Post by DiamondThief on Jul 10, 2021 18:26:30 GMT -8
Pirates 43, Bucks 38
7/10/21 --
WORCESTER, MA - Alejandro Bennifield threw five touchdown passes -- three to Thomas Owens -- as the Massachusetts Pirates held off a late Bismarck Bucks rally to emerge with a 43-38 win tonight at the DCU Center.
Massachusetts moves to a 6-3 record on the season, while the Bucks are now 5-5 after the loss. The Pirates won the first of the two games between the teams this season, on May 8 at Bismarck, by a 36-18 margin.
The Pirates scored on the first play from scrimmage when Alejandro Bennifield hit Thomas Owens on a 36-yard touchdown bomb. After the Bucks missed a field goal, Massachusetts added to their lead with a 24-yard touchdown toss from Bennifield. The Bucks got on the board with an 18-yard pass from Caleb Lewis to Andre Williams. Both Lewis and Williams were making their debuts for the Bucks. The Pirates led 13-6 at the end of the first quarter.
After Zuril Hendrick's interception of Bennifield at the beginning of the second quarter, Lewis hooked up with Williams again; this one of 22 yards to cut the Pirates' lead to 13-12 with 9:02 left in the quarter. Bennifield countered for Massachusetts with a nine-yard run around the left side. After a turnover on downs, the Pirates scored on a 32-yard pass from Bennifield to Owens. Kicker Josh Gable added the deuce on the following kickoff and the Pirates led 27-12 at the half.
Justin Rankin's 19-yard run pulled the Bucks to within 27-18 early in the fourth. Bennifield found Owens for a 21-yard score to go up by just over two touchdowns. Lewis connected with Williams for 20-yard touchdown, but Massachusetts came back with a 18-yard touchdown pass from Bennifield to Laquvionte Gonzalez with two seconds remaining in the third quarter to five them a 40-24 lead.
Bismarck pulled to within a single possession on Lewis' one-yard plunge. He hit Williams for the two-point conversion to make it a 40-32 Pirates lead just over four minutes into the fourth. Gable's 23-yard field goal put the Pirates up by nine with 5:13 left. The Bucks scored again on a two-yard run from Rankin. After Williams recovered Barber's onside kick for Bismarck, the Bucks had one more shot with just under a minute left but time ran out.
The Bucks will host the Frisco Fighters on July 16 at 4:05 p.m. The Pirates will be at home as they host the Arizona Rattlers on July 18 for a 10:05 a.m. kickoff. All times listed are pacific daylight time. Click for the complete SCtoC 2021 Indoor Football League schedule.
7/10/21 --
WORCESTER, MA - Alejandro Bennifield threw five touchdown passes -- three to Thomas Owens -- as the Massachusetts Pirates held off a late Bismarck Bucks rally to emerge with a 43-38 win tonight at the DCU Center.
Massachusetts moves to a 6-3 record on the season, while the Bucks are now 5-5 after the loss. The Pirates won the first of the two games between the teams this season, on May 8 at Bismarck, by a 36-18 margin.
The Pirates scored on the first play from scrimmage when Alejandro Bennifield hit Thomas Owens on a 36-yard touchdown bomb. After the Bucks missed a field goal, Massachusetts added to their lead with a 24-yard touchdown toss from Bennifield. The Bucks got on the board with an 18-yard pass from Caleb Lewis to Andre Williams. Both Lewis and Williams were making their debuts for the Bucks. The Pirates led 13-6 at the end of the first quarter.
After Zuril Hendrick's interception of Bennifield at the beginning of the second quarter, Lewis hooked up with Williams again; this one of 22 yards to cut the Pirates' lead to 13-12 with 9:02 left in the quarter. Bennifield countered for Massachusetts with a nine-yard run around the left side. After a turnover on downs, the Pirates scored on a 32-yard pass from Bennifield to Owens. Kicker Josh Gable added the deuce on the following kickoff and the Pirates led 27-12 at the half.
Justin Rankin's 19-yard run pulled the Bucks to within 27-18 early in the fourth. Bennifield found Owens for a 21-yard score to go up by just over two touchdowns. Lewis connected with Williams for 20-yard touchdown, but Massachusetts came back with a 18-yard touchdown pass from Bennifield to Laquvionte Gonzalez with two seconds remaining in the third quarter to five them a 40-24 lead.
Bismarck pulled to within a single possession on Lewis' one-yard plunge. He hit Williams for the two-point conversion to make it a 40-32 Pirates lead just over four minutes into the fourth. Gable's 23-yard field goal put the Pirates up by nine with 5:13 left. The Bucks scored again on a two-yard run from Rankin. After Williams recovered Barber's onside kick for Bismarck, the Bucks had one more shot with just under a minute left but time ran out.
The Bucks will host the Frisco Fighters on July 16 at 4:05 p.m. The Pirates will be at home as they host the Arizona Rattlers on July 18 for a 10:05 a.m. kickoff. All times listed are pacific daylight time. Click for the complete SCtoC 2021 Indoor Football League schedule.
Both games, as well as all IFL games this season, will be streamed live on the IFL's Official YouTube Channel. SCtoC will present previews of those, and all, games this season. Those previews will be posted on the board of the home team in each game.
- ANM
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