Bird shuts out Manchester

Jun 5, 2001
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A game that was 0-0 with only seconds left in the first half took a turn into something totally different in the second half as Bird wins 35-0.

L. C. Bird 0 7 14 14 - 35
Manchester 0 0 0 0 - 0

LCB Townsend 4 yard pass from Elliott (Riley Kick)
LCB Wright 7 yard run (kick failed)
LCB Elliott 1 yard run (Moore pass from Elliott)
LCB Wright 13 yard run (Riley Kick)
LCB Pate 30 yard pass from Elliott (Riley Kick)

LCB Manchester
24 First Downs 8
469 Total Yards 188
60-388 Rushing 18-42
4-9-81 Passing 8-26-146
6-48 Penalties 4-20
0 Turnovers 0
31:57 Time of Poss 16:03

Rushing: LCB: J Wright 36-267 (2 TD), Elliott 13-63 (TD), McCall 8-42, Pate 1-13, D Wright 2-3; MAN Clarke 11-20, Hamlet 2-11, Hall 5-11

Passing: LCB: Elliott 4-8-81-2TD-0 Int, Pate 0-1-0-0-0; MAN Clarke 8-26-146-0-0

Receiving: LCB: Townsend 2-10 (TD), Ross 1-41, Pate 1-30 (TD); MAN Hamlet 3-54, Ricks 3-26. Rose 1-54, Conner 1-12

Bird scored on five consecutive possessions with drives of 87, 55, 50, 91 and 56 yards.
Manchester was 1-10 on third down and 0-4 on 4th down. Bird was 2 for 9 on third down, but converted 3 of those on 4th down.

Bird's J.B. Wright has 784 yards through 4 games. If he continues on that pace and Bird makes the playoffs he would be the 5th DIFFERENT running back in the last 5 years to rush for 2000 or more yards in a season. Bird has had a 2000 yard rusher for 5 consecutive years with Yahkee Johnson doing it in both 2010 and 2011.