Bombs Away!
Thunderbirds leave Ice shellshocked, 31-24
Week 11, 2006
 | Ice (6-4) | 24 |
 | Thunderbirds (8-2) | 31 |
Seattle, WA (Reuters) - Oregon’s new starting quarterback had a career game, but it wasn’t enough as the Seattle Thunderbirds rallied for 15 fourth-quarter points to win their first game against the Ice since 2003.
The loss dropped Oregon (6-4) into the third spot in the wild card race, one game behind Boise (7-3) and two back of Honolulu (8-2). Oregon is two games back of division-leading Seattle (8-2).
It appeared as if the momentum had shifted toward the Ice late in the third quarter when, after trailing the whole game, Oregon broke through with a 17-16 lead on an 80-yard touchdown drive.
Unfortunately, the Ice soon reverted to their old ways of giving up big points in the final period. After allowing just 16 through the first 45 minutes, Oregon gave up 15 points on two Thunderbirds touchdowns, putting the visitors in a 31-17 hole.
“We really wanted this win, and I dropped the ball, literally,” said Ice QB
Thomas Kuhn, who completed 22 of 31 (70%) for 251 yards and a career-high three touchdowns against no interceptions in his first game of the 2006 season, but fumbled at the Oregon 6 to set up Seattle’s final, and decisive, touchdown. “If I don’t put the ball on the ground, we might have won this game.”
The Ice pulled to within one score when Kuhn threw his third touchdown of the day to WR
Matt Brunner with 0:37 left on the clock, but Seattle recovered the onside kick to end the game. Brunner finished the day with 9 catches for 93 yards, giving him 866 receiving yards on the year—the best in the league.
Despite Oregon’s winning record, it is evident the team struggles against the league’s elite teams. In the team’s four games against the current divisional leaders, the Ice are a combined 1-3. Against the rest of the league, Oregon is 5-1.
“We need to step it up,” said GM
Jack “Grid” Iron. “We’ve got to close some ground quickly if we’re gonna make the playoffs.”
Oregon's regular starting quarterback Maurice Brown, out since Week 8 with a broken clavicle, is coming along well in rehab. “We expect Maurice to be back to full strength in two or three more weeks,” said head coach
Kendrick Upshaw.
Around the League
New York DE
Jerrold Moton was named Player of the Week after recording four sacks and six tackles in the Knights’ 20-10 victory over Hartford.
Box Score
Attendance: 59,100 (65,700).
Weather: 59 degrees, fair.
1Q: 06:23 SEA - Paris Kimmel 12 pass from Charles Dever.
1Q: 06:23 SEA - Darrell Styblo extra point.
1Q: 00:07 ORE - Craig Schanding 30 field goal.
2Q: 09:06 SEA - Darrell Styblo 24 field goal.
2Q: 05:49 ORE - Newton Begin 8 pass from Thomas Kuhn.
2Q: 05:49 ORE - Craig Schanding extra point.
2Q: 00:39 SEA - Darrell Styblo 36 field goal.
3Q: 08:13 SEA - Darrell Styblo 47 field goal.
3Q: 04:15 ORE - Kendrick Dillon 11 pass from Thomas Kuhn.
3Q: 04:15 ORE - Craig Schanding extra point.
4Q: 14:04 SEA - Burt Liszkiewicz 6 run.
4Q: 14:04 SEA - Charles Dever pass to Cole Faison for conversion
4Q: 06:58 SEA - Paris Kimmel 3 run.
4Q: 06:58 SEA - Darrell Styblo extra point.
4Q: 00:30 ORE - Matt Brunner 8 pass from Thomas Kuhn.
4Q: 00:30 ORE - Craig Schanding extra point.
Game MVP: SEA 8 Charles Dever
Oregon 3 7 7 7 - 24
Seattle 7 6 3 15 - 31
Team Statistics ORE SEA
First Downs 17 24
Total Rushes 19 40
Rushing Yards 67 156
Yards Per Carry 3.5 3.9
Pass Attempts 31 30
Completions 22 20
Passing Yards 251 199
Yards Per Attempt 8.0 6.6
Sacked 3 1
Yards Lost 15 8
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/0
Total Plays 53 71
Total Yards 303 347
Yards Per Play 5.7 4.8
3rd Down Plays 4/11 8/14
Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.4 4.5
4th Down Plays 1/1 0/0
Penalties 6 3
Penalty Yards 55 20
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 32
Time Of Possession 22:52 37:08
Oregon Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
39 Woodard 10 38 3.8 12 0
45 Hill 8 28 3.5 9 0
29 Woolery 1 1 1.0 1 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
11 Kuhn 31 22 251 8.0 40 3 0 3
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
87 Brunner 9 93 10.3 10 20 1
89 Begin 5 60 12.0 9 21 1
83 Dillon 3 25 8.3 2 13 1
81 Hopper 2 52 26.0 0 40 0
84 Milford 1 8 8.0 2 8 0
29 Woolery 1 10 10.0 0 10 0
42 Savoy 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
31 Eaddy 1 25 25.0 0
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
83 Dillon 4 95 23.7 0
45 Hill 2 44 22.0 0
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
7 Shehee 4 186 46.5 53 3
Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
1 Schanding 1 1 30 3 3
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
50 Pinard 12 4 0.0 0 0 0
53 Macaluso 10 2 0.0 0 0 0
95 Molloy 7 5 0.0 0 0 0
35 Twombly 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Pilcher 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
51 Beane 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Vanegas 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
30 Reagan 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
26 Lerma 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
91 Flannery 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
23 Huth 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 Jimerson 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
42 Savoy 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
75 Eaddy 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
31 Eaddy 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Funderburk 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Weatherly 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Mallard 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
73 Wynn 0 0 0 0 1 1
72 Covey 0 0 1 0 1 1
42 Savoy 0 0 0 0 1 1
75 Eaddy 0 0 0 0 2 0
45 Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Kuhn 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 Pilcher 0 1 0 0 0 0
Seattle Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
28 Liszkiewicz 17 72 4.2 11 1
42 Kimmel 12 33 2.7 8 1
8 Dever 6 29 4.8 9 0
46 Sanford 5 22 4.4 8 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
8 Dever 30 20 199 6.6 32 1 0 1
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
42 Kimmel 8 79 9.8 40 15 1
85 Faison 5 73 14.6 20 32 0
82 Stahl 4 21 5.2 4 7 0
71 Hall 2 21 10.5 6 13 0
83 Strong 1 5 5.0 4 5 0
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
85 Faison 2 11 5.5 0
28 Liszkiewicz 1 11 11.0 0
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
28 Liszkiewicz 2 41 20.5 0
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 El Nino 3 129 43.0 56 1
Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
3 Styblo 3 3 47 2 2
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
32 Cobb 6 2 1.0 0 0 0
51 Crist 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Shumpert 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
20 Hulse 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
40 Malone 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
71 Hall 4 1 0.5 0 0 0
58 Glode 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
43 Determann 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
77 Heflin 2 1 1.5 0 0 0
90 Tucker 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
33 Ramsey 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
30 White 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
64 Coons 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
85 Faison 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Barrett 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Brisby 0 3 0.0 0 0 0
41 Purcell 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
83 Strong 0 0 0 0 2 0
73 Aaron 0 0 0 0 0 1
66 McArdle 0 0 0 0 5 0
42 Kimmel 1 0 0 0 3 0
78 Thrash 0 0 0 0 1 0
64 Coons 0 0 0 0 1 0
77 Heflin 0 1 0 0 0 0
96 Shumpert 0 0 1 0 0 0
51 Crist 0 1 0 0 0 0
50 Golden 0 0 0 0 1 0
46 Sanford 0 0 1 0 0 0