By Kahlil Najar

Des Moines – The San Jose SaberCats (13-5) finished the regular season with a convincing win over the Iowa Barnstormers (6-12), 72-43. SaberCats Quarterback Nathan Stanley threw for 314-yard with six-touchdowns and wide receiver Reggie Gray had three receiving touchdowns and a kickoff return for a touchdown.

After one quarter of play, the SaberCats were down 14-0. However in the second quarter the Cats scored four unanswered touchdowns including two rushing touchdowns by Armstrong and one from Stanley. Gray also caught his first touchdown of the night on a nice 32-yard throw. The Barnstormers were able to score twice in the last minute but so was San Jose on a quick nine yard pass to Gray and the first half ended at 35-24 in favor of San Jose.

Stanley found Gray again to start the third quarter and found Curry later on in the quarter. In the fourth, Staney found Willis and Curry again for touchdowns and Gray returned a kickoff 58 yards to cap the scoring the San Jose and give us the final score of 72-43.

The SaberCats return home to face Spokane in the first round of playoffs this Saturday, game time 7pm PST.