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Postgame Coverage - Boxscore - Week 1: New Jersey 51 at Buffalo 53     1   2   3   4 Final  New Jersey Gladiators 3 28 7 13 51  Buffalo Destroyers 21 13 7 12 53 Date: Friday April 19, 2002, Game Time: 12:00 am ET Arena: First Niagara Center Attendance: 7,093 MVP: Fred McNair (Buf) Ironman of the Game: Eddie Brown (Buf) Video Courtesy of (x)× ... Scoring Summary 1st Quarter 12:51 TD Cooper 3 yd run (McLaughlin kick) 7-0 07:01 TD James 3 yd pass from McNair (McLaughlin kick) 14-0 00:43 FG Videtich 27 yd field goal 14-3 00:00 TD Mason 16 yd pass from McNair (McLaughlin kick) 21-3 2nd Quarter 13:45 TD Bowden 41 yd pass from McDonagh (Videtich kick) 21-10 09:46 FG McLaughlin 36 yd field goal 24-10 07:42 TD Williams 9 yd pass from McDonagh (Videtich kick) 24-17 05:14 FG McLaughlin 42 yd field goal 27-17 02:20 TD Horacek 11 yd pass from McDonagh (Videtich kick) 27-24 01:08 TD Cooper 8 yd pass from McNair (McLaughlin kick) 34-24 00:11 TD Horacek 6 yd pass from McDonagh (Videtich kick) 34-31 3rd Quarter 09:38 TD McDonagh 1 yd run (Videtich kick) 38-34 06:46 TD Cooper 5 yd pass from McNair (McLaughlin kick) 41-38 4th Quarter 14:20 TD Horacek 6 yd pass from McDonagh (Videtich kick) 45-41 12:35 TD James 28 yd pass from McNair (McLaughlin kick failed) 47-45 08:07 TD McNair 2 yd run (McNair pass failed) 53-45 03:23 TD Ashley 8 yd pass from McDonagh (McDonagh pass failed) 53-51 Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession. Team Statistics   New Jersey Buffalo First Downs 24 15 Rushing Yards 5 11 Passing Yards 299 191 Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0 Fumble Return Yards 0 0 Penalties/Yards 9/52 8/35 Time of Possession 35:41 24:19 3rd Down Conv. 5/8 1/3 4th Down Conv. 1/1 0/0 Individual Statistics New Jersey Passing   Comp Att Yds TD Int Jay McDonagh 30 47 299 6 1 Buffalo Passing   Comp Att Yds TD Int Fred McNair 16 21 191 5 0 New Jersey Receiving   Rec Yds TD Mike Horacek 11 106 3 Alvin Ashley 7 67 1 George Williams 5 45 1 Dennison Robinson 2 17 0 James Bowden 2 57 1 Jamarr Ward 1 6 0 Marc Williams 1 2 0 Otis Moore 1 -1 0 Buffalo Receiving   Rec Yds TD Carlos James 5 67 2 Lamart Cooper 4 47 1 Kevin Mason 2 52 1 Bret Cooper 2 10 1 Eddie Brown 1 13 0 Thomas Bailey 1 5 0 Jason Bratton 1 -3 0 New Jersey Rushing   Rush Yds TD Jay McDonagh 2 3 1 Dennison Robinson 1 2 0 Frank Carter 1 0 0 Buffalo Rushing   Rush Yds TD Lamart Cooper 4 1 1 Derrick Chachere 2 5 0 Juan Long 1 3 0 Fred McNair 1 2 1 New Jersey Kicking   1pt 3pt 2pt 4pt Steve Videtich 6/6 1/2 0/0 0/0 Buffalo Kicking   1pt 3pt 2pt 4pt Steve McLaughlin 5/6 2/3 0/0 0/0 New Jersey Returns   KORet MFGRet Alvin Ashley 4/81/0 0/0/0 Dennison Robinson 2/60/0 0/0/0 Damon Mason 1/0/0 0/0/0 Buffalo Returns   KORet MFGRet Lamart Cooper 6/147/0 0/0/0 Prentice Taylor 1/0/0 0/0/0 New Jersey Defense   T/A PD Sacks F/R Jeroid Johnson 6/1 1 0.0/0 0/0 Damon Mason 3/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 James Bowden 3/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Chris Pope 3/0 0 1.0/4 0/0 Alvin Ashley 2/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Frank Carter 2/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Wilky Bazile 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Karl Bates 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Jay McDonagh 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Dennison Robinson 0/2 0 0.0/0 0/0 Buffalo Defense   T/A PD Sacks F/R Corey Johnson 6/1 3 0.0/0 1/0 Prentice Taylor 6/0 1 0.0/0 0/0 Bret Cooper 4/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Eric Miller 2/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Derrick Chachere 2/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Eddie Brown 1/2 1 0.0/0 0/0 Kevin Mason 1/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Hardy Mitchell 1/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Steve McLaughlin 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 David Caldwell 1/0 1 1.0/5 0/0 Jerry Crafts 1/0 1 0.0/0 0/0 Carlos James 0/4 1 0.0/0 0/0 Jerry Sharp 0/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 New Jersey Interceptions   Ints Yds TD Buffalo Interceptions   Ints Yds TD Eddie Brown 1 23 0