Allen eases past Plano, 51-7
Posted on 16. Oct, 2009 by Brian Porter in '09 Season, Varsity
ALLEN – If this is supposed to be a down year for teams in District 8-5A, someone forgot to tell Allen.
Behind Matt Brown and Jonathan Lee, it didn’t take Allen long to dispose of Plano, 51-7, Friday at Eagle Stadium in Allen.
Brown compiled 360 all-purpose yards to go with four passing touchdowns and a rushing score. Lee caught a pair of touchdown passes on a night in which he mystified the Plano defense with nine catches for 156 yards.
On a night in which was all Allen, this blocked field goal attempt by 'Big Play' Ben Laures was one of the standout efforts. / Photo courtesy www.thadfenton.com
Allen (6-1, 3-0 in 8-5A) is in the driver’s seat for the district title with a showdown looming Oct. 30 against Plano East for what appears to be the title. Plano (2-6, 1-3) has now lost to each of the teams which look as if they will clinch playoff berths, but by winning its next two games could still reach the postseason.
“To me, the question is whether we can put this loss out of our mind and go forward,” Plano coach Jaydon McCullough said. “We’ve got to start working on McKinney Boyd tomorrow.”
Allen scored on each of its possessions in the first half to mount a 31-0 halftime lead. Before the night ended it had rolled up 547 offensive yards and 28 first downs in an offensive showcase. For consecutive seasons, Allen scored at least 50 points against Plano and the 44-point difference proved to be the worst loss for Plano since a 58-13 loss in Week 2 of the 2003 season to Fossil Ridge.
“Just watching the game film on Allen, we said they were good enough to win state again,” McCullough said. “Even when they put their backups in, they were still pretty good. They have the depth.”
The first half was a story of complete domination, as Allen scored on its five drives and Plano was forced to punt five times. Allen compiled 344 total yards in the first half by breaking at least one big play on every drive. And defensively it held Plano to 42 total yards in the first half and just 17 yards on 14 rushing attempts.
Brown capped the opening drive with a 5-yard touchdown run. He came back and found Lee on a 31-yard touchdown pass to give Allen a 14-0 spot with 3:13 left in the first quarter. Brown then completed touchdown passes of 30 and 8 yards to Alex Pastor in the second half and a field goal put Allen up, 31-0, entering halftime.
The defensive effort by Allen in the first half was so dominating that it allowed Plano just three first downs, the first coming with 5:40 remaining in the second quarter.
Brown returned to silence any thoughts of a miracle comeback. Less than four minutes into the second half he found Lee for the second time on a 5-yard touchdown pass to give Allen a 38-0 lead.
And bringing in reserves doesn’t help much when one of those is Tucker Carter – the quarterback who led Allen to its first state championship last season.
Carter added to the lead when he rushed for a 15-yard score with 4:39 left in the third quarter and Allen led 51-0 after Paul Walker scored on a 6-yard run with 1:43 left in the quarter.
Plano prevented suffering its first shutout since 2003 when Holt Hoetger caught a 20-yard touchdown strike from Connor Michelsen with 10:46 left in the game.
Allen held Plano to a season-low rushing total of 35 yards on 26 carries and a season-low 128 total yards. The only positive was also a negative, as Grant Pierce averaged 37.9 yards punting but was called upon seven times in the game.
| Allen 51, Plano 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allen | 14 | 17 | 20 | 0 | – | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Quarter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A – Matt Brown 5 run (Cody Phillips kick), 6:27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A – Jonathan Lee 31 pass from Brown (Phillips kick), 3:13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second Quarter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A – Alex Pastor 30 pass from Brown (Phillips kick), 11:04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A – Pastor 8 pass from Brown (Phillips kick), 5:56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A – Phillips 19 FG, 0:06 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third Quarter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A – Lee 5 pass from Brown (Phillips kick), 8:15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A – Tucker Carter 15 run (kick blocked), 4:39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A – Paul Walker 6 run (Phillips kick), 1:43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fourth Quarter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
P – Holt Hoetger 20 pass from Connor Michelsen (Grant Pierce kick), 10:46
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — P: Kevin Merrill 9-30, Murat Kuzu 12-20, Ben Laures 2-1, Connor Michelsen 3-(-16). A: Matt Brown 15-106, Paul Walker 6-76, Kyree Owens 7-60, Tre Jackson 4-11, Tucker Carter 2-9. Passing — P: Connor Michelsen 6-10-0, 67 yards; Murat Kuzu 5-6-0, 26 yards. A: Matt Brown 17-22-0, 254 yards; Tucker Carter 2-3-0, 31 yards. Receiving — P: Brandon Hamilton 3-30, Holt Hoetger 1-20, Kevin Merrill 3-13, Steele Hoetger 2-12, Clayton Parlin 1-12, Matt Johnson 1-6. A: Jonathan Lee 9-156, Alex Pastor 3-43, Andrew Rodriguez 3-33, Chase Gambill 2-32, Kyree Owens 1-15, Jed Davis 1-6. |
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