The Jamestown Chiefs of the Northeastern Football Alliance were all about having fun on at Strider Field.
They rattled off 39 unanswered points to start the game before ultimately winning 46-14 against the Southern Tier Diesel. Halfback passes, trick plays and everything in between were all fair game for the Chiefs, who were simply just trying to have fun.
''We had a team discussion at practice and we decided the team needed to know how to have fun,'' Chiefs coach Brendan Carter said.
For many of the players, it can't get more fun than scoring 46 points at home.
Five different players scored touchdowns in the game. Gary Kum caught two touchdown passes, James Dickey ran in two touchdowns and Brian Hardy, Chad Slade and Mark Richardson scored once each.
It was Dickey's fourth-quarter score that sealed the win for the Chiefs from 30-plus yards out, but even the native Jamestown running back gave credit where it was due after the game.
''The line stood strong,'' Dickey said. ''We executed well and it was a true overall team effort tonight.''
It was only their second win of the season, but as a franchise, it was one step in the right direction for the Chiefs. After the win, Jamestown sits in third place of the Niagara Division at 2-5 with two road games remaining.
Next week the Chiefs will have to travel to Cortland to play the Bulldogs in the first-ever matchup between the two teams.
''We are going to approach next week's game the same way,'' Carter said. ''We have to go to Cortland and it will be like a family road trip.''
At the end of the day, the Chiefs are just looking to turn their winning ways into something they can carry with them into next season. Saturday's game was the home finale for the club, which has two regular season games remaining.
Whether its home or away from here on out, the team looks to focus on one detail.
''It goes back to having fun,'' Carter added.
With Dickey running wild, Henry Leeper running the offense at quarterback and a defense led by leading tackler Ryan Macintyre, the Chiefs look to pose a threat to the NFA for years to come.
The season ends on Sept. 5 with an away game at the Rome Rampage, but in the first year of existence, the Chiefs have made strides to become the newest semi-professional football team to succeed in Jamestown.
On Saturday they honored the Jamestown Dukes from the 1940s, they won their first home game as a franchise and with Carter at the helm, it looks to be the first of many wins at home for the Chiefs.
