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This past fall's homecoming football game at Albany High School was a joyous occasion. The home team scored five touchdowns while holding its rivals to a score of zero. In addition, five of the top senior players (including the boy whose last name is Hurd) each scored one of the five touchdowns. From this information and the clues below, can you determine each player's full name and the order in which they scored?
1. The second one to run the ball past the goal posts and Hixson are Marc and Murphy, in some order; the other three players are the third one to score, Haynes, and Holmes.
2. The first player to score a touchdown is either Morris or Murphy.
3. The fifth player to get a touchdown and Haynes are Marc and Matt, in some order.
4. Mike isn't Hudson.
1. The second one to run the ball past the goal posts and Hixson are Marc and Murphy, in some order; the other three players are the third one to score, Haynes, and Holmes.
2. The first player to score a touchdown is either Morris or Murphy.
3. The fifth player to get a touchdown and Haynes are Marc and Matt, in some order.
4. Mike isn't Hudson.
Answer
1. Marc Hixson, fifth2. Matt Haynes, fourth
3. Mike Hurd, third
4. Murphy Hudson, second
5. Morris Holmes, first
By clue 1, Marc isn't Haynes.
Since the fifth player to score and Haynes are Marc and Matt, in some order (clue 3), Marc is the fifth player and Matt is Haynes.
By clue 1, then, Marc is Hixson and Murphy scored second.
Morris scored first (clue 2).
Since Matt Haynes didn't score third (clue 1), he scored fourth.
By elimination, Mike scored third.
By clue 1, Holmes didn't score second or third; he scored first. Since Mike isn't Hudson (clue 4), he's Hurd, and Murphy is Hudson.
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