Sunday, July 6, 2008
Odessa Roughnecks 67, Frisco Thunder 33
Dennis Gile threw for 195 yards and five touchdowns as the Odessa Roughnecks defeated the Frisco Thunder 67-33 in the opening round of the Intense Football League playoffs Saturday night.
Photo not provided by the Frisco Thunder
Now Odessa, pictured, will forever hold bragging rights over the City of Frisco
Odessa (8-7) will face either Louisiana or Corpus Christi in the semifinals the weekend of July 19-21. Frisco's season ends at 6-9.
The Thunder took a 13-7 lead on Dixie Wooten's 1-yard keeper with 13:46 remaining in the second quarter, but Odessa scored the next 36 points to take control.$
Don Robinson caught eight passes for 98 yards and three of Gile's touchdown passes.
Kevin Lenford scored two second-half touchdowns for Frisco on a 50-yard interception return and a 47-yard kickoff return. Wooten finished 11 of 18 for 109 yards and a touchdown to Marcus Stiggers in addition to a pair of 1-yard keepers.
Source: Frisco Thunder
