The last Moberly-Mexico football game as NCMC rivals was a stunner. Here’s the winning play call by Brad Boyer on nemopressbox.com:
Collin Knox blocked the 39-yard attempt, scoop up the loose ball and ran 71 yards to give Moberly a 28-21 victory at 10th ranked Mexico. Knox was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game.
The Bulldogs jumped out to a 14-0 lead while keeping Moberly from a first down on three 1st quarter possessions. The Spartans got a spark converting on 3rd and 36, with a 43-yard completion from Jarin Tydings to Ethan Land. Ka’Von Tiger scored on the next play, from six yards out. Moberly got a three-and-out and an 8-yard TD pass from Tydings to Land with 28 seconds left to make the halftime score 14-14. The Spartans made it a 21-point run when they scored on their first possession of the second half on a five-yard run by Tiger with 2:46 left in the 3rd quarter. The Bulldogs tied the game on Charlie Fisher’s four-yard run on 4th down with 7:04 remaining. Moberly failed to convert a 4th and 4 and Mexico took over at the 46. Fisher was stopped a yard shy of a 4th down conversion at the Moberly 11 with less than two minutes left. The Bulldogs used all three of their timeouts to get a three-and-out and get the ball back.
Fisher ran for 122 yards and threw for 77. Mexico drops to 5-3. Tydings was 10-14 for 121 passing and Tiger ran for 67 yards. Moberly improves to 3-5 and remains in 2nd place in the district standings. Both teams wrap up conference play at 3-2. You can hear the broadcast by going to the Game Archive section of our website.
postgame with Moberly coach Cody McDowell:
postgame with Mexico coach Steve Haag:
