She Got Walloped

First female RB in men's pro football league unfazed in debut

First female RB in men's pro football league unfazed in debut

Louis Ojeda Jr.

FOX Sports Southwest

FEB 16, 2014 2:55a ET

Courtesy, Texas Revolution

Texas Revolution general manager and 1987 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown (left) signed Jennifer Welter in January to try out at running back.

ALLEN, Texas -- History was finally going to be made on Saturday, but Jennifer Welter had to wait an extra two and a half quarters before the moment arrived.

For the first time ever, a woman was playing running back in a men's professional football game.

The 36-year-old Women's Pro Football veteran made her debut with the Indoor Football League's Texas Revolution this weekend after signing to try out for the team last month.

The Revolution cruised to a 64-30 win over the North Texas Crunch, but Welter wasn't able to find the end zone.

Inside the 5-yard line midway through the third quarter, she took the handoff from the quarterback and saw a wide open hole, but that gap closed quickly and the 5-2, 130-pounder was knocked back for a loss.

It wasn't pretty, but she wasn't fazed after getting hit hard by former Division 1 college athletes.

"I said 'Is that all you got?'" Welter told 6-4, 245-pound Crunch defensive lineman Cedric Hearvey. "I didn't want them to think I was intimidated."