Cougars homecoming spoiled in 54-32 loss

The Albany Cougars took on the St. Patrick-St. Vincent Bruins at Homecoming last Friday, October 27. The Cougars hoped to be victorious in their homecoming game and inspire school unity after a week of class rivalry. A sea of red and white covered the bleachers as current students and old graduates came together to cheer on their team.

Things didn’t look good at the start. Less than two minutes into the game the Bruins held a 12-0 lead after returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown, recovering an onside kick, and scoring on a long run.

The Cougars answered with two scores of their own, sparked by a long kick return by Eric Roberson, and got the crowd excited and hopeful as they knotted the game up at 12. The Bruins answered with more points, but the Cougars held pace until halftime, trailing by 14 points.

Coming out for the second half, the Bruins were fired up and the Cougars were unable to keep up. Miscues resulted in easy points, and by the end of the game the score was Bruins 54, Cougars 32.

The game may have been a lot closer if the Cougars had played better on special teams. They surrendered two punt returns for touchdowns as well as another touchdown on a kickoff return. They also allowed the Bruins to recover two onside kicks.

The Cougars look to try and get a big win on the road as they take on St. Mary’s on November 4 and finish the season strong against Kennedy the following week in Richmond.

13 Responses

1. 8:49 AM on November 1st, 2006Mightymouse:

   wow that number two is pretty raw

2. 10:29 AM on November 1st, 2006Alex Assia yadida:

   C’mon leeeeeem get that block!!!!

3. 8:58 AM on November 2nd, 2006cheerleader Zander:

   give it up for the albany cougars, they have gotten so much betterand that has made it easy to cheer for them…they work hard everyday and that day it really showed…when they were behind they never gave up…to me it seemed that they kept playing harder and harder…i’m really proud of all the football players for making this year the best year of cheer/football, seeing them play makes me want to get in the game

   good job cougars

   go fight and win

4. 10:31 AM on November 2nd, 2006TiDDa:

   Thanks Zander

5. 12:21 PM on November 2nd, 2006Arkan aka pinky:

   We hella raw, no matter what anybody sais…. lol…. i love all of u guys, i’ve made a bond with my teammates and im hella sad that this my last year, I LOVE ALL OF U GUYS!!!!

6. 8:50 AM on November 3rd, 2006tori:

   IM THINKING THAT MAYBE THE ALBANY COUGARS HAS THIS KINDDA TRANCE THAT CONTINUES TO BRING US TO THERE GAMES. B/C I DONT KOW WHY I GO TO HE GAMES KNOWING THE ARE GONNA LOSE. BUT THEY GET A C- FOR EFFORT.LOL

7. 9:08 AM on November 7th, 2006cheerleader zander:

   ha one more game… i’m so excited for you guys…and it’s at ccc, i just got to say we rock….i think i’ll make some new cheers for that day…and we all cheer and football should take a alot of pics…yeah go cougars

8. 12:12 PM on November 7th, 2006Latte:

   Zander owns my life story. cheer is best.

   oh yea and go cougars.

9. 1:10 PM on November 7th, 2006Deshawn freemen:

   WE GOOOO

10. 2:47 PM on November 7th, 2006lamont:

    ahah… leem missed dat block.. but we whoopd oakland high n tech lost to oakland high which means w can go head 2 head wht dem.. lmao.. so off topic.. but yea,,, we puttin points on da bored point blankd… the team ls year couldnt even score… so give us some respect..

11. 11:34 PM on November 7th, 2006Freshman Prince:

    Way ta be, Cougs!

    Oh yeah Go Cougars! They beat St Marys

12. 10:00 AM on November 13th, 2006phil:

    thy needed me haha

13. 8:51 PM on December 1st, 2006alex a:

    phil u garbo

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