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Osborne Pushes Pope but Falls in 2 OTs
What started as a home game for the Cardinals ended in a 27-24 loss at South Cobb.
The staged a fourth-quarter rally to force overtime in a home game played miles away but lost to in double overtime, 27-24, Friday night.
Pope led 7-0 in the third quarter when the Cardinal Stadium lights began to fail and the game moved south to , which had the night off, the Marietta Daily Journal reported.
A 70-yard touchdown pass in the final two minutes sent the game to overtime, the MDJ said, and each team scored a touchdown in the first overtime before a Pope touchdown topped an Osborne field goal.
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The loss to the state's dropped Osborne to 1-4 on the year and 0-2 in Region 5-AAAA. The Cardinals had on the road a week earlier against , 17-7.
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