Strikeforce Stride Past Vegas, 49-38
Published on July 12, 2026 under Indoor Football League (IFL)
Vegas Knight Hawks News Release
The Vegas Knight Hawks fell to the San Diego Strikeforce, 49-38 on Sunday evening at Lee's Family Forum.
Vegas took an early 13-0 lead from two Jayden De Laura touchdown passes to Quentin Randolph. The defense did their part by stopping the San Diego offense on fourth down on a goal-to-go situation. The Strikeforce wouldn't answer until 3:15 left in the first when QB Nate Davis ran in for a score, cutting the Vegas lead, 13-7.
Early into the second quarter, De Laura and Randolph connected for their third TD pass of the night, taking a 20-7 lead. San Diego would answer on their next play, bringing the Vegas lead back down to single digits, 20-14. At 3:09 of the second, Davis ran in for a touchdown to give San Diego their first lead of the night, 21-20. San Diego would find the endzone one more time right before the half, taking a 28-20 lead into the locker room.
San Deigo and Vegas each opened the second half with touchdown drives, raising the score to 35-26. A Marvin Grant Jr. interception would set up a Deshon Stoudemire touchdown, to bring the San Diego lead down to 35-32.
San Diego would start the fourth quarter with two touchdown drives, raising their lead to 49-32. Vegas would answer with Stoudemire's second TD grab of the game, cutting the score to 49-38 with four-minutes to go.
The Knight Hawks will be back at Lee's Family Forum for their final game of the regular season against Northern Arizona on Saturday, July 25.
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