Championship Game Summary
Come Get The Belt 19, Theta Chi A 7
Fifty teams qualified for 1995
Men's Flag Football Playoffs.
Undefeated in league play,
Come Get The Belt defeated
Tough Guys (WBF), Puiple Haze
(28-18), Next? (21-19) and The
Suits (26-19) to reach the final
game. Theta Chi A finished 3rd
in their league but ignited
offensively to defeat Shaolin
Shadowboxers (32-12), Killians
Red (41-21), Lambda Chi Alpha
(34-20), and the Bomb Squad
(27-26).
The championship game could
not have been more anticipated
as six days of rain, cold, and
snow separated the semi-finals
and the final. Come Get the Belt
won the toss, took the ball and
marched down field. QB, Peter
Lucido's completion to William
Sharpless resulted in a first and
goal on the Theta Chi 10 yard
line. On 4th down, Lucido
found a wide open Tim Theroux
for the TD. On the PAT,
Lucido completed to Todd
Theroux. Theta Chi A's first
possesion ended in a punt.
Both teams played strong
defensively. With 5 minutes left
in the half, Lucido connected
with Applebee for a 50 yard
touchdown pass. John Mitchell
intercepted the PAT and ran the
length of the field to put Theta
Chi on the scoreboard, 13-1.
Theta Chi started the second
half with the ball. QB, John
Mitchell completed a 40 yard
pass to Dan Ginley. The offense
stalled and turned the ball over
on downs with 15:30 left in
regulation. Theta Chi had a
huge defensive stance to regain
possession on downs. John
Mitchell scrambled for a first
down and passed to Brian
Torrisi to cut the lead to 13-7.
Peter Lucido took the game
into his hands as he completed a
35 yard pass to Ryan Applebee
and ran a quarterback draw up
the middle for the score. Theta
Chi's scoring threat ended with
a sack of Mitchell by Tim
Theroux. Come Get The Belt
won the game and the title,
19-7.
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