The af2's top ranked offense was firing on all cylinders scoring on their first nine drives as the Firecats easily defeated the Birmingham Steeldogs 60-27 in Birmingham. With the win, Florida secured their hold on the South Division, improving their record to a league best 9-2. Birmingham fell back to .500 with the loss, at 6-6.
Chris Wallace finished 20-of-32 for 255 yards and seven touchdowns and was named the Offensive Player of the Game. The Firecats scored the game's first two touchdowns as Wallace found the Ethenic Sands for two of his four touchdown receptions, jumping out to a 14-0 advantage.
Lawrence Story led the Steeldogs' receiving corps, catching five passes for 84 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Hawk to cut it to 14-7 but the Steeldogs never got any closer as Florida scored the next 20 points to take a 34-7 halftime lead.
Florida's Brittney Tellis caught nine passes for 103 yards and two touchdowns while Sands caught six passes for 48 yards and four scores.
Magic Benton caught a pair of TD's as well, his 128th and 129th career scores as he moved into the af2's all-time No. 1 spot in touchdowns scored. Benton has now scored 784 career points tying him for first all-time. Benton finished the night with six catches for 105 yards.
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