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Week 6: Indiana 43 at Arizona 37
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Indiana Firebirds Indiana Firebirds 71731643
Arizona Rattlers Arizona Rattlers 14107637
Date: Sunday May 20, 2001, Game Time: 12:00 am ET
Arena: Talking Stick Resort Arena
Attendance: 12,772
MVP: Ray Philyaw (Ind)
Ironman of the Game: Leroy Thompson (Ind)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
12:38Arizona RattlersTDSchexnayder 28 yd pass from May (Brache kick)Arizona Rattlers 7-0
09:20Indiana FirebirdsTDJones 1 yd net recovery (Garner kick)Tied 7-7
01:21Arizona RattlersTDReyes 1 yd run (Brache kick)Arizona Rattlers 14-7
2nd Quarter
14:48Indiana FirebirdsTDBrown 29 yd pass from Philyaw (Garner kick)Tied 14-14
10:27Arizona RattlersTDGatewood 16 yd pass from May (Brache kick)Arizona Rattlers 21-14
07:17Indiana FirebirdsFGGarner 49 yd field goalArizona Rattlers 21-17
03:40Arizona RattlersFGBrache 30 yd field goalArizona Rattlers 24-17
00:54Indiana FirebirdsTDHopkins 13 yd pass from Philyaw (Garner kick)Tied 24-24
3rd Quarter
09:22Indiana FirebirdsFGGarner 22 yd field goalIndiana Firebirds 27-24
04:53Arizona RattlersTDHorn 7 yd pass from May (Brache kick)Arizona Rattlers 31-27
4th Quarter
14:16Indiana FirebirdsTDThompson 1 yd run (Garner kick)Indiana Firebirds 34-31
08:36Indiana FirebirdsFGGarner 19 yd field goalIndiana Firebirds 37-31
04:29Indiana FirebirdsTDBrown 5 yd pass from Philyaw (Philyaw pass failed)Indiana Firebirds 43-31
00:55Arizona RattlersTDSchexnayder 10 yd pass from DeGrenier (Brache kick failed)Indiana Firebirds 43-37
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  IndianaArizona
First Downs1315
Rushing Yards434
Passing Yards155251
Fumbles/Lost1/02/2
Fumble Return Yards00
Penalties/Yards4/208/41
Time of Possession24:1935:41
3rd Down Conv.2/85/8
4th Down Conv.0/11/1
Individual Statistics
Indiana Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Ray Philyaw153315530
Arizona Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Chad May203220632
Chad DeGrenier444510
Indiana Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Greg Hopkins6731
Van Johnson4230
Eddie Brown3372
Jay Jones2220
Indiana Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Leroy Thompson4231
Ray Philyaw490
Umar Muhammad190
Eddie Brown120
Arizona Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Titus Reyes341
Hunkie Cooper100
Chad DeGrenier100
Indiana Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Nelson Garner4/43/60/00/0
Arizona Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Ignacio Brache4/51/30/00/0
Indiana Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Van Johnson3/58/00/0/0
Jay Jones1/15/01/23/0
Eddie Brown1/2/00/0/0
Arizona Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Hunkie Cooper5/67/00/0/0
Chris Horn2/58/00/0/0
Indiana Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Cornelius Coe8/100.0/00/0
Lamar Grant5/110.0/00/0
Jay Jones3/010.0/00/1
Leroy Thompson3/001.5/130/0
Umar Muhammad2/000.0/00/0
Carl Sacco2/020.0/00/0
Chris Snyder1/100.5/50/0
Greg Hopkins1/000.0/00/0
Mike Gantous0/100.0/00/0
John Sikora0/010.0/00/0
Arizona Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Muhammad Oliver4/120.0/00/0
Cecil Doggette4/140.0/01/0
Jerrick Bledsoe3/200.0/00/0
Wendall Gaines3/000.0/00/0
Titus Reyes3/000.0/00/0
Chris Horn2/100.0/00/0
Randy Gatewood2/000.0/00/0
Joe Burch2/000.0/00/0
Sebastian Barrie1/000.0/00/0
Charlie Morris1/000.0/00/0
Mark Tucker1/010.0/00/0
Kelvin Ingram0/100.0/00/0
Indiana Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Jay Jones1100
Carl Sacco140
Arizona Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD