May 2011 - Inside American Football 1

MATCH REPORTS
Edinburgh Napier Knights at Stirling Clansmen
27th February 2011
Knights 33 - 6 Clansmen
An away trip to Stirling proved doubly
rewarding for the Edinburgh Napier
Knights as fixture congestion meant
a ‘double header’ game resulted in 2
wins from a 33-6 win.
The 1st quarter saw backup
Quarterback Carl Taggart score on a
sneak play to put the Knights up 6 to
zero.
The Knights held a short handed but
speedy Stirling team for the rest of
the half before Great Britain Lion and
Knights captain Jamie Charles record a
safety on a quarterback sack for an 8-0
half time lead.
A fired up Stirling Clansmen team
came out passing in the 3rd quarter
but Safety Dominic Weist snared
an interception to record his 4th
Touchdown of the year. The extra point
from Euan Rennie put Napier 15-0 up.
From the kickoff a deep kick return by
Stirling was fumbled and recovered
into the arms of Stirling’s Zake Muluzi
and advanced for a quick Touchdown
response to put the Clansmen back into
the game at 15-6.
Just as Stirling came back into the
contest a fumble in the end zone was
recovered by Heval Omari to reestablish
the Knights grip on the game.
The extra point from Rennie increased
Napiers lead to 22-6.
The Knights offensive play gradually
began to wear on a tired Stirling
defence and Quarterback Rennie
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tossed a 16 yard pass to Weist,
doubling as Tight End, for the
go ahead touchdown. A 2 point
conversion from Jamie Welsh put the
Knights ahead 30 to 6.
As the 4th quarter wound down Rennie
added an 18 yard field goal that meant
the Knights recorded a ‘double’ win
putting them at 4 wins and 3 losses for
the season and within 1 game of the
BUAFL playoffs.
...Edinburgh Napier Knights
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