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"touchdown drive" means a successful series of plays in American football that leads to scoring a touchdown, which is worth six points.
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Wilson led the Seahawks on a 97 - yard TD drive right before the end of regulation and then a game - winning 80 -
yard touchdown drive in overtime.
They added a 75 - yard
touchdown drive in the second quarter, then poked in a 32 - yard field goal before halftime.
After Granite Bay blocked a punt and recovered it in the end zone to begin the third quarter, and added a four - play, 70 - yard
touchdown drive on its following series, A'jae Boyd needed just two blocks on a wide receiver screen to find the sideline and scamper 73 yards to the house.
Wake Forest's average starting field position in the first half was 47.2, and the Deacs scored on
touchdown drives of 36 yards (following a punt return), 18 yards (interception), and 40 yards (interception), with field goal drives of 14 yards (punt) and 37 yards (turnover on downs).
If you think back to last year, in which Denard Robinson marched the troops to a game
winning touchdown drive in the waining seconds, this past weekend's game was very similar.
However, Auburn, led by quarterback and future Heisman winner Pat Sullivan, responded with a
long touchdown drive of their own.
The sellout home crowd of 61,168 rested its lungs early as Missouri quarterback James Franklin conducted an eight -
play touchdown drive at breakneck speed (2:45) to open the game.
They rushed for long first downs twice on their
first touchdown drive in the second half and were able to dictate the line of scrimmage on the game - sealing drive.
Miami hung around until the last 10 minutes of the fourth quarter when the score was 14 - 13 and Joe Flacco led Baltimore on
consecutive touchdown drives of 80 and 81 yards.
And after allowing a four - play
touchdown drive at the end of the first half, the Packers never trailed by fewer than seven points the rest of the game.
Until a successful fake punt late in the second quarter sparked a Florida
State touchdown drive, it looked like Auburn might be on its way to a blowout.
For the drive, Prescott went 6 for 7 for 67 yards, and he led the Cowboys on an 80 yard
touchdown drive against the Los Angeles Rams's first strong defense.
Del Rio, who sat third on the depth chart behind Franks and graduate transfer Malik Zaire during the season - opening loss to Michigan, led an 80 - yard
touchdown drive early in the fourth quarter and then found Mark Thompson sitting unmarked over the middle on a fourth - and - two just past midfield to extend the Gators» next possession.
He had four carries on the Dolphins»
opening touchdown drive after intermission, then touched the ball just twice more as Miami's offense kicked punt after punt.
Four - star redshirt freshman receiver Jeremy Maclin, injured in 2006, scored on a touchdown reception and a punt return to expand the lead to 37 - 13, but Illinois backup Eddie McGee led three
straight touchdown drives to cut Mizzou's lead to three.
Before the start of the third quarter, Tracy Wolfson asked Nick Saban about the Auburn's long
touchdown drive just before halftime.
Their offense was decent, and aside from a late glitch against MTSU (the Blue Raiders only gained 368 yards against Illinois, but 153 came in two
late touchdowns drives), the defense was impenetrable.
A.J. McCarron had an injury at one point just to make things interesting, and then came back with a knee brace on and led a fourth quarter
touchdown drive because Alabama football players have robot bodies and the souls of ruthless sharks.
Brissett dodged some bullets against Miami — the fumble he coughed up after a blindside hit by Michael Thomas luckily bounced into the hands of a teammate, and the defense bent to allow the Dolphins back into things before Ryan Tannehill's last - second interception sealed New England's 2 - 0 start — but the
lone touchdown drive he led proved to be the difference.
Also, is anyone else concerned that the QB commit plays on a team that doesn't put up many numbers and could only muster up one
touchdown drive last week?
After Tech tied the score at 21 - 21, quarterback David Webb finished the half completing just two of eight passes for 12 yards and an interception that set up a short
Arkansas touchdown drive.
But Cassel's aggressiveness is, in part, the reason why Dallas switched to him at quarterback, and he helped keep the team in the game with a
strong touchdown drive midway through the fourth quarter.
But in their other 40 plays, they gained just 87 yards with five punts, two turnovers, a turnover on downs, and a short
touchdown drive following a good punt return.
On the Giants» first snap of the fourth quarter, Gilbride called the play, and Boss rumbled for 45 yards on what would be a go -
ahead touchdown drive.
Percent of Memphis» total yardage that the Tigers gained on two second -
half touchdown drives against Cincinnati.
Georgia was able to recover from a 20 - point fourth - quarter deficit thanks to three straight Aaron
Murray touchdown drives, but Auburn was able to convert a fourth - and - 18 Hail Mary from 73 yards away on a near - impossible play that resulted in an incredible Tiger victory:
The Eagles» Brogan Roback completed 19 of 27 passes and threw four touchdowns as EMU kept pace despite four time - consuming
Army touchdown drives.
Vandy benefited from a pair of questionable targeting calls that
sustained touchdown drives and ultimately made the difference in the «Dores win Nashville.
That excellence shines through on a down - to - down basis (second in S&P + defensive efficiency) because they are very disruptive with tackles for losses, forced fumbles and passes defensed (first in S&P + Havoc rate), so opponents have not been able to string together
methodical touchdown drives.
Auburn ran 17 plays on its next two drives, then 15 on its next four drives, then 13 on its next two drives before the 13 - play, clock -
melting touchdown drive in the fourth quarter that killed off the game.
Against Boise State, Ugwoegbu sniffed out a huge third down play right before halftime, which turned a potential
Broncos touchdown drive into one that ended with a field goal.
But there he was later, smack dab in the middle of the
biggest touchdown drive in Buffalo Grove «s ever - lengthening season, the drive that gave the Bison an 18 - 17 victory and a date at Loyola Academy in the 6A quarterfinals.
If you think back to last year, in which Denard Robinson marched the troops to a game
winning touchdown drive in...
Indeed, against Washington, thanks to the Home Boys, Arizona State surpassed the Huskies» 60 - yards - per - game rushing defense average on its
first touchdown drive.
There's only 11:18 left in the game, and another
long touchdown drive could seal the Jaguars first playoff win since 2007.