A late comeback fell short as the Tulsa Oilers football team lost a close one to Fishers Freight, 40-38, Saturday evening at the BOK Center. Tulsa’s record dropped to 1-2 on the season, and Fishers improved to 3-1.

The Freight jumped out to an early 10-0 lead, but Tulsa responded with a nine-yard touchdown pass from TJ Edwards II to Jerminic Smith Sr., with 10:18 left in the second quarter.

Tulsa then took the lead with a three-yard pass from Edwards to Tripp Harrington into the end zone, and the Oilers took a 14-10 lead into halftime.

Fishers regained the lead in the third quarter when Dominic Roberto carried the ball two yards for a score, putting the Freight ahead, 17-14, with 7:36 left in the quarter.

Tulsa answered with Anthony James Jr. catching a short pass from Edwards and ran it into the end zone, putting the Oilers ahead again, 21-17, with 5:30 left in the third. Tulsa’s kicker, Bailey Hale, extended that lead when his following kickoff resulted in a rouge, making it 22-17. A rouge is scored when the receiving team can not return the kickoff out of the end zone.

Fishers then took over, scoring two touchdowns and a deuce to take a 33-22 lead in the fourth quarter. A deuce, or two points, is scored when the kickoff goes through the uprights.

With 5:25 left in the fourth quarter, Edwards stretched out his arms to score on a one-yard play plus a two-point conversion, kept Tulsa within striking distance, 33-30.

Fishers then stretched the lead to 10 points, 40-30, with another touchdown, before Smith scored his second touchdown of the game on a pass from Edwards. The two-point conversion was good, but it was not enough as just 18 seconds were left on the clock.

The Oilers will play the Rattlers in Arizona this Saturday at 8:00 p.m. CDT, before returning home to face San Diego on May 2, at 7:00 p.m. at the BOK Center.