SEAHAWKS 28
WILDCATS 31
Another game in the 40-play format, this one was another shootout. After an initial tie score of 7-7, the Wildcats commit a critical pass interference penalty which extends a Seahawks drive right into the endzone for their second TD of the 1st quarter. Second quarter and the two teams trade touchdowns but the Seahawks go into the half with the 21-14 lead. Third quarter, however, is when the game starts to flip around: the Wildcats pull a halfback option-pass for a 42 yd TD completion, then respond to a Seahawks TD with a FG to close the third quarter, now trailing by only four. Fourth quarter and the Wildcats defence forces a Seahawks 39 yd. punt, which the Wildcats turn into a 68 yd. drive for a touchdown and their first lead in the game. The Seahawks are not done though: trailing by three, they close to the Wildcats 25 and are down to the last play when the controversial decision is made to go for the win instead of the field goal. It's at this point when a Wildcat guard blasts through on the corner-blitz and sacks the Seahawk QB to end the game.
This week's 40-play contest came in at 1.49 elapsed time —twenty minutes faster than the previous game in this format. This was also the first thousand-yard game in the series to date: Wildcats gaining 557 yds to the Seahawks 493.
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