Uvalde high school football team wins first home game in miraculous fashion

Uvalde’s high school football team won its first home game Friday night 34-28 in incredible fashion.

The town has been plagued with anger and grief the entire summer after the unbelievably awful shooting that left 21 people dead at Robb Elementary School on May 24.

Uvalde hosted its first home game of the season against C.C. Winn High School Mavericks Friday night.

Fast forward to just 36 seconds left in the game, Uvalde had the ball down 28-27. In back-to-back plays, Uvalde went 59 yards for the go-head touchdown.

First, running back Jonathan Jimenez reversed the field for an incredible run down to the 10-yard-line. Then, Uvalde’s quarterback threw a pass to the receiver, who caught it with one hand with just 12 seconds left for the go-ahead touchdown.

Check this out:

This is absolute goosebumps stuff:

Uvalde High School won its first home game tonight 34-28.

It happened thanks to a miraculous 51-yard run with 36 seconds to go.
And then a go-ahead, one-handed TD catch with 12 seconds left.
Have to love sports.#txhsfb @wfaa pic.twitter.com/AXSs1zakUu

— William Joy (@WilliamJoy) September 3, 2022

There’s no moving on from the grief and tragedy that this town has experienced; however, there are moments when folks can maybe escape it for a while to experience an incredible moment.

Kevin Duffey

A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.