The Battle Wings received the ball first and appeared to be in trouble. The Talons defense was tough and tight forcing Kinsmon Lancaster's first three passes to fall incomplete. Lancaster kept the drive alive on fourth down by scrambling for a 23 yard gain before Terrell Mingo brought him down. Seven plays later the Battle Wings scored to start the game with a 7-0 lead. The Talons would answer back with a five play drive for a touchdown. The drive was topped off by a long pass to Donovan Morgan and then a strong Odie Armstrong run for the TD.
The Battle Wings would get a scare on their next series as Lancaster was hit on the second play of the series and was slow to get up (not a late hit as was reported in the arenafootball.com press release). Lancaster would leave the game, but it appeared to be a good thing for the Wings. Lancaster was replaced by Gary Cooper who had been a former Battle Wings QB before being picked up this week to fill the hole left by Raymond Philyaw who is currently on Injured Reserve. Cooper would eventually miss a few passes before the Battle Wings turned the ball over on downs after the first play of the second quarter.
Justin Allgood would start the next play off with a long pass to Donovan Morgan for another Talons TD. Tony Dodson would miss the extra point, however, to only give the Talons a 13-7 lead. The teams would continue to trade scores till the end of the half when both teams missed field goals to go into halftime tied at 26 each.
The Talons would stay one step ahead of the Battle Wings for the rest of the game taking a 52-48 lead early in the 4th Quarter. The game would conclude with series upon series of turnover on downs for both teams until the Battle Wings threw a deep pass to P.J. Berry that was picked off by Chris Royal to give the Talons the ball with about 14 seconds remaining. The Talons would run out the clock and get the road win.
The Talons defense was outstanding. The defensive front ended the game with three credited sacks (Nyenheis: 1, Scott: 2). On the defensive backfield of the Talons got one timely interception and multiple pass breakups.
Talons Quarterback Justin Allgood threw for 285 yards and passed former Talons QB Craig Strickland to take the franchise record in career passing yards. Talons WR Carlese Franklin wore #4 instead of his normal #5 as his jersey was lost (possibly stolen) in the Talons visit to Cleveland two weeks before.
The Talons return home next saturday to play the Orlando Predators (3-4) in the BOK Center where they are undefeated this season.
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