Reid Preserves 45 - 40 Tulsa Win
 The Tulsa Talons continued their bid for an undefeated season on Saturday night as ADT Defensive Player of the Game Delenell Reid intercepted a Travis Cole pass with 26 seconds remaining to seal a 45-40 win over the Rio Grande Valley Dorados. The victory moves Tulsa to 7-0 on the season.
The Talons got on the board first as QB Justin Allgood completed a 14 YD touchdown pass to Kellen Allen at the 11:53 mark in the first quarter. The teams traded touchdowns throughout the first with the Talons leading 14-13 due to a missed extra point by Dorados kicker Brian Hazelwood.
The Dorados got the scoring going in the second on a 33 yard touchdown reception by Eddie Jackson to make the score 20-14 in favor of the visitors. The Talons were held in check for much of the quarter as Allgood struggled to find open receivers and was forced into throwing two interceptions. Despite Allgood's uncharacteristic miscues the Talons scored 10 points in the final minute of the half on a 3 YD touchdown run by Allgood and a 24 yard field goal by Luke Phillips with 3 seconds remaining to give the Talons a 24-20 lead.
Both offenses came out cold to start the second half combining for only 106 yards of total offense and 5 first downs. The only score of the quarter came on a 24 YD reception by the Talons Jeff Hughley with 1:15 left in the quarter to give the Talons a 31-20 advantage.
The Dorados cut the deficit to 4 on an Anthony Chambers 13 YD touchdown reception with 11:55 left in the game. Kellen Allen caught his second touchdown pass of the game to put the Talons on top 38-27 with 4:40 remaining. The Dorados would not go out without a fight scoring two touchdowns in the final 1:08 and recovering an on-side kick with 35 seconds remaining before Reid's interception and two Justin Allgood kneel downs brought the game to an end.
The Talons will be on the road until June 7 when they will face the Lubbock Renegades.
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL
TULSA TALONS 14 10 7 14 45
RGV Dorados 13 7 0 20 40
LEADERS
Passing:
Allgood (TUL) 20-35-222-4
Cole (RIO) 20-37-203-4
Receiving:
Hughley (TUL) 7-122-2
Allen (TUL) 7-62-2,
Jackson (RIO) 10-107-3
Chambers (RIO) 6-52-1
Rushing:
Landrum (TUL) 3-16-1
May (RIO) 9-29-1
Schutt Offensive Player of the Game: (TUL) Justin Allgood
U.S. Army Ironman Player of the Game: (TUL) Pierre Thomas
ADT Defensive Player of the Game: (TUL) Delenell Reid
Cutters Catch of the Game: (TUL) Jeff Hughley
Attendance: 5,088
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