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Week 1: New York 25 at Los Angeles 43
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New York Dragons New York Dragons 693725
Los Angeles Avengers Los Angeles Avengers 141401543
Date: Friday April 19, 2002, Game Time: 12:00 am ET
Arena: Staples Center
Attendance: 13,142
MVP: Chris Jackson (LAA)
Ironman of the Game: Tony Plantin (LAA)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
13:03Los Angeles AvengersTDJackson 15 yd pass from Graziani (Hamilton kick)Los Angeles Avengers 7-0
06:52New York DragonsTDPapin 1 yd pass from Ragsdale (Rush kick failed)Los Angeles Avengers 7-6
01:18Los Angeles AvengersTDJackson 2 yd run (Hamilton kick)Los Angeles Avengers 14-6
2nd Quarter
10:00New York DragonsFGRush 24 yd field goalLos Angeles Avengers 14-9
03:06New York DragonsFGRush 38 yd field goalLos Angeles Avengers 14-12
00:55Los Angeles AvengersTDJackson 13 yd pass from Graziani (Hamilton kick)Los Angeles Avengers 21-12
00:19Los Angeles AvengersTDJackson 14 yd pass from Graziani (Hamilton kick)Los Angeles Avengers 28-12
00:00New York DragonsFGRush 40 yd field goalLos Angeles Avengers 28-15
3rd Quarter
08:01New York DragonsFGRush 22 yd field goalLos Angeles Avengers 28-18
4th Quarter
12:05Los Angeles AvengersTDGraziani 3 yd run (Rush kick failed)Los Angeles Avengers 34-18
05:45Los Angeles AvengersTDJackson 18 yd pass from Graziani (Hamilton kick failed)Los Angeles Avengers 40-18
04:32New York DragonsTDPapin 16 yd pass from Nagy (Rush kick)Los Angeles Avengers 40-25
00:27Los Angeles AvengersFGHamilton 21 yd field goalLos Angeles Avengers 43-25
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  New YorkLos Angeles
First Downs1223
Rushing Yards015
Passing Yards197273
Fumbles/Lost1/01/1
Fumble Return Yards00
Penalties/Yards12/725/37
Time of Possession29:0230:58
3rd Down Conv.2/92/5
4th Down Conv.1/10/0
Individual Statistics
New York Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Danny Ragsdale132412911
Matt Nagy386810
Los Angeles Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Tony Graziani263927341
New York Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Steve Papin5582
Mike Furrey3440
Shon King3210
Rodney Filer2170
Todd Doxzon2520
Geoff Turner150
Los Angeles Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Chris Jackson121454
Greg Hopkins6690
JJ Washington Jr3280
Anthony Rice2120
Kevin Ingram280
Mathias Vavao1110
New York Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Danny Ragsdale240
Rodney Filer2-10
Matt Nagy1-30
Los Angeles Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Chad Dukes4110
Tony Graziani221
Chris Jackson121
New York Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Clay Rush1/24/60/00/0
Los Angeles Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Remy Hamilton4/61/20/00/0
New York Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Steve Papin7/90/00/0/0
Los Angeles Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Chad Dukes3/44/00/0/0
Anthony Rice1/12/01/0/0
Mark Ricks0/0/01/17/0
New York Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Donvetis Franklin6/110.0/00/0
Chin Achebe3/100.0/00/0
Cory Stone3/000.0/00/0
Todd Doxzon3/000.0/00/0
Shea Showers2/200.0/00/0
Mike Furrey2/010.0/00/0
Shon King2/000.0/00/0
Carl Sacco2/000.0/00/1
Geoff Turner1/300.0/00/0
Glen Matthews1/100.0/00/0
Rodney Filer1/000.0/00/0
Carlos Brooks1/000.0/00/0
Steve Papin1/000.0/00/0
Los Angeles Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Anthony Rice5/000.0/00/0
Mark Ricks3/110.0/00/0
Greg Hopkins3/100.0/00/0
Derek Grier3/010.0/00/0
Chad Dukes1/210.0/00/0
Carlos Fowler1/101.0/60/0
Tony Plantin1/112.0/80/0
Mel Miller Jr1/000.0/00/0
Remy Hamilton1/000.0/00/0
Chris Butterfield1/000.0/00/0
JJ Washington Jr1/001.0/70/0
John DeWitt II1/000.0/00/0
New York Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Mike Furrey1100
Los Angeles Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Derek Grier100