HS football team scores 49 points in 5:24, with only two offensive plays
Oct 25, 2011, 11:04 AM EDT
It happened in Kentucky, where Holy Cross High of Louisville was playing Bethlehem High on Senior Night. With just 5:24 elapsed in the first quarter, Holy Cross led, 49-0. Um, what? How?
0:15: Holy Cross returns opening kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown.
1:58: Bethlehem goes three-and-out, and Holy Cross returns the ensuing punt 60 yards for a touchdown.
2:46: Bethlehem loses fumble at its own 10, and Holy Cross scores on first play from scrimmage with 10-yard pass.
4:13: Bethlehem loses another fumble, on its 37, and Holy Cross again needs only one pass to score.
5:08: Holy Cross 43-yard interception return for touchdown.
5:15: Another Holy Cross pick six (ball bounced off receiver’s foot).
At this point it’s 42-0, and Holy Cross is scoring at a better than one-TD-per-minute clip.
5:24: Bethlehem fumbles on its own 8-yard-line, with the ball bouncing directly into the hands of Holy Cross defender who returns it for a TD.
That made it 49-0 with 6:36 remaining in the first quarter. Since Kentucky doesn’t keep such records, it’s unknown if that’s the quickest any team has reached 49 points — although it would pretty much have to be, wouldn’t it? Holy Cross ended up leading at the half, 69-0, and the final was 69-3 (running clock in the second half).
Unsung heroes: Bethlehem players and coaches for surviving the nightmare and persevering, and Holy Cross coaching staff for not running up the score further in the second half.
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Statistically speaking: 49 points in 5:24? Holy cow Holy Cross! [Prep Rally]
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- mogogo1 - Oct 25, 2011 at 3:40 PM
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I second the salute to them for not further running up the score. Because you know there are coaches out there who would have taken the opportunity and went for 100.
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- umrguy42 - Oct 25, 2011 at 4:04 PM
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My (lowest of the low divisions) university had the ‘fortune’ of playing Ball State one year while I was there. Ball State crushed us 91-27. I hadn’t thought it was possible to run up that many points outside of a video game…
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- bosfaninva - Oct 25, 2011 at 4:25 PM
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My old school, Johns Hopkins, just beat Gettysburg 83-21. And Gettysburg is not a bad team. These are both D-3 schools. So 91 or 100 is certainly possible when teams from different divisions meet.
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- xtrout - Oct 25, 2011 at 3:49 PM
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So which side was God on?
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- bosfaninva - Oct 25, 2011 at 4:26 PM
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God had the over, and once he won he ordered HC to call off the dogs.
