Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Go-Devils Snakebit By Rattlers (cont)

couldn't handle it as the ball rolled out of the end zone for a safety, and two more points for the Rattlers.

Kicking from the 20, Gurdon booted the ball to Brooks at the Rattler 38. Brooks gave his team excellent field position at the 49.

Chip Reeves lost three yards on first down, but the Devils were nailed for another unsportsmanlike call and 15 more yards for the Rattlers. Two plays gave the home team a first and goal at Gurdon's three.

Jeremy Rankin fumbled the ball into the end zone, but the Rattlers were able to recover for the score.

The point after was true, giving Murfreesboro a 43-0 lead.

Gurdon's offense did nothing after getting the ball at its 48 on a good runback by C. Charles, and turned the pigskin over on downs at the Rattler 43.

Murfreesboro did its best to let Gurdon score as the Rattlers fumbled for the sixth time, losing it for the fifth time in the game, with Terry Cornish picking up the loose ball, taking it to the 22.

The Rattlers were even more helpful by grabbing a handful of facemask and moving the ball to their 10 for Gurdon.

C. Charles took the pitch from Allen to the five, but the Devils burned themselves again, with a personal foul and loss of 15 to the 25.

Three pass attempts resulted in Allen being sacked twice.

The game looked no better statistically. Gurdon only had seven yards of offense in the first half, but had held the Rattlers to 11.

In the end, though, the Rattles managed 252 total yards, while Gurdon gained 75.

Gurdon quarterbacks were six of 17 for 41 yards, but suffered two interceptions. Terrell was eight of 12 for 165 yards.

The Devils punted three times for 96 yards, while Murfreesboro punted once for 35.

The penalty situation saw Gurdon flagged nine times for 91 yards, while the zebras nailed the home team eight times for 60 yards.

Gurdon lost six of 10 fumbles, while the Rattlers lost five of six.

The Rattlers struck for 17 first downs, while allowing Gurdon six.

The Devils ran more offensive plays than their hosts, 49-38, but only gained 34 yards on the ground in 32 carries, while allowing 87 on 26 rushes.

Gurdon's leading ground gainer was C. Charles, who gained 23 yards on five carries. M. Charles netted six yards on 13 attempts.

While playoff hopes have dimmed somewhat for the 3-5 Devils, who fell to 3-3 in 7A-West play with the loss, they are still alive.

Murfreesboro is alone at the top and has clinched the league title. Mineral Springs will wind up finishing second on the conference, while Horatio will most likely end up in third place.

Fourth place, at this time, is held by Stamps and Gurdon, both with 3-3 marks. However, Stamps holds the advantage over the Devils by way of a 28-15 win on Oct. 11.

Gurdon winds up its regular season Nov. 8 at home hosting Horatio, 7-2, 4-2, while Stamps travels to Dierks for a game against the 2-4, 3-6, Outlaws.

In other 7A-West games, Mineral Springs dropped Stamps 25-16; Dierks blanked winless Lewisville 22-0; and Horatio pounded Foreman 30-6.