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Week 1: Columbus 58 at Nashville 56
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Columbus Destroyers Columbus Destroyers 724131458
Nashville Kats Nashville Kats 131602756
Date: Thursday March 1, 2007, Game Time: 8:00 pm ET
Arena: Bridgestone Arena
Attendance: 8,843
Off. Player of the Game: Matt Nagy (CLB)
Def. Player of the Game: Jerald Brown (CLB)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
13:07Nashville KatsTDBonner 33 yd pass from Stoerner (Witczak kick)Nashville Kats 7-0
11:52Columbus DestroyersTDSaunders 5 yd pass from Nagy (Martinez kick)Tied 7-7
00:00Nashville KatsTDAlexander 6 yd run (Witczak kick failed)Nashville Kats 13-7
2nd Quarter
13:57Columbus DestroyersTDSaunders 4 yd pass from Nagy (Martinez kick)Columbus Destroyers 14-13
08:26Nashville KatsTDBonner 11 yd pass from Stoerner (Witczak kick)Nashville Kats 20-14
07:28Columbus DestroyersTDGroce 21 yd pass from Nagy (Martinez kick)Columbus Destroyers 21-20
05:10Nashville KatsTDAlexander 1 yd run (Witczak kick failed)Nashville Kats 26-21
01:30Columbus DestroyersTDGroce 21 yd pass from Nagy (Martinez kick)Columbus Destroyers 28-26
00:36Nashville KatsFGWitczak 57 yd field goalNashville Kats 29-28
00:00Columbus DestroyersFGMartinez 24 yd field goalColumbus Destroyers 31-29
3rd Quarter
10:44Columbus DestroyersTDLevy 20 yd pass from Nagy (Martinez kick failed)Columbus Destroyers 37-29
02:51Columbus DestroyersTDLevy 28 yd pass from Nagy (Martinez kick)Columbus Destroyers 44-29
4th Quarter
14:15Nashville KatsTDAlexander 5 yd run (Witczak kick)Columbus Destroyers 44-36
09:58Nashville KatsTDNix 9 yd pass from Stoerner (Stoerner pass failed)Columbus Destroyers 44-42
06:05Columbus DestroyersTDGroce 22 yd pass from Nagy (Martinez kick)Columbus Destroyers 51-42
03:32Nashville KatsTDBonner 25 yd pass from Stoerner (Witczak kick)Columbus Destroyers 51-49
01:09Columbus DestroyersTDWells 3 yd run (Martinez kick)Columbus Destroyers 58-49
00:18Nashville KatsTDShelley 11 yd pass from Stoerner (Witczak kick)Columbus Destroyers 58-56
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  ColumbusNashville
First Downs1923
Rushing Yards2123
Passing Yards245325
Fumbles/Lost0/00/0
Fumble Return Yards00
Penalties/Yards7/2911/87
Time of Possession23:3236:10
3rd Down Conv.3/53/6
4th Down Conv.1/11/2
Individual Statistics
Columbus Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Matt Nagy233524571
Nashville Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Clint Stoerner233932551
Columbus Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Damien Groce111213
David Saunders7422
Darcey Levy3562
Harold Wells2260
Nashville Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Cornelius Bonner81223
Jason Shelley8981
Alonzo Nix71051
Columbus Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Harold Wells371
Josh Bush190
Darcey Levy150
Damien Groce100
Nashville Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Dan Alexander7233
Columbus Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Peter Martinez7/81/20/00/0
Nashville Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Jason Witczak5/61/10/00/0
Liam Ezekiel0/10/00/00/0
Columbus Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Damien Groce3/84/00/0/0
Josh Bush3/79/00/0/0
Harold Wells1/0/00/0/0
Nashville Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Carlos Wright7/143/00/0/0
Columbus Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Brandon Hefflin7/510.0/00/0
Rober' Freeman6/110.0/00/0
Jerald Brown4/300.0/00/0
Michale Spicer2/201.0/70/0
David Saunders2/100.0/00/0
Harold Wells1/000.0/00/0
Bernard Riley1/000.0/00/0
Matt Nagy1/000.0/00/0
Ken Jones0/100.0/00/0
BJ Barre0/100.0/00/0
Kelvin Kinney0/020.0/00/0
Nashville Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Waine Bacon5/000.0/00/0
Thal Woods4/000.0/00/0
Howard Hodges3/100.0/00/0
Carlos Wright3/100.0/00/0
Keon Raymond3/020.0/00/0
Liam Ezekiel2/400.0/00/0
Jason Witczak2/000.0/00/0
Hugh Hunter1/101.0/100/0
James Baron0/100.0/00/0
Columbus Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Jerald Brown100
Nashville Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Keon Raymond170