Doubleheader for 5-6 Steelers
The Packers scored first in their contest, when Chase Frye reached the end zone on a running play to put his team up 6-0. But the Steelers answered with a 40-yard run by Trace Taylor, who took the ball in himself for the extra point to give the Steelers the lead.
Christian Wilkinson connected with Frye on a TD pass to make it a 12-7 game, but Taylor brought the Steelers right back, scoring his second touchdown of the game to put his team on top 13-12.
Frye gave the Packers a brief lead with a touchdown run, and added a 2-point conversion on a pass from Wilkinson. But once again the Steelers answered with Taylor, who scored on a running play, and added an extra point on Zack Clarke’s run to tie the game at 20-20 at halftime.
The two squads would stay knotted early in the second half, as both the Steelers and the Packers scored seven points in the period. The Packers struck first with a Wilkinson run, and Frye added an extra point. But the Steelers tied the score at 27-27 thanks to Taylor’s fourth TD run and second extra point run of the day.
Taylor added to his already impressive day with one more touchdown run late in the game, and added the extra point to make it a 34-27 Steeler lead. The Packers answered on a Frye touchdown run — his fourth TD of the day, but their extra point attempt failed, giving the Steelers the narrow win.
• Against the Titans, the Steelers came back from a 28-19 halftime deficit with a second-half Trace Taylor touchdown, but the Titans held on for the remainder of the half to take the win.
Taylor scored all four of the Steelers’ touchdowns, beginning with a 25-yard run that answered an early Titans’ score. He added a 40-yard run, a 10-yard score and a 30-yard second-half run and extra point to provide his team’s point total.
Jaylen Johnson scored three 40-yard touchdown runs for the Titans, and added an extra-point run in the first half. Collin Smedley ran for three extra points, Jordan Tidwell added a touchdown in the Titans’ winning effort.