Even with no time on the clock the top-ranked Blinn Buccaneers scored points in their homecoming game against Cisco College to log their eighth win of the season and set up a showdown with No. 2 Navarro next Saturday in Corsicana. The Bucs scored seven touchdowns in the first half and five in the second half to win 84-13 at Spencer Stadium.

Blinn opened with a 39-yard touchdown pass from Cam Newton to Dexter Ransom who later left the game with a knee injury. Then the Bucs went up 14-0 on a Mike Hayes 10-yard run

The second quarter scoring began with a 30-yard quarterback keeper by Newton. Then Alex Elkins recovered a Wrangler fumble on the Cisco 25 that led to a one-yard Newton score. Hayes tacked on another touchdown from 24 yard line to put the Bucs up 35-0 with 5:26 left in the half.

Cisco’s only score in the first half came on the ensuing kickoff when Gary Edwards returned the ball 101 yards. With three seconds remaining in the half, Newton pitched four yards to Sean Rutherford and it appeared the halftime score would be 42-7. But the Wranglers ran the kickoff back to the Blinn 20 and with the Bucs penalized for a personal foul and no time on the clock, Cisco attempted a field goal. The Bucs blocked the kick and Cassius Bradley scooped it up and took it the length of the field to up the score to 49-7 at the half.

Cisco’s woes continued early in the third quarter when Duke Bohall intercepted Ivan Delgado giving Blinn the ball at midfield and leading to a one-yard touchdown by Hayes. On the Bucs’ next possession, Newton connected with Bola Ominsanya for a 17-yard touchdown that made the score 63-7.

The Wranglers picked up a second touchdown on a 16-yard pass from Delgado to Antwone Moore, but failed to score the extra point.

With Newton resting safely on the sidelines, Rutherford took over the quarterbacking duties and promptly hit Ominsanya who took it 51 yards into the end zone. Leading 70-13, the Bucs scored twice in the fourth quarter on a seven-yard run by Ziggy Foster and a three-yard strike to Don Brooks to finish the three-and-a-half hour game at 84-13.

With the win, Blinn secured home field advantage for the first round of the SWJCFC playoffs on Nov. 7. But first, the Buccaneers must travel to Corsicana on Saturday for a 3 p.m. kickoff against the second-ranked Bulldogs to conclude the regular season.