The Revolution defeated Filling All Cavities in a romp at the Hawkeye Recreational Fields Monday night.
Senior quarterback Ryan McCarthy accounted for six touchdowns — four by air and two on the ground — to lead his intramural flag-football squad to a 38-6 victory.
Team captain Travis Williams said much of the group has been together since attending high school at Sioux City East. The four years of flag-football experience helped the Revolution on Monday.
“It’s a different brand of football, so the more experience you have, the better off you are,” said Williams, who sported head and wrist bands for the entire game.
The Revolution started quickly, with a 66-yard pass on the first play of the game from McCarthy to sophomore Ronnie Cook, followed up by a touchdown by fellow sophomore Heath Cunningham on the next drive.
Just when it looked as though Filling All Cavities, a team made up of first-year graduate dental students, were back in the game with a pick-six from Jake Hopper, the counterpunch came from the Revolution.
On third-and-goal, a broken play turned in to a mended opportunity as McCarthy ran the ball in for a score. The Revolution’s fourth touchdown came from sophomore Jake Clarahan to make the score 26-6 at halftime.
Two late scores tacked the tally up to its 38-6 final.
“We needed more practice,” said Peter Blough, the captain of Filling All Cavities.
One positive Blough may glean from the game is the team’s uniform. Filling All Cavities sported matching gold T-shirts with a tooth on the front and dental-theme names on each back.
Pseudonyms included “Max Waxer,” “DJ Kavities,” and “Plaqueseco Burress.”
But fourth-down stops were not happening for Filling All Cavities, and the Revolution fell back on its own solid defense in the few spurts when the offense was not working.
Williams had two sacks, while Clarahan and senior Andy Pattison each recorded an interception.
Defensive specialist Tom Truong, 21, blitzed every play of the game. Truong, who said he does not play offense because of his stamina, was even talented enough to get a chance to play in college.
“[Iowa State] wanted me to walk on as a punt returner. That’s my 15 minutes of fame right there,” said Truong, a senior.
A formula for victory was simple for the Revolution — put up the points.
Williams added it’s not the big plays that help in flag football, but the small ones.
“Just completing every pass … moving the chains, catching every pass, and not having incompletions or negative plays is huge,” he said.