PHOENIX — The Tucson Sugar Skulls had one more chance at beating their in-state rival.

One more chance to hand the Arizona Rattlers their first loss of the season. One more chance to avoid the season sweep against Arizona. Instead, the Rattlers (13-0) overcame a 21-point deficit to beat the Sugar Skulls (6-7) 50-49 in overtime Saturday evening.

The last time the Sugar Skulls and Rattlers faced off, Tucson was “bullied” at home. Despite the loss, that wasn’t the case at Talking Stick Resort Arena on Saturday. After a bye week and two full weeks to prepare for the Rattlers, Tucson went toe-to-toe with the lone undefeated team in the Indoor Football League.

“They played with heart and I hope they understand that they can play like this every weekend,” said Sugar Skulls head coach Marcus Coleman. “I thought we had a good game plan coming in, which we did. … They just made one more play than we did. For the most part I thought we played a hell of game all the way across the board.”