Fourth straight postseason win for Laney
Scott Strain
Issue date: 11/26/08 Last update: 12/3/08 at 10:09 PM PST
Section: Sports
On a fine Saturday afternoon in Oakland, things didn't start so well for Laney College quarterback Jeff Murphy. His first pass in his first community college bowl game was intercepted in front of friends and family.
"I thought 'Jeez, what's going on? I better get it together fast.'" Murphy said.
The grayshirt freshman from Alameda High School did just that, throwing a school record five touchdown passes and winning the game MVP award as the Eagles prevailed 48-35 over a game Feather River College team in the inaugural Laney Eagle Bowl on Nov. 22.
It was the fourth straight bowl game triumph for Laney, which finished with an 8-3 record after defeating the Golden Eagles.
Murphy completed 24 of 30 passes for 297 yards and threw touchdown passes to five different receivers-8 yards to Jeff Perri, 10 yards to John Dallas, 17 yards to Chuck Jacobs, 16 yards to Kameron Tate and 13 yards to William Taylor.
Murphy' five TD passes broke the school record of four set by seven former Laney quarterbacks, most recently by Matt Dardenne (now at Stony Brook University) in 2007.
Laney took advantage of a couple of fortuitous bounces in the first half to take a 27-7 lead, a margin that held the Eagles in good stead as Feather River mounted a comeback bid in the second half.
After Murphy's interception, Travis Ford recovered a Feather River fumble one play later and the Eagles drove 73 yards in 11 plays. Cameron Brown scored from the 1-yard line for a 7-0 lead with 6:46 left in the first quarter.
On Feather River's next possession, Laney defensive lineman Omar Jacobs stripped the ball from running back Neville Bryce and rumbled 73 yards to the Golden Eagles' 22. Four plays later, Murphy threw an 8-yard scoring pass to Perri for a 13-0 lead.
A safety on a bad punt snap that went out of the Golden Eagles' end zone gave the Eagles a 15-0 lead. One series later, the ball bounced in Laney's favor once again.
Quarterback Kevin Tobin threw a strike to Feather River defensive lineman Aaron Counts. The ball bounced off Counts' facemask, Taylor grabbed it and ran for the end zone to complete a 64-yard scoring play for 21-0 with 6:46 left in the first half.
"I thought 'Jeez, what's going on? I better get it together fast.'" Murphy said.
The grayshirt freshman from Alameda High School did just that, throwing a school record five touchdown passes and winning the game MVP award as the Eagles prevailed 48-35 over a game Feather River College team in the inaugural Laney Eagle Bowl on Nov. 22.
It was the fourth straight bowl game triumph for Laney, which finished with an 8-3 record after defeating the Golden Eagles.
Murphy completed 24 of 30 passes for 297 yards and threw touchdown passes to five different receivers-8 yards to Jeff Perri, 10 yards to John Dallas, 17 yards to Chuck Jacobs, 16 yards to Kameron Tate and 13 yards to William Taylor.
Murphy' five TD passes broke the school record of four set by seven former Laney quarterbacks, most recently by Matt Dardenne (now at Stony Brook University) in 2007.
Laney took advantage of a couple of fortuitous bounces in the first half to take a 27-7 lead, a margin that held the Eagles in good stead as Feather River mounted a comeback bid in the second half.
After Murphy's interception, Travis Ford recovered a Feather River fumble one play later and the Eagles drove 73 yards in 11 plays. Cameron Brown scored from the 1-yard line for a 7-0 lead with 6:46 left in the first quarter.
On Feather River's next possession, Laney defensive lineman Omar Jacobs stripped the ball from running back Neville Bryce and rumbled 73 yards to the Golden Eagles' 22. Four plays later, Murphy threw an 8-yard scoring pass to Perri for a 13-0 lead.
A safety on a bad punt snap that went out of the Golden Eagles' end zone gave the Eagles a 15-0 lead. One series later, the ball bounced in Laney's favor once again.
Quarterback Kevin Tobin threw a strike to Feather River defensive lineman Aaron Counts. The ball bounced off Counts' facemask, Taylor grabbed it and ran for the end zone to complete a 64-yard scoring play for 21-0 with 6:46 left in the first half.
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