HOUSTON-Barney Brant threw four touchdown passes in leading the Houston Hotshots to a 41-26 victory over the Sacramento Knights in Week 11 of the CIFL season.
Houston opened the game with a 5-play, 55-yard drive. Martin Seal would finish it off with a 42-yard field goal to take a 3-0 lead with 11:41 to go in the first quarter. Dennis Sentry was picked off by Denver Teal at the Hotshots 32-yard line. But the subsequent drive was thwarted when Lovell Pyle fumbled and Drew Bumpers recovered for Sacramento at the Knights 38-yard line. Sentry would then get intercepted again, as Esteban Reed picked him off at the Houston 30-yard line. The Hotshots would turn it over again when Louis Abernathy picked off Brant at the Sacramento 22-yard line. The Knights would go three-and-out, and Houston would go 49 yards on 6 plays. Brant would take it on a 15-yard quarterback keeper to make it 10-0 with 2:35 to go in the first.
Sacramento would then respond with a 7-play, 57-yard drive. Shane Sandlin would finish it off with a 40-yard field goal to make it 10-3 with 14:10 remaining in the second quarter. The Hotshots would punt, and the Knights moved into scoring position, but Sandlin's 34-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Van Bojovic who returned it 39 yards to the Sacramento 27-yard line. After a 5-play, 24-yard line, Seal would kick a 20-yard field goal to make it 13-3 with 5:39 remaining in the half. Sacramento then went 57 yards on 6 plays. Bernest Herbert ended the drive with a 2-yard touchdown run to make it 13-10 with 2:42 remaining in the second. Houston then made a 13-play, 79-yard drive that ended with Brant tossing a 1-yard touchdown pass to Jerris Vaughn with 3 seconds to go to put the Hotshots up 20-10 at the half.
The third quarter was relatively quiet. Sandlin would miss a 37-yard field goal attempt early on, then Brant would get picked off by Cleveland Newby who took it 31 yards to the Houston 34-yard line. Sacramento would line up for a 36-yard field goal attempt from Sandlin, but it turned into a fake, and Clift Austin's intended pass to Sandlin fell incomplete. The Hotshots then went on a 7-play, 81-yard drive. Brant threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Hank Olive to make it 27-10 with 1:48 remaining in the third quarter.
The Knights answered with a 12-play, 72-yard drive. Sentry finished off the drive with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Tibbs to make it 27-17 with 13:22 remaining in the fourth quarter. Houston would punt, but Chet Quince would fumble and Manuel Ball recovered for the Hotshots at the Sacramento 32-yard line. On the next play, Brant hit Vaughn for a 32-yard touchdown pass to make it 34-17 with 11:01 left in the fourth. The Knights would drive to the Houston 1-yard line but were turned away on fourth down. The Hotshots would punt, then Sentry would get picked off by Donnell Arnell in the end zone, but he took it out and was tackled at the Houston 1-yard line. He might have been better off staying in the end zone, as Olive was tackled in the end zone by Sammy Casper in the end zone for a safety making it 34-19 with 3:32 to go in the fourth quarter. After receiving the safety kick, Sacramento went on a 9-play, 61-yard drive. Sentry threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Tibbs making it 34-26 with 44 seconds to go. Sacramento couldn't recover the onside kick, then in what could be described as a large middle finger to the Knights, Brant threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Mike Borstett with 15 seconds to go to end a 3-play, 40-yard drive and put Houston up 41-26 to end the game.
Houston (6-4) gained 481 yards of total offense. The Hotshots ran for 126 yards on 34 carries. Richie Buckner led the team with 64 yards on 11 carries. Brant went 22-of-34 passing for 306 yards, 4 TD and 2 INT and was not sacked. Vaughn led the receivers with 6 catches for 122 yards and 2 TD. The Hotshots will visit the Detroit Neon next week.
Sacramento (2-8) gained 431 yards of total offense. The Knights ran for 89 yards on 17 carries. Sentry led the team with 30 yards on 8 carries. He went 23-of-49 passing for 350 yards, 2 TD and 3 INT, He was sacked twice, losing 8 yards. Herb Inman led the receivers with 7 catches for 137 yards. The Knights host the Michigan Bombers next week.
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