
April 9, 2011SABERCATSPAGE
SAN JOSE - The San Jose SaberCats (3-2) defeated the Utah Blaze (2-2),75-55 for their second divisional win of the season thanks to a balanced effort on both sides of the ball. San Jose put together 311 yards in total offense with the defense forcing Utah to turn the ball over on downs three times on Friday night along with two turnovers.OwnerHead Coach Darren Arbet was happy with the effort his squad puttogether and hopes this is something they can build on heading into next week.Were a young football team and that was a big win, it was a big timeconfidence builder, and were just going to get better and better everyweek, the guys are starting to jell together now and hopefully we can make another jump next week."San Jose's offense was in high gear at the beginning of the game scoring a pair of rushing touchdowns as FBLB Chad Cook rushed for the first of his two rushing touchdowns of the quarter and WR Nichiren Flowers scored the first rushing touchdown of his career. Utah answered with a 14-yard touchdown pass from QB Tommy Grady to WR Ernie Pierce and a rushing touchdown to tie the score at 14 at the end of the first quarter.After the first of WR Samora Goodson's career-high four touchdownreceptions, the teams traded touchdowns putting San Jose up 33-28. Defensive Player of the Game DL George Hypolite's first career forcedfumble on fourth down shifted the momentum in the SaberCats favor andgave San Jose the ball with seconds left on the clock.He was pleased to see the defense execute against the Blaze tonight,Collectively, in practice we saw some things that we thought we couldexploit and I was really proud that we took it from practice andtransferred it over to the game.SaberCats QB Mark Grieb hit Samora Goodson for a two-yard touchdown pass to cap off a perfect 16-for-16 effort to put San Jose up 40-28 at the half.The third quarter opened with Grieb's nine-yard touchdown pass to Goodson who had a career high eleven receptions. San Jose continued to put pressure on Grady highlighted by DL Adam Huebner's second sack of the year and quarterback hurries throughout the game from DL Francis Maka, DL Chris Perri, and Hypolite. The third quarter ended with San Jose leading 47-34.The fourth quarter kicked off with two quick touchdowns includingGoodson's fourth touchdown reception of the game. The score remained the same until WR Chido Nwokocha scored his first career touchdown on a30-yard pass from Mark Grieb with just over three minutes remaining. Utah answered with a touchdown but was unable to stop Chad Cook, who ran for a career-high four rushing touchdowns and a total of 33 yards as he recorded his fifth consecutive game with at least two touchdowns. Cook's touchdown sealed the victory as San Jose notched a 75-55 victory over the Blaze.The SaberCats (3-2) travel to Tulsa to take on the Talons (1-3) for their first ever matchup on Saturday, April 16 at 5:00 PDT.
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