary receiver for the conversion to get us within 3.

With only 1:42 left in the game my coach decides to kick off

. It was a fatal mistake, as we never got the ball back

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A perfect 15-0 season ends tragically with two losses in a row to division rival Tampa Bay. Needless to say, my coach will be losing is job

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GoSeahawks · 11-19-2003, 05:23 PM

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Originally posted by amdaily
Needless to say, my coach will be losing is job .

LOL, obviously.

bryce · 11-19-2003, 05:24 PM

misread something. nevermind.

amdaily · 11-19-2003, 05:25 PM

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Originally posted by bryce
how many TO's did you have left? if you had all 3, if you force a 3-and-out, you could have still had the ball back with well over a minute to go and only needing a FG.

Don't know, I quick simmed the game and pieced together the above with the box score, didn't save the game log

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tucker342 · 11-20-2003, 12:38 AM

ouch. What a tough way to end the season.... How are you looking for next season?

11-19-2003, 05:24 PM	#3
bryce High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Dallas, TX	misread something. nevermind. Last edited by bryce : 11-19-2003 at 05:25 PM.

11-20-2003, 12:38 AM	#5
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	ouch. What a tough way to end the season.... How are you looking for next season?

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