The Texarkana Phantoms continued their winning ways during the last two weeks as they defeated the Dallas Panthers 19-14 in Hooks on Nov. 18, and then rolled over the Houston All-Stars 49-13 at Razorback Stadium on Nov. 25.
The Phantoms now boast a 7-0 record, with only one team, the Dallas Panthers, coming within a touchdown of the Phantoms. The Phantom defense has surrendered 34 points during these seven games, an average of less than 5 points per game. The Phantoms can also claim four shut-outs.
The Nov. 18 game, played after a two-week break, presented the Phantoms with their first actual threat as the Dallas Panthers came within six points of defeating Texarkana.
The Phantoms were the first on the scoreboard with a run by David Johnson. The Panthers blocked the PAT attempt, but Texarkana recovered a Dallas fumble on the Panther 18 yard line to set up a touchdown pass from James McBride to Phil Roberson. The Phantoms were unable to score on a two-point conversion, but an offsides penalty against the Panthers gave them another chance. The Panthers managed to block the second PAT and the score was 12-0.
The Panthers scored on a 23 yard run by James Kimbrough and kicked the extra point to bring them within reach of the Phantoms. But a fumble on their own three-yard line caused the Panthers to lose the ball and Phantom Cleo House builed across the line for a touchdown. Gary Owens was successful in his third PAT attempt, leaving the score 19-7.
With 2:15 remaining in the game, the Panthers retaliated with a 15 yard touchdown pass and a PAT, but the game ended with a 19-14 victory.
On Nov. 25, the Phantoms faced a team of All Stars from Houston. The Houston team was composed of the best players from three Houston semi-pro football teams, but the All-Stars met the same fate as the other teams as the Phantoms trounced them 49-13.
The outcome of the game was almost inevitable as the Phantoms began their scoring by sacking the All-Star quarterback in his own end zone in the first quarter. Phantoms Cleo House and Sherman Summler tacked on two touchdowns before the quarter was out and Gary Owen connected on both PAT’s to make the score 16-0.
Phantom Pat Noonan scored another touchdown and Owen again scored the PAT before the All-Stars retaliated with an interception on the Phantom 12 yard line and a fourth down touchdown pass from Joel White to Corka Lekis. The All-Stars succeeded in scoring a PAT to make the score 23-7. The Phantoms managed one more touchdown before the half though to leave the score 29-7.
The All-Stars scored again in the third quarter but three Phantom touchdowns in the final period canceled any All-Star threat and left the final score 49-13.