It was billed as a match-up of hated rivals; the Cardinals and the Hurricanes. The fans in attendance were expecting a rough and rowdy game, and they didn’t leave disappointed. With a final score of 17-12, the Cardinals knew they had given it their all and felt a sense of satisfaction as they left the stadium. It was definitely a defensive battle as Pierre Penn had three interceptions and the Cards threw down many a tackle. The scores came from home run plays and the win was solidified with kicker Matt Maxey, who booted a first quarter field goal and nailed both extra point attempts. The first quarter opened up with a nice return from the Hurricanes. Quarterback #10 connected with receiver #4 for a long pass on the opening drive, but it was all for not as a fumble gave the ball to the Cardinals. They were helped out with a penalty that gave them a first down, and were helped even more by a tough run up the middle from running back #31. The drive came to a sudden halt though as the Cards turned over the ball with an interception. So what would the Hurricanes do with the ball, they would throw an interception themselves giving possession back to the Cardinals. And in a weird turn of events, the ball was given right back to the Canes with a Cardinal fumble. With all the turnovers done for a bit, the Hurricanes tried to put a nice drive together but came up short as they went three and out. It was during this drive that we saw a HUGE hit from #59. So on fourth down, the Canes took the conservative route and decided to punt. Too bad for them that the Cards blocked it and recovered it in the red zone. On this possession, we saw a couple of nice runs by running backs #37 and #31, but they came up short as fourth down came fast. No fear though, as our kicker destroyed the ball over the goal posts and gave the Cardinals a 3-0 advantage. Before the final few seconds ticked off, the Cards determined the Canes opening field position with a touchback to end the first quarter.

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The third quarter would be a very short one as we saw only three total drives from the teams. This would be mostly due to a very long opening drive from the away team Hurricanes. They got the ball back to start off on the twenty after yet another touchback from the dominating Cardinal kicker. QB #15 had a long scramble for the first and then completed a nice pass for another first. It would come up forth down for the Canes, but in a bold attempt, they went for it and succeeded. QB #10 connected with WR #82 for the fourth down conversion. Their QB would run for another nice gain, but after all the nice plays and big gains, it ended abruptly with a fumble that was recovered by the Cards D. The home team tried to put together a drive to get back the lead, but unfortunately went three and out and punted it back to the canes. It looked good for the Canes as they returned the punt for a Touchdown, but in a wild twist, it was called back due to an unnecessary penalty. That might have been the turning pint of the game, as the Cards got the ball back once again, thanks to an interception by #21 who actually fumbled it back to another Cardinal #12. And that would be all we saw in the third as the score remained 6-3 with the Canes leading.

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