Talons wrap up division in Alabama

Rich Lohman

HUNTSVILLE, AL— The Tulsa Talons wrapped up their 9th straight division title and first since moving to the AFL with a 61-48 victory over the Alabama Vipealtrs on Saturday night.

The Talons overcame a 14-0 deficit at the end of the first quarter to rally  for the win, pulling even at 28 on a 35 yard strike from Justin All Good to Roderick Green at halftime.  In all, Justin Allgood threw 25 completions on 40 attempts for 310m yards and six touchdowns, and Green caught 9 balls for 152 yards and 2 touchdowns.  Jeff Hughley also caught two touchdowns and 9 passes for 111 yards.

On the ground Odie Armstrong added yet another rushing touchdown to his record setting year, carrying the ball 8 times for 42 yards.  Defensively the Talons were superb, forcing the Vipers to cough up the ball four times.  They also intercepted Alabama quarterback Tim Hicks twice.  The quadruple threat of , Terrell Mingo, Gabe Nyenhuis, Jamar Ransom and Chris Royal made life very difficult indeed for the Vipers offense, combining for 18 unassisted tackles between then, with Mingo leading the way at 7 unassisted stops.

The Talons return home to face the Arizona Rattlers in the last regular season home game next Saturday night at 7:05pm  in the amazing BOK Center. 

  1 2 3 4 T
Tulsa Talons 0  28  21  12  61
Alabama Vipers 14  14  7  13  48

 

Scoring Summary

Qtr. Description Pl-Yd TOP V-H
1st 11:53 ALA – Michael Johnson 17 yd pass from Tim Hicks (Brian Jackson kick) 4-36 0 – 7
1st 09:14 ALA – Vince Hill 46 yd interception return (Brian Jackson kick) 0-0 0 – 14
2nd 10:48 TUL – Donovan Morgan 6 yd pass from Justin Allgood (Greg Gundersen kick blocked) 3-9 6 – 14
2nd 05:18 TUL – Odie Armstrong 1 yd run (Greg Gundersen kick) 6-12 13 – 14
2nd 00:49 TUL – Jeff Hughley 27 yd pass from Justin Allgood (Jeff Hughley run) 3-46 21 – 14
2nd 00:21 ALA – Tim Hicks 5 yd run (Brian Jackson kick) 4-23 21 – 21
2nd 00:10 TUL – Roderick Green 35 yd pass from Justin Allgood (Greg Gundersen kick) 1-35 28 – 21
3rd 13:21 TUL – Roderick Green 1 yd run (Greg Gundersen kick) 3-23 35 – 21
3rd 02:56 TUL – Roderick Green 32 yd pass from Justin Allgood (Greg Gundersen kick) 1-32 42 – 21
3rd 00:00 ALA – Willie Quinne 39 yd pass from Tony Colston (Brian Jackson kick) 2-49 42 – 28
4th 11:12 TUL – Greg Gundersen 12 yd field goal 7-40 45 – 28
4th 06:19 TUL – Jeff Hughley 34 yd pass from Justin Allgood (Greg Gundersen kick blocked) 2-34 51 – 28
4th 07:12 ALA – Michael Johnson 22 yd pass from Tony Colston (Brian Jackson kick) 5-38 51 – 35
4th 00:49 TUL – Greg Gundersen 14 yd field goal 4-2 54 – 35
4th 00:42 ALA – Larry Shipp 31 yd pass from Tony Colston (Lorenzo Breland pass no good) 1-31 54 – 41

Team Stats

  Tulsa Talons Alabama Vipers
First Downs 20 16
  Rushing 5 2
  Passing 13 9
  Penalty 2 5
  Punts 0 0
  Yards Per Punt 0 0
Kickoff Return Yds 126 152
  Returns – Average 6 – 21 10 – 15.2
Interception Ret Yds 3 46
  Returns – Average 2 – 1.5 1 – 46
Fumbles Lost 1-0 4-4
3rd-Down Conversions 2-7 3-6
4th-Down Conversions 0-3 2-3
  Tulsa Talons Alabama Vipers
Total Offense 349 302
  Total Plays 51 44
  Yards Per Play 6.8 6.9
Rushing Yards 39 37
  Attempts 11 5
  Yards Per Rush 3.5 7.4
Passing Yards
  Attempts 40 37
  Complete 25 25 
  Intercepted 1 2
  Yards Per Pass 7.8 7.2
Touchdowns 8 7
  Rushing 2 1
  Passing 6 5
  Other 0 1
Penalties – Yards 5 – 35 8 – 35

Tulsa Talons

Alabama Vipers
Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
Roderick Green 1 1 1 1
Jeff Hughley 1 -5 0 0
Justin Allgood 1 1 0 1
Odie Armstrong 8 42 1 22
Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
Larry Shipp 3 18 0 12
Tony Colston 1 14 0 14
Tim Hicks 1 5 1 5
Passing ATT COMP INT YDS TD
Justin Allgood 40 25 1 310 6
Passing ATT COMP INT YDS TD
Tony Colston 19 12 0 156 3
Tim Hicks 18 13 2 112 2
Receiving REC YDS TD LG
Roderick Green 9 152 2 35
Anthony Bolden 1 7 0 7
Donovan Morgan 4 34 1 12
Jeff Hughley 9 111 2 34
LaRico Stevenson 1 5 0 5
Odie Armstrong 1 1 1 1
Receiving REC YDS TD LG
Lorenzo Breland 3 23 0 13
Jeremy Grier 1 12 0 12
Vince Hill 1 8 0 8
Michael Johnson 7 68 2 22
Willie Quinne 2 42 1 39
Larry Shipp 9 105 2 31
Dusty Bear 2 10 0 6
Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS
Jeff Hughley 1 0 0 0
Terrance Carter 0 0 1 -14
Jamar Ransom 0 0 2 0
Gabe Nyenhuis 0 0 1 0
Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS
Larry Shipp 1 1 0 0
Tony Colston 2 2 0 0
Dusty Bear 1 1 0 0
Kicking FG LG XP PTS
Greg Gundersen 2 22 5 11
Marco Capozzoli 0 0 0 0
Kicking FG LG XP PTS
Brian Jackson 0 0 6 6
Kick Return NO YDS TD LG
Jeff Hughley 4 116 0 46
LaRico Stevenson 2 10 0 10
Kick Return NO YDS TD LG
Travis Coleman 1 2 0 2
Larry Shipp 9 150 0 32
Defense U-A SCK TFL FF
Steve Watson 1 – 0 0 0 1
Roderick Green 2 – 1 0 0 0
Jeff Hughley 1 – 0 0 0 0
Carlese Franklin 1 – 0 0 0 0
LaRico Stevenson 1 – 1 0 0 0
Terrance Carter 1 – 0 0 0 0
Jamar Ransom 3 – 1 0 0 1
Gabe Nyenhuis 3 – 0 2 2 2
Chris Royal 5 – 1 0 1 0
Greg Gundersen 0 – 1 0 0 0
Terrell Mingo 7 – 0 0 0 0
Ron Amadi 5 – 3 0 0 0
Defense U-A SCK TFL FF
Dan Alexander 1 – 0 0 0 0
Travis Coleman 2 – 4 0 0 0
Steve Fifita 2 – 2 0 0 0
Darren Garrigan 1 – 2 0 0 0
Jeremy Grier 1 – 0 0 0 0
Rodney Hardeway 1 – 2 0 0 0
Vince Hill 2 – 2 0 0 0
Michael Johnson 1 – 0 0 0 0
Aaron McConnell 1 – 0 0 0 0
Willie Quinne 1 – 0 0 0 0
Larry Shipp 1 – 0 0 0 0
Eric Crosby 2 – 4 0 0 0
Robert Durham 10 – 2 0 0 0

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