G5, 2017
October 1st, 2017
THRILLER IN TAMPA! SWARM MOUNT COMEBACK TO WIN 47-44 IN OT
TOP: Robert Hollis fires a strike to fullback Markus Carey (#82) to send it to OT BOTTOM: Hollis falls into the end zone for the game winning score
Robert Hollis finds Markus Carey for game-tying TD with 12 seconds to go, scores winning TD in OT -- Clutch defensive plays spark comeback -- Favors impressed with Hollis' clutch gene
Tampa, FL -- What. A. Game. The Westlake State Swarm defeated the USF Bulls 47-44, in what was undoubtedly one of the best games so far this year. The Swarm were coming off a 52-6 embarrassment at the hands of UCF, and were determined to not go down to the 1-3 Bulls. It looked like a defensive battle, with Swarm corner
Mark Thompson opening the scoring, picking off an errant
Jake Frye pass, and going the distance. The only other points that quarter came on a USF field goal from 31 yards out.
But then the 2nd quarter rolled around, and points came in bunches, with the Bulls outscoring the Swarm 21-13 in the period. Wideout
Brandon Butler played a huge role in getting the offense some points, first setting up a field goal with an impressive 69 yard catch, then catching a TD pass with 9 seconds to go in the half.
I still don't know how Butler (in white) caught this ball.
The 3rd quarter saw USF score a quick 10 points to go up 34-20, then pick off
Robert Hollis. It wasn't looking good for the Swarm, and a 3 score lead may have seen this game play out differently. But
Marques Cannon jumped a screen for a short pick-6 the very next play.
Cannon's pick-6 saved the game for Westlake State.
USF came right back, with
Jon Small scoring his 2nd TD of the day after a quick drive.
Absolutely nothing was going well offensively for either team in the 4th. Westlake State couldn't move the ball, and UCF kept getting stuffed just shy of field goal range. But the Bulls had the ball with under a minute left, and just had to get a first down to close it out. Frye threw over the middle to WR
Kevaughn Phillips, who caught it, took a step, and got rocked by FS
James Small, knocking the ball loose.
Joe Moss was able to fall on it to give Westlake hope.
42 seconds left, 2 timeouts for Robert Hollis, 48 yards to the endzone. He found Butler for a quick 18 yard gain, then found tailback Evan Scott for a 27 yard gain, but that was called back for clipping. 2nd down saw a 2 yard gain. 3rd down saw Hollis miss a wide open
Marquis Sims. 4th and 8. Hollis dropped back, rolled left, saw no one, and ran right at 2 UCF defenders. By some miracle, he avoided them both, and got all the way down to the 16 with 15 seconds to go.
On 1st and 10, Hollis found seldom used fullback
Markus Carey, lining up as a tight end, for a 16 yard score to send the game to OT.
OT was over pretty fast. USF was held to a field goal, then Hollis scored the winning TD on the 3rd play of the Swarm's drive.
Head coach Zack Favors was impressed with Hollis.
Hollis deflected the praise a bit, giving credit to his defense.
| Westlake State Swarm at South Florida Bulls |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | OT | SCORE |
| Westlake State Swarm (3-1, 0-1) | 7 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 47 |
| South Florida Bulls (1-3, 0-1) | 3 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 44 |
| Scoring Summary |
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | WSU | USF |
| 3:13 | (WSU) M. Thompson, 70 yard INT return | 7 | 0 |
| 1:18 | (USF) C. Sharpe, 31 yard FG | 7 | 3 |
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | WSU | USF |
| 7:12 | (USF) J. Small, 1 yard run | 7 | 10 |
| 5:17 | (WSU) L. Ross, 17 yard FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3:23 | (USF) J. Frye, 6 yard run | 10 | 17 |
| 1:28 | (WSU) L. Ross, 30 yard FG | 13 | 17 |
| 0:51 | (USF) J. Phillips, 1 yard pass from J. Frye | 13 | 24 |
| 0:09 | (WSU) B. Butler, 24 yard pass from R. Hollis | 20 | 24 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | WSU | USF |
| 6:10 | (USF) C. Sharpe, 53 yard FG | 20 | 27 |
| 4:36 | (USF) J. Frye, 10 yard run | 20 | 34 |
| 2:34 | (WSU) T. Davis, 2 yard run | 27 | 34 |
| 0:56 | (WSU) M. Cannon, 23 yard INT return | 34 | 34 |
| 0:04 | (USF) J.Small, 4 yard run | 34 | 41 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | WSU | USF |
| 0:12 | (WSU) M. Carey, 16 yard pass from R. Hollis | 41 | 41 |
| OVERTIME SCORING | WSU | USF |
| -- | (USF) C. Sharpe, 35 yard FG | 41 | 44 |
| -- | (WSU) R. Hollis, 7 yard run | 47 | 44 |
| Westlake State Swarm | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Jake Frye | 27/41 | 299 | 1 | 2 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Jon Small | 14 | 80 | 5.7 | 2 | | Jake Frye | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 2 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Jon Small | 8 | 103 | 12.8 | 0 | | Jernard Phillips | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Joe Archie | 10 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Keirston Johnson | 11 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kris Washington | 10 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Corey Sharpe | 3/3 | 5/5 | 14 | 53 |
| | South Florida Bulls | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Robert Hollis | 21/37 | 338 | 2 | 2 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Robert Hollis | 21 | 109 | 5.1 | 1 | | Tony Davis | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 1 | | Evan Scott | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Brandon Butler | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 1 | | Antwain Marquardt | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | | Jonathon Moss | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | | Markus Carey | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Marques Cannon | 11 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Kai Trent | 7 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Mark Thompson | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Logan Ross | 2/2 | 5/5 | 11 | 30 |
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