Jenkins set new school record for return yards with 270. He scored twice on returns for TD's after Patton had scored. He returned the opening kickoff to the 4 yard line. Ferguson then punched it in for the first TD so field position had a lot to do with the lack of offensive yards. Turner also returned a kick for about 70 yards after Patton finally figured out that kicking to Jenkins was a bad idea. That one was brought back to about mid-field.
Patton was horrendous on special teams.
The halftime score was 34-20. Tuscola outscored them 21-0 in the 3rd quarter to finally pull away. 4th quarter was a lot of subs in and out. Patton scored twice and botched onside kick attempts both times with encroachment penalties and had to re-kick, which were unsuccessful.
That being said, Patton was much improved over last year. Their QB runs well and they had some good size at RB. Several o-linemen looked bigger and more athletic than ours. Last year they fumbled the first play from scrimmage inside their 10 and we immediately jumped on them when they failed to cover Napert on the outside. This year we went up first and they came back downfield and actually went up 8-7 briefly.
