The San Quentin All-Madden’s flag football team defeated the outside team called No Soup for You, 19-15, in a late fourth quarter comeback.
After surrendering the lead, late in the fourth quarter, All-Madden quarterback Kevin Carr threw a bomb to wide receiver Dwight Kennedy for the winning touchdown with six seconds left in the game.
No Soup for You’s desperation Hail Mary pass fell short as the All-Madden team celebrated the comeback victory.
During the second quarter, Carr threw a five-yard out rout to tight-end Caliph, which he turned up the field for a 60-yard touchdown, giving the All-Maddens a 6-0 lead. They failed on a two-point conversion.
On No Soup for You’s first possession in the second quarter, All-Madden’s cornerback M. Cosby jumped a curl rout, intercepting the football.
After the interception, the All-Maddens had good field position. Carr threw a five yard out to wide receiver Ray Walker; hit Kennedy on a seven-yard curl, then threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Kennedy. After failing another two point conversion, the All-Maddens took a 12-0 lead into halftime.
In the third quarter, No Soup for You scored their first touchdown on a seam rout and converted an extra point to give them a 12-7 point deficit.
Late in the fourth quarter, No Soup for You took the lead on a swing pass to their running back, which he ran for a 30-yard touchdown. They converted a two-point conversion to give themselves a 15-12 lead with 40 seconds left in the game, which they let slip away on Kennedy’s touchdown reception.
The victory over No Soup for You was an enormous accomplishment for the All-Madden flag football team, being that they were 0-3 lifetime against them. Kennedy expressed the importance of the win when he said, “This win was huge for the veterans and for this program. For a long time we’ve been trying to figure out a strategy to beat them and we finally have.”
Cosby explained the defensive play of the team. “We made the plays that needed to be made. We were really gelling on defense as a unit.”
No Soup for You wide receiver Desi Barbour said, “It was a tough hard game. They gave us a great game. They made plays.” When ask about his experience in playing incarcerated men he said, “It is actually safer in here than it is out there because guys on the street are very rough and sometimes want to fight after games.”
Barbour attended U.C. Davis. He is also a former Peoria Pirate, Arena League football player. In 2002, he tried out for the San Francisco 49ers.
