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The Big Red played perhaps their best game of the season en route to a 27-14 victory over Memphis Christian Brothers at Tommy Owen Stadium. Senior Andy Snyder again led the offensive charge with 31 carries for 145 yards and a touchdown in addition to four catches for 33 yards. Defensively, seniors Andrew Warfield and Parker Prevost each had an interception, while James Banker and Michael Swett had 8 tackles and a sack a piece. Jordan Keckley kicked a pair of 42 yard field goals to buoy the special teams. MBA’s defense dominated the first quarter, holding the Purple Wave to 18 yards on ten plays. On offense, junior quarterback David Howe and Snyder led the Big Red on a 12 play, 82 yard march that culminated with an 18 yard touchdown pass from Howe to classmate Reed Blackwell. The teams traded interceptions before an 8 play, 53 yard drive led to one of Keckley’s field goals, giving the Big Red a ten point lead. Christian Brothers responded by marching 65 yards to score a touchdown that closed out the scoring for the first half. MBA seemed poised to control the game early in the second half, as a Keckley punt backed the Purple Wave up to their own two yard line. On the next play, however, a Christian Brothers back broke through the MBA line and raced 98 yards for a touchdown that gave the visitors their only lead of the game, 14-10. At this point, the Big Red offense took over. Howe drove the team 80 yards on 8 plays to regain the lead. A clutch 3rd down catch by Tate McNeilly kept the drive alive, and Howe connected with Drew Carney for a 40 yard touchdown strike to make the score 17-10. The Big Red defense forced a Christian Brothers punt, and MBA responded with a gritty 47 yard touchdown drive that used nearly five and a half minutes of clock to give the Big Red a 24-14 lead. The Purple Wave were unable to move the football in the fourth quarter, and Keckley added another field goal to preserve the 27-14 victory. For the second week in a row, MBA dominated time of possession, controlling the football for over 29 of the game’s 48 minutes. MBA also ran 60 plays from scrimmage compared to Christian Brothers’ 42.