This is a log of the greatest SCAB games by year. Rather than a list of players or teams, records or stats abstracted from the competitions, this is a hall of fame for the games, an account of the most significant or dramatic or thrilling moments, events, situations and the players and teams involved. It includes regular season as well as tournament games, not just the championship games. The main log is in chronological order, descending by year, to keep the progression of the season for those games as well. The games were not ranked and re-ordered.

Cavalry 33, Little Bighorn 37

October 7
#14 Cavalry hosted #19 Little Bighorn in an early conference meeting and just as the topsy-turvy started right away for the Clan, the fireworks started early in the game. The Ambushers scored on the second play from scrimmage on a 69-yard pass from QB Phillip DeSkript to RB Skender Lyve, then on their next possession, DeSkript covered 65 yards himself on a run. [0-14] The Galloping Ghosts answered FG for TD, until they intercepted DeSkript and RB Dudley Pale took it in from 21 yards, the score at half 16-21. Pale scored again on a 27-yard run to start the 3rd, though it capped a 14-play drive. And Cavalry dominated the 3rd quarter, adding another FG and TD as Little Bighorn had only 5 plays from scrimmage, including a punt and a fumble. [33-21] But right after that, The Ambushers took over again, with a 50-yard pass to WR Goos Haywire, then two plays later a 36-yarder for the TD. [33-28] Haywire had two catches in a row on the next drive of 48 and 26 leading to the 6-yard TD pass to TE Luther Weeper. The Ambushers tried for 2 points but failed, but then intercepted Cavalry QB Charlie Doan-Serf and got a 46-yard FG to extend the lead anyway, 33-37. They stopped 2 Galloping Ghost drives after that and killed about half the remaining 4th with a drive of their own. DeSkript had 350 yards and 4 TDs passing, 80 yards and a TD rushing; Haywire 168 yards and a TD on his 5 catches. Pale rushed for 162 yards and the 2 TDs.

Pencilmania 33, Lady Warship 28

October 7
The same day, the Non-Conference had a game that didn't just rival that one (see above), but was remarkably similar. Unranked Pencilmania certainly looked it when #18 Lady Warship came to town, for 3 quarters. Once again, a big score on the 2nd play from scrimmage: a 79-yard run by Fighting Seamen QB Colm Waters. But The Big Lead answered right away, thanks to a 46-yard pass from QB Dulles Adornob to WR Yusei Watt, then the 10-yard TD pass to WR Kostandin Dakorna. Lady Warship, however, built up a 28-10 lead by the 3rd quarter, thanks to 229 yards and 2 TDs passing and 121 and a TD rushing from Waters, and 156 yards and a TD receiving from WR Fuzzy Balzac. Then in the 4th came Pencilmania's amazing rally, 3 TDs. They converted 2-point tries on the first two, so a FG could win [26-28]. After the Fighting Seamen recovered the onsides kick, they were incredibly picked off on a freak play where Waters flung the ball as he was being tackled, not clear whether intended. The Big Lead got first downs on three straight plays, on a 19-yard run by RB Dudley Dull, a 10-yard pass to Watt and an 11-yard pass to Dakorna, putting them on the Lady Warship 4. No need for a FG: Adornob carried it in from there. Dull rushed for 103 yards and the TD, and had 49 yards receiving; Adornob passed for 223 yards and 2 TDs, rushed for 50 and the TD.

Corncob 15, Kootsville Tech 14

October 14
Corncob's win over Kootsville Tech in 2020 was their first since 2001, and burst that bubble, but both teams were lower on the totem pole. Their meeting this year saw rising #13 Corncob host #3 Kootsville Tech on the way to the former's first Little 10 title since 1976, their only two, and the spectacular climax was a turnabout, too, the stuff of so much Kootsville lore turned against them. The Spitters dominated the game statistically with 270 yards passing by QB Felix Seited to just 88 for the Kernels' Micah Caine, and with 12 catches and 121 yards by WR Harrison Dunne, and 79 yards rushing and 29 receiving from RB Earl Baron. Corncob's main offense was RB Jelle Belli, who totaled 85 yards for the game, until . . . Yet the Kernels managed three FGs to lead 9-0 at half.
     After a drive from their own 20-yard line killed by an interception at the Corncob 10, Kootsville had two more that ended in TDs, on a 2-yard pass to Dunne and a 1-yard pass to Baron [9-14], and appeared to be grinding out the win as the teams traded punts and CU even missed another FG attempt. The Spitters then drove to the Kernels' 27, where on 4th down, rather than a FG, they went for it. Seited ended up scrambling for 8 yards, but short of a first down. Corncob took over with less than 2 minutes remaining. Caine threw to WR Golden Graham for 11 yards, then picked up 5 yards himself to the 35. The next play was a give inside to freshman RB Phillip Burgers, in hopes of catching Kootsville in prevent to set up for a closer pass or even hail Mary attempt. Burgers zipped through the line, wove his way to find blockers downfield, and beat out the last couple of anglers: 65 yards to put Corncob ahead by a point. With enough time left for a kick return and a play, the Kernels went for 2 points, but failed on an imcomplete pass. No miracle return or hail Mary for Kootsville and the one-point win was as dramatic that way as if it by making a conversion.

DeSade S&M 31, Cretin 27

November 11
#12 Cretin was already out of the conference race when they travelled to meet defending SCAB champs and #4 DeSade S&M, but this showdown between two highly touted freshman QBs was full of big plays and gave a big scare to the Leathermen. For the Asses, Arlo Asteem passed for 296 yards and 2 TDs, 111 yards of that to WR Ahmad Dapiz Ahutt, including an 80-yard TD on the next play from scrimmage after DeSade's 2nd FG in the first quarter. [6-7] Then, again, when The Leathermen took the lead on a 6-play, 70-yard drive as the half was winding down, Asteem connected with RB Bjorn Madd for a 66-yard TD pass play two plays later, and the final play of the half. [13-14] Asteem started the 2nd half with a 45-yard pass to WR Jeffrey Kenmook that led to another TD, a 4-yard run by TE Egon Fase, then took charge defensively into the 4th quarter, while adding 2 FGs. [13-27] DeSade S&M answered the last one with one of their own, then got a short field from a Cretin botched punt to set up a 4-yard TD run from Justin Joyett, the top-rated recruit in the class replacing Sherwood Feelgood, who led them to the championship and won the Demetrius Award. Joyett then threw to WR Gabe Ashe for a 2-point conversion. [24-27] Cretin recovered an onsides kick and used 7 plays to drive to the Leatherman 22, eating up the clock and threatening to score. With a 4th down and 8, they chose to go for the first down, and failed with just a 3-yard gain on a run. They stopped DeSade's first play for no gain. Then Joyett showed what all the fuss was about: he ran 78 yards for a TD. His numbers for the game: 26 of 37 passes for 257 yards and a TD, 6 rushes for 85 yards 2 TDs.

Mountain Valley 27, Kootsville Tech 32

September 3
A season opener with #9 Kootsville Tech visiting #8 Mountain Valley was a thriller because of huge scoring plays. The Choirboys were trying to move back into conference and league contention, to rival teams like the Spitters, who had maintained their perennial status with QB Jerome Damfalt. After Mountain Valley drove to a field goal on the opening drive, Damfalt scored on a 66-yard run. [3-7] The teams traded field goals, Choirboy QB Baron Sole scored on a 48-yard run of his own. [13-10] Mountain Valley scored next, but the Spitters replied with an 80-yard pass play from Damfalt to WR Harrison Dunne. That's where it stood at half, 20-17, and until the 4th quarter, when the Choirboys blocked a punt and recovered in the end zone. [27-17] But again, Damfalt struck big, 75-yards to WR Elias Smith-Jones, and RB Earl Baron added 2 points on a conversion run. [27-25] Kootsville Tech got more than a FG, as they stopped Mountain Valley and drove in 8 plays to score, on 10-yard pass from Damfalt to TE Cass Tanetz. [27-32] They also converted a 4th down on the drive on a 15-yard pass from Damfalt to Smith-Jones. The Choirboys looked like they were in the same class, but lost another big game. Sole passed for only 165 yards, but rushed for 70 and a TD, while Damfalt threw for 321 yards and 3 TDs and ran for 73 and a TD. Smith-Jones had 6 catches for 141 yards and a TD, Dunne 4 for 115 and a TD.

Cretin 26, Puke 27

September 3
Defeinding champion Puke wasn't getting respect to start the season after losing star WR Ellis Dee to graduation, so they came into #14 Cretin's home ranked only #6. They found out just how much of a loss Dee was as they had to fight for their lives with RB Yuri Pulsiv right down to the wire and hold on to break up a 2-point play to keep from losing. The Mess ground out a 20-9 lead through 3 quarters, but then it all exploded in the 4th. The Asses scored twice quickly to start the last quarter: a 35-yard pass from QB Egon Fase to WR Ahmad Dapiz Ahutt set up an 8-yard TD pass to RB Rory Lyon, and 2-point conversion on a 3-yard run by RB Bjorn Madd; after recovering a fumble by Puke QB Vince Spleen 3 plays later, a 46-yard FG by K Ahmad Datako Bell tied it up 20-20. Puke then showed off their power running game on a drive with 10 runs and 2 passes, both incomplete. Pulsiv finished it with a 15-yard TD run. Cretin answered with a 50-yard pass play to Dapiz Ahutt that set them up at the Mess 18-yard line, and scored 3 plays later from the 4 on a run by WR Benedict Toomey. Then came the crucial moment, the 2-point attempt for the win. Fase faked a handoff and bootlegged, then threw to the endzone, but it skipped off the hands of 3 different players, 2 for Puke, who converged. The Mess then recoved the onsides kick, and they had escaped. Pulsiv had 120 yards rushing and a TD. Dapiz Ahutt had 104 yards receiving, though Puke WR Luther Lunch had 103.

Kootsville Tech 19, Pencilmania 19

September 10
A week after #5 Kootsville Tech's thriller with Mountain Valley, and #19 Pencilmania's with Porkbelly (they lost 26-24 and dropped from #17), the latter got a result that even though it wasn't a win was historic for their program because of the opponent, both where the Spitters were in history and in this season. The Big Lead jumped out to a 10-0 lead on their first two possessions, thanks to a 62-yard field goal by K Gabriel Name, then after an interception, a 1-yard TD run by RB Dudley Dull set up by a 31-yard pass play from QB Luther Marbles to WR Bennett Werk. Kootsville managed only a FG in response the rest of the first half. In the 2nd half, Spitter RB Earl Baron erupted with TD runs of 39 and 67 yards, on either side of another Pencilmania FG, missing an extra point on the 2nd, then recovering a fumble to set up a FG that put them up 19-13 midway through the 3rd. The Big Lead drove right back following that to a 55-yard FG by Name. They had a FG attempt blocked in the early part of the 4th quarter, but then had an 11-play drive from their own 17 to the Kootsville 30, where Name made a 47-yarder to salvage the tie -- more like snatch the victory from the mighty Spitters. Pencilmania held Kootsville and QB Jerome Damfalt to 94 yards passing. Baron rushed for 165 yards, the Big Lead's Dull for 103. Name was 4 of 4 on FG attempts, averaging 50.25.

Intrepid Oak 36, Bunyan 35

October 29
Neither team was ranked, nor in any meaningful position, and they would finish 8th and 9th in the 10 Clan. But sometimes we're reminded of how it's the game itself, regardless of status or prize. These teams put on a shootout like no other the whole season, with Intrepid Oak playing catch-up on a two-score lead until their own 2-score swing in the 4th. Big plays abounded, especially for Bunyan WR Kennedy N. Bacon, who would finish with 15 receptions for 215 yards and 2 TDs. But even that peformance would be topped the same day, see below. Worrywarts QB Sherwood Bieneis threw for 317 yards and 4 TDs, and ran for 39 yards and a TD; Lumberack QB Luca Plane passed for 304 yards and 2 TDs, and rushed for 56 and a TD.
      After a TD on the 2nd possession of the game, Bunyan blocked a punt and returned it 19 yards for a TD to jump out to 14-0. Two plays later, Bieneiss connected with TE N.Q. Bator on a 50-yard TD pass. Then after an interception, the Worrywarts tied the game at the beginning of the 2nd quarter. The Lumberjacks moved out to 28-14, then 35-21 on the first play of the 4th quarter. After picking off Bieneiss, Bunyan gave the ball right back on their own 30-yard line on a fumble by RB Hermanus DeBest. On 4th down, Intrepid Oak scored on a 21-yard pass to WR Frank Statement. Another pass to Statement got them 2 points to make it 29-35. Incredibly, the Lumberjacks bumbled a punt play, a bad snap leading to an incomplete pass, on their own 42. The Worrywarts took 9 plays to drive to a 4-yard TD run by Bieneis. Bunyan had time to get to their own 43 where they set up for a 60-yard FG attempt. A personal foul called on Intrepid Oak then moved them 15 yards closer, to set up again for a 45-yarder. And after all the extra suspense, they missed. Worrywarts pulled it out.

Marxist Orthodox 31, Holy Grail 31

October 29
Marxist Orthodox was ranked #6 when unranked Holy Grail came calling, a reversal of status with the latter just two years removed from a SCAB championship. As well as a stunner from the Swallows, then a thriller with the Big Red rallying, only to have victory snatched from both at the end, this game produced the greatest performance by yardage for a reciever in league history. Marx WR Wallace Cummin-Downe piled up 268 yards and 3 TDs on 10 receptions. He had TD pass plays of 80 and 74 yards, helping his QB Godzimir Wim to 379 yards passing, while Holy Grail QB Burton DeHand threw for 256 yards, 169 of that to WR Evan Sake on 12 catches. There were 4 scores in the 4th quarter. After the Swallows scored to go up 28-17 came the 74-yarder on a bomb from Wim, then a failed attempt at a 2-point conversion. [23-28] The Big Red forced a three-and-out, and drove in 6 plays to an 11-yard TD pass to Cummin-Downe. This time the 2-point play succeeded to make up for the previous. [31-28] The Swallows drove to the Marx 33-yard line, where K Jurislav Enlywench drove home a 50-yard FG as the final blow that left no one on top.

Northwestsoutheastern 17, Cretin 17

October 29
The same day another tie in the Pack would have even greater consequences. No. 15 Cretin reached up to #2 Northwestsoutheastern and pulled them down enough to allow DeSade S&M the outright conference championship. Fighting Pacifist QB Lawton Common passed for 306 yards, and Cretin WR Benedict Toomey tallied 176 yards on 8 receptions. Despite the big gains, the Fighting Pacifists led only 17-9 in the 4th quarter, after answering the Asses' first TD with a FG. What the game came down to was next: an incredible 18-play drive by Cretin that consumed more than 8 minutes of the 4th quarter. It included two 4th-down conversions, including a 4th and 11 yards from the Asses' own 49 on which RB Bjorn Madd ran for 13 yards. Cretin had failed on a 2-point attempt after their previous TD, so after the 6-yard TD pass from QB Egon Fase to TE Hal Widlafter, the pass to WR Ahmad Dapiz Ahutt for 2 points tied the game. Nwse would move to the Cretin 34 to try a 51-yard FG with seconds left, but it fell short.

Eastern Semifinal: Puke 23, DeSade S&M 24

December 10
The decision not to attempt a 2-point conversion late in the 4th quarter, leaving the lead 6 rather than 7 points, may remain as the biggest what-if in Puke history for a long time. Nobody knows what might've happened if they had succeeded and the game had gone to overtime, but what we do know is that DeSade S&M's following TD drive gave them the win because of the extra point, and that kept Puke from going to the championship a second straight year and four years in a row. The Mess would return to win the next two, 3 in 4 years with the class of QB Vince Spleen, RB Yuri Pulsiv and TE Danko Hole. They were defending champs and ranked #1 coming into this game, but the Leathermen had already stolen some of their thunder, as they had conference rival Northwestsoutheastern, with QB Sherwood Feelgood riding the boosted passing attack to a Demetrius Award, keeping Spleen from a 2nd straight. Feelgood passed for 324 yards and 3 TDs here, to 263 and 2 for Spleen. And of course Puke didn't stop DeSade on that following drive. The Leathermen went 80 yards in 7 plays, including a 46-yard pass from Feelgood to WR Gabe Ashe and the 17-yard pass to RB Cas Tyron Balz for the TD. K Lyon Down drove home the point of the extra point bigger than ever. DeSade went on to win the championship, the 2nd for the school.

Moonshine St. 35, Little Bighorn 28

September 4
Little Bighorn got the pre-season #1 ranking on the basis of their previous year victory over Heroes of Polar Exploration Memorial College, and hosted #5 Moonshine St. starting life without Cody Pendant. But the Bootleggers were not ready to decline. Freshman QB Macon Dew was more than ready with the veteran squad remaining, and Moonshine jumped out to a 21-0 lead, thanks also to surprising power from their rush, with RBs Trey Selament and Bennet Theophus scoring on runs of 31 and 49 yards, respectively. But the Ambushers rallied back across the 2nd and 3rd quarters to tie. Then the teams traded scores at the end of the 3rd -- there were 4 TDs in the 3rd quarter altogether -- Little Bighorn RB Buster Capp setting up the latter with a 45-yard run. The teams held the deadlock through most of the 4th, until the Bootleggers intercepted Ambusher QB Major Day to start at their own 15-yard line. It took them 5 plays to cover the distance, the last 4 a 26-yard pass from Dew to TE Lewis Leaky-Fawcett, a 17-yard Theophus run, a 19-yard pass to WR Thurston Ten, and the 24-yard scoring run by Theophus. Day threw for 254 yards and 3 TDs, to 241 yards and a TD for Dew. Theophus rushed for 125 yards and 2 TDs and had 35 yards receiving. Capp rushed for 111 yards and a TD, and had 37 and a TD receiving. Little Bighorn WR Luke Lively led all receivers with 99 yards, and had a TD.

UPRNY 29, Northwestsoutheastern 31

September 4
#4 Northwestsoutheastern was ready to take off with QB Lawton Common, but #20 Puerto Rico in New York QB Sultan Pepper put on his own show and gave the Fighting Pacifists a big scare. Common showed off his running with a 39-yard run to open scoring in the 1st quarter. He led them to 17-0 before the quarter was done. Then Pepper connected with WR Seymour Seitz on a 42-yard TD pass in the 2nd, to serve notice. There were 4 TDs in the 3rd, the teams exchanging as Nwse extended the lead to 24-7, then 31-14, only to have Pepper come back with a 29-yard TD pass to WR Angel Wichu, to close to 21-31. In the 4th, the Sharks held tough until with under 3 minutes remaining, Pepper scored on a 12-yard run, then threw to TE Felipe Diddleswich for a 2-point conversion, to make it 29-31, where a field goal could win. The Sharks then recovered the onsides kick at the Pacifist 43. But the Pacifists held. Pepper passed for 237 yards and 3 TDs, to just 180 for Common, who also had 3 interceptions, but ran for 89 yards and a score. Diddleswich had 94 yards receiving.

Kootsville Tech. 24, Whooperville A&M 20

September 25
It took 20 years for Whooperville A&M to return to power and make the SCAB'S original rivalry a contest again. But in 2020, Kootsville Tech. still pulled out a close contest to continue their domination. Fighting Junebug RB Elwood Juno, their major recruiting coup that had turned their program around, scored on a 77-yard run to open that contest and serve notice. This time, Whooperville was ranked #4 when they came into #11 Kootsville Tech's house, but the Spitters had scored an 11th-hour recruiting coup of their own with RB Earl Baron. The two backs would put on a contest worthy of the great games of this rivalry in the 70s and 80s. Juno would strike first again, with consecutive runs of 27 yards and then 39 for a TD on the Junebug's 2nd series. Baron followed right up with a 26-yard run on Kootsville's next possesion, and then QB Jerome Damfalt, who'd been the 100-yard rusher for the Spitters the year before, led them to the tying score, with a 10-yard pass to TE Bruce Dribbs.
      The teams traded field goals in the 2nd quarter, then after another Whooperville field goal in the 3rd, traded TDs. The Spitters went ahead 17-13 on a 4-yard pass to WR Elias Smith-Jones, the Junebugs took back the lead 20-17 on a 15-yard pass from QB Luke Ford Tuitt to WR Dennis Head Komoff, their latest ace recruit. It turned into as thrilling and dramatic a defensive struggle, with the teams trading interceptions on the next two possessions going into the 4th, then punts. The Junebugs then stalled at the Kootsville 39 and gambled on a 56-yard field goal, to try to extend the lead to a TD. K Thather Doohickey missed, and on the next play Baron became a part of the lore of this game and Kootsville Tech. He ran 61-yards for the winner, and Whooperville had still not beaten the Spitters since their rise. The Junebugs would get the last laugh, winning the Little 10 championship, but their fans would have to suffer another year without beating the Spitters. Baron finished with 124 yards and a TD rushing, Juno with 139 and a TD. Neither QB topped 200 passing, and Dribbs led all receivers with 96 yards.
      Baron's run echoed the 2014 Kootsville game against Northwestsoutheastern, when Doug Wells broke a 48-yard run to win the game, considered one of the greatest games of all (see here), and the 2015 SCAB Championship winner, TE D.O. Durant's 64-yard run on a reverse. But it also echoed the greatest games of this rivalry, the 1986 and 1987 entries, won by the Fighting Junebugs in dramatic fashion, 25-24 and 31-28.

Pencilmania 23, Bleeding Heart 24

September 25
Pencilmania was ranked #13 and was making their bid for contention in the Non-Conference, and unranked Bleeding Heart was one of the former powers the Big Lead had surpassed. They scored on a 58-yard field goal in the 4th quarter to extend their lead to 23-10, having taken control with their new stars, RB Dudley Dull, QB Luther Marbles who passed for 281 yards, and TE Stacy Ted Pleese who had 118 yards receiving. But right after that score, the Doves QB Elwood U. Kehr sparked two quick scoring drives, one with 4 straight passes, including the 9-yard TD to WR Victor Victoria, then the 2nd with a 43-yard run of his own to set up the 2-yard score by RB Leary O'Trouble. Pencilmania drove to the Bleeding Heart 14, but then Marbles was picked off at the 3 to seal the deal. Kehr finished with 245 yards passing, Victoria with 10 catches for 146 yards.

Porkbelly 28, Northwestsoutheastern 28

October 9
Northwestsoutheastern was ranked #8, and Holy Grail was upset this same day by Footmouth, giving the Fighting Pacifists a chance to take the Pack lead. But Porkbelly's unranked status didn't keep them from making things messy for their chief rival. The Swine would not stay down, and rallied to lead 14-13 at half, then 21-20 in the 4th quarter. With about 4 minutes left in the game, Porkbelly blocked a Nwse punt and recovered on the latter's 2-yard line, then scored on the next play, a run by RB Amal Inne, to stretch the lead to 8. QB Lawton Common then showed why he had been a top recruit, even playing another position for a year to wait for the QB role to open up at Nwse. Common carried the ball 4 times, for 2, 2, 22 and 29 yards. Then he threw 20 yards to TE Visal Durispekt. Then he threw to RB Caesar Christ for the 2-point conversion, to tie the game. The Pacifists had to salvage a tie, but it would be the difference for them to finish ahead of Cretin and Holy Grail for the conference title. Porkbelly got 110 yards rushing from freshman RB Macon Money, and 123 yards receiving from WR Etienne Dovetoday. Common had 199 yards and 2 TDs passing and ran for 86 yards, while Nwse WR Micah Moshun had 90 yards and a TD receiving.

Birddrops 20, Moonshine St. 17

October 16
Moonshine St. had moved up to #1 when they went to face #3 Birddrops. It was the next big Little 10 clash after the Kootsville Tech v. Whooperville A&M game. The Bootleggers had freshman QB Macon Dew, rated #9 in the recruiting class, replacing Cody Pendant, but Birddrops had the 2nd best rated QB and #4 overall recruit in Amos True. Some thought he was the best QB. On this day he showed why. Moonshine was in control 17-6 at half, but in the 3rd quarter, True finished a 9-play drive with a 32-yard scramble for a TD. Then in the 4th, after Birddrops forced a turnover on downs on a botched Moonshine St. punt play, True led them in again, scoring on a 9-yard pass to RB Bayer Leeve. True passed for 235 yards and a TD and rushed for 82 yards and a TD. Dew was held to 167 yards and a TD, and intercepted twice. Moonshine RB Bennett Theophus rushed for 101 yards and a TD and had 50 yards receiving.

Bleeding Heart 28, Puke 21

October 16
Puke would go on to win the conference title and the SCAB championship, but they would've been undefeated if it hadn't been for this game, when, ranked #2, they travelled to #19 Bleeding Heart and were handed their only loss of the season. It was the only time freshman QB Vince Spleen was held under 200 yards passing (197), and he had no TD passes but was intercepted 3 times. RB Yuri Pulsiv held up the Mess offense with 156 yards rushing and 3 TDs, but it was Doves who ruled this day, with QB Elwood U. Kehr completing 21 of 33 passes for 238 yards and 3 TDs and rushing for 62 yards and another TD, and RB Hugh Manatee pounding away for 104 yards rushing and 37 receiving. Puke star WR Ellis Dee was held to 3 catches for 30 yards, while Bleeding Heart's Victor Victoria had 8 catches for 65 yards and 2 TDs. The Doves led 14-7 at half, then responded to each tying Puke score with another TD to take the lead, including a 4-yard run by Kehr at the beginning of the 4th quarter that proved the winner. Puke was held from the end zone for the 4th and even finished the game at the Dove 34-yard line.

Cavalry 24, Little Bighorn 25

November 6
#13 Cavalry nearly derailed #8 Little Bighorn's showdown with HPEMC for the Clan title, but the Ambushers pulled it out in a thriller. Deadlocked 10-10 at half, the teams didn't score again till the end of the 3rd, when they went on a 4-score streak that decided the game. The Galloping Ghosts took the lead again on a 1-yard run by star RB Dudley Pale after a drive that included a 33-yard pass from QB Charlie Doan-Serf to WR Jason Crooks. The Ambushers struck back in 2 plays: a 27-yard pass from QB Major Day to WR Luke Lively, then a 60-yard run by Day himself for the TD. He also kept it for a 2-point conversion and gave Little Bighorn the lead 18-17. Cavalry cooled it off with a 10-play drive to another Pale TD run, this of 6 yards. The Ambushers took it right back in 7 plays, including a 33-yard pass to TE Luther Weeper, a 19-yard run by star RB Buster Capp, and a 9-yard pass for the TD to RB Skender Lyve. Day finished with 238 yards and 2 TDs passing, 66 and a TD rushing, and Weeper led all receiers with 108 yards. Pale had 53 yards and 2 TDs rushing, Capp 67.

Cavalry 30, Bigfoot 35

November 13
A week after nearly upsetting Little Bighorn, #13 Cavalry suffered a more improbable defeat at the hands of unranked Bigfoot, in an even wilder game. The Galloping Ghosts scored a field goal on their first possession, but after the Trackers scored a TD on a 20-yard pass from QB Buck Hunter to WR Albee Amonki Sunkle near the end of the 1st quarter, they never gave up the lead again. There was a score on every possession of the 2nd half except the first and last, both of those ending with an interception. After Cavalry pulled to 23-28 in the 4th on a 2-yard pass to Crooks, but a failed 2-point attempt, the Trackers scored on a 74-yard pass to TE Albee Gottamt. The Galloping Ghosts then drove 81 yards in 11 plays including a 36-yard Crooks reception and a 4th-down conversion, to a 6-yard TD pass to TE Warren Ng. Bigfoot recovered the onsides kick to win the game. Hunter surprisingly surpassed Cavalry's freshman sensation QB Doan-Serf in passing, 359 yards and 4 TDs, to 335 and 3. There were four 100-yard receivers in the game: Cavalry's Crooks 189 and a TD, and WR Luca Giftors 101 and a TD; Bigfoot's Gottamt 111 and a TD, and Amonki Sunkle 141 and a TD. Bigfoot WR Fazir Banni also had 81 yards and 2 TDs in receptions.

Pencilmania 28, Old Diehard 29

November 20
Although Pencilmania was unranked at this point and Old Diehard was just #18, there wasn't a wilder finish to a regular-season game than this one. The Big Lead had seen their contender hopes go up in smoke and the Codgers had been one of the teams to step back over them. After scoring field goals on 2 straight possessions in the 4th quarter, Old Diehard had a 23-7 lead and it seemed over. Pencilmania then scored in 3 plays, including a 31-yard pass from QB Luther Marbles to WR Kostandin Dakorna, and the 17-yard TD run by star RB Dudley Dull. Marbles then threw to TE Stacy Ted Please for a 2-point conversion. The Big Lead then recovered an onsides kick at the Old Diehard 47. Marble threw to Dull for 22 yards, then Dull carried it in from 25. They failed another 2-point try, and Old Diehard's lead was 23-21. But then incredibly Pencilmania recovered another onsides kick, this time at the Codger 42. They scored in 4 plays, 3 runs by Dull, one by Marbles, including the 16-yarder by Dull for the TD. The straight up extra point made it 28-23, Pencilmania. The next kickoff was also straight and a touchback. From the 20, Codgers QB Micah Lamity threw for 16 yards to WR Casey Crokes. Then on the next play, RB Harrison Fashion covered the 64 yards to the end zone, as time ran out! Fashion had 140 yards and the winning TD to trump Dull's 119 yards and 3 TDs.

Fish Bowl: Puke 24, Mooshine St. 23

December 4
After their only loss was one of the best games of the regular season, Puke would be utterly charmed in the tournament part of their campaign. Their first game was this one, Moonshine St. coming in after putting aside Holy Grail in the Salad Bowl. Puke had the #1 recruit and now Demetrius Award winner in QB Vince Spleen, but Moonshine St., who had had also recruited Spleen, had the veteran receiver squad that had helped Cody Pendant to one of the greatest passing seasons ever, now backing up their freshman QB Macon Dew. Just as Spleen had done with other senior opponents, he posted the Mess to a 17-3 lead midway through the 3rd quarter. But then the Bootleggers rallied and scored on 3 straight drives into the 4th. Dew hit TE Lewis Leaky Fawcett for 45 yards for the first TD at the end of the 3rd quarter. In the 4th, he found star WR Lew Dax for a 12-yard TD pass. RB Trey Selament was dropped for a loss on the 2-point attempt, and Puke held the lead 17-16. But after forcing a Puke punt, the Bootleggers drove 50 yards in 9 plays, with Dew throwing to RB Bennett Theophus 7 yards for the TD. But Moonshine St. was short-sighted in settling for the extra point this time. On the first play from scrimmage after the kickoff Puke star WR Ellis Dee ran 48 yards on a reverse. On a 3rd down, RB Serge Ahead got to the Moonshine 10-yard line, but short of a first down by a yard. Needing more than a field goal, Puke went for it on 4th: Spleen threw to Dee in the end zone. TD and game. Puke would advance to even more greatest game glory. Dew outgunned Spleen, 245 yards and 3 TDs passing to 215 and 3. Fawcett had 113 yards to lead all receivers, Puke TE Danko Hole had 106 yards and a TD. Theophus led all rushers with 70 yards.

Galactic Soup Bowl (championship): Puke 34, HPEMC 27

December 18
Head Coach Lance Boils took Puke to its 2nd and 3rd championships as QB in 1991 and 92. As coach he had revived their legacy by bringing in top recruit QB Vince Spleen, who won the Demetris Award his first year. Boils won the award twice. Now Puke was going up against the Heroes of Polar Exploration Memorial College, who had played in the championship two years earlier and were still looking to claim their title. The two would produce a thriller that would top all the games of the season and match the most exciting championship games, with a score to tie in the final minute, and another to win it immediately after. See the full account here.