Xpress Derailed by Drillers

What was hyped as the game of the year, turned out to be just that. The Drillers came in 6-1 and the Xpress 6-1. The Drillers came in as the highest scoring offense in the league, The Xpress had the second highest scoring offense in the league. The Drillers were ranked #3 in rushing offense, the Xpress was ranked #1 against the run. The Xpress ranked #3 in passing offense, and the Drillers were ranked #1 against the pass. The Xpress started off fast QB Tre Fields hit T.E. David Steele with a 28 yard pass completion, then he hit WR Chris Choice on an 18 yard strike, then WR John Pope on a 15 yard completion, to get the Xpress down to the 1 yard line, then Fields scored on a QB sneak, to start the scoring off and giving the Xpress a 6-0 lead. After both teams played excellent defense and both offenses continued to have problems scoring, Fields found WR Rashard Manning down the right sideline for a 55 yard T.D. pass to put the Xpress up 12-0. Coach Vernon then called for a squib kick but the teams kicker made a mistake and the Drillers were able to kick a 45 yard F.G. before the half and make the score 12-3. But as in all football games you have to play 2 halves! The Drillers came out on fire and scored early in the second half, and narrowing the Xpress lead to 12-10 with just under 11 mins after several miscues by both offenses, the Drillers were able to get the ball back with just under 4 mins to go, and went the length of the field, with the help of the Xpress defense missing several tackles on key 3rd down plays, The Drillers drove all the way down to the Xpress 4 yard line and with 1 second left on the clock kicked a 21 yard F.G. as time expired.