Tulsa, Okla. — Tulsa Oilers Football, a proud member of the IFL and powered by Community Care, fall in a 39-35 game that ended playoff hopes for Tulsa in the 2024 campaign. 

Quad City started the scoring with a 32-yard field goal by Kyle Kaplan to make it 3-0 Steamwheelers with 8:03 to go in the first. 

The Oilers took the lead via a 5-yard touchdown pass to Alexis Rosario with 14:21 left in the second quarter, awarding Tulsa with a 7-3 lead. Quad City put up two scores in a row, a 1-yard run by Judd Erickson for a score and a 47-yard field goal by Kaplan to make it 13-7 at half.

Rosario scored his second touchdown of the game to open the second half thanks to a 9-yard catch with 11:19 on the clock in the third giving Tulsa a 14-13 lead. With 6:16 to go in the third, Quad City's Keyvan Rudd found the end zone with a 3-yard catch to regain the Steamwheelers lead at 19-14. CJ Tate for the Oilers slipped past the goal line with a 2-yard snag with 3:52 to go in the third frame to make the score 20-19 Tulsa. Harrington for Quad City scored with no time left in the third on a 2-yard run to make it 26-20 going into the fourth in favor of the Steamwheelers. 

D'Marcus Adams put up two touchdowns in the final quarter but Quad City matched Tulsa and rushed the ball into the end zone with 0:05 to go in the game via Mike Irwin on a 3-yard play that was the ultimate game winner. 

The Oilers fall 39-35 and are eliminated from the playoff race. 

Tulsa will stay home to face the Massachusetts Pirates on Friday, July 19 at 7:05 p.m. CT to at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

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