The Bellingham Bulldogs began the 2014
Pacific Football League season with a non-league match against the
Puyallup Nation Kings of the Western Washington Football Alliance
Saturday, April 12th at Lummi Nation School. Bellingham
started flat and sluggish. The offense had a difficult time
maintaining a consistent drive. The Kings in contrast came prepared
to win. Dictating tempo and moving the chains at will. The Bulldogs
quickly fell behind by two touchdowns with Puyallup creating
opportunities through a read-option style offensive attack.
Bulldogs quarterback Eric Taylor
orchestrated a long drive late in the first quarter to put Bellingham
on the score board. The Kings would answer the Bulldogs touchdown
with one of their own at the beginning of the second period. The
Bulldogs offense was just getting warmed up. Two more drives by
Bellingham resulted in a touchdown and field goal but a kick return
for a touchdown by Puyallup sent the Bulldogs into the half with a
large deficit to overcome.
The Kings opened up the half by playing
clock-ball. Relying heavily on their running game, Puyallup chewed up
time in the third quarter. Bellingham's defense forced a fumble
giving the offense a quick scoring opportunity. But another
clock-eating drive by Puyallup at the end of the third kept their
lead at arms length.
Eric Taylor tried to keep hope alive
for the Bulldogs with a scoring drive at the start of the fourth but
back-to-back touchdowns by the Kings killed any chance for Bellingham
to pullout a comeback. Final score: 36-47. Click here to view photos
from the game.
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