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"I just caught it, bounced off a tackle and I see the end zone and I was just hungry [for my second touchdown]," Underwood said. "I wanted to get in there. That's what it's all about.
"It just happened to be my day today, but we're just trying to become consistent with the offense as a receiving core and help Mike Teel out."
Britt did not reach the end zone in the game but led the team in catches with six and was second in receiving yards with 84. Underwood led all wideouts with 99 yards on five catches.
The coaching staff made the decision to pull Teel at half time, leaving him with 238 yards and three touchdown passes on the day.
"I thought [the offense] was pretty good," Teel said. "We were able to score points and get some touchdown passes. The biggest thing is that no one got seriously hurt which is huge for us."
The defense stepped it up in the second half for both sides. A one-yard run by freshman Joe Martinek was the only score for the rest of the game.
The secondary struggled against the size of the first team offense, but was minus senior safety Courtney Greene, who was held out to prevent injury.
Sophomore safety Joe Lefeged said it wasn't weird playing without Greene because he has been limited all spring and was happy with the run defense.
"I think we did pretty well," Lefeged said. "We limited the big plays on the running game. That's what our goal is. Limit the run. Limit the running backs under 100 yards, and I think we did pretty well today."
The first team defense held the running game to only 64 yards on 18 attempts in the game.
"I thought against the run we did really well," said senior linebacker Kevin Malast, who had seven total tackles. "We gave up some big plays against the pass; we can't do that. That's one of our goals as a defense, but I thought we came along real well on the run today."
The two biggest positives for the Knights were the lack of injuries and the increased fan support.
Reserve quarterback Chris Paul-Etienne wore a sling in the locker room after the game but said that it was nothing serious. Britt was taken off the field in the second quarter but will be fine.
The record crowd of 14,501 made everyone on the team happy, especially Teel, a fifth-year senior who truly appreciated the support.
"I couldn't believe it. It was unbelievable," Teel said. "I was saying my freshman year there were maybe 500 people here for the spring game. That was the most exciting part of the whole day for me was seeing so many people come to the game."
(C) 2008 Daily Targum via U-WIRE
