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Postgame Coverage - Boxscore - Playoff game: Carolina 72 at Grand Rapids 64     1   2   3   4 Final  Carolina Cobras 14 17 14 27 72  Grand Rapids Rampage 7 7 21 29 64 Date: Sunday July 28, 2002, Game Time: 12:00 am ET Arena: Van Andel Arena Attendance: 6,759 MVP: John Fitzgerald (Car), Aaron Bailey (Car) Ironman of the Game: Cory Fleming (Car) Video Courtesy of (ESPN)× ... Scoring Summary 1st Quarter 10:52 TD Bowden 2 yd run (Schmitz kick) 7-0 04:20 TD Fleming 8 yd pass from Fitzgerald (Schmitz kick) 14-0 03:00 TD Shaw 23 yd pass from Dolezel (Gowins kick) 14-7 2nd Quarter 13:36 TD Bailey 17 yd pass from Fitzgerald (Schmitz kick) 21-7 11:23 TD Baker 12 yd pass from Dolezel (Gowins kick) 21-14 09:21 TD Bailey 25 yd pass from Fitzgerald (Schmitz kick) 28-14 00:34 FG Schmitz 24 yd field goal 31-14 3rd Quarter 11:11 TD Ryan 3 yd run (Gowins kick) 31-21 08:55 TD Bailey 26 yd pass from Fitzgerald (Schmitz kick) 38-21 05:25 TD Simpkins 18 yd pass from Dolezel (Gowins kick) 38-28 02:52 TD Bailey 26 yd pass from Fitzgerald (Schmitz kick) 45-28 00:14 TD Marshall 34 yd pass from Dolezel (Gowins kick) 45-35 4th Quarter 14:31 TD Bailey 35 yd pass from Fitzgerald (Schmitz kick) 52-35 11:00 TD Marshall 7 yd pass from Dolezel (Gowins kick) 52-42 09:19 TD Fleming 8 yd pass from Fitzgerald (Schmitz kick) 59-42 06:18 TD Ross 5 yd pass from Dolezel (Gowins kick) 59-49 04:01 TD Bailey 5 yd pass from Fitzgerald (Schmitz kick failed) 65-49 01:13 TD Shaw 8 yd pass from Dolezel (Dolezel pass to Marshall) 65-57 00:55 TD Bowden 4 yd run (Schmitz kick) 72-57 00:16 TD Marshall 10 yd pass from Dolezel (Gowins kick) 72-64 Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession. Team Statistics   Carolina Grand Rapids First Downs 20 25 Rushing Yards 12 11 Passing Yards 278 349 Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0 Fumble Return Yards 0 0 Penalties/Yards 5/30 8/52 Time of Possession 29:23 30:37 3rd Down Conv. 4/7 2/5 4th Down Conv. 1/2 0/1 Individual Statistics Carolina Passing   Comp Att Yds TD Int John Fitzgerald 25 34 278 8 0 Grand Rapids Passing   Comp Att Yds TD Int Clint Dolezel 30 45 349 8 0 Carolina Receiving   Rec Yds TD Aaron Bailey 10 172 6 Cory Fleming 10 75 2 Kerry Hayes 2 13 0 Carl Bond 2 11 0 Nick Ward 1 7 0 Grand Rapids Receiving   Rec Yds TD Willis Marshall 11 132 3 Terrill Shaw 9 129 2 Michael Baker 4 28 1 Gary Compton 3 33 0 Chris Avery 1 4 0 Rickie Simpkins 1 18 1 Ricky Ross 1 5 1 Carolina Rushing   Rush Yds TD Andre Bowden 5 13 2 John Fitzgerald 1 -1 0 Grand Rapids Rushing   Rush Yds TD Chris Ryan 3 8 1 Travis McDonald 1 2 0 Chris Avery 1 1 0 Carolina Kicking   1pt 3pt 2pt 4pt Brian Schmitz 9/10 1/1 0/0 0/0 Grand Rapids Kicking   1pt 3pt 2pt 4pt Brian Gowins 8/8 0/1 0/0 0/0 Carolina Returns   KORet MFGRet Clarence Lawson 2/41/0 0/0/0 Aaron Bailey 1/17/0 0/0/0 Carl Bond 1/17/0 0/0/0 Grand Rapids Returns   KORet MFGRet Willis Marshall 6/148/0 0/0/0 Michael Baker 3/43/0 0/0/0 Ricky Ross 2/40/0 0/0/0 Carolina Defense   T/A PD Sacks F/R Kevin Gaines 10/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Rob Davis 5/2 0 0.0/0 1/0 Clarence Lawson 4/1 1 0.0/0 0/0 Andre Bowden 4/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Justin Cleveland 3/0 0 1.0/5 0/0 Carl Bond 2/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Cory Fleming 0/2 0 0.0/0 0/0 Juan Porter 0/2 0 0.0/0 0/0 Jon McCall 0/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Kerry Hayes 0/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Nick Ward 0/0 1 0.0/0 0/0 Grand Rapids Defense   T/A PD Sacks F/R Rico Clark 7/0 2 0.0/0 1/0 JoJo Polk 4/3 0 0.0/0 0/0 Rod Manuel 2/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Willis Marshall 2/0 2 0.0/0 0/0 Joseph Todd 1/2 1 0.0/0 0/0 Corey Mayfield 1/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Rickie Simpkins 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Israel Raybon 0/2 0 0.5/2 0/0 Michael Baker 0/2 0 0.0/0 0/0 Luke Yarnell 0/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Travis McDonald 0/1 0 0.5/2 0/0 Chris Avery 0/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Chris Ryan 0/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Carolina Interceptions   Ints Yds TD Grand Rapids Interceptions   Ints Yds TD