As the football team was driving down field against Riverside City College, a botched snap caused the Warriors to fumble the ball while on the 3 yard line.

The fumble ended with a Riverside City College player picking the ball up and running 86 yards for a touchdown.

The play was just a sample of the Warriors’ offense that just wasn’t able to get the ball moving during its 31-7 loss to Riverside City College on Oct. 4.

“We were out of sync of offense,” offensive coordinator Eugene Engle said. “The defense played great, they kept us in the game. The score is not indignant of how well the defense played. I think they played great. If we did anything on offense we would’ve won this game.”

The offense was unable to get anything going as the lone points for the Warriors came when Lionel Kendrick intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown to give EC its only score on the night.

“We got all young guys at quarterback,” coach John Featherstone said. “They’re real young. We have three guys and one was sick this week. This team still has talent. You look at that first quarter, if we would have some things go our way and we could’ve done something.”

The team was down after the first quarter but tied the game after Kendrick’s interception return for a touchdown.

After the score the team was outscored 24-0 the rest the game. In Joey Notch and Kendell Sparks’ return the offense showed signs of life, but couldn’t overcome mistakes that would end drives. The offense ended up going scoreless for the first time this season.

“I felt good coming out here,” quarterback Joey Notch said. “I feel there’s a little rust there but it didn’t feel good losing like this on your first game back.”

The Warriors gave all three quarterbacks time and it didn’t matter as the offense wasn’t able to get anything going against the Tigers’ defense.

“We just got to get better at everything,” Notch said. “I have to be really critical of myself when I watch the film and I got to do a better job helping out the team, it’s not going to be pretty.”

The offense would end up punting a majority of the time and had two turnovers on its last two drives to end the game. The Tigers’ defense was getting a significant push against the Warriors’ offensive line, giving the quarterbacks less time to operate in the pocket.

“Early in the game they were blitzing a lot which made it hard,” Notch said. “Later in the game it wasn’t as bad. I settled down, I just couldn’t get anything going throwing was a little off but by a couple of inches. It’s tough but it’s definitely not an excuse for how we did today.”

The team will now turn its focus to Cerritos College when the Warriors face the Falcons at Redondo Union High School on Saturday at 4 p.m..

“I think we need to get better,” Notch said. “I need to stay in the pocket a little bit more and have a little more poise and just get better on every cylinder. I need to get my reads back. Everything’s has to be better.”