The Lumberjacks edged past the Cardinals 14:13 in a regular-season NFL match on October 3rd. It was a tight affair from start to finish, decided by the narrowest of margins. By then, both sides had shown they would not yield easily.
The Lumberjacks arrived with momentum, having won their last three fixtures. They beat the RiverHawks 63:14, the Panthers 31:10, and the Wildcats 26:7. The Cardinals, meanwhile, carried mixed form. A heavy 63:10 defeat to the Bobcats sat alongside a 30:23 win over the Huskies.
And here's the thing about a 14:13 scoreline — it tells you little of how the game unfolded. There were no minutes to mark, no substitutions to note. What remains is the result itself, and the fact that one team held their nerve when it mattered.
To be fair, the Cardinals had something to prove. Earlier in September they had beaten the Lumberjacks 38:28, but this time the visitors could not replicate that dominance. The hosts, who had won their previous encounters, sat deep and soaked it up when needed.
The Lumberjacks' recent record speaks for itself: six wins from the games listed, with only losses on the horizon when they fell to the Bobcats. The Cardinals showed flashes — 76:14 against OK Panhandle Storm, 30:23 versus the Huskies — but inconsistency crept in.
One mistake ends it in a game like this. The Cardinals came within a single point, but the Lumberjacks did not travel to make up the numbers — they came to win, and they did.
