Buckets Fall As Conway's Hail Mary Is Answered

Conway- Facing 4th and 7 with only 14 seconds to play and traling 20-17 from their own 32 yard line, the Conway Computer Geeks ( 12-2 ) got the miracle finish by beating the Buckets ( 11-3 ) blitz with a 68-yard deep swing pass to their FB as time expired- stunning L.A. 24-20.

"Hey man tip your caps to them- it was a great call and their QB slipped a couple tackles and made the throw- and the FB barely outran the defense into the Endzone. It was a stunning finish to a great game!" Buckets coach Jay T. said.

Thanx for the great game, Conway coach Matt W.!

Cheers,

Jay


                        Los Angeles 20 -- Conway 24                        
Geeks Stadium                                             70 degrees, rainy
Conway                                        wind SW 16 mph, humidity 100%
Los Angeles      7  7  6  0 -- 20
Conway           0 10  0 14 -- 24
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First Quarter
Los Angeles - Putnam 9 pass from Binder (Hobbs kick), 10:29
Second Quarter
Los Angeles - Alexander recovered fumble in endzone (Hobbs kick), 3:40
Conway - Wright 39 FG, 6:19
Conway - Allworth 38 pass from Mustain (Wright kick), 9:36
Third Quarter
Los Angeles - Hobbs 27 FG, 6:57
Los Angeles - Hobbs 19 FG, 10:08
Fourth Quarter
Conway - Allworth 22 pass from Mustain (Wright kick), 4:27
Conway - Jones 68 pass from Mustain (Wright kick), 15:00
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Drive Summary
First Half
Team        Plays-Yds  Time  Result                                 LAn-Con
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Conway                 0:09  Kickoff                                    0-0
Los Angeles    5  37   2:08  Punt                                       0-0
Conway         3   4   1:41  Punt                                       0-0
Los Angeles   11  59   3:34  Putnam 9 pass from Binder                  7-0
                             (Hobbs kick)
Conway         5   7   1:59  Punt                                       7-0
Los Angeles    7  29   5:29  Punt                                       7-0
Conway         2   1   0:40  Fumble                                     7-0
Los Angeles            0:12  Alexander recovered fumble in endzone     14-0
                             (Hobbs kick)
Conway         7  35   2:34  Wright 39 FG                              14-3
Los Angeles    6   9   2:10  Punt                                      14-3
Conway         3  98   1:08  Allworth 38 pass from Mustain            14-10
                             (Wright kick)
Los Angeles    9  48   2:56  Possession change on downs               14-10
Conway         5  39   0:55  51 yd FG attempt short                   14-10
Los Angeles    3   0   0:40  Interception                             14-10
Conway         2  29   0:45  End of half                              14-10
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Second Half
Team        Plays-Yds  Time  Result                                 LAn-Con
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Los Angeles            0:09  Kickoff                                  14-10
Conway         3  -9   0:55  Punt                                     14-10
Los Angeles    8  42   3:16  Hobbs 27 FG                              17-10
Los Angeles    8  53   2:56  Hobbs 19 FG                              20-10
Conway         5  13   1:40  Interception                             20-10
Los Angeles    3   3   1:13  Punt                                     20-10
Conway        10  80   6:26  Allworth 22 pass from Mustain            20-17
                             (Wright kick)
Los Angeles    3   3   1:09  Punt                                     20-17
Conway         4  12   1:21  Punt                                     20-17
Los Angeles    3  -2   1:16  Punt                                     20-17
Conway        12  64   4:47  Interception                             20-17
Los Angeles    3   4   1:03  Punt                                     20-17
Conway         4  70   0:49  Jones 68 pass from Mustain               20-24
                             (Wright kick)
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    Game Stats
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        Conway vs Los Angeles
        Week 14
            
            Conway         24    
            Los Angeles    20    
                               CONW    LA                             CONW     LA       
            1st DOWNS          19      17      PASS YDS               428      146      
                rushing        1       6           comp/att           25/46    20/41    
                passing        18      9           yds/pass           7.6      3.2      
                penalty        0       2           sacks/yds          10/70    4/29     
            3rd DOWNS          5/13    7/19        ints               2        1        
            4th DOWNS          2/2     1/2     PUNTS/AVG              4/42     7/48     
            TOTAL YARDS        448     278     TOT RET YDS            134      104      
                total plays    63      67          punt returns       3/16     3/23     
                avg gain       7.1     4.1         kickoff returns    5/118    4/68     
            RUSH YDS           20      132         int returns        1/0      2/13     
                num rushes     7       22      PENALTY/YARDS          3/15     0/0      
                rush ave       2.9     6.0     FUMBLES/LOST           2/2      0/0      
                                               TIME POSS              22:49    25:11    
                                               2PT CONV               0/0      0/0      

 

    Conway vs Los Angeles
        Offense
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        Week 14
                                   P L A Y E R S                                        
            CONW    Rushing        McFadden 5 att/19 yds, 0 TD; Mustain 1/1, 0 TD;      
                                   Hillis 1/0, 0 TD;                                    
            LA      Rushing        Myles 18 att/113 yds, 0 TD; Erickson 4/19, 0 TD;     
            CONW    Passing        Mustain 25 comp/46 att for 498 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT;     
            LA      Passing        Binder 20 comp/41 att for 175 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT;      
            CONW    Receiving      Birmingham 5 rec/126 yds, 0 TD;                      
                                   Allworth 3/80, 2 TD; Cleveland 4/76, 0 TD;           
            LA      Receiving      Myles 12 rec/63 yds, 0 TD; Williams 2/54, 0 TD;      
                                   Irvin 2/16, 0 TD; Lynch 1/16, 0 TD;                  
                    Field Goals    Wright/CONW: 1/2; Hobbs/LA: 2/2;                     

 

    Conway vs Los Angeles
        Defense
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        Week 14
                                     P L A Y E R S                                         
            CONW    Tackles          Wesley 6; Hall 5; Bua 5; Richardson 4; Kennedy 4;     
                                     Miller 3; Hamlin 3; Caver 3; Murphy 3; Atwater 2;     
                                     Hewitt 2; Smith 2; Ford 1; Vaughan 1; Dacus 1;        
            LA      Tackles          Collins 9; Rowe 6; Taylor 4; Lyle 4; Alexander 3;     
                                     Milburn 3; Henderson 3; Sweeney 3; Workman 2;         
                                     Dixon 2; Centers 1; Pappel 1;                         
            CONW    Sacks            Bua 2; Hall 1; Caver 1;                               
            LA      Sacks            Taylor 4; Alexander 3; Sweeney 1; Henderson 1;        
            CONW    Interceptions    Atwater 1;                                            
            LA      Interceptions    Centers 1; Collins 1;                                 
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From Conway coach Matt W.:

Conway(AP) - The Conway Computer Geeks over came a four turnover day in a torential downpour to edge out the visiting Los Angeles Buckets 24-20.

Normally sure handed Darren McFadden lost two fumbles including one in the endzone to setup a 14-0 LA lead, and QB Mitch Mustain threw two uncharacteristic interceptions to further dig the Geeks into an early hole.

However, the Geeks fought back as Coach Weston called a great game making the LA pass defense look silly shredding them for over 400 yds, a personal record for 2nd year QB Mitch Mustain.

Things looked dim for the Geeks as Mustain threw an INT as the Geeks were trying to setup the winning score with 2:13 left.

The defense shined once again holding the Buckets and giving the offense one last chance.

Then the play of the game came as Mustain scrambled to avoid the blitz and hit a wide open Felix Jones for the game winner.

"Coach Weston, Tell us about that last play."

"Well, it is just a simple play where the recievers take the coverage one way and the FB goes behind them. In situations like this, it has the perfect routes as long as the pass protection holds up. " Said Coach Weston.

"There is a lot of speculation about that play and it's origins. Can you shed some light on that for us?"

"Well, I don't really know who designed it for sure. I've heard it's credited to Alex K, and I've also heard that it's origins are much much earlier than that. One thing is for sure. The person who designed it originally deserves credit for a really great play." said Coach Weston.