On Halloween night, in the FXFL Game of the week, the Brooklyn Bolts defeated the Boston Brawlers 23-16 at Harvard Stadium in Boston.
The Bolts improve to 3-0 and remain the only undefeated team in the FXFL, while the Brawlers fall to 1-3 on the season. With the win, Brooklyn becomes the first team in FXFL history to win on the road.
This game would not disappoint, with plenty of drama for a Halloween Night.
After a low scoring first half, Boston led Brooklyn 6-3 on the strength of 2 Field Goals by Boston Kicker Morgan Lineberry.
The game picked up in the second half, when Brooklyn QB Corey Robinson connected with Kareem Huggins, as he took the ball 66 yards for a Touchdown early in the third Quarter, and following a successful Nick Marsh Extra Point, Brooklyn led 10-6.
Boston’s kicker, Morgan Lineberry would then hit his third Field Goal of the night, and cut the deficit down to just one, at 10-9 with 5:53 left in the third Quarter.
Brooklyn would answer, late in the third, as Corey Robinson would connect with Diontae Spencer for his second Touchdown Pass of the game, and with another successful Extra Point attempt by Marsh, Brooklyn increased their lead to 17-9.
With Boston punting to Brooklyn to start the fourth Quarter, Brooklyn’s Kevin Fogg returned the Punt 84 yards for a Touchdown, and Brooklyn padded their lead, 23-9.
However, Tajh Boyd and the Brawlers would not go quietly into the Halloween night. Boyd connected with Wilson Van Hooser for a Touchdown with 9:28 left in the game to bring the game to within one Touchdown at 23-16.
The Bolts would then miss a Field Goal try and hand the ball back to Boston with 3:37 left in the game. However, Boston would quickly fumble the ball, which would be recovered by the Johnny Millard of the Bolts, with Brooklyn’s Jordan Dangerfield earning Nivea Men Play of the Night honors for the strip.
With the ball back, on Fourth and long, Brooklyn went for it, for a chance to ice the game, however Brooklyn failed to convert and Boston would get the ball back with 2:55 left in the game.
Tajh Boyd would drive the Brawlers down the field, and Boston would find themselves on Brooklyn’s 15 yard line, with 3 seconds left in the game, with a chance to tie the game.
On the final play of the game, Boyd threw a strike into the End zone, but it would be incomplete, and Boston would fall 23-16.
QB Corey Robinson and RB Kareem Huggins were the stars of the game for Brooklyn, while QB Tajh Boyd, RB Martin Hypollite, and Kicker Morgan Lineberry were the standouts for Boston in this game.
Boston heads to Omaha this Wednesday, for the second meeting between those two teams, on the nationally televised Game of the Week, and Brooklyn heads back home to take on the travelling Blacktips on Friday.
You can view highlights of the game below:
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