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Week 1: New Orleans 42 at Los Angeles 59
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New Orleans VooDoo New Orleans VooDoo 16173642
Los Angeles Avengers Los Angeles Avengers 721141759
Date: Friday February 29, 2008, Game Time: 10:00 pm ET
Arena: Staples Center
Attendance: 13,209
Ironman of the Game: Timon Marshall (LAA)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
14:48New Orleans VooDooTDWilliams 54 yd kickoff return (Ruffin run failed)New Orleans VooDoo 6-0
08:12New Orleans VooDooTDHilton 5 yd pass from Bellisari (Ruffin kick)New Orleans VooDoo 13-0
05:07Los Angeles AvengersTDMarshall 8 yd pass from Cumbie (Davis kick)New Orleans VooDoo 13-7
00:18New Orleans VooDooFGRuffin 20 yd field goalNew Orleans VooDoo 16-7
2nd Quarter
11:51Los Angeles AvengersTDHicks 4 yd pass from Cumbie (Davis kick)New Orleans VooDoo 16-14
10:12New Orleans VooDooTDWilliams 34 yd pass from Bellisari (Ruffin kick)New Orleans VooDoo 23-14
06:39Los Angeles AvengersTDWard 33 yd pass from Cumbie (Davis kick)New Orleans VooDoo 23-21
05:22Los Angeles AvengersTDWheeler 15 yd fumble return (Davis kick)Los Angeles Avengers 28-23
02:31New Orleans VooDooTDBarre 15 yd pass from Bellisari (Ruffin kick)New Orleans VooDoo 30-28
00:00New Orleans VooDooFGRuffin 23 yd field goalNew Orleans VooDoo 33-28
3rd Quarter
13:57Los Angeles AvengersTDMarshall 41 yd pass from Cumbie (Davis kick)Los Angeles Avengers 35-33
08:15New Orleans VooDooFGRuffin 22 yd field goalNew Orleans VooDoo 36-35
05:39Los Angeles AvengersTDIngram 18 yd pass from Cumbie (Davis kick)Los Angeles Avengers 42-36
4th Quarter
12:56Los Angeles AvengersFGDavis 24 yd field goalLos Angeles Avengers 45-36
09:07Los Angeles AvengersTDMarshall 14 yd pass from Cumbie (Davis kick)Los Angeles Avengers 52-36
02:40Los Angeles AvengersTDWard 6 yd pass from Cumbie (Davis kick)Los Angeles Avengers 59-36
00:48New Orleans VooDooTDBarre 9 yd pass from Wimprine (Ruffin kick failed)Los Angeles Avengers 59-42
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  New OrleansLos Angeles
First Downs1718
Rushing Yards17
Passing Yards294268
Fumbles/Lost1/10/0
Fumble Return Yards015
Penalties/Yards9/549/55
Time of Possession29:2530:35
3rd Down Conv.6/104/6
4th Down Conv.1/20/1
Individual Statistics
New Orleans Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Steve Bellisari203821033
Danny Wimprine4128410
Los Angeles Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Sonny Cumbie233826873
New Orleans Receiving
 RecYdsTD
BJ Barre7892
Zach Hilton6291
Chris Horn5670
Wendall Williams4651
James Lynch1100
Kevin McAlmont1110
Los Angeles Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Timon Marshall91163
Kevin Ingram8791
LaShaun Ward3522
Jarrett Hicks3211
New Orleans Rushing
 RushYdsTD
James Lynch110
Los Angeles Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Lonnie Ford370
New Orleans Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Jonathan Ruffin3/53/30/00/0
Los Angeles Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
David Davis8/81/10/00/0
New Orleans Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Wendall Williams7/195/10/0/0
Los Angeles Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Timon Marshall3/64/00/0/0
Damen Wheeler1/0/00/0/0
New Orleans Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Lin-J Shell5/100.0/00/0
Calvin Spears5/100.0/00/0
Norman LeJeune4/200.0/00/0
Keon Raymond3/100.0/00/0
Wendall Williams1/100.0/00/0
Chris Horn1/100.0/00/0
Michale Spicer1/000.0/00/0
Zach Hilton1/000.0/00/0
Umar Muhammad1/000.0/00/0
BJ Barre0/100.0/00/0
Los Angeles Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Robert Quiroga7/200.0/00/0
Eddie Canonico5/200.0/00/0
Kevin Ingram3/000.0/00/0
Terrell Maze2/320.0/00/0
Damen Wheeler2/020.0/01/1
Jarrett Hicks2/000.0/00/0
Timon Marshall1/000.0/00/0
Justin Hickman1/000.0/00/0
Ken Jones1/000.0/00/0
David Davis1/000.0/00/0
Jason Stewart0/100.0/00/0
New Orleans Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
BJ Barre100
Lin-J Shell100
Calvin Spears100
Los Angeles Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Damen Wheeler180
Terrell Maze1-10
Eddie Canonico100