His defense allowed just three yards on Farmington's first possession, forcing the Indians into a three-and-out. The special teams got pressure on punter Gus Wollenberg setting up good field position for what has blossomed into a highly productive offensive.
It then took just two plays for the Falcons to reach the end zone.
After using his legs to pick up three-yards on first down, quarterback Brian Kaczynski used his arm to pick up the remaining 51 as he hit Ryan Moore (5 receptions, 167 yards, 2 TDs) streaking down the sideline some five-yard behind the closest Indian defensive back.
Just 2:30 into its first Friday night game of the season, St. Paul was up 7-0.
But the perfect start didn't produce a storybook ending as the Indians immediately responded on their way to a 35-14 win.
Sophomore Tebucky Jones Jr. grabbed the ensuing kickoff, faked a handoff to fellow returnman Matt Robinson and broke free for a 68-yard return setting up the Indians deep in Falcon territory.
Two Mark D'Annibale carries later, just over a minute after St. Paul snatched the lead, the game was knotted at seven.
While the Falcons (1-6 overall, 1-6 Nutmeg League) played well the rest of the half, the lead would never swing back in their favor.
With three-minutes remaining in the second quarter, Farmington (4-3 overall, 3-3 Nutmeg) QB Eric Morrissey faked a pitch to Robinson and bootlegged off the left side. Before the play was over he scampered 14-yards untouched for the touchdown to put the Indians out in front, 14-7.
It wasn't the only time the bootleg worked for Morrissey.
Six minutes into the second stanza, the Indian signal-caller gave Farmington a bit of breathing room with yet another play fake to Robinson, this time circling off the right side and somehow escaped the grasp of Kyle Cruz to go 40-yards for the score.
Cruz seemingly had a beat on Morrissey (14 carries, 67 yards, 2 TDs) some eight-yards in the backfield but was unable to contain the Farmington quarterback. He was the only Falcon that didn't bite on the play fake.
Although that Farmington breathing room was quickly sliced back to seven, it never seemed as if the Falcons ever regrouped from the 40-yard Morrissey touch-down run.
The Indians went to the air just once in the entire second half. That one pass play was a 22-yard touchdown connection from Morrissey to tight end Jeff Arming-ton to extend the lead to 35-14.
While the Indians relied exclusively on its ground game, the Falcons did the exact opposite. The first St. Paul running play of the second half didn't come until there was less than four minutes remaining in the contest.