Jacksonville: Terry Lewis (40)
Alabama: Clifton Brown (90) |
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short, 17-16 |
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| George
Breazeale - Austin American-Statesman |
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Austin's third bid to come from behind was inches off the
mark and Houston edged the Texans, 17-16, in the teams' American
Football Association Southwest Division opener at Nelson Field
Saturday night.
Quarterback Mike Washington, who stayed fresh on the sideline
until late in the third quarter, guided a 68-yard Austin scoring
march to put the Texans ahead, 16-14, early in the final period
- but his fourth-down pass down the middle to receiver Kim Watts
was inches out of reach with two minutes left and the Armadillos
ran out the clock to preserve the victory.
Superb defense by such Texans as Elvis Shaw, Rodney Greene, L.C.
Cole, Dave Hansen, Tommy Cox, John Hopson and 170-pound
linebacker Arthur Attwood kept the losers in contention all the
way - but two critical third-down plays in the second half swung
the verdict to Houston.
Houston's 235-pound quarterback, James Montgomery, hit wide
receiver Anthony Brigham on a four-yard cut-in touchdown pass on
third down to produce a 14-8 Armadillo
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Washington, the Texans' offensive backfield coach, then
came in to replace starter Wade Kirk and guided Austin 68 yards
in nine plays, with running back Ricky Caldwell breaking the
final 23 yards off tackle for the touchdown.
After the conversion snap was fumbled, kicker Ward Bailey
picked up the ball and threw to Greene for two points and a
16-14 lead with 13:05 left in the game.
Houston then moved from its own 34 after the kickoff.
Montgomery, wilting under a third-down pass rush by Attwood,
dumped a flat pass to running back Paul Hood, who darted 32
yards down the sidelines to the Austin 14. On fourth and four
from the Texan 8, Jerry Maltz sent through a 25-yard field goal
for the winning margin with 7:24 left in the game.
Washington twice picked up critical yardage on scrambles
after Austin took the kickoff at its 33, his last 11-yard run
netting a first down at the 'Dillo 31. But Caldwell lost one,
two passes went incomplete and Watts couldn't reach the fourth
down effort which would have carried inside the Houston 20.
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threat, riding the runs of Caldwell and Leonard Brantley and
Kirk's passes to receiver Wayland Gay, to a first down at the
'Dillo 10. A potential scoring pass to Watts was broken up by
Houston's James Bailey and Bryan Bailey was wide left on a
27-yard field goal try.
A short Austin punt set up Houston at the Texan 35 early in
the second quarter and Hood, Billy Cook and Wayne White rammed
the distance in five plays, with White going the final 11 yards
up the middle and Maltz converting for a 7-0 lead.
Attwood brought the Texans to life by blocking a Houston
punt at the 'Dillo 8, and after Brantley picked up four,
Caldwell cut off left tackle for four and the score. He
duplicated the run for the two-point conversion and an 8-7 lead.
Caldwell, a 200-pound Southwest Texas State product, led
all rushers with 87 yards on 14 carries and Brantley had 54 on
17. Hood led Houston with 68 on 16 and Washington collected 36
on only four trips. Brigham led the receivers with nine catches
for 74 yards. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Houston |
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0 |
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7 |
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7 |
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3 |
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17 |
| Austin |
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0 |
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8 |
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0 |
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8 |
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- |
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16 |
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| Statistics |
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HO |
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AU |
| First downs |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Passing yards |
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? |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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? - ?
- ? |
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? - ?
- ? |
| Punts - avg |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Fumbles - lost |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Penalties - yards |
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? - ? |
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| Scoring Summary |
| HO |
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White 11 run (Maltz kick) |
| AU |
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Caldwell 4 run (Caldwell kick) |
| HO |
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Brigham 4 pass from Montgomery
(Maltz kick) |
| AU |
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Caldwell 23 run (Greene pass
from Bailey) |
| HO |
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Maltz 25 field goal |
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Houston: Mark Glover (??)
Austin: Ricky Caldwell (44) |
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| Austin: Ward Kirk (12) |
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| Geminis open
season with a 34-13 defeat |
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| Vic Carucci -
Buffalo News |
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Gene Zinni coached part of this game from the press box. He
swore it was because it gave him a better view of the action,
but the feeling among some people in War Memorial Stadium
Saturday night was he wanted to put as much distance as possible
between himself and the Buffalo Geminis.
To his credit, Zinni was standing on the sideline for the second
half of the Geminis' pathetic 34-13 American Football
Association season-opening loss to the Racine (Wis.) Gladiators.
In the stands, 1,326 people were listening to their voices
bounce off about 39,000 empty seats.
"We had never seen this team before, so I was sort of
scouting them from upstairs," Zinni said. "At halftime (with the
Geminis trailing 14- |
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0), the players asked for me to be on the sideline to give them
more direction. I'll stay on the sideline from now on. I've got
to be there to make adjustments."
The Gladiators' first two touchdowns came on passes of
three and 25 yards from quarterback Joe Grenfenhauer to tight
end Dan Brunner and running back Greg Johnson.
The Geminis cut the margin to 14-6 in the third quarter on
a two-yard touchdown run by fullback Eric Gadley, who finished
the game with nine carries for 79 yards.
Buffalo had an excellent opportunity to pull within a point
shortly thereafter when Racine punter Chris Schnell got a bad
snap and had to run the ball, giving the Geminis possession at
the Gladiators' 38. |
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But on first down, a George Pachucy pass skidded off the
finger tips of Domenick Lettieri and into the hands of Racine's
Daryle Herrick.
The Gladiators, with the help of a pass interference call
and a roughing penalty on Buffalo's Riley Washington, then drove
to the Geminis' one, from where Joe Rodriquez scored to make it
20-6.
A 31-yard touchdown run by Johnson and John Branch's
20-yard scoring run after recovering a botched lateral by
Pachucy gave Racine a 34-6 advantage.
With less than two minutes left in the game, Buffalo
defensive lineman Lynn Rusch intercepted a pass at the two and
took it in for a touchdown. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Racine |
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7 |
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7 |
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13 |
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7 |
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34 |
| Buffalo |
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0 |
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0 |
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6 |
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7 |
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13 |
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RA |
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BU |
| First downs |
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16 |
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8 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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28 - 121 |
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28 - 150 |
| Passing yards |
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223 |
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69 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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15 -
32 - 1 |
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9 -
23 - 2 |
| Punts - avg |
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3 - 40 |
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7 - 25 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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0 - 0 |
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1 - 1 |
| Penalties - yards |
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10 - 60 |
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4 - 56 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| RA |
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Brunner 3 pass from Grafenauer
(Lindskoog kick) |
| RA |
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Thompson 15 pass from
Grafenauer (Lindskoog kick) |
| BU |
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Gadley 2 run (pass failed) |
| RA |
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Rodriguez 1 run (kick blocked) |
| RA |
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Johnson 31 run (Lindskoog
kick) |
| RA |
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Branch 26 fumble recovery
return (Lindskoog kick) |
| BU |
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Rush 2 interception return
(Perry kick) |
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Buffalo: George Pachucy (19)
Racine: Rich Lafford (69) |
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| Canton Bulldogs
beaten by Roanoke in opening game |
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| Milan Zban -
Akron Beacon Journal |
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"We won the statistical war, but lost the battle," said
Canton Bulldogs' coach Bob Commings.
"All I'm interested in is the final score," said Commings'
counterpart Gary Falon of the Roanoke (Va.) Valley Express after
they downed the Bulldogs 13-6 in the season's opener for both
American Football Association teams at the Rubber Bowl Saturday
night.
A crowd of 4,100 didn't see much offense by either team. The
defense put all the points on the board.
The Express got both its scores via interceptions and both came
within the final 3:41 of the first half.
The Bulldogs finally got on the board after the Express stopped
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Forepaugh recovered an Express fumble in the end zone.
Linebacker Brent Modic stripped the ball loose from Express
quarterback Rick Hackenberg and Forepaugh was there to fall on
the ball for the six points.
The Bulldogs' score came with the Express already up by 13
points by virture of the scoring splurge just before the half.
Canton's only TD came with 13:05 remaining in the fourth period.
Express defensive back Terry Palmer, who was called for a
personal foul which put the ball on the Bulldogs' 17, made up
for his error on the very next play when he came up with an
interception and returned it 38 yards to the Canton 39.
A play later Hackenberg floated a pass over |
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the middle to Marvin Seals who caught it and raced to the Canton
5-yard line where he was hauled down from behind.
Hackenberg rolled out to his right on the next play and
found Seals open in the end zone for the game's first score.
Chip Lundy's extra point kick was good.
With 2:11 left in the half, defensive back Walt Bellamy
intercepted a Bob Commings' pass intended for Lindsay Latson on
the sidelines near the Bulldog bench and ran down the sideline
61 yards for another touchdown.
Modic tackled extra point holder Vance Price who tried to
run with the ball after a high snap from center, but the Express
still carried a 13-0 lead into the locker room. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Roanoke |
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0 |
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13 |
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0 |
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0 |
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13 |
| Canton |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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6 |
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RO |
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CA |
| First downs |
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7 |
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17 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - 46 |
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? - 122 |
| Passing yards |
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83 |
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98 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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10 -
22 - 3 |
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12 -
39 - 3 |
| Punts - avg |
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? - ? |
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| Fumbles - lost |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Penalties - yards |
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13 - 135 |
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4 - 40 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| RO |
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Seals 5 pass from Hackenberg
(Lundy kick) |
| RO |
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Bellamy 61 interception return
(run failed) |
| CA |
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Forepaugh recovered fumble in
end zone (kick failed) |
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Florida Sun
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Carolina Storm
May 29, 1982
- Memorial Stadium - |
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| Smith, Turner pace
Storm to 62-7 victory |
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| David Scott -
Charlotte Observer |
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The Florida Sun took the hint. After the first play from
scrimmage in the Sun's American Football Association game
Saturday against the Carolina Storm in Memorial Stadium, it was
down a touchdown.
Knowing it was outclassed, the Sun folded right up for Carolina,
and the Storm cruised to a 62-7 victory in its season opener,
before 3,414 fans.
The Storm got on the board quickly. With less than 30 seconds
elapsed. Carolina quarterback Ellsworth Turner lofted a 59-yard
touchdown pass to Reggie "Super Gnat" Smith.
Then it got on with the crushing.
Turner's strike to Smith was was the first of seven touchdown
passes he threw, breaking an AFA single-game record. Turner, who
completed 18 of 25 passes for 260 yards, held the old record of
six.
Three of the touchdowns went to Smith, who caught four passes
for 89 yards. Smith, who played with the AFA's Carolina Chargers
in 1979, then went to the NFL's Atlanta Falcons for two seasons,
wants to play in the Canadian Football League this year. He will
play with the Storm until something comes up in Canada. |
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"It was great throwing to Reggie again," said Turner, whose
six touchdown passes gave the Storm a 42-0 lead at halftime.
Things went easily for Turner, Smith and the Storm. In
fact, the toughest part of the game might have been figuring out
who was playing for whom.
Both teams had to wear white jerseys, because the Storm's
green jerseys haven't arrived yet and the Sun didn't bring its
red shirts. The teams' helmets and pants were different colors -
Carolina had yellow helmets and pants, Florida wore all white -
and that, it seemed, was enough to tell the difference.
The ease with which the game was won was a surprise. The
Storm's talent was evident beforehand because most of the
players had been with the Chargers when they were league
runners-up in 1979 and 1980. But the team had been practicing
together for only two weeks.
"We might have played better than I thought we would," said
Storm coach Eddie Joyce. "I really felt we weren't going to be
this sharp. It's probably the best we've looked."
Said Smith: "This team evidently enjoys playing on
Saturday. We really came together." |
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The game's first play set the tone. After that, it was just
a matter of how large the spread would be. Ray Ellis, for one,
wanted it bigger.
Ellis, an offensive lineman, played last season for Johnson
C. Smith, which lost one game 82-0 to S.C. State.
"I wanted 82 tonight," said Ellis.
The Storm probably could have gotten it. It led 21-0 at the
end of the first quarter, on additional scoring passes to Jeff
Thompson and Smith. Turner hit Lonnie Harris, Thompson and Smith
in the second quarter.
Florida got its only touchdown in the third quarter, when
Rupert Bennett caught a 68-yard scoring pass from Eddie
Williams.
Then Turner got his seventh, and record-breaking, scoring
pass, finding Thompson from 8 yards.
After that, ex-Appalachian State quarterback Steve Brown
took over and threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to James Crowder.
Carolina finished its scoring on a 16-yard run by Thompson, who
played college football at Minnesota and finished the game with
four touchdowns. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Florida |
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0 |
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0 |
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7 |
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0 |
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7 |
| Carolina |
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21 |
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21 |
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13 |
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7 |
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62 |
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FL |
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CA |
| First downs |
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6 |
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20 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - 30 |
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? - 299 |
| Passing yards |
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144 |
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265 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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14 -
30 - 5 |
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20 -
29 - 0 |
| Punts - avg |
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2 - 38 |
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9 - 33 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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0 - 0 |
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0 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards |
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9 - 120 |
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5 - 65 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| CA |
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Smith 59 pass from Turner
(Blum kick) |
| CA |
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Thompson10 pass from Turner
(Blum kick) |
| CA |
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Smith 15 pass from Turner
(Blum kick) |
| CA |
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Harris 35 pass from Turner
(Blum kick) |
| CA |
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Thompson 10 pass from Turner
(Blum kick) |
| CA |
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Smith 5 pass from Turner (Blum
kick) |
| FL |
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Bennett 68 pass from Williams
(Sullivan kick) |
| CA |
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Thompson 8 pass from Turner
(Blum kick) |
| CA |
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Crowder 12 pass from Brown
(kick failed) |
| CA |
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Thompson 16 run (Blum kick) |
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Carolina: Ellsworth Turner (15) |
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| Pride opens with
40-9 victory |
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| Earnest Reese -
Atlanta Constitution |
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After struggling with their opponent for the entire first
quarter of their American Football Association regular-season
opener at DeKalb Memorial Stadium Saturday night, quarterback
Anthony Flanagan and his Georgia Pride teammates hit the airways
for four second-period touchdowns and coasted to a 40-9 victory
over the Tallahassee Statesmen.
A crowd estimated at 3,000 saw the 6-3, 210-pound Flanagan throw
for four touchdowns within a span of seven minutes and 40
seconds to rally the Pride from a 3-0 deficit to a 28-3 halftime
lead.
Flanagan, who completed 13 of 20 passes for 190 yards in the
first half, threw seven yards to tight end Larry Powers for the
Pride's first touchdown. |
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After a five-yard penalty assessed against the Statesmen on
the ensuing kickoff, the Pride successfully executed an on-side
kick. Two plays and 40 seconds later, Flanagan went up top to
wide receiver Mike Frazier for a 33-yard touchdown.
With the Pride's defense bottling up the opposition's every
offensive avenue, Flanagan found former Georgia receiver Gene
Washington slanting across the middle for a 25-yard touchdown,
followed less than three minutes later by a 13-yard scoring pass
to Mike Dowdell.
Flanagan ran only one time, for a two-yard touchdown in the
third period, and sat out most of the fourth period after having
completed 16 of 30 passes for 234 yards and |
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those four touchdowns.
Statesman interim coach Steve Hardin, who Thursday night
coached his Lincoln High football team in a spring jamboree game
back in Tallahassee, sent out a seemingly inspired team against
the Pride. The Statesmen were the hardest-hitting team on the
field in the first period, when they took a 3-0 lead on
placekicker Mike Cox's 34-yard field goal with 8:34 left in the
opening quarter.
In the second period, however, the Statesmen, who ended up
with minus one yard total offense in the first half, found
themselves short of enthusiasm and long on inability to contend
with Flanagan's passing. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Florida |
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3 |
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0 |
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6 |
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0 |
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9 |
| Georgia |
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0 |
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28 |
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40 |
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| Statistics |
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FL |
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GA |
| First downs |
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? |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Passing yards |
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? |
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? |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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? - ?
- ? |
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? - ?
- ? |
| Punts - avg |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Fumbles - lost |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Penalties - yards |
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| Scoring Summary |
| FL |
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Cox 32 field goal |
| GA |
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Powers 7pass from Flanagan
(??? kick) |
| GA |
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Frazier 33 pass from Flanagan
(??? kick) |
| GA |
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Washington 25 pass from
Flanagan (??? kick) |
| GA |
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Dowdell 13 pass from Flanagan
(??? kick) |
| FL |
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Wilson 51 pass from Wooden
(kick failed) |
| GA |
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Flanagan 2 run (???) |
| GA |
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Mesquite Daily News |
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Though they had to wake from some first a half offensive
doldrums, the Texas Wranglers got untracked in time Saturday
night to take a 31-7 victory over the perennially tough San
Antonio Bulls and start off the American Football Association
season with a 1-0 record.
While the offense was experiencing problems, it was the
Wranglers' defense that was equal to the task, swiping seven
interceptions off the arms of Bulls passers Pete Przyborowski
and Richard Avery. The former gave up five interceptions, while
the latter suffered two. The big man in the secondary was Rod
Gerald, who swiped three Bulls' aerials, but recording the
biggest play of the evening was Chris Middleton.
With the Wranglers trailing 7-3 late in the first half,
Middleton stepped in front of wide receiver Thomas Whittier and
sped 80 yards with an interception to set up a go-ahead
touchdown, giving the Wranglers a lead they would never
relinquish.
"The defense showed a lot of poise hanging in there the way they
did in the first half to keep us in the game," said head coach
Rusty Talbot.
The defense had to overcome some early adversity to
accomplish the task, after a blocked Wranglers punt gave the
visiting team a 7-0 first quarter advantage. Gayle Grant, back
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put under heavy pressure and had his kick blocked by 260-pound
Ken Mills. Paul Peveglio got the handle on the bouncing ball on
the Texas 16 and went in untouched to open the scoring.
Texas struggled through most of the first half, finding it
hard to obtain rushing momentum. A running attack which a week
earlier had been able to grind out huge chunks of yardage
managed a meager 12 yards on the ground in the first two
periods. Fortunately, the Wranglers defense held San Antonio to
even less, giving up only nine yards.
In the second quarter the Wranglers finally got on the
scoreboard after seeing a drive die deep in San Antonio
territory. When the offense found it could move the ball no
further than the Bulls' seven, Grant came in to nail a perfect
24-yard field goal to cut the margin to 7-3.
In the closing minutes of the first half, Middleton's
heroics set up the go-ahead touchdown. Przyborowski and
Whittier, who had teamed up for five first half passing
connections, tried one time too often. Whittier ran an "out"
pattern, which Middleton diagnosed perfectly, stepping in front
of the receiver to pick off the pass at the Wranglers' 17 and
lugging it all the way to the San Antonio three, stopped as much
by the exhausting heat as by the closing Bulls tacklers. |
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The Wranglers made short work of it from there, as running
back Henry Bush banged across from the three for the score.
Grant added the PAT to make it 10-7.
A leaping third quarter reception by the Wranglers' Mark
Owen set up the next Texas score. Joel Briscoe, seeing his first
season action in the game, carried in from the 13-yard line and
Grant again converted for a 17-7 advantage.
The passing game got into the act for the next Wrangler
touchdown. Quarterback Welby Ina, using a host of receivers,
moved the ball crisply downfield to the Bulls' two-yard stripe.
Bootlegging to his left, Ina drew defensive pressure and lobbed
a perfect two-yard strike to Leonard Medlock in the end zone,
pushing the Wranglers in front 24-7.
On the final scoring drive by the Wranglers, Ina mixed up
the offensive calls, balancing the passing attack and running
game to move into scoring position. Medlock, who would finish
the night with 35 yards on the ground, got the biggest chunk of
it in the drive.
The Wranglers' offense carried the drive to the Bulls' 23,
and with the defense anticipating a pass, Medlock took a
handoff, swung to his right and turned on the speed for a
23-yard TD. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| San Antonio |
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| Texas |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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| Passing yards |
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134 |
| Passing (comp -
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| Fumbles - lost |
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Paveglio 8 blocked punt return
(Vega kick) |
| TX |
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Grant 24 field goal |
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Bush 3 run (Grant kick) |
| TX |
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Briscoe 12 run (Grant kick) |
| TX |
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Medlock 2 pass from Ina (Grant
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Tony Brown (47)
San Antonio: Ken Mills (??) |
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Texas: Henry Bush (33)
San Antonio: Ken Mills (??) |
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Welby Ina (??) |
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Mike Tyson and Mike Bailey scored three touchdowns each as
the Charleston Rockets routed the Virginia Chargers 71-7 in
their American Football Association regular season opener last
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Tyson got two of his touchdowns in the first quarter, on a
64-yard punt return and a 99-yard kickoff return, and one on an
80-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter.
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the first quarter, on 4-yard and 6-yard runs. His third
touchdown came in the second quarter on a a 3-yard run. |
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| Virginia |
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| First downs |
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| Passing yards |
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| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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| Fumbles - lost |
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Alabama Magic
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Florida Sun
June 5, 1982
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The Alabama Magic ran its American Football Association
record to 2-0 Saturday night with a 33-0 win over Florida before
an estimated crowd of 500 persons.
Two former Auburn stars, quarterback Charlie Trotman and
end Mark Robbins |
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accounted for two of the Magic's touchdowns. Trotman scored on a
1-yard run, and Robbins caught a 36-yard pass from Mark Cahill.
Other Magic points came on a 2-yard run by Carl Stephens, a
13-yard run by Roy Jones and a 5-yard run by Patrick Carrington.
Ed |
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Strickland converted three PATs and had two blocked.
The Magic plays again at 7:30 Saturday night in Anniston
against the Tallahassee Statesman. |
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| Alabama |
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33 |
| Florida |
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| First downs |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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| Passing yards |
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| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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| Punts - avg |
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| Fumbles - lost |
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Florida: Woodie Smith (12) |
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Austin Texans
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Shreveport Americans
June 5, 1982
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| Ron Higgins -
Shreveport Times |
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Austin Texans head coach Ben Dial pointed at the line on
the final statistical sheet following the Shreveport Americans'
rousing 52-13 American Football Association win Saturday night
at Independence Stadium.
"That," said Dial fingering the line which showed Shreveport's
passing yardage at 368, "was the difference."
The Americans turned a 21-13 game early in the third quarter
into an absolute rout and the basic reason was the play of
quarterback James Mosley.
Mosley came off the bench in the second quarter and finished the
night completing 13 of 18 passes for 212 yards and two
touchdowns.
His second scoring pass, covering six yards to tight end Gregg
Lazzaro with 2:24 left in the third quarter, got the Americans
back on track again after quarterback Mike Washington personally
led a Texans comeback.
Washington guided his team 75 yards in 15 plays following the
second half kickoff and scored on a one-yard quarterback sneak
to pull his team within 21-13.
But Mosley came back with his scoring pass to Lazzaro, added a
one-yard touchdown run himself and turned the controls over to
another reserve, Ken Smith.
Smith helped the Americans get in position for a 49-yard Jerry
Pope field goal, a one-yard scoring run by Smith himself and a
two-yard TD run by Ron Jones to close out a 24-point fourth |
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quarter.
"Our offense just got untracked the second half," said
Shreveport head coach Tom Rushing, winning his first game as the
Americans boss. "Mosley had some great play selection and
followed it up by playing super."
The win evened Shreveport's record at 1-1 on the year and
the Americans host Houston next Saturday night at 8 in
Independence Stadium. The Texans dropped to 0-2.
Shreveport's offense sputtered for the most part during the
first quarter with Robin Wasson handling the quarterback
controls. But the Americans finally got things together on their
third possession, going 63 yards in eight plays for the game's
opening score.
Two key plays along the way were a Wasson to Reggie Brock
14-yard pass which put the Americans in Austin territory at the
Texans 40 and a defensive holding penalty on Austin on a play in
which Wasson had a pass intercepted.
Helped by that good fortune, Wasson four plays later lofted
a 32-yard scoring pass to Edwin Scott. Scott had beaten two
Austin defenders to the left corner of the end zone and caught
the ball through a maze of hands. Jerry Pope kicked the extra
point for a 7-0 Shreveport lead with 2:09 left in the quarter.
Austin never threatened in the opening quarter for two
reasons. One was a stout Americans defense and the other was the
Texans tried to rely on a running attack which |
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only netted 32 yards in eight attempts.
The Americans got an offensive lift on their first
possession of the second quarter when Mosley, who suffered
through a terrible performance as the starting quarterback in
the season-opening 20-18 loss last week in Tulsa, started
hitting receivers all over the place.
Mosley, completing four of five passes for 79 yards of an
85-yard, eight-play scoring drive, took the Americans into the
end zone with 10:10 left before the half. The score came on a
19-yard touchdown pass to Vernon Wells. Pope's kick made it
14-0, Shreveport.
The Americans added another touchdown five plays into
Austin's ensuing drive when strong safety Keith Alexander cut in
front of a pass from Austin's Bryan Bailey and returned it 43
yards behind a wall of blockers for six more points. Pope added
the extra point for a 21-0 Shreveport margin with 7:16 left
before halftime.
At this point, Austin figured it had to do something
offensively and went with the veteran Washington, who had been
on the coaching line.
With Washington completing two passes in as many attempts
for 53 yards and Shreveport contributing a pass interference
penalty (against American defensive back Mike Back) in the end
zone on Texans receiver Waylon Gay, Austin got on the
scoreboard. |
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| Austin |
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0 |
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7 |
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6 |
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| Shreveport |
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7 |
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14 |
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| First downs |
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17 |
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21 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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41 - 118 |
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20 - 83 |
| Passing yards |
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174 |
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368 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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10 -
23 - 3 |
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21 -
37 - 1 |
| Punts - avg |
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5 - 38 |
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1 - 43 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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2 - 0 |
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| Penalties - yards |
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12 - 85 |
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7 - 72 |
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| SH |
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Scott 32 pass from Wasson
(Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Wells 19 pass from Mosley
(Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Alexander 43 interception
return (Pope kick) |
| AU |
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Washington 1 run (Bailey kick) |
| AU |
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Washington 1 run (kick failed) |
| SH |
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Lazarro 6 pass from Mosley
(Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Mosley 1 run (Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Pope 49 field goal |
| SH |
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Smith 1 run (Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Jones 2 run (Pope kick) |
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Buffalo Geminis
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Virginia Chargers
June 5, 1982
- Manassas Park High School - |
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| Less than 200 see
Chargers lose home opener at MP |
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Woodbridge Potomac News |
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The American Football Association's (AFA) Virginia Chargers
kicked off their homestanding 1982 football sea- son bowing to
the Buffalo Geminis 17-6 Saturday at Manassas Park High.
Playing on a rain soaked field with dense fog rolling in, the
Chargers provided the small, but enthusiastic crowd of less than
200 the opportunity to watch professional football.
Charger owner-coach Bob Shaws' squad bounced back from a 71-7
thumping a week ago against West Virginia and came out in the
second half to get back into the ball game, after falling behind
10-0 in the first half.
The Geminis scored first on a field goal from Joe Perri from 25
yards out, followed by a long drive that resulted in a 2-yard
touchdown by fullback Eric Gadley over right tackle. Gadley, a
6-foot, 210-pounder, ran at will against the Chargers defense
throughout the evening.
The Geminis scored its touchdown after an interception by Frank
Grzechowiak on an Eddie Cox pass that was intended for Larry
Gholson.
Shaw was naturally disappointed that his team wasn't able to hit
the big play when it had to, but felt his team had made a lot of
progress after last week's debacle.
"We felt that after we made some adjustments at halftime we
could make the big play to put us back in the game," Shaw said.
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which only put us down by four points.
"But then we had them backed up (third and twenty-three),
they hit the big play."
The big play Shaw referred to was a touchdown pass by
George Pachuchy, a product from the University of Delaware, to
Dominic Lettieri.
The Chargers bright spot on offense was the kicking by
George Claffey who connected on two field goals from 21 and 15
yards. Cox was one for 24 with four interceptions, but many
passes were on the money. With the field so slippery, the
receivers really didn't have a fair chance to grab and hold onto
the ball before being hit.
Furthermore, Shaw was disappointed by the small turnout,
but he feels with the team having another week to advertise
itself that better fan support will be coming. It wasn't until
Thursday that the Chargers had a home field set after efforts to
play at other sites were unsuccessful.
This is also the first season of play in the AFA for
Buffalo, played in the Mid-Atlantic Football League finishing in
third place with a record of 5-5.
Each team in the league plays a ten-game schedule followed
by playoffs for the league championship. Eighteen teams are
split into three separate divisions with six teams in each. The
two point conversion is also in effect which |
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can make many games interesting.
Many NFL and CFL teams have players trying out and signing
from the AFA. The Carolina franchise has four players trying out
with the Washington Redskins. They are Willie Holly from Eastern
Carolina and John Stoutamire from Livingstone College. Both are
defensive backs. Frank Carr of North Carolina A&T and Tony Suber
of Gardner Webb College, a 6-4, 285-pound defensive tackle, are
trying out with the Redskins.
Former New York Giants quarterback Jerry Golsteyn played
last season with the AFA's Orlando franchise, but this season he
will be returning to the NFL to play for the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers.
Playing under better conditions, the Chargers (0-2) may get
added support from the area. The AFA has brought attention to
the NFL and CFL, and a good case in point was the Shreveport
Steamer attracting 100,- 000 fans during all home games,
including 20,000 in their season finale in its first year in the
league.
The Chargers will entertain Wisconsin this Saturday at
Manassas Park in its quest to win their first AFA regular season
game.
Tickets for all games will be $5 for adults, and $4 for
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| Buffalo |
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| Virginia |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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| Passing yards |
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| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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| Fumbles - lost |
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The offense failed to produce a touchdown for the second
week in a row as the Canton Bulldogs dropped a 12-6 decision to
the Racine Gladiators here Saturday night. |
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Canton managed only two fourth-quarter field goals by Les
Petroff as it fell to 0-2 in the American Football Association.
A week ago, the Bulldogs dropped their opener to Roanoke, 13- |
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6, scoring only on a fumble recovery in the end zone.
Canton's next game is Saturday against the West Virginia
Rockets in Charleston. |
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| Canton |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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| Passing yards |
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| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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| Punts - avg |
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Proving for the second week in a row that good football
teams are not born overnight, the Florida Statesmen went down to
the Carolina Storm 30-0 Saturday night at Capital Stadium.
In what might, most of the night, have passed for a gang fight,
the Statesmen crossed midfield only once, fumbled twice and were
assessed 67 1/2 yards in penalties. In a tribute to the
difficulties of assembling an offense in less than a month, the
Statesmen's longest time of possession was 3:40. The closest
they came to a score was a missed 43-yard field goal by Mike
Cox.
The loss gave the Statesmen an 0-2 record in their inaugural
season in the American Football Association. Team officials were
unable to offer a crowd-count, but an optimistic guess would put
the number of spectators at 2,000. The Storm improved its record
to 2-0. "Same story as last week," said Statesmen head coach
Steve Hardin. "The defense was great; I don't think we've been
outhit in two games.
"But we've got to get some offense. Nine points in two games.
We've just got to score more."
While Hardin praised his defense, particularly defensive back
Robert Linton, nose guard Harrell Oliver and linebacker Larry
McPherson, the Storm had little nice to say about the
Statesmen's defense.
Much of the Storm's criticism stemmed from a play late in
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team leading 10-0, Storm receiver Reggie Smith was racing down
the sidelines in pursuit of a pass from quarterback Ellsworth
Turner. Just before the ball reached Smith, Statesmen defensive
back Dwayne Johnson clotheslined Smith. Johnson, who appeared to
make no attempt to intercept the ball, defend- ed his tackle,
which sent Smith off the field for several minutes.
"It was a fair shot, a clean hit," said Johnson. "He was
going for the ball. I couldn't get to the ball, so I went
through him."
Smith, who spent two years with the Atlanta Falcons of the
NFL, did not agree.
"It was a cheap shot. He wasn't going for the ball, he was
bearing in on the ballplayer," said Smith. "I hate to talk bad
about them - we have to play them again - but this was the most
physical game we've played. I haven't seen another team in this
league play that way. If this is the type of ball they are going
to play in this league, I don't know about the credibility of
the league. Football doesn't need this."
What the Statesmen don't need is to face another team the
caliber of Carolina until they can assemble an offense - and
tighten up their defense. Owning the ball for almost three
quarters of the game, the Storm scored touchdowns on marches of
43, 79, 30 and 53 yards and added a 23-yard field goal by John
Blum after a 47-yard march. The Storm's offense was a good blend
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running. Turner completed 19 of 41 passes for 228 yards and two
touchdowns. Storm runners Emmett Hamilton and Art Henderson each
ran for a touchdown. Hamilton, the league's leading rusher after
two games, carried the ball 25 times for 104 yards, giving him
244 yards rushing in two games.
Reggie Perkins led the Statesmen in rushing with a gritty
55 yards on 15 carries. The Statesmen managed only 122 yards of
total offense, to the Storm's 377. Statesmen quarterback Clyde
Walker, who completed 13 of 20 passes for 49 yards, most of them
on desperation dumps to Perkins, was sacked four times.
"I made a couple of mental mistakes, put the ball up for
grabs when I shouldn't have," said Walker, who was intercepted
three times. "Like last week, I don't think the score reflected
our play. We've had improvement."
Walker had a pair of good receivers in Joe Thomas, who
caught three passes for 30 yards, and Greg Shumann, who caught
two passes before leaving the field with a slight concussion
after the second reception.
The Storm's Hamilton agreed that the Statesmen played
"pretty well overall. But they were a little dirty. They took us
out of our game plan because of that, and that's why we were
only up 10-0 at half.
"But we regrouped."
That's what the Statesmen must do now. |
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| Storm |
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| Florida |
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| First downs |
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14 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - 73 |
| Passing yards |
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228 |
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49 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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| Punts - avg |
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| Return yards |
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| Fumbles - lost |
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1 - 1 |
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2 - 2 |
| Penalties - yards |
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? - 50 |
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? - 67 |
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Georgia Pride
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Jacksonville Sunbirds
June 5, 1982
- Gator Bowl - |
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| Chester can't
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Florida Times-Union |
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Albert Chester ran a marathon last night. Unfortunately for
the Jacksonville Sunbirds, their second-year quarterback did the
vast majority of his legwork behind the line of scrimmage.
While his offensive line was acting like moving pockets of
cellophane, Chester spent the long evening trying to avoid
marauding defenders. Ten times he was unsuccessful, being
sacked. Still, he somehow managed to complete 21 passes for 278
yards and two touchdowns.
But when he was through, after Charlie Dorsey had taken his last
pass 45 yards before being stopped 20 yards away from the goal
line on the game's last play, Chester had only played a role in
the second consecutive Sunbirds' loss.
Taking advantage of two second half breakdowns, the Georgia
Pride spoiled the Sunbirds' home opener with a 33-27 victory in
an American Football Association game before an estimated 3,016
at the Gator Bowl. The Sunbirds fell to 0-2 while Southeastern
Division rival Georgia raised its record to 2-0.
"They dogged us, blitzed us and caught us off guard," a
weary Chester said afterward. "There was not much I could do but
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"It was unreal. I can't even think right now."
"Their defensive line whipped us pretty good in the second
half," said Sunbirds' coach Jerry Disch.
And the first half wasn't pretty either, coach. Chester was
sacked six times in that 30-minute segment.
"Chester is a super quarterback and field leader, and he's
a gutty son-of-a-buck," said Disch. "A lot of quarterbacks would
have done their best to get out of the game the way he was
getting stuck."
Because Chester was working his magical survival act and
Charlie Brown was in the process of catching 12 passes for 129
yards, Jacksonville claimed a 17-14 halftime lead on Allen
Leavitt's 54-yard field with 4:38 remaining in the second
quarter.
That lead vanished when punter Steve Amos was unable to
pick up a too-high center snap and Georgia's Al Archie recovered
in the end zone for a Pride touchdown with 8:34 left in the
third quarter. The Atlanta team built its lead to 27-17 on a
6-yard pass from University of Georgia ex Tony Flanagan to
Melvin Jenkins.
Leavitt, another Georgia graduate, booted Jacksonville
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with 9:36 remaining in the final quarter. Leavitt then lined the
kickoff into up man Clifford McCray and the ball bounced to the
Sunbirds' Herman Young to give Jacksonville the ball on its own
44.
"I thought the momentum was going our way... but it got
away from us," said Disch.
Chester's first-down pass went through Dorsey's hands and
was picked off by Georgia's Bubba Brown, who carried it to the
Sunbirds' one. Zollie Harris carried for a touchdown on the next
play.
Flanagan, who played for Hawaii in the Continental
Basketball Association last year, passed for three Georgia
touchdowns.
Before the game, Sunbirds' general manager Tom Johnston
said he planned to review the feasibility of summer football if
the crowd fell far under his goal of 6,000. Afterward, while
talking about the AFA's recently signed cable television
package, he admitted he wasn't pleased with the turnout.
According to the city's count, 2,775 tickets were sold on a
night when they went two-for-one. "With crowds like this,"
Johnston said, "I don't know that there will be games to
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| Score by Quarters |
| Georgia |
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14 |
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0 |
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7 |
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12 |
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33 |
| Jacksonville |
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7 |
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10 |
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0 |
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10 |
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| Statistics |
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GA |
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JA |
| First downs |
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15 |
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15 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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39 - 70 |
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27 - 36 |
| Passing yards |
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144 |
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278 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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26 - 0 |
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21 -
40 - 3 |
| Punts - avg |
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5 - 36.6 |
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| Return yards |
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211 |
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149 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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3 - 2 |
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2 - 2 |
| Penalties - yards |
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| Scoring Summary |
| GA |
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Washington 28 pass from
Flanagan (Brien kick) |
| JA |
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Brown 18 pass from Chester
(Leavitt kick) |
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Powers 31 pass from Flanagan
(Brien kick) |
| JA |
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McLarty recovered fumble in
end zone (Leavitt kick) |
| JA |
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Leavitt 54 field goal |
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Archie recovered rumble in end
zone (Brien kick) |
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Jenkins 5 pass from Flanagan
(kick failed) |
| JA |
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Leavitt 50 field goal |
| GA |
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Harris 2 run (pass failed) |
| JA |
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Dorsey 20 pass from Chester
(Leavitt kick) |
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herd on Armadillos 40-3 |
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Chronicle |
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Unfortunately for the Houston Armadillos, Welby Ina decided
not to try his luck with the Canadian Football League this
season.
Instead, Ina returned to the American Football Association and
directed the Texas Wranglers to a 40-3 thrashing of the
Armadillos Saturday night in Rice Stadium.
Two years out of Bishop College in Dallas, Ina, who played high
school football at Port Arthur Lincoln, threw for four
touchdowns and set up another while completing 15 of 23 passes
for 225 yards. The Mesquite, Texas-based Wranglers now have not
permitted an opposing offense to score a touchdown in their last
three games while outscoring the opposition 120-10.
Ina, a sales representative for a Dallas trucking firm, picked
apart the Armadillo secondary while connecting on 10 of 14
first-half attempts including a three touchdown barrage in the
second quarter.
The 5-foot-10, 182-pounder waited until last week to turn
down a tryout with the CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who wanted him
as a wide receiver. "I signed with Winnipeg in February as a
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wasn't sure if I was going or not. My plane was due to leave at
8:45 Wednesday morning, and when I woke up that morning, I knew
I preferred staying where I am.
"I figure I have a great job where I am, the people I work
for let me off in time for practice, and I also think I have a
good chance to hear from the new league (United States Football
League)."
Ina, 25, began with a 23-yard scoring pass in the first
quarter to wide receiver Steve Sullivan, an Austin College ex,
following Steve Beck's 23-yard punt return. After a 23-yard
field goal by Jerry Maltz, Houston's only scoring play, Ina
connected on a 25-yarder to Ethan Ogletree, finishing off a
60-yard touchdown drive early in the second quarter.
Just three minutes, 16 seconds later, the Wranglers scored
again following a 43-yard punt return by Gary Warren, Ina's
25-yard peg to tight end Martin Patterson, and Joel Briscoe's
1-yard touchdown plunge.
After Ina's 65-yard touchdown pass to Sullivan was
nullified by a penalty, the Wranglers moved 76 yards, Ina
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before the half.
Ina retired shortly after his 34-yard scoring shot to
running back Henry Bush with 1:45 left in the third quarter.
Bush accounted for the Wranglers' final touchdown with a
14-yard, fourth-quarter dash.
With his team now 2-0 in the AFA regular season, Wrangler
coach Rusty Talbot said, "We wanted to throw deep on them
because they were covering man for man, and they were blitzing a
lot of the time. It took us some time in the first quarter to
figure them out. I thought our secondary did an excellent job."
Talbot and his assistants will coach West Mesquite High School
in its first season in Class 4A next fall.
James Montgomery, Houston's starting quarterback, managed
to complete just 10 of 33 passes for 72 yards. Notable in the
Wrangler secondary were Cris Middleton (Texas-Arlington), Mark
Thorson, who spent parts of two seasons with Green Bay of the
National Football League, and former Ohio State
quarterback-receiver Rod Gerald.
Now 1-1 in regular season, the Armadillos play at
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| Score by Quarters |
| Texas |
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7 |
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13 |
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13 |
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7 |
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40 |
| Houston |
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3 |
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TX |
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| First downs |
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19 |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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43 - 113 |
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27 - 85 |
| Passing yards |
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228 |
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99 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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| Punts - yards |
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4 - 106 |
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5 - 129 |
| Return yards |
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230 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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2 - 2 |
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Sullivan 23 pass from Ina
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Maltz 23 field goal |
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Ogletree 25 pass from Ina
(kick failed) |
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Briscoe 2 run (Stringer kick) |
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Brown 11 pass from Ina
(Stringer kick) |
| TX |
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Bush 33 pass from Ina (kick
failed) |
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Bush 14 run (Stringer kick) |
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Bulls, 14-0 |
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| Gary Gossett -
San Antonio Light |
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The Oklahoma Thunder, according to one of its coaches, was
tired and sluggish after an all-night bus ride from Tulsa to get
to San Antonio for last night's American Football Association
home opener at Northside Stadium.
The Bulls had no such excuse, and more's the pity. San Antonio
showed practically no offense in dropping its second straight
game before 2,200 fans, this one by a 14-0 tally, and only a
fine performance by the Bull defense kept the game from being a
complete rout. They didn't allow the Thunder a touchdown, and
that could be the only highlight of the game for the locals.
Oklahoma got its points on four field goals by Alan
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somewhat of a sports hero in Tulsa, connected on boots of 32,
34, 50 and 38 yards, and missed on attempts of 44 and 50 yards.
The safety came in the second quarter when Bull quarterback Pete
Przyborowski was tackled in his end zone while trying to pass.
The closest San Antonio came to putting points on the board
was in the third period when Joe Vega's field goal try from the
28 was wide to the left.
Credit must go to the Bulls' defense, though, especially
Keith Nelms and Jay Lewis. Lewis dropped Thunder quarterback
Dave Rader for a nine-yard loss on a third-and-goal play from
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to try a field goal - which was good - and Nelms made two
outstanding defensive plays, one of them a five-yard loss for
Thunder running back Vincent Orange on a fourth-and-goal
situation from the San Antonio 2.
On the ground, James Roberts led the Bulls with 24 yards in
10 carries.
Rader, reportedly a last-day cut by the New York Giants
last year, hit 14 of 28 passes for 158 yards, but was unable to
get the ball into the end zone. Ted Alexander led the Oklahoma
rushers with 35 yards on 14 tries and Dwaine Ball had 29 on 10
carries. |
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| Oklahoma |
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| First downs |
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12 |
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8 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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49 - 68 |
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23 - (-9) |
| Passing yards |
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158 |
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93 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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28- 1 |
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29 - 3 |
| Punts - yards |
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5 - 34.6 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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0 - 0 |
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3 - 3 |
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| OK |
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Woodward 32 field goal |
| OK |
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Safety Przyborowski tackled in
end zone |
| OK |
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Woodward 34 field goal |
| OK |
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Woodward 50 field goal |
| OK |
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Woodward 38 field goal |
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51-7
Rockets try, but can't hold down
score on Express;
Some fans walk out on home opener for Roanokers |
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Roanoke Times |
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Around 1,000 fans settled into William Byrd High Field in
Vinton Saturday night to check out Roanoke's latest venture into
summer professional football. Unfortunately, they didn't get to
see a football game. They saw a comedy of errors.
The Roanoke Valley Express, a club that has been thrown together
in a matter of weeks, made its home debut Saturday night against
the powerful Charleston (W. Va.) Rockets. To put it mildly, the
Express was a complete bust.
"I think we ought to get our money back," complained one
disgruntled fan who left at halftime after shelling out $5 to
see one of the biggest massacres since Pearl Harbor. "I've never
seen anything like it."
Neither had Express coach Gary Fallon or the rest of the
Express. Making almost every mistake in the book, the Express
fell behind 44-0 in the opening 25 minutes before settling for
the short end of a 51-7 score.
And it could have been worse. The Rockets, two-time defending
American Football Association champions, pulled most of their
starters late in the first half. Charleston coach Lonnie
Warwick, in an obvious effort to call off the dogs, went with
mostly reserves in the second half as most of the crowd filed
for the exits.
"He (Warwick) probably could have run it up some more," said the
amazingly composed Fallon. "I appreciate what he did."
When asked about the fans leaving at halftime, Fallon cracked,
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people pay their money so they can leave when they want to. I
just hope they know we're a much better football than we
showed."
The beleaguered Express players agreed. They were in a
state of shock when they went into the dressing room at
halftime.
"It was total embarrassment, just the worst," said Express
quarterback Brian Plunkett, who just joined the club this week.
"It all seemed hard to believe. You go into the locker room and
try and get up. But, jeez, it's just terrible."
Express defensive back Ernest Madison added, "I've never
been in a situation like that in my entire life."
After holding Charleston on its first possession, it was an
omen of things to come when Rockets defensive back Mike Ogden
blew in untouched from the left side and blocked a Willie Adams'
punt only six minutes into the game. After Ogden pounced on the
ball at the Express' 1-yard line, Mike Bailey scored on a short
dive and the rout was on.
Four minutes later, Rockets quarterback Steve Turk hit wide
receiver Keith Oliveira on a crossing pattern over the middle
for 28 yards to make it 14-0. Given an eternity to pick out his
receivers, Turk made it 21-0 two minutes later with a 47-yard
strike to running back Mike Bailey.
"No preparation, that was the biggest problem," said
Express cornerback Kenny Still about Turk's ability to riddle
the Roanoke Valley secondary, supposedly the strongest part of
the team. "We didn't have any idea what they'd be doing. We
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The Express, which used both Plunkett and Emory & Henry
graduate Larry Roberts at quarterback, was stuck in reverse on
offense. With the depleted Roanoke Valley offensive line
(starters Jeff Ballard and Ed Davenport didn't play) rarely
throwing a block, the Rockets teed off on Plunkett and Roberts,
sacking the duo 10 times for minus-73 yards. For the game, the
Express finished with minus-11 yards total offense.
Charleston speedster Mike Tyson tacked on a 39-yard punt
return, an 11-yard run and a 59-yard return of an Express free
kick after Plunkett was sacked for a safety to supply the 44-0
halftime numbers.
The Express went to the locker room, only to find the door
locked. What do you say to your club down 44-0 at half?
"I told them we got a good a --- kicking the first half,
and if you want to throw in the towel you can," Fallon said. "I
wanted to have a pizza and a meal in there."
Charleston ran the count to 51-0 on reserve quarterback
Steve Smith's 26-yard scoring pass to Mike Cusumano early in the
final quarter. The Express avoided the shutout when Devon Hunter
picked up a punt and wriggled his way 70 yards for a score with
9:04 left.
About the only good thing the Express players could think
of after the game was their first paycheck, which should arrive
sometime this week. "I just hope we get enough to buy a pizza
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| West Virginia |
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30 |
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| Roanoke Valley |
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| First downs |
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16 |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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| Passing yards |
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190 |
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13 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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| Punts - yards |
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6 - 31.0 |
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| Return yards |
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| Fumbles - lost |
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Bailey 1 run (Starnes kick) |
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Oliveira 28 pass from Turk
(Starnes kick) |
| WV |
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Bailey 47 pass from Turk
(Starnes kick) |
| WV |
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Tyson 39 punt return (Starnes
kick) |
| WV |
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Tyson 11 run (Starnes kick) |
| WV |
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Safety plunkett tackled in end
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Tyson 59 kickoff return (Starnes kick) |
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Cusumano 26 pass from Smith
(Starnes kick) |
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Hunter 70 punt return
(Shartrell kick) |
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With 1:58 left in the first half there were four people
seated in the stands.
With 1:49 left there were three. Then there were two. Then one.
To put it mildly, professional football's debut in Anniston was
not an overwhelming success Saturday night.
The Alabama Magic left its home in Birmingham for a home game in
Anniston Memorial Stadium. It got its win on the field - a 28-0
triumph over the Florida Statesmen of Tallahassee - but was a
loser in the stands.
The fans, perhaps numbering 700 early in the first quarter, were
all but washed out of the park when a severe thunderstorm hit
just minutes before the first half was over.
The second half was witnessed by a couple of dozen fans in the
stands and perhaps several dozen more milling around the track
lining the field.
While the American Football Association game had to be deemed an
attendance bust, the brand of football was something better.
Alabama was strong, showing why it now has a 3-0 record. Florida
was no match in falling to 0-3.
Alabama dominated both offensively and defensively and even got
a chance to showcase area star Charles Wood at linebacker. Wood,
of Heflin and later of Auburn, was one of the standouts in the
game.
The players, whose paycheck is based on a percentage of the gate
after a certain attendance figure is reached, may well have
gotten nothing out of the game but a win. Alabama general
manager James Patton admitted as much. But he nevertheless
steadfastly stood by his team, saying it may well be the best
professional team in the state's history.
That can be argued, as well as the fact that Birmingham's entry
in the new United States Football League next year is already
hurting the Magic in the eyes of the public.
"The players have been winning - and they were expecting more
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60 players," said Patton. "Their paycheck, if anything, has been
very, very small. But they just love to play football."
A visit to the sidelines revealed a certain love for the
game. The players showed genuine enthusiasm through the dirt and
sweat.
But whether that important asset stays with them through
many more payless Saturday nights remains to be seen.
But there's always the dream - that chance an NFL team may
see something in that running back or wide receiver and give him
a chance at the big league.
Magic wide receiver Alex Prince of Jackson State may be
such a player. The 6-foot-3, 210-pounder pulled down a several
passes in NFL style. But the whole idea of judging the players
was a tenuous proposition at best because of the inexact talent
gage that had to be employed.
The Magic did look good at times, but just how good was
Florida?
Perhaps the game films will answer that. But one will have
to look quickly - the Magic quit filming during the third
quarter when it was evident they would win.
The rain, lightning and thunder threatened to be the
biggest factors in the game. It sent most fans home at the half,
and caused halftime to run an hour.
The rain finally quit, but the players - to their credit -
didn't. But few people saw that or anything else about the game.
Who did what? Magic quarterback Mark Cahill of Nevada-Las
Vegas had a good game. He threw two touchdown passes and set up
another score with another a completed toss. He hit 12 of 20
passes for 263 yards.
Former Auburn quarterback Charlie Trotman caught one of
those touchdown passes from his spot at wide receiver, then
found time to play a little quarterback of his own.
Even Louis Green, a hulking 6-3, 265 offensive lineman from
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quarter.
He lost six yards, but nobody seemed to care. By then, the
Magic were having a good time on the field.
The defense had its biggest moment at the end. Florida took
the ball at the Magic 1-yard line with 57 seconds left and
appeared set to ruin the shutout. But the Magic defenders kept
Florida down when they denied the Statesmen the goal line on
five attempts.
The Magic looked as if it was going to turn its offense
loose early, as it had done in 37-32 and 33-0 wins. But its
first long drive ended in an interception and its second ended
in a fumble.
Florida wasn't so fortunate the next series. Cahill hits
passes of 10 and 24 yards to set up a 20-yard touchdown strike
to former Auburn wide receiver Mark Robbins. Ron Slovensky hit
the kick conversion to make it 7-0 with 12:35 left in the
second.
The Magic scored on its next possession, again riding the
arm of Cahill. He hit passes of 29, 34 and 18 yards to set up a
final 18-yard touchdown pass to Trotman. Slovensky's kick put
the Magic up 14-0 with 5:16 left in the first half.
The Magic made it three straight scores when it took its
first possession of the second half in for a touchdown. Lawrence
Joseph, a fleet 5-7, 170 back from Miles, took the scoring
honors from four yards out. Slovensky's kick at 10:51 made it
21-0.
The defense scored the final touchdown when James Drake,
another player from Miles, intercepted a Clyde Walker pass and
returned it 18 yards for a touchdown. Slovensky again kicked it
through, and the Magic had its final 28-0 margin with 14:10
remaining in the game.
The Magic substituted freely from there, experimenting with
old players in new positions. But even that didn't help Florida.
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| Florida |
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| Alabama |
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0 |
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| First downs |
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| Rushing (att - yards) |
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| Passing yards |
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| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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| Punts - yards |
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| Fumbles - lost |
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| Penalties - yards |
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| Scoring Summary |
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Robbins 20 pass from Cahill
(Slovensky kick) |
| AL |
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Trotman 18 pass from Cahill
(Slovensky kick) |
| AL |
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Joseph 4 run (Slovensky kick) |
| AL |
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Drake 18 interception return
(Slovensky kick) |
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Alabama: Alex Prince (??) |
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Alabama: Roy Jones (??) |
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| Bulls take first
victory |
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| San Antonio
Light |
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The San Antonio Bulls picked up their first win of the
American Football Association season last night with a 20-12
conquest of the Austin Texans.
Most of the Bull offense came through the air with San Antonio
quarterback Steve Przyborowski completing 12 of 28 passes for
198 yards and two touchdowns. Tom Whittier, the league's all
time leading receiver, pulled in the first of the scoring
aerials, going 16 yards |
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for the tally with 6:37 left in the first half.
That opportunity was set up when Willie Hall intercepted an
Austin pass five plays earlier and returned it to the Texan 28.
It was the first score the Bulls' offense managed this season
after San Antonio lost its first two games.
Austin opened the scoring in the first period on a 20-yard
touchdown pass from Mike Washington, a former San Antonio
Charro, to Kim Watts. Washington accounted for the other |
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Austin points, running the ball in from seven yards out with 11
seconds left in the first half. The conversion failed following
both Texan touchdowns leaving Austin with a 12-7 lead at
intermission.
Przyborowski took to the air early in the second half
hitting Tony Armstrong on a 49-yard scoring strike. Joe Vega
booted his second conversion to give the Bulls a 14-12 edge. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| San Antonio |
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0 |
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7 |
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7 |
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6 |
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20 |
| Austin |
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6 |
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6 |
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0 |
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0 |
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- |
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12 |
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| Statistics |
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SA |
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AU |
| First downs |
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10 |
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15 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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27 - 59 |
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46 - 207 |
| Passing yards |
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198 |
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122 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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12 - 28 - 3 |
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7 - 32 - 2 |
| Punts - yards |
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7 - 36.9 |
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6 - 32.7 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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1 - 1 |
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4 - 1 |
| Penalties - yards |
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9 - 90 |
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7 - 60 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| AU |
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Watts 20 pass from Washington
(kick failed) |
| SA |
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Whittier 16 passfrom
Przyborowski (Vega kick) |
| AU |
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Washington 7 run (run failed) |
| SA |
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Armstrong 49 pass from
Przyborowski (Vega kick) |
| SA |
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Comer 1 run (kick failed) |
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| Erratic Geminis
lose, 13-7 |
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| Jim Kelley -
Buffalo News |
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It would be difficult not to knock the Buffalo Geminis
after Saturday evening's 13-7 American Football Association loss
to Roanoke in War Memorial Stadium.
But there really is no need. The team knocked itself, right out
of the ball game.
Except for Mark Arcure's 95-yard touchdown return of an
intercepted pitchout, Buffalo's performance was certainly less
than crisp as it squandered away all of it its best scoring
opportunities.
Twice Buffalo tailbacks fumbled inside the Roanoke 5-yard line.
The punt return team mishandled what should have been an
agonizingly simple fair catch and about the only pass the
receiving corps caught was supposed to have been dropped.
"I'm not going to say they (Roanoke) were a better team than us
tonight," as exasperated Gemini coach Gene Zinni said afterward.
"It was obvious what happened to us out there." |
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What happened to the Geminis shouldn't happen to a
poisonous snake, but despite the miscues, the team did just
enough to stay in the ball game almost to the end.
Roanoke was protecting a 13-7 advantage through much of the
second half and appeared to have the game safely in hand when
Buffalo's Domenick Lettieri dropped a Roanoke punt on his own
24-yard line with 4 minutes, 52 seconds left in the fourth
quarter.
Roanoke's David Martin recovered and the Express seemed
content to let its steady running game wear down the game's
final minutes until quarterback Vance Prince got other ideas.
Prince, who nearly erased a solid 9 for 16 performance (97)
yards), retreated nearly 20 yards in a scrambling effort to get
off a pass before Buffalo's David Burke stripped him of the ball
and recovered on the Roanoke 43.
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replaced starter George Pachucy, immediately threw incomplete,
then scrambled for a minus two yards before finding Chris Ellis
with a 14-yard strike that put Buffalo on the Roanoke 36 with 31
seconds left.
After two more plays went nowhere, and with no timeouts
remaining, Hoysick hit Ellis again just two yards off the line
of scrimmage.
"He wasn't supposed to catch it," Zinni said. "We were
looking for an incompletion just to stop the clock."
That clinched it for the Express which gleefully watched
the final seconds tick off as Buffalo desperately tried to set
up a final play.
Roanoke put the game away with two sustained scoring
drives, the first, 67 yards, was capped off by Simon Finch's
11-yard run with 1:10 left in the first half. The second came
when the Express took the opening kickoff and drove 72 yards
before Price scored on a one-yard plunge. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Roanoke Valley |
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0 |
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6 |
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7 |
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0 |
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- |
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13 |
| Buffalo |
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0 |
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7 |
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0 |
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0 |
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- |
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7 |
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| Statistics |
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RO |
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BU |
| First downs |
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? |
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? |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Passing yards |
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? |
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? |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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? - ? - ? |
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? - ? - ? |
| Punts - yards |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Fumbles - lost |
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? - ? |
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? - ? |
| Penalties - yards |
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| Scoring Summary |
| BU |
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Arcure 95 interception return
(Perri kick) |
| RO |
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Hunter 11 run (kick failed) |
| RO |
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Price 1 run (Freeland kick) |
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Roanoke: Devon Hunter (25),
Alan Houston (40)
Buffalo: Mark Arcure (??) |
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| Bulldogs lose to
Charleston |
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| Akron Beacon
Journal |
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Steve Turk passed for 256 yards - including an 85-yard
touchdown pass to wide receiver Bart Batten - to lead the
Charleston Rockets to a 24-17 victory over the Canton Bulldogs
in an American Football Association game here Saturday night. |
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Turk completed 13 of 26 passes as Charleston jumped to a
24-0 lead. Canton scored all its points in the final quarter on
touchdown runs of 12 and 4 yards by Lou King and a 47-yard field
goal by Les Petroff.
Canton had the ball on the Rockets' 7-yard |
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line with 16 seconds left. However, an incomplete pass on fourth
down ended the Bulldogs' attempt to tie the score.
Charleston, the defending AFA champions, raised its record
to 3-0. Canton fell to 0-3. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Canton |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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17 |
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- |
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17 |
| West Virginia |
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0 |
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10 |
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14 |
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0 |
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- |
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24 |
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| Statistics |
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CA |
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WV |
| First downs |
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11 |
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9 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - 125 |
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? - 66 |
| Passing yards |
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117 |
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251 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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? - ? - ? |
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| Punts - yards |
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| Fumbles - lost |
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| Penalties - yards |
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| Scoring Summary |
| WV |
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Bailey 3 run (Starnes kick) |
| WV |
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Starnes 42 field goal |
| WV |
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Batten 85 pass from Turk
(Starnes kick) |
| WV |
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Bailey 1 run (Starnes kick) |
| CA |
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King 12 run (Petroff kick) |
| CA |
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Petroff 47 field goal |
| CA |
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King 4 run (Petroff kick) |
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| Americans show no
mercy in 59-0 win over Houston |
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| Ron Higgins -
Shreveport Times |
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Time just wasn't on the Houston Armadillos side Saturday
night.
Because the more there was of it, the more the Shreveport
Americans scored in rolling to a laughable 59-0 American
Football Association win over the Armadillos, a team left in the
shell of its former self.
Other than the fact Houston turned the ball over on seven
fumbles, four interceptions and one blocked punt with Shreveport
capitalizing on seven of those mistakes, the Armadillos played a
perfect game.
In improving their season record to 2-1, the Americans coasted
to a 25-0 halftime lead behind starting quarterback James
Mosley, who completed 11 of 24 passes for 163 yards and three
touchdowns.
Midway through the third quarter, Mosley gave way to reserve Ken
Smith who came on to complete eight of 11 passes for 110 yards
and four touchdown passes, covering 19 yards to Vernon Wells, 25
yards to Donnie Sutton, seven yards to Reggie Brock and 12 yards
to Sammy Willis.
The Americans final score of the night came on a 22-yard fumble
recovery run by James Williams, who caught the ball in midair
from Houston's Herbert Robinson after Robinson was flattened
while returning a kickoff.
"We just attacked their weak spots defensively," said Americans
head coach Tom Rushing, whose team had 378 yards total offense
(300 passing) while limiting Houston to
172 yards. "Those spots were their defensive |
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backs and their passing attack. It was weak and we knew if we
put that on them we'd get some turnovers out of it."
"In the second quarter, we turned the ball over to them too
many times inside our 40," said Houston head coach Mike Dukes,
who watched his team perform dismally in dropping to 1-2 on the
year. "You can't play with your back to your goal all the time.
Once a team gets on a roll like Shreveport did, it's hard to
stop them. Interceptions. Fumbles on kickoffs. It's a
nightmare."
It took a while for the nightmare to steamroll.
The Americans took a quick 3-0 lead with 10:06 left in the
first quarter when placekicker Jerry Pope made good on a 26-yard
field goal after Shreveport came up empty on an incomplete
Mosley to Edwin Scott pass on a third and goal from the Houston
3.
The Armadillos had their chance to tie the game when
Shreveport's Ron Jones fumbled the ball at the Americans 28 with
Houston's James Bailey recovering.
But Houston picked up only one yard in three plays and
placekicker Jerry Maltz's 45-yard field goal attempt was way
short and to the right.
It was towards the end of the opening period when the
Shreveport defense began setting up its offense for scoring
opportunities.
First, Americans linebacker Reggie Small knocked loose the
ball from Houston's Ronnie Jones with Shreveport's Curley White
recovering at midfield. |
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That set up a five-play touchdown drive capped by Mosley's
10-yard scoring pass to Scott. On the extra point attempt,
holder Coco Tolliver could not get a juggled snap down on the
tee, but rolled left and threw a two-point conversion pass
juggled and caught by tight end Reggie Brock. It gave the
Americans an 11-0 lead with 12:57 remaining in the second
quarter.
On the first Houston offensive play following a 10-yard
kickoff return the Armadillos were stripped off the ball again,
this time by Shreveport's Ardis McCann. This time, John Kelly
recovered for Shreveport at the Houston 35.
The Americans wasted no time in scoring, using a 30-yard
Mosley to Wells pass to move to the Houston 5. That led to a
two-yard Mosley-to-Brock scoring pass three plays later and
Pope's extra point kick extended the Shreveport margin to 18-0
with 11:02 left before halftime.
The Americans wasted another scoring chance after Kelly
intercepted a pass by Houston quarterback Jim Montgomery and
returned it 24 yards to the Armadillo 34. But Mosley had a pass
of his own intercepted by Gerald Washington at the Houston 2.
Mosley made up for that, though, with his third touchdown
pass of the opening half, this one a 15-yard strike between two
Armadillo defenders to Wells. Pope's kick made it 25-0,
Shreveport, with 2:26 left in the second quarter. |
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| Score by Quarters |
| Houston |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
| Shreveport |
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3 |
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22 |
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7 |
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27 |
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59 |
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| Statistics |
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HO |
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SH |
| First downs |
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8 |
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20 |
| Rushing (att - yards) |
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? - 61 |
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? - 113 |
| Passing yards |
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165 |
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300 |
| Passing (comp -
att - int) |
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12 - 28 - 4 |
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21 - 42 - 3 |
| Punts - yards |
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6 - 31.6 |
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4 - 45.5 |
| Fumbles - lost |
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8 - 7 |
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2 - 1 |
| Penalties - yards |
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8 - 85 |
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16 - 150 |
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| Scoring Summary |
| SH |
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Pope 26 field goal |
| SH |
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Scott 10 pass from Mosley
(Brock pass from Tolliver) |
| SH |
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Brock 2 pass from Mosley (Pope
kick) |
| SH |
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Wells 15 pass from Mosley
(Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Wells 19 pass from Smith (Pope
kick) |
| SH |
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Sutton 25 pass from Smith
(kick failed) |
| SH |
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Brock 7 pass from Smith (Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Willis 12 pass from Smith
(Pope kick) |
| SH |
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Williams 22 fumble return
(Pope kick) |
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Shreveport: B. J. Harbor (50, Ron Johnson (56) |
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Shreveport: Derrick Battle (48) |
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06/19/1982
Jacksonville Sunbirds at Florida Statesmen
Tallahassee: Greg Jackson (86) |
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06/26/1982
San Antonio Bulls at Shreveport Americans
San Antonio: Tony Armstrong (88)
Shreveport: Stacey Holder (59) |
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07/03/1982
Texas Wranglers at San Antonio Bulls
Texas: Rodney Williams (72)
San Antonio: James Tibbs (25) |
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07/03/1982
Texas Wranglers at San Antonio Bulls
Texas: Rodney Williams (72)
San Antonio: James Tibbs (25)
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07/03/1982
Georgia Pride at Florida Statesmen
Tallahassee: Terry Davis (83) |
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07/03/1982
Oklahoma Thunder at Shreveport Americans
Oklahoma: Vincent Orange (48), Joey Smith (17) |
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07/03/1982
Austin Texans at Houston Armadillos
Houston: Paul Hood (20)
Austin: Tommy Gonzalez (??) |
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07/10/1982
Florida Statesmen at Carolina Storm |
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Racine:
Joe Rodriguez (45),
Lonnie Richardson (77) |
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07/10/1982
Virginia Chargers at Racine Gladiators
Racine: Joe Rodriguez (45) |
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07/10/1982
San Antonio Bulls at Oklahoma Thunder
Oklahoma: Alan Woodward (7), Dave Rader (17) |
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07/17/1982
Austin Texans at San Antonio Bulls |
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07/24/1982
Texas Wranglers at Shreveport Americans
Shreveport: Tony Brown (47)
Texas: Keith Alexander (45) |
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Playoffs |
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08/07/1982 -
FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF
Canton Bulldogs at Racine Gladiators
Canton: Tom Roper (22) |
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08/07/1982 -
FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF
West Virginia Rockets at Carolina Storm |
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08/07/1982 -
FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF
West Virginia Rockets at Carolina Storm
Carolina: Darrell Jones (??) |
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08/14/1982 - SECOND ROUND PLAYOFF
Texas Wranglers at
Shreveport Americans
Texas: Fred Williams (75)
Shreveport: Larry Smith (32) |
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American Bowl |
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08/21/1982 - AMERICAN BOWL
Shreveport Americans at Carolina Storm
Carolina: Emmitt Hamilton (45) |
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08/21/1982 - AMERICAN BOWL
Shreveport Americans at Carolina Storm
Carolina: Ellsworth Turner (15) |
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08/21/1982 - AMERICAN BOWL
Shreveport Americans at Carolina Storm
Carolina: Ed Thomas (72)
Shreveport: Ken Smith (??) |
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