The Season 47 Ultimus and Ultimini have officially come to an end. Congratulations to the the Portland Pythons and Arizona Outlaws for each winning their respective championships.
Lets take a look how the teams got there, we will start with the DSFL champion Portland Pythons. The Pythons did not look like the team to beat for the championship for the longest time this season. After 10 weeks of play the Pythons had a 5-5 record and just came of a 31-16 defeat against the Bondi Beach Buccaneers which was the second time this season they lost to the Bucs. They lost in week 5 19-13 to them. Interestingly enough both times the losses against the Bucs ignited a 4-game win streak. From week 6-9 the Pythons beat twice the Dallas Birddogs and the Kansas City Coyotes. The second 4-game win streak from week 11-14 was against the two division leaders Tijuana Luchadores who finished the season with a 10-4 record winning the South division and the Minnesota Grey Ducks who finished the regular season with a league best 11-3 record. Portland ended the regular season with a 9-5 record and they had to face the Grey Ducks again in the conference championship game. On the box score it was all Portland with 28-10 first downs in favor of the Pythons and 508-237 total yards. The game itself started out in a different direction and Minnesota lead at half time 13-0 and after three quarters 27-7. But this is when the tide turned and the fourth quarter saw the Pythons storm back with 3 TDs to take the game 28-27 and advance to the Ultimini championship game. The opponent were the Luchadores from Tijuana. After a scoreless first quarter the Pythons scored first with the very first play in the second quarter. It was a 3-yard rush from Pythons RB Animal Blundetto, but the Luchadores countered with 13 points of their own in the second quarter and the score at half time was 13-7 Tijuana. In the third quarter the Luchadores scored another FG which was answered rom the Pythons with a TD and the score at the start of the fourth quarter was 16-14 in favor of Tijuana. At the start of the fourth quarter the Luchadores scored a TD on a 2-yard run from RB Bazooka Nottingham to extend the lead for Tijuana to 23-14. A 15-yard TD run from Pythons RB Blundetto with 8:33 left in the game cut the lead to 23-21. After exchanging punts the Pythons got the ball on their 25-yard line with 2:10 on the clock and the game on the line. With the next two plays, passes of 14 and 44 yards the Pythons moved the ball to the Tijuana 16-yard line and called time out with 0:59 on the clock. After an incomplete pass the Pythons had 2nd down and 10 when Pythons QB Billy Van Goff completed a 13-yard pass to RB Gucci Gurley which moved the ball to the 2-yard line and the very next play was a 2 yard TD pass from Van Goff to TE Tyler Highbee II and with the extra point the Pythons took the lead for good 28-23 with 1:14 on the clock. A Luchadores fumble around midfield recovered from Portland with 0:28 sealed the win and the party began.
In the ISFL we saw the Arizona Outlaws defend their championship by beating the Cape Town Crash 33-17. This is the second time the Outlaws have accomplished this feat. Last time it was the seasons 37 + 38.
This season the Outlaws qualified for the playoffs as the #2 seed in the ASFC with a 12-4 record. The ASFC overall was the premier conference with all 4 playoff participants having a record with 10+ wins. In the NSFC the #4 playoff team were the 8-8 Yellowknife Wraiths. In the divisional round of the playoffs the Outlaws needed over time to beat the #3 seed New Orleans Second Line 36-30. In that game the Outlaws needed a 54 yard FG with 25 seconds o the clock to force overtime. In overtime a 4-yard run from Bertie Mannering-Phipps with 10:06 on the clock gave the Outlaws the win and the ticket to the conference championship game against the San Jose Saber Cats the team with the best record in the regular season (13-3). Arizona split the regular season games against San Jose with a loss in week 4 (35-30) and a win in week 15 (30-10). The game was the game everybody was expecting a tight fight between two real good foot ball teams. By the end of the third quarter the score was 21-21. The first score in the fourth quarter gave the Sabe Cats a 28-21 lead but the Outlaws have been able to tie the game with 3:07 on the clock to make the score 28-28. The Saber Cats posession ended with a punt after a Unnecessary Roughness penalty. The punt pinned the Outlaws all the way back to their 6-yard line and 1:48 on the clock. But with passes from 29 and a 54-yard TD pass from Outlaws QB Donovan Winters III to WR Jordan Bamford the Outlaws took the lead 35-28 and this was the final score. The Saber Cats got the ball back with 0:49 on the clock but never made it out of their half when the time ram out and the Outlaws win sent them to the Ultimus championship game against the Cape Town Crash.
The Ultimus championship game started good for the Cape Town Crash. They scored the only points in the first quarter, a 24-yard FG and also the second quarter was friendly to the Crash. They scored two TDs and the Outlaws had one on their own as well to make the half time score 14-10 in favor of Cape Town. The defense for Arizona took over in the second half and shut down the Crash completely. With 23 unanswered points the Outlaws won the game 33-17 and raised the Ultimus trophy for the second season in a row. The player of the game on offense was Arizona RB Purdy Mediocre with 9 receptions for 151 yards. On defense the POG award went to Cape Town Crash LB Rolud Onyxgut with 8 tackles and 2 sacks.
Lets take a look how the teams got there, we will start with the DSFL champion Portland Pythons. The Pythons did not look like the team to beat for the championship for the longest time this season. After 10 weeks of play the Pythons had a 5-5 record and just came of a 31-16 defeat against the Bondi Beach Buccaneers which was the second time this season they lost to the Bucs. They lost in week 5 19-13 to them. Interestingly enough both times the losses against the Bucs ignited a 4-game win streak. From week 6-9 the Pythons beat twice the Dallas Birddogs and the Kansas City Coyotes. The second 4-game win streak from week 11-14 was against the two division leaders Tijuana Luchadores who finished the season with a 10-4 record winning the South division and the Minnesota Grey Ducks who finished the regular season with a league best 11-3 record. Portland ended the regular season with a 9-5 record and they had to face the Grey Ducks again in the conference championship game. On the box score it was all Portland with 28-10 first downs in favor of the Pythons and 508-237 total yards. The game itself started out in a different direction and Minnesota lead at half time 13-0 and after three quarters 27-7. But this is when the tide turned and the fourth quarter saw the Pythons storm back with 3 TDs to take the game 28-27 and advance to the Ultimini championship game. The opponent were the Luchadores from Tijuana. After a scoreless first quarter the Pythons scored first with the very first play in the second quarter. It was a 3-yard rush from Pythons RB Animal Blundetto, but the Luchadores countered with 13 points of their own in the second quarter and the score at half time was 13-7 Tijuana. In the third quarter the Luchadores scored another FG which was answered rom the Pythons with a TD and the score at the start of the fourth quarter was 16-14 in favor of Tijuana. At the start of the fourth quarter the Luchadores scored a TD on a 2-yard run from RB Bazooka Nottingham to extend the lead for Tijuana to 23-14. A 15-yard TD run from Pythons RB Blundetto with 8:33 left in the game cut the lead to 23-21. After exchanging punts the Pythons got the ball on their 25-yard line with 2:10 on the clock and the game on the line. With the next two plays, passes of 14 and 44 yards the Pythons moved the ball to the Tijuana 16-yard line and called time out with 0:59 on the clock. After an incomplete pass the Pythons had 2nd down and 10 when Pythons QB Billy Van Goff completed a 13-yard pass to RB Gucci Gurley which moved the ball to the 2-yard line and the very next play was a 2 yard TD pass from Van Goff to TE Tyler Highbee II and with the extra point the Pythons took the lead for good 28-23 with 1:14 on the clock. A Luchadores fumble around midfield recovered from Portland with 0:28 sealed the win and the party began.
In the ISFL we saw the Arizona Outlaws defend their championship by beating the Cape Town Crash 33-17. This is the second time the Outlaws have accomplished this feat. Last time it was the seasons 37 + 38.
This season the Outlaws qualified for the playoffs as the #2 seed in the ASFC with a 12-4 record. The ASFC overall was the premier conference with all 4 playoff participants having a record with 10+ wins. In the NSFC the #4 playoff team were the 8-8 Yellowknife Wraiths. In the divisional round of the playoffs the Outlaws needed over time to beat the #3 seed New Orleans Second Line 36-30. In that game the Outlaws needed a 54 yard FG with 25 seconds o the clock to force overtime. In overtime a 4-yard run from Bertie Mannering-Phipps with 10:06 on the clock gave the Outlaws the win and the ticket to the conference championship game against the San Jose Saber Cats the team with the best record in the regular season (13-3). Arizona split the regular season games against San Jose with a loss in week 4 (35-30) and a win in week 15 (30-10). The game was the game everybody was expecting a tight fight between two real good foot ball teams. By the end of the third quarter the score was 21-21. The first score in the fourth quarter gave the Sabe Cats a 28-21 lead but the Outlaws have been able to tie the game with 3:07 on the clock to make the score 28-28. The Saber Cats posession ended with a punt after a Unnecessary Roughness penalty. The punt pinned the Outlaws all the way back to their 6-yard line and 1:48 on the clock. But with passes from 29 and a 54-yard TD pass from Outlaws QB Donovan Winters III to WR Jordan Bamford the Outlaws took the lead 35-28 and this was the final score. The Saber Cats got the ball back with 0:49 on the clock but never made it out of their half when the time ram out and the Outlaws win sent them to the Ultimus championship game against the Cape Town Crash.
The Ultimus championship game started good for the Cape Town Crash. They scored the only points in the first quarter, a 24-yard FG and also the second quarter was friendly to the Crash. They scored two TDs and the Outlaws had one on their own as well to make the half time score 14-10 in favor of Cape Town. The defense for Arizona took over in the second half and shut down the Crash completely. With 23 unanswered points the Outlaws won the game 33-17 and raised the Ultimus trophy for the second season in a row. The player of the game on offense was Arizona RB Purdy Mediocre with 9 receptions for 151 yards. On defense the POG award went to Cape Town Crash LB Rolud Onyxgut with 8 tackles and 2 sacks.
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