Tie Game

The Xpress game vs the Texas Knights this past Saturday on 2/6/10 ended in a 12-12 tie. The game started off like all Xpress game generally do with the Xpress scoring on their their first play from scrimmage. Last year the deep connection was Fields to Manning, this year it looks to be Nelson to Manning. The first play Nelson hooked up with Manning on a 65 yard T.D. pass and just like that the Xpress were up 6-0, the extra point was no good. The Knights could not muster much offense during the first half, and the Xpress had many opportunities to blow the game wide open but many miscues and stalled red zone opportunities stopped the Xpress offense from putting up more points. A play that could have been a momentum changer was when Nelson scrambled for a 25 yard gain and as he was hit at the goal line fumbled into the end zone for a touch back and that kept the score 6-0 going into the half. The 3rd quarter belonged to the Knights. The Knights kept the Xpress defense off balance and drove 75 yards on 8 plays to tie the score and make it 6-6. At the beginning of the 4Th quarter both teams went back and fourth not allowing a score then with a little over 4 mins left to go in the game Nelson found Manning again this time on a 80 T.D. and that score put the Xpress up 12-6. The Knights starting putting together a game tieing drive when the Knights Q.B. was hit as he threw the ball, and the pass was intercepted by defensive lineman Kenard Turner. The Xpress put their offense back on the field, and what was suppose to be the game ending drive ended quickly, when R.B. Jesse Wyatt fumbled the ball and the Knights recovered at the Xpress 30 yard line. On the first offensive play the Knights scored the game tying T.D. on a 30 yard pass, the extra point was no good. The Xpress were left with 63 seconds on the clock, Nelson found Frank for a gain of 29 yards, then found Frank again for 18 yards to put the Xpress at the Knights 7 yard line. The next 2 plays ended in incomplete passes by Nelson, and on 3rd down Nelson was flagged for intentional grounding, and on 4Th down Nelson decided to call his own number and kept the ball and tried to run it in but was tackled before he could get to the goal line. Final score Xpress 12 Knights 12.