Sentences with phrase «touchdown run just»

However, those hopes were thwarted when Michigan State scored on 1 - yard touchdown run just 29 seconds later to make it 23 - 21.

Not exact matches

After a 79 - yard touchdown run by backup quarterback Zander Diamont, the Hoosiers trailed defending national champion Ohio State by just seven points in the fourth quarter.

His 73 career rushing touchdowns are just five away from breaking former Wisconsin running back Montee Ball's FBS career mark.

Louisville finally seized the advantage with just over five minutes to go in the contest on a 14 - yard touchdown run by Senorise Perry.

McKinnon added a 2 - yard touchdown run with just over five minutes left to go in the fourth quarter, tying the game up at 35 - 35.

Fans talk about manly man stuff and how demoralizing it is the see the other team just run the ball time after time down the field, but what is truly demoralizing to a team and truly deflates a squad is giving up big, easy, fast, touchdown passes.

USC scored the game - winning touchdown with just seconds remaining when quarterback Matt Leinart sneaked over the goal line with help from what was probably an illegal push from running back Reggie Bush.

One 69 - yard JuJu Smith - Schuster catch - and - run set up a Jesse James» touchdown that appeared to give Pittsburgh the lead with just 28 seconds left in the game, but the catch rule struck again.

I watched in a catatonic state from the stands of Notre Dame Stadium as the â $ ˜ Bush Push» 21USC scored the game - winning touchdown with just seconds remaining when quarterback Matt Leinart sneaked over the goal line with help from what was probably an illegal push from running back Reggie Bush.

The horse's route was also altered; instead of running around the entire field, they ride out on a diagonal across it before games, and just go across the opposite end after touchdowns.

The other should have been a touchdown to Sanders on a fade route with 47 seconds left to go in the first half, but for some reason, Sanders tried to do a stop and go in the middle of the route and just couldn't catch up to the ball after he started running again.

There is only one situation in football where scoring a touchdown is not the best possible outcome: When a team is leading with enough time to end the game without picking up a first down, it's smarter to just let time run out.

Following the trick play, Winston led the Seminoles inside the Tigers» 10 - yard - line using mostly his legs, and Devonta Freeman ran the ball in for a 3 - yard touchdown to cap the 11 - play, 66 - yard drive — just the Seminoles» second drive of 19 or more yards all night.

With just 406 yards and three touchdowns on 2.9 yards per carry, Martin was one of the worst starting running backs in football.

With Jamaal Charles sidelined, Chiefs running back Spencer Ware was a great replacement, finishing with 70 rushing yards and a touchdown on just 11 carries.

That included an 83 - yard touchdown catch and a game - winning run with just nine seconds remaining.

The diminutive back (listed at 5» 9 ″ 195 pounds) has run for 489 yards and six touchdowns through just four games this season.

Teams can control the ball for four or five yards per try against them (and that is just what Miami, with a driving, control type of offense, might do on September 17), but seldom does the defense permit long touchdown runs or passes.

Louisville running backs gained just 43 yards, and while UL created seven scoring opportunities, the Cardinals scored only three touchdowns, settled for two field goals, punted once, and turned the ball over on downs late.

The Mustangs hadtheir moments in their new run - and - shoot offense, just not enough of them.Freshman QB Bo Levi Mitchell threw three touchdown passes — and threeinterceptions.

One year later, he filled Matthew Dayes» vacated role as the team's featured back and ran for 1,113 yards and 12 touchdowns as NC State won nine games for just the second time since 2003.

The drive capped an otherwise forgettable day for Luck, who threw two touchdown passes but connected on just 24 of 53 attempts while throwing two picks and coughing up a fumble that the Browns picked up and ran in for a touchdown.

He threw just one touchdown against them, although the running game accounted for much of the Broncos» scoring in that win.

Jackson still calls James his best buddy, and he'd just as soon tell of a block he threw for James — like how he took out a Georgia cornerback last fall to spring James for Auburn's only touchdown in a 13 - 7 win — as describe a scoring run of his own.

Amari Cooper has brought in 59 of his 88 slot targets for 764 yards and seven touchdowns on just 265 slot routes in his NFL career, an average of 2.88 yards per route run.

Oklahoma's winning touchdown came early in the fourth quarter, just, said sophomore running back Pat Collins, as Switzer had said it would.

It may have just been a 6 - yard touchdown run by the Packers» Scott Tolzien, but man, did he ever make the...

Tony Romo had 198 yards passing and three touchdowns, but Cowboys running back Joseph Randle had just 26 yards on 14 carries.

He threw four touchdown passes, including two to Webb, and ran for another score to increase his season totals to 38 passing TDs and five rushing scores against just 4 interceptions.

In addition, LeSean McCoy, who some would argue was the best running back in the NFL last year, has been far less effective, running for only a 4.3 yards - per - carry and scoring just five total touchdowns after crossing the plane 20 times last year.

-- Bad Beat Alert: Jets +10 — Trailing by seven points with time running down, Geno Smith threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown with just 15 seconds remaining.

The 49ers receiver responded with 5 receptions for 102 yards while Landry managed just 3 catches for 42 yards (though he did add a 22 - yard touchdown run).

Then he mounted a 54 - yard drive in just 48 seconds, capping it with a 15 - yard touchdown strike to Gary, whose 11 catches for 130 yards set a Miami single - game reception record for running backs.

The junior tossed 21 touchdowns and threw just three interceptions in leading the Pirates to a perfect run through the Bay Valley Athletic League, a playoff win over San Ramon Valley - Danville, and the school's first CIF state bowl game berth by virtue of a Dec. 9 win over Granite Bay.

Allen's route running makes him a mismatch both in the slot and on the outside against nearly every mortal on the planet, and he could see an abundance of scoring chances against a Browns defense that's one of just five units to allow at least 22 passing touchdowns this season.

After an O'Dowd safety, Brinnon — who entered the game having accounted for almost 2,000 yards and 29 TDs — scored on runs of 4 and 1 yards before completing a 35 - yard touchdown pass to Jevon Holland, making it 22 - 7 just before halftime.

Just about everything went right for the Pats (special teams takeaway, blocked punt and kickoff return for a touchdown) as it often does for any team that runs away with a game.

Russell Wilson and the Seahawks weren't willing to crown the Broncos just yet, as a touchdown pass from Wilson to Golden Tate and a last - second 27 - yard touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch pulled the Seahawks to within two points, and the successful conversion knotted things up to send the contest to overtime.

The main objective of the game is to score more touchdowns than the opponent by the fourth quarter, but being a strategic, turn - based game, players can't just run up to the goal line and score freely.