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Only four plays later, Chase Harvey sneaked in from the one yard line and Howe took the first lead of the night, 7-0 after Calley Vick's PAT

The Howe defense again forced a quick punt before getting the ball back at their own 25 yard line Howe took 5:36 off the second quarter clock and went 75 yards on 10 plays The scoring strike was again the big play of Harvey to Harvey for 31 yards Vick's PAT was again successful and Howe led, 14-0 with 5:36 left before the half

Caddo Mills finally created some offensive momentum on the next series Foxes' running back Payton Hammond started to stretch the field by running laterally down the line and turning the corner for an average of eight yards per carry on the drive He would eventually catch 20-yard touchdown pass from Cade Hayden to cut the Howe lead in half at 14-7 with 4:36 left in the second quarter The 5-play, 70 yard drive gave Caddo Mills was the ignition to the Foxes offense for the evening.

Howe's next possession ended in a punt, but the Foxes had a chance to score just before the half with 2:21 remaining. Howe's defense came up with great plays to force a turnover on downs to end the half

While the Bulldogs controlled the ball and clock for the most part in the first half of the game, the Foxes turned the table in the second half and Howe's defense spent most of the time on the field in the third and fourth quarters.

The first two possessions of the second half ended in punts, before Howe put together a 9-play drive which started at their own 29 yard line Harvey to Harvey for 37 yards gave Howe a first-and-goal from the three yard line, but a bad center-to-quarterback exchange and a tipped screen pass mistakenly ruled a lateral pushed Howe back to the 19 A sack ended the drive which appeared to be a lock for a touchdown that would have made it difficult for Caddo Mills to comeback Instead, Howe remained ahead at 14-7

The Foxes' next possession was an impressive one in which they ran 11 plays and 72 yards to tie the game at 14 Caddo Mills kept the Bulldogs defense on the field for four minutes Ty Harvey had a cance for an interception, but the ball sailed through his hands That kept the drive alive and Hayden ran in the tying score around the left edge from the 12 yard line with 10:05 left in the third

The game changed on the ensuing kickoff when the Foxes elected for an onside kick The kick sailed out of bounds which would have given Howe the ball, however, the officials said they called an official timeout before the kick which meant the Foxes were allowed to kick again which they were able to recover That gave them a short field where they only had to drive 26 yards on 10 plays to kick the go-ahead 30-yard field goal by Cullen Brown Caddo Mills led for the first time, 17-14 with 5:08 left

Each of the teams had to punt before Howe made a last attempt to win the game with 2:28 left in the game Chase Harvey led the 'dogs down the field from their own 22 yard line to near midfield One more attempt at a big-play Harvey to Harvey connection ended in an interception with 1:20 remaining in the game

Howe finished with 96 rushing yards and 171 passing yards Caddo Mills had 62 passing yards and 121 rushing yards Howe was lead by Andrew Griffin with 14 carries and 53 yards. Chase Harvey added 15 carries for 31 yards Mikey Hymel added three catches for 27 yards

It's the first time Howe has been 0-5 since 2005, a season that ended with a 1-9 record

The Bulldogs get a much needed bye week before starting district play at Pottsboro on Oct 13