Blinn College’s Cameron Newton completed nine of 11 passes for 177 yards and four touchdowns in the first quarter to set the stage for a 63-29 victory over No. 18 Trinity Valley Community College. The top ranked Bucs scored on every possession of the first quarter with Newton first hitting Grant Merritt for 37 yards. The Cardinals tied the game with an eight-yard pass from Garrett Beal to Darnell Williams. And Blinn quickly responded with Newton throwing a 40-yard touchdown pass to Dexter Ransom.
A blocked punt by Jerry Singleton led to a Sean Rutherford 31-yard reception to put the Bucs up 21-7. On the first play after the kickoff, the TVCC quarterback fumbled. Blinn’s Alex Elkins recovered and two plays later, Chad Froechtenicht caught a 24-yard touchdown pass as the quarter ended.
The Bucs and the Cards swapped turnovers in the second quarter with the advantage again going to Blinn. Ransom caught a 17-yard touchdown pass to increase the lead to 35-7. A holding penalty in the end zone gave the Cardinals a safety.
Blinn opened the second half with Newton throwing his sixth touchdown – a 54-yard strike to Merritt. The Cardinals promptly fumbled, setting up the Bucs’ first rushing touchdown with Mike Hayes carrying it in from the 11 yard line to push the score to 49-9 less than four minutes into the third quarter.
Trinity Valley mounted a rally with Beal connecting again with Williams for a 29-yard touchdown. With the failed two point conversion the third quarter ended with Blinn leading 49-15.
The Cardinals trimmed the lead to 49-29 with two explosive drives in the fourth quarter resulting in a 76-yard touchdown pass to Chris Young and a 74-yard touchdown pass to Damien Washington.
The Bucs regained the momentum after putting in sophomore Sean Rutherford at quarterback and getting a first and goal from the two yard line when the Cardinals were flagged for interference. Rutherford rolled out on the option, changed directions, and scored. On the next possession, Don Brooks barreled in from the one yard line with 4:29 left to finish the scoring and advance the Bucs to 6-0 on the season, 3-0 in the SWJCFC.
The Bucs had a total of 576 yards with Newton completing 21 of 31 passes for 370 yards and six touchdowns.
Next Saturday, the Buccaneers travel to Miami, OK, to play Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College.
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