On a Friday when Polo and Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland fought hard for supremacy of the line of scrimmage, special teams provided the early gut punch for the Marcos on their way to a 40-20, eight-man win over FCW .
After the Falcons got on the scoreboard with a Brezdyn Simons 1-yard touchdown run to make it an eight-point game early in the second quarter, the Marcos drew up a reverse on the ensuing kickoff that resulted in an 80-yard touchdown for JT Stephenson.
The Falcons would not get closer than two scores for the remainder.
“We’ve been talking about it all week,” senior TE/DE Damon Rowe said. “Getting ready for kickoff, we knew we were going to score on special teams.”
The 80-yard score was one of four touchdowns for Stephenson on the evening - two others were rushing, and anothe