The Paris Musketeers improved to 5-1 on Bastille Day in Paris by jumping out to a seemingly insurmountable lead and then staving off a huge comeback from the visiting Berlin Thunder. Paris got the opening kickoff and quickly marched down the field, capping the drive off with a five yard touchdown pass from quarterback Zach Edwards to Rémi Bertellin.  After the teams exchanged a few punts, Paris had the ball around midfield when Edwards found Hugo Tekedam for a 50 yard touchdown on the third play of the drive, giving the home team a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Musketeers continued their dominance in the second quarter, forcing a three-and-out before embarking on another long drive. This time, they capped it off with some trickeration, as Bertellin, a receiver, threw a touchdown pass to tight end Kevin Mwamba.  After another Berlin three-and-out, Edwards and Tekedam connected again for a 34 yard touchdown.  This brought the Paris lead to 27-0 going into the break.

Early in the third quarter, the Musketeers continued their dominance with a rushing touchdown from Edwards, putting them up 35-0.  But Berlin finally began to fight back.  Quarterback Jakeb Sullivan soon found Aaron Jackson for a 61 yard touchdown pass to get on the board.  Later, he found running back Albert Wiesigstrauch for a 32 yard score, cutting the deficit to 35-13.In the fourth quarter, the Thunder continued their comeback, as Sullivan connected with Adrian Peter for a four yard touchdown.  After a Musketeers punt, Berlin had the ball on 4th and 1 when Wiesigstrauch suddenly took off for a 59 yard rushing touchdown. All of a sudden, the 35-0 margin had become 35-27.  Paris then punted again, giving the visitors one more chance to score.  But the offense finally hit a rut and were stopped on 4th down in their own territory. Paris kneeled down to run out the clock and clinched the victory.

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