Week 1 Game Recap: Salt Lake City Cougars Takes Hard Hit in Season Opener
NEWS RELEASE
Sept. 14, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Morgan Pecoraro, Director of Communications
HONOLULU — The Salt Lake City Cougars fell short to the Honolulu Chameleons in their season opener Saturday, the final score being 189.40 to 103.74. The Cougars lacked two key players heading into the opener that heavily affected the team’s overall points.
The Cougars were held back due to an injury reserve from running back Gus Edwards and a questionable injury status from wide receiver O’Dell Beckham. Quarterback Kirk Cousins executed well, racking up 46.04 points. During game one, Cousins had a total of 351 passing yards, of which he had a total of 36 complete passes out of 49. Overall, Cousins had a total of two touchdowns.
The Honolulu Chameleons established high dominance against the Salt Lake City Cougars this past week. QB Jalen Hurts and RB Christian McCaffery had a combined total of 74.46 points, with a strong performance by all of the starting lineup (99.94 points).
During the postgame news conference, Head Coach Isaac Woo talked about the positives of the team’s future.
“Our team showed that we have the potential to compete this season,” said Woo, “Given our injuries from two key players, we have learned how we need to adapt and re-evaluate our strategies for the games moving forwards. Next week provides us with the opportunity to showcase the depth in our bench and our versatility of players.”
The loss leaves the Salt Lake City Cougars with an 0-1 record heading into Week 2.
The Salt Lake City Cougars will be traveling to take on the Harrisonburg Blue Streaks (0-1) next week.
About the Salt Lake City Cougars
The Salt Lake City Cougars are a known and upcoming organization in the American Football League based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Besides taking part in the SCOM Fantasy Football League, the Cougars hold their home competitions at newly built Twin Peaks Stadium with a capacity of 60,000 people for attendance.
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