Omaha Wranglers Stun Falcons 37-10 in Wildcard Playoff

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SUPER BOWL 50 TOURNAMENT- WILDCARD PLAYOFF

ATLANTA FALCONS AT OMAHA WRANGLERS

The 50th Anniversary Super Bowl Tournament got underway today with a stunner. The expansion Omaha Wranglers shocked the Atlanta Falcons 37-10 to eliminate the boys from Atlanta. Atlanta QB Matt Ryan had his worst game by far throwing 3 interceptions, one that went for a Wrangler TD. Steve Bartkowski relieved Ryan in the 4th quarter and led the Falcons to their only TD. Omaha opened the scoring with a long 1st quarter drive ending on a 21 yd TD run by Lendale White. Ryan threw his first of 3 picks early in the 2nd Casey Hampton got the INT and returned it to the Falcons 8. The Falcons D held and Mason Crosby hit on a 25 yd FG to make it 10-0. With 1:19 left in the half Omaha's DB Steve Foley returned Ryan's 2nd INT 29 yds for a TD and Omaha led at the half 17-0.

Atlanta began to play a bit better opening the second half with a long drive but had to settle for a 37 yd FG from Jay Feely to cut the lead to 17-3 at the end of 3 quarters. Early in the 4th Omaha QB Colt McCoy executed a perfect screen pass to back Matt Forte and he went 43 yds for the score. The XP was blocked and it was now 23-3 Wranglers. After Ryan's 3rd INT Forte ran around right end for a 22 yd TD and the romp was on now 30-3.
Steve Bartkowski entered the game and his first pass was picked off near midfield by Hoskins. Lendale White the made it through a small hole to the left, got a great block following his guard for 25 yds then broke it free for a 48 yd TD and a 37-3 lead. Atlanta got their lone TD late in the game on a 5 yd run by Jamall Anderson. The Wranglers shut down William Andrews all day forcing Ryan to throw and it was a bad day for him to do that. Omaha wins the first wildcard spot and the #5 seed and will play the other expansion team from the NFC north the St. Louis Wolfpack who won the division.

SCORING Turnovers ATL- 4…OMA- 0
ATLANTA 0-0-3-7- 10
OMAHA 7-10-0-20 37

1ST QTR
OMA- White 21 yd run (Crosby kick)………………………7-0 9:00

2nd QTR
OMA- Crosby 25 yd FG…………………………………….10-0 9:42
OMA- Foley 29 yd INT return………………………………17-0 1:19

3rd QTR
ATL- Feely 37 yd FG………………………………………..1 7-3 6:25

4th QTR
OMA- Forte 43 yd pass from McCoy (xp blocked) 23-3 14:19
OMA- Forte 22 yd run (Crosby kick)……………………….30-3 6:06
OMA- White 48 yd run (Crosby kick)……………………...37-3 3:53
ATL- Anderson 5 yd run (Feely kick)………………………37-10 1:05

INTS- Foley, Hampton, Hoskins(2).

Photos- L.White scores first ever Omaha TD. 2- Falcons D digs in. 3.- Omaha screen pass for TD. 4- NFL FILMS SHOT- Forte Sweep for 6.