This game was a lot more open than the score line suggests, with both sides capable of moving the ball. Although defenses were dominant at first and Ryan Hunter of the Tigers outstanding in particular, there was a fresh and open approach to the game. The Stallions eventually worked their way down field behind the strong running of MVP James McIlroy. A pass to Gee and a swing pass to McIlroy, plus a further two runs from McIlroy had Wessex down to the Tigers nine yard line only for McLauchlan to pick of the intended scoring strike.

The Glasgow side tremendous self-belief by going for it on fourth down on their own eleven yard line and with Tigers quarterback Craig Wilson taking to the air with strikes of twenty yards and twenty-four to Wilson and Russell the game was hardly dull. However as the first period ended the Tigers stalled on the Wessex nineteen.

The second quarter still saw the Stallions stick to their ground game behind Ben Flood Page and James McIlroy and the former dropped a certain score when he let an easy chance slip through his fingers. Both sides continued to mount small drives but were eventually forced to punt but the Tigers always seemed to have a slight edge. They fumbled the ball away on the halfway line to end one drive and Wilson was intercepted on the Stallions' eighteen to halt another as the game remained scoreless at the half.

The Tigers continued to have the better of the exchanges in the third, sacking the Wessex quarterback on successive plays and returning the punt to the three-yard line but still failing to score. Finally the Glasgow side got their reward when Wessex fumbled on their own goal line and David Thompson picked up to score the only touchdown of the game.

As the game moved into the fourth the Stallions still continued to move the ball but could never breach a Tigers bend but not break defense.