On Sunday, April 26 at the Denver Coliseum, the Colorado Wildcats defeated the Utah Catzz 29-27 in Professional Indoor Football League action. The win, in front of 1,594 fans, moves the Wildcats to 2-0 while Utah falls to 2-1.
Colorado jumped out to a 13-0 lead on rushing touchdowns by Cory Spence and Darnell Brooks. After Utah scored with 4:19 left in the first half, Colorado struck again when quarterback Jason Torres scored on a 1 yard run to make the score 20-6 at half-time.
Utah opened the scoring in the second half on a touchdown pass from Joe Borich to Tyler Anderson. On its next possession, the Wildcats scored with a 4 yard run by Darnell Brooks to widen their lead 27-13.
Utah's main receiver Tyler Anderson hurt his arm in the 4th quarter and did not return. The Catzz were already without quarterback Paul Shoemaker who was banged up in the first half and he too did not return. Nonetheless, Utah rallied on two touchdown passes from Borich to Terrence Keehan to cut the deficit to 29-27.
The Wildcats' special teams and defense were the catalysts for the victory. In the first quarter, Colorado's defense stopped Utah on the Wildcat two yard line and Jesse Tann made an interception in the end zone on another Utah scoring attempt. With 35 seconds remaining in the first half, Antonio Sparrow intercepted a Utah pass and ran it back to the Utah 2 yard line. With Utah looking to win the game on a last play field goal attempt, the Wildcats' Damon Jackson came around the end and blocked the kick to preserve the victory.
Colorado's next game is on Saturday, May 9, versus the Louisiana Bayou Beast. Game time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Denver Coliseum.
Utah 0 6 7 14 27
Colorado 6 14 7 2 29
First Quarter
Col 4:15- Cory Spence 3 yd run (Thenell PAT failed) 6-0
Second Quarter
Col 13:26- Darnell Brooks 1 yard run (Thenell PAT) 13-0
Uth 4:19- Tyler Anderson 22 yd pass from Joe Borich
(Doug Beach PAT failed) 13-6
Col 0:14- Jason Torres 2 yd run (Thenell PAT) 20-6
Third Quarter
Uth 8:09- Anderson 25 yd pass from Borich (Beach PAT) 20-13
Col 5:20- Brooks 4 yd run (Thenell PAT) 27-13
Fourth Quarter
Uth 9:48- Terrance Keehan 27 yd pass from Borich (Beach PAT) 27-20
Col 4:13- Thenell 17 yd 2pt Field Goal 29-20
Uth 2:52- Keehan 15 yd pass from Borich (Beach PAT) 29-27
Team Stats Colorado Utah
First Downs 11 7
Rushing 2 1
Passing 7 4
Penalty 2 2
Rushing Attempts 22 5
Yards Rushing 73 19
Passing Yards 176 158
Passes Attempted 27 28
Passes Completed 15 11
Had Intercepted 0 2
Total Offensive Plays 57 42
Total net Yards 216 161
Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties: Number-Lost 4-18 3-15
Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-9 5-63
Possession Time 37:16 22:44
3rd Down Conversions 2-9 1-5
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Sacks by: Number-Yards 2-13 5-35
Interception Returns: 2-22 0-0
Fumble Returns: 0-0 0-0
Individual Stats
Rushing-C-Brooks 18-63-2, Spence 2-2-1, Torres 2-6-1;
U-Keehan 1-4, Derek Black 1-2, Henry Bloomfield 1-0, Borich 2-13
Passing-C-Torres 14-26-170-0-0, Thenell 1-1-6-0-0;
U-Shoemaker 1-3-7-0-0, Borich 10-25-149-4-2
Pass Receiving-C-Brooks 5-27, Spence 2-47, Stacy Keianna 4-43,
Antonio Chandler 2-48, Anthony Wilkerson 1-11;
U-Keehan 4-68-2, Anderson 2-46-2, Hooks 3-34, Black 1-5,
Junior Tagaloa 1-5
Field Goals-C-Thenell 1-6 (made 17 missed 27,32,40,34,35);
U-Beach 0-3 (missed 31,40,27)
PATS-C-Thenell 3-4; U-Beach 3-4
Kickoff Returns-C-Spence 2-19, Chandler 3-36;
U-Anderson 2-27, Keehan 2-25, Hooks 2-18
Missed Field Goal Returns-C-Chandler 1-8;
U-Anderson 1-14, Keehan 2-26, Hooks 2-29
Interceptions-C-Antonio Sparrow 1-9, Jesse Tann 1-0
Attendance 1594
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