Musketeer Madness

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nickgyp
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Xavier 20 Miami 7 in today's football game at Withrow

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1st Q.:

Miami kickoff, X starts from X 31 yd lie
Greenwood connects with Danny Deters for 69 yd TD pass on 1st and 10.
PAT kiick by Hallman blocked
Miami takes kick statrting on Miami 27 yd liineMiami makes 1st down then completes 25 yd. pass to X's 30.
Miami completes 8 yd. pass to X's 20
Procedure penalty puts Miami 1st and 15 on 25 yd. line
Miami passes 3 times all incomplete
4th and 15 and Miami passes to X's 4yd line (nice catch on wobbly pass form Miami QB)
X forces a 3rd and goall but Miami puts in for TD; PAT makes it 7-6 Miami w/ 4:32 left in qtr.
X takes kick to X's 42 yd line
Pass to Craig Hallman goes to Miami's 42
Pass to Deters takes it to the 30
X goes 4 and out gainng only 10yd. on 4th and 11
Miami ball on own 21 yd line
Miami 9 yd. pass stopped by Andrew Dornbrook



2nd Qtr:

Miami converts on 4th and inches on QB keeper
Brandon Tucker intercepts pass for X; X's ball on X 39 yd line
X goes 4 and out and punts
Block below waist by X on return gives Miami on Miiami's 45
Miami facing 3rd and 14 passes and Brandon Tucker gets 2nd interception on X's 30
X goes 4 and out and punts to Miami 20
Miami goes 4 and out and Anton Danielsl returns it to X's 32
Three straight carries by C. J. Moreland go for 19 yds,. 5 yds. and 14 yds to Miami's 5 yd. line
Grenwood keeper makes it 12-7
X kick fails
Miami takes kickoff at to own 40
Miami pass incomplete but X is flagged for helmet to helmet penalty, 1st and 10 inside 50
X LB Phil Migitz intercepts Miami pass, X's ball on own 45
X goes to 4th and 11 and punts
Miami 1st and 10 on own 20 and coverts for couple 1st downs as time runs out, X up 12-7

Halftime:

X kicks off with Miami setting up on own 30
Pass on 3rd and 7 gets Miami to own 42
Miami faces 3rd and 6 on own 48 and QB roll out goes to 46 yd. line
Miami run on 2nd and 5 goes for 20 yds but hit by Dave Pergollini forces fumble recovered by Brett Hoyer
X's ball on own 26 yd. line
X goes 4 and out.
Running into punter forces X to rekick (no automatic 1st down)
Miami fumbles punt but recovers own fumble
Miami facing a 1st and 15 from own 26 connects on pass in backfield but another Pergollini tackle forces fumble
X has ball 1st and 10 on Miami's 19
QB Chris Greenwood keepr goes for 6yds
C'J. Morland 's 7 yd. run gives X 1st and goal on Miami's 9
Run goes to 5 yd line but 2yd loss on run forces X to face 3rd and goal from Miami's 7
Greenwood scrambles to his right and passes to a leaping Craig Hallman to give X 18-7 lead
X goes for two and Moreland punches it uo the middle for 20-7 score with 3:07 left in 3rd Q.
X kick of returned to Miami 37
Runs and passes get Miami to X's 44 yd line
Run gives Miami 2nd and 9 on X's 43
Taclke by Frosh DL T.K. Washington gives Miami 3rd and 5
Tackle by Dave Pergolini forces 4th and 5 but Miami fails to convert
3rd QTR ends X up 20-7

4th Qtr:

X takes over on own 39 and runs by Moreland and Greenwood give X a 1st down on 50 yd. line
Miami holds and X punts nice and high by Craig Hallman
Miami takes over 0n own 24 yd line
X defenders Brett Hoyer and Greg Morgan make tackles that force Miami into 3rd and 11
Roughing passr gives Miami 1st and 10 on own 39
Next Miami series defensive play by Hoyer, Phil Migitz and T.K. Washington force Miami to face 4th and 11 from own 38
Pooch punt gives X ballon X 35
On 2nd and 11, pass interference call against Miami gives X ball at midfield
Holding call on X gives Muskies 1st and 20
Pass by Greenwood intercepted by Miami DB who returns it to X's 25 yd line
Face mask penalty on X on interception gives Miami 1st and 10 on X's 13
Successive runs up the middle are stopped by Mifitz and Norgan for no gain
Pass to end zone incomplete on 4th and 10
X runs out the clock for win, 20-7

Congratulations to coach Powers, staff and players on this win which counts in the league standings.

Thanks to the 400 or so fans who attended the game at Withrow. Great weather and great facility!!

Was that Miami's Club team?

Impressive win.

Xavier has come out of the gate with a very strong club level team.

You would think that a school with Miami's enrollment would put together a more competitive club team than a school having a quarter to one fifth that enrollment.

Dash:

This is only Miami's 2nd year playing club football. I atten ded their first game ever last year when they hosted Xavier in Oxford. Talking to one of their coaches before the game, I expressed how impressed I was by the ir numbers (4& players suited up). He told me that their practices do not include that many day to day but I guess like Xavier the team has to deal with classes, part-time jobs, floating practice schedules, etc..

I do not know Miami's roster number this year but I did hear that due to a fall break, some of Miami's players went home.
I do know that Miami players pay a fee to play and it would seem that most would stay to play against X but again, I do not know how many were missing.

That being said, I was impressed by Miami's play. Greenwood's 69 yd TD pass to Dan Deters on X's first play of the game could have been deflating yet the Redskins marched down for a touchdown on the next series including converting on a 4th and 15 inside X's 20.

Had Miami not coughed up a couple of fumbles (on nice tackles made by X defenders) perhaps the outcome would not have been 20-7. As in many games, turnovers kill drives as X learned in the 6 turnover loss at Lincoln last week.

All in al, it was a very good football game that I think those in attendance enjoyed immensely.

The next game is Saturday at SIU-Edwardsville, followed by Sun Nov 2 at Miami. I'll miss the first bu make the second; it's a lot of fun watching these guys play.

nick,

Thanks for the updates. It's nice to get a little 'reporting' from the games.

Is Tom Powers enjoying this gig? How long do you see him sticking with the team? He seems like he has been instrumental in bringing Xavier's club team out of the gate strongly.

Dash:

Tom does not get a great deal of compensation for this gig; he is also a teacher but he has told me on a number of times that he would love to be a full time football coach at Xavier if things could work out that way. He does a lot for the club team; and he also has a number of assistant coaches in their second year who volunteer their time to coach with this team.

Their enthusiasm and commitment is remarkable considering the amount of time it takes to coach both on the field as well as preparing plays, reviewing game film, etc.. Assistant coaches like Jim Clardy and Aaron Szabo, as far as I know, do not have any particular ties to Xavier but their love of football is obvious and their effort and instruction to the team are invaluable to the team's success.

I hope we can keep them all around for years.