Sunday, December 20, 2009

Play-In Gm 1: Souther Miss @ Bowling Green

# 65 Southern Miss Golden Eagles @ # 64 Bowling Green Falcons

December 18, 2009     Kickoff: 6:35pm

Southern Miss jumped out to an early lead, going up 10-0.

Bowling Green answered with a FG in the 2nd quarter to go into the 10-3, Southern Miss.

The 2nd half was more of a shootout. The Eagles hit a 35 yd FG to extend their lead to 13-3. Then Bowling green got it going offensively. (Sutherland) threw a 20 yd TD pass to (Marquardt) to close within 3, 13-10. Southern Miss stuck back quickly with a 37 yd TD run by the QB (Britt). 20-10, Southern Miss. After the Falcons threw an interception, Southern Miss led a 10-play drive that ended with a 40 yard FG to go ahead 23-10. Bowling Green comes back with a quick score of their own, a 55 yd TD pass from (Sutherland) to (McClain). Southern Miss' lead is cut to 23-17. Then Southern Miss matches that score with a 55 yard run by (Donaldson) for the score. 30-17 Southern Miss at the end of 3 quarters.

In the 4th quarter, Bowling Green picked up where they left off in the 3rd, with a drive & 7 yard TD run by (Henry). Southern Miss still leads, 30-24. Bowling Green stopped the Eagles' next drive & got the ball back with a chance to go ahead for the 1st time in the game. The Falcons drive to the S. Miss 46. (Sutherland) goes into the shotgun. He hands it off to Henry, who takes it all the way to the end zone for the go ahead TD with 3:33 left on the clock. S. Miss can't get untracked and is forced to punt. Bowling Green runs the clock all the way down to 30 seconds. S. Miss gets the ball back, but can not get even a 1st down and the game ends with a Bowling Green sack.

Southern Miss 30
Bowling Green 31

Players of the Game: HB (K. Henry), Bowling Green
QB (Britt), Southern Miss

Bowling Green has played their way into a matchup with # 1 overall seed, Alabama in the 1st Round.

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