GAME 6: SAINT JAMES 35,
Calhoun 20
CAL 0
0 14
6 20
STJ 7
7 7
14 35
SCORING SUMMARY:
STJ (1) 5:02 Berry 5 run
(Darneille
kick) 7 - 0
STJ (2) 2:51 Pappas 3
run
(Darneille kick) 14 - 0
STJ (3) 8:03 Berry 1
run
(Darneille kick) 21 - 0
CAL (3) 3:49 Hayes 15 run
(pass
failed) 21 - 6
CAL (3) 1:39 Rawlings 83
run
(pass
good) 21 - 14
STJ (4) 9:17 Berry 1
run
(Darneille kick) 28 - 14
STJ (4) 4:07 Pappas 5
run
(Darneille kick) 35 - 14
CAL (4) 2:09 Hayes 2 run
(pass failed) 35 - 20
October 7, 1994. Carlisle Field.
Game Conditions: Partly Cloudy Game
Temperature: 73 Wind: E 5 - 10
Saint James scored touchdowns in each of the first three
quarters, held off a furious Calhoun rally late in the third
quarter, and pulled away with several more touchdowns in the
final stanza as the Trojans defeated the Tigers 35 - 20 in their
first ever varsity football meeting.
The opening kickoff was returned by the Tigers to their own
33. A defensive penalty on a fourth and two gave them a
first down, but four plays later, an ineligible receiver penalty
on what appeared to be a successful fake punt pass completion
forced Calhoun back and into a shanked punt.
From 51 yards away, the Trojans drove the ball exclusively on
the ground. Hunter Pappas ran for 8, 3, and 6 yards,
followed by a Cade Armstrong quarterback keeper of 19
yards. From there, a Pappas run of 6 yards was sandwiched
by Mark Berry runs of 4 and 5, the second for the opening score
of the game. Following a half the distance penalty on the
extra point attempt, penalties being an all-too-common occurance
in this game, Jason Darneille added the extra point for a 7 - 0
Trojan lead midway through the first quarter.
Starting again deep in their own territory, the Tigers' second
first down also came by the way of a Trojan penalty, this one
for pass interference. However, another Tiger penalty
slowed the drive and a second short punt gave the Trojans good
field position at their own 47. However, called and
accepted holding penalties on three consecutive plays to end the
first quarter left the Trojan sideline frustrated and
furious. An illegal substitution penalty wrapped up a
completely ineffective drive for Saint James, and a short punt
was downed on the wrong side of midfield.
Calhoun picked up 12 yards on the ground on their first play,
but another penalty slowed the drive, and an incompletion was
thrown on fourth and 14. Saint James was driving but
coughed up the ball on a fumble just across midfield.
Calhoun picked up nine yards on their first two plays, but the
Tigers were stuffed for no yardage on the next two, and the
Trojans took over on downs at the Tiger 47. This time,
Saint James would not be denied the endzone. Pappas picked
up 17 on first down. John Searcy, on a rare carry, picked
up six on the next play, and then Pappas blew through the line
twice for eleven and eight yards and the Trojans' second
touchdown. Darneille's extra point gave Saint James a 14
point lead with less than 3 minutes remaining in the first half.
The Tigers got a huge return on the ensuing kickoff, back to the
Trojan 39. However, a lost fumble on the first play gave
the Trojans almost enough time to run out the clock. A
punt left Calhoun with only 11 seconds from their own 33.
A deep pass was intercepted by Justin Perelle, and he was
perhaps but one tackle away from breaking the return for a 76
yard touchdown. Unfortunately, a tackle just past midfield
ended the return, and the first half.
The Trojans took the opening kickoff and returned it to their
own 33. After no gain on first down, the Trojans tried a
play out of the Calhoun play book, the deep bomb. Andy
Bell was so far wide open behind the unsuspecting defense, he
had to run back to the ball which allowed the Tigers to tackle
him after a 55 yard pickup on what would be the only Saint James
pass completion of the game. From the 12, an 8 yard carry
by Will Webber gave Saint James a first down, and after an
offside penalty Berry picked up his second touchdown of the game
from a yard out, and Darneille's extra point boosted the Trojan
lead to a seemingly safe 21 points.
In order to avoid another long kickoff return, the Trojans
attempted a squib kickoff which was fielded on the ground at the
Calhoun 40. A 48 yard pass completion on third down gave
the Tigers their first serious scoring threat of the game.
After two plays netted a loss of one yard, Jamie Hayes scored on
third down from the Trojan 15. A fake pass two point
conversion attempt on the extra point failed, but Calhoun had
scored their first six points of the game.
The Trojans picked up 36 yards on first down on a carry by Lynn
Jinks, but turned the ball over two plays later on a lost
fumble. Calhoun took over on their own 22. A four
yard gain on a run, and a fortunate non-loss of the football on
a fumbled backwards pass cost the Tigers a loss of nine
yards. From the 17, the ball was pitched to Willie
Patterson, and the same play which had failed previously
resulted in an 83 yard touchdown pass to Quincy Rawlings for
another Tiger touchdown. This time, the same fake pass
conversion attempt was successful, and suddenly Saint James was
only leading by seven with nearly 14 minutes remaining in the
game.
A key offside penalty helped Saint James convert a first down as
the third quarter ended, and five plays later a short run by
Pappas, along with a face mask penalty and two successive
unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, moved the ball deep into
Tiger territory, where Berry picked up his third touchdown of
the night from a yard out several plays later. After an
offside on the first extra point try, Darneille's kick gave the
Trojans a 14 point lead with still over 9 minutes remaining in
the game.
Cade Armstrong intercepted a deep Calhoun pass on the next drive
and returned it from the Trojan 39 to the Tiger 39, setting up a
time-consuming drive exclusively on the ground. Pappas, on
fourth and 3 from the Tiger 5, scored and the extra point
returned the margin to 21 with just over 4 minutes remaining.
Against the Trojan second string defense, the Tigers scored
after a 56 yard pass completion on a 2 yard run by Hayes.
The Trojans recovered a line-drive onside kick attempt, and in a
relatively penalty-free game until the fourth quarter, repeated
defensive unsportsmanlike conduct penalties continued to give
Saint James enough first downs to run out the remainder of the
clock and give Saint James a win in their first area game of the
season.
SIDELINE
STATISTICS - GAME SIX
SAINT
JAMES RUSHING 53 attempts
284 yards 5 TDs (5.36 yards per carry)
17
Pappas
27 / 163 (2 TDs)
32
Jinks
3
/
52
12
Armstrong 11 / 28
69 Berry
7 / 17 (3 TDs)
20 Searcy
2 /
15
21 Webber
3 / 9
PASSING
1 completion 3 attempts 0 INTs 55 yards
0 TDs (no sacks of)
12
Armstrong 1 - 3 -
0 55 yards
RECEIVING
80
Bell
1
/ 55
TOTAL
YARDS: 339
KICKS: XP 5 / 5
FG 0 / 0
2
POINT CONVERSIONS: 0 / 0
KICKOFFS:
6 (45,50,45,20,50,32)
PUNTS: 2 (28,28)
KO
RETURNS: 4 (21,14,21,0)
PUNT RETURNS: 0
INTERCEPTION
RETURNS: 2 (29,22)
FIRST
DOWNS: 21 (18 rushing, 1 passing, 2 penalty)
FUMBLES:
2, lost 2
TURNOVER MARGIN: + 1
PENALTIES: 6 / 55
yards
TIME
OF POSSESSION: 24:00
CALHOUN
RUSHING
29 attempts 150 yards 3 TDs (5.18 yards per
carry)
PASSING
3 completions 10 attempts 2 INTs 110
yards 0 TDs (no sacks of)
TOTAL
YARDS: 260
KICKS:
XP 0 / 0
FG
0 / 0
2
POINT CONVERSIONS: 1 / 3
KICKOFFS:
5 (48,48,52,20)
PUNTS: 2 (20,14)
KO
RETURNS: 6 (18,5,46,0,18,0)
PUNT
RETURNS: 0
FIRST DOWNS:
8 (4 rushing, 2 passing, 2 penalty)
FUMBLES: 1, lost 1
PENALTIES: 12 /
81 yards
TIME OF POSSESSION: 24:00
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