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Sep 07 Final
Football
44
vs #23 Long Beach
21
Sep 14 Final
Football
36
at #8 Golden West
37
Sep 21 Final
Football
70
at #16 El Camino
45
Sep 28 Final
Football
52
vs Palomar
14
Oct 05 Final
Football
76
vs #21 Mt. San Jacinto
16
Homecoming
Oct 19 Final
Football
62
at Grossmont
10
Oct 26 Final
Football
69
vs Southwestern
3
Nov 02 6:00 PM
Football
at Saddleback
$15 General Admission, $10 Seniors (60+) Children (6-12) Veterans (ID), Parking $5
Nov 09 1:00 PM
Football
vs San Diego Mesa
Nov 16 12:00 PM
Football
at Fullerton
$10 Regular Admission; $5 children 6-12, seniors 55+, FC students with ID
Nov 30 TBA
Football
at SCFA Playoffs
Dec 07 TBA
Football
at SCFA Playoffs
Dec 14 TBA
Football
at 3C2A State Championship
Sep 02 Final
Football
45
at Long Beach
40
Sep 09 Final
Football
40
vs Golden West
15
Sep 16 Final
Football
45
vs El Camino
6
Sep 23 Final
Football
45
at Palomar
44
Escondido High School
Sep 30 Final
Football
41
at Mt. San Jacinto
17
@The Stadium at Menifee
Oct 14 Final
Football
63
vs Grossmont
0
Oct 21 Final
Football
61
at Southwestern
0
Oct 28 Final
Football
39
vs Saddleback
0
Nov 04 Final
Football
38
at San Diego Mesa
13
Nov 11 Final
Football
16
vs Fullerton
17
Nov 25 Final
Football
51
at Mt. San Antonio
48
Southern California Regional Playoffs / Semifinals
Dec 02 Final
Football
45
at Ventura
26
SCFA Championship
Dec 09 Final
Football
24
vs San Mateo
21
3C2A State Championship
Riverside Rolls to 33-14 Win at Bakersfield Last Saturday

Riverside Rolls to 33-14 Win at Bakersfield Last Saturday

BAKERSFIELD -- Leading from start to finish, the visiting Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers football team scored all of its points in the first half and cruised to a 33-14 non-conference win over the host Bakersfield College (BC) Renegades Saturday evening (Sept. 5) at mammoth BC Memorial Stadium (capacity 19,000) in the season opener for both teams.

After having nearly 56 years elapse between meetings in the all-time series before last season's 51-3 RCC victory, the series is now tied, 2-2. BC had a 2-0 lead in the series with a 12-7 home win in 1939 and a 7-0 victory in the 11th Annual Potato Bowl (Dec. 6, 1958).

Riverside (1-0) -- the No. 3-ranked team in the state behind defending state champion Mt. San Antonio College and state runner-up City College of San Francisco -- jumped to leads of 13-0 in the first quarter and 33-7 at halftime before the RCC defense allowed a touchdown late in the third quarter for the game's final score.

RCC freshman PK Aidan McCarley (Riverside / M.L. King HS) booted home a pair of first-quarter field goals (35 and 27 yards) to give the Tigers a quick 6-0 lead. Sophomore RB Dontel James (Fontana / Summit HS) followed with a pair of short TD runs (three and two yards) and McCarley added a pair of point after touchdown kicks to give Riverside a 20-0 lead at the 14:14 mark of the second quarter.

After the Renegades scored on a two-yard TD with 2:10 left in the opening half, RCC marched down the field and capped nine-play, 83-yard drive with a 12-yard TD pass from Byron Robinson to Durron Burton with :17 left in the second quarter for a 26-7 lead. Moments later, RCC put the game out of reach when sophomore LB Shiloh Pritchard (Leone HS, American Samoa) recovered a BC fumble and scampered into the end zone from 18 yards out with six seconds left. McCarley's PAT kick put RCC up, 33-7, just before halftime.

BC (0-1), ranked No. 13 in the state preseason poll after going 7-4 overall in 2014, concluded the scoring with a three-yard TD pass with :27 left in the third quarter (and subsequent PAT kick).

Riverside more than doubled Bakersfield in two key offensive categories: first downs and total offense yards. RCC had 30 first downs (17 rushing, 11 passing) to BC's 14. The Tigers outgained the Renegades, 468 to 220. RCC had 255 net rushing yards and 213 passing yards, while BC had only 78 net rushing and 142 passing.

Sophomore RB Christopher Anderson (Hemet / West Valley HS) had 22 carries for 93 net rushing yards (no TD), while James had 18 totes for 87 net rushing yards and two TDs. Quarterback Ian Fieber (Mission Viejo HS) completed 12 of 20 passes for 112 yards and freshman WR Dominique Maiden (Temecula / Temecula Valley HS) had seven receptions for 101 yards (no TD).

RCC head coach Tom Craft, who is in his sixth season at the Tigers' helm, brings an overall record of 51-7 (through the previous five seasons, 2010-14, plus last Saturday's win at Bakersfield) into Saturday's home opener against Saddleback. He has guided the Tigers to five bowl victories and four conference championships (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014). In 2013 and 2014, Riverside was 10-2 overall, 6-0 in the National Central Conference (NCC) each season.

This week, Saturday, Sept. 12, Riverside will host the Saddleback College Gauchos at 6 p.m. and Bakersfield will visit the Golden West College Rustlers.

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