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Gatto Does His Part For Texas

July 21, 2007 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Texas Copperheads News Release


HOUSTON, TX - The Texas Copperheads led by Kicker Nick Gatto, who has been solid in the second half of the season, provided all of the scoring for Texas as he hit on field goals of 32, 30, 34 and 43. Gatto is responsible for the Copperheads' 15 points in a three-game span.

Coming off a lackluster performance on the road last week, the Texas offense had a challenge in Tulsa's fourth-ranked defense. C.J. McLain paced Tulsa's staunch defense with four sacks as the Talons rolled to a 52-12 victory over the Texas Copperheads at the Richard E. Berry Center on Saturday night in front of 3,052 fans, the largest crowd in the Copperheads brief team history.

Texas quarterback Tony Eckert continued to struggle under center with 210 yards on 18-of-37 passing and three interceptions. Most notably, he failed to get the Copperheads in the end zone for the second straight game, extending a streak of 131:17 without getting into the end zone. The Copperheads (2-13) also own the title of worst offense in the league with 153.4 yards a game.

The two-headed Tulsa tandem of Joe Blankenship and Justin Allgood combined for 238 yards on 14-of-35 passing with four touchdowns. Tulsa started its scoring onslaught with Justin Allgood's 44-yard pass to Jermaine Landrum, who was named Offensive Player of the Game with 105 receiving yards and three touchdowns, one on the ground.

The Talons (13-2) then took advantage of two Copperheads special teams miscues as Jermaine Hope returned a net return to paydirt before Tulsa recovered an onside kick, leading to an Andre Forde 35-yard touchdown catch from Allgood. Landrum added two of his touchdowns to end the half and start the third quarter to move Tulsa to 13-2. The Talons, who average 57 points per game, clinched the National Conference Central Division title last week.

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