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Week 5: Tampa Bay 24 at Los Angeles 38
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Tampa Bay Storm Tampa Bay Storm 377724
Los Angeles Avengers Los Angeles Avengers 01432138
Date: Friday May 17, 2002, Game Time: 12:00 am ET
Arena: Staples Center
Attendance: 11,961
MVP: Greg Hopkins (LAA)
Ironman of the Game: Tony Plantin (LAA)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
03:57Tampa Bay StormFGBlack 35 yd field goalTampa Bay Storm 3-0
2nd Quarter
12:23Los Angeles AvengersTDHopkins 4 yd pass from Graziani (Hamilton kick)Los Angeles Avengers 7-3
09:00Tampa Bay StormTDJohnson 6 yd pass from Stafford (Black kick)Tampa Bay Storm 10-7
04:41Tampa Bay StormTDHopkins 13 yd pass from Graziani (Hamilton kick)Tampa Bay Storm 17-7
3rd Quarter
09:58Los Angeles AvengersFGHamilton 30 yd field goalTampa Bay Storm 17-10
05:20Tampa Bay StormTDProctor 1 yd run (Black kick)Tampa Bay Storm 24-10
4th Quarter
13:26Los Angeles AvengersTDIngram 15 yd pass from Graziani (Hamilton kick)Tampa Bay Storm 24-17
06:29Los Angeles AvengersTDHopkins 6 yd pass from Graziani (Hamilton kick)Tied 24-24
01:12Los Angeles AvengersTDHopkins 1 yd pass from Graziani (Hamilton kick)Los Angeles Avengers 31-24
00:22Tampa Bay StormTDJohnson 5 yd pass from Stafford (Black kick)Tied 31-31
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  Tampa BayLos Angeles
First Downs1818
Rushing Yards137
Passing Yards253227
Fumbles/Lost1/11/0
Fumble Return Yards08
Penalties/Yards6/334/25
Time of Possession28:4831:12
3rd Down Conv.2/86/9
4th Down Conv.1/30/0
Individual Statistics
Tampa Bay Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Shane Stafford234025321
Los Angeles Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Tony Graziani213722750
Tampa Bay Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Carlos Johnson91112
Melvin Cunningham5510
Lawrence Samuels5480
Greg Spann3320
Kusanti Abdul-Salaam1110
Los Angeles Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Greg Hopkins111274
Kevin Ingram6441
Russell Shaw2180
Chad Dukes1180
Mathias Vavao1200
Tampa Bay Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Basil Proctor570
Shane Stafford180
Deryl Lane1-20
Los Angeles Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Chad Dukes6-10
Tony Graziani170
JJ Washington Jr110
Tampa Bay Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Mike Black2/21/20/00/0
Los Angeles Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Remy Hamilton5/51/30/00/0
Tampa Bay Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Carlos Johnson4/56/01/8/0
Kusanti Abdul-Salaam2/32/00/0/0
Melvin Cunningham0/0/01/13/0
Los Angeles Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Chad Dukes1/24/00/0/0
Mark Ricks0/0/01/9/0
Tampa Bay Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
John Williams7/020.0/00/0
Corey Sawyer5/010.0/00/0
Keita Crespina3/000.0/00/0
Kusanti Abdul-Salaam2/100.0/00/0
Basil Proctor2/001.0/70/0
Darion Conner1/000.0/00/0
Nyle Wiren1/020.0/00/0
Eric Thomas1/000.0/00/0
Melvin Cunningham1/000.0/00/0
Carl Simpson0/110.0/00/0
Lawrence Samuels0/100.0/00/0
Greg Spann0/100.0/00/0
Deryl Lane0/010.0/00/0
Rod Williams0/010.0/00/0
Los Angeles Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Mark Ricks6/000.0/00/0
Chris Butterfield4/100.0/00/0
Greg Hopkins3/010.0/00/0
Kevin Ingram3/020.0/00/0
Terrance Joseph3/000.0/00/0
Tony Plantin2/131.0/60/0
Chad Dukes2/100.0/00/8
Anthony Rice2/110.0/00/0
Remy Hamilton2/000.0/00/0
Anthony DiCosmo1/000.0/00/0
Russell Shaw1/000.0/00/0
Malcolm Hamilton0/100.0/00/0
Vince Amey0/110.0/00/0
Tampa Bay Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Los Angeles Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Greg Hopkins190