recovered an
Oxford fumble on their own 13 yard line to give the Devils superb
field position. On the next play, running back James Anderson rushed
in for the score. This time Daunte Saloy's extra point kick attempt
was blocked to leave the score 12 - 0 in the Devils favour.
Oxford hit back
just before half time with an 11 play scoring drive capped off by
a one yard run from Brian Myers. The Saints then went for a 2 point
conversation but came up short thanks to a strong tackle from Devils
linebacker Chuck Pope. However, following a 33 yard kickoff return
from Guy Davies the Devils started their next drive in Saints territory,
and took just 5 plays to increase their lead back to 2 scores when
quarterback Troy Schmidgall hit receiver Joe Konieczny with a 20
yard scoring pass. This time the Devils went for a 2 point conversion
but Schmidgall's pass fell incomplete to leave the score 18 - 6 at
the half.
In the second
half the weather took a turn for the worse, and the stormy conditions
made playing conditions difficult. On their opening drive the Devils
gave the ball up on their own 4 yard line when their punter had to
scramble and was brought down in the backfield. Oxford then capitalised
4 plays later when Myers again went in from one yard. Again the Saints
went for the two-pointer and again it was Pope who came up with the
stop for Norwich.
Deep into the
fourth quarter the Saints managed to level up the game when Chris
Taylor scored on a 6 yard run. The Saints then had the chance to
go in front for the first time, but their conversion again failed
when Jason Shorten came up with the vital tackle. The Devils now
have to wait 3 weeks for their next game when they entertain the
Southern Sudevils.
Runningback Richard
Anderson
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