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Week 4: Dallas 49 at Detroit 53
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Dallas Desperados Dallas Desperados 71971649
Detroit Fury Detroit Fury 127181653
Date: Sunday February 23, 2003, Game Time: 3:00 pm ET
Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance: 10,606
MVP: Rupert Grant (Det)
Ironman of the Game: Andy McCullough (DAL)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
06:03Detroit FuryTDKaiser 13 yd pass from Kelly (McNew kick failed)Detroit Fury 6-0
03:34Dallas DesperadosTDMcCullough 15 yd pass from Kubiak (Gatto kick)Dallas Desperados 7-6
01:10Detroit FuryTDGrovesteen 3 yd pass from Kelly (Kelly pass failed)Detroit Fury 12-7
2nd Quarter
11:37Dallas DesperadosSBriggs safetyDetroit Fury 12-9
08:50Dallas DesperadosTDShelley 5 yd pass from Kubiak (Gatto kick)Dallas Desperados 16-12
02:55Dallas DesperadosTDLeverson 31 yd pass from Kubiak (Gatto kick)Dallas Desperados 23-12
00:41Dallas DesperadosFGGatto 18 yd field goalDallas Desperados 26-12
00:01Detroit FuryTDKaiser 2 yd pass from Kelly (McNew kick)Dallas Desperados 26-19
3rd Quarter
14:25Detroit FuryTDLord 39 yd pass from Kelly (McNew kick failed)Dallas Desperados 26-25
09:24Detroit FuryTDGrovesteen 6 yd pass from Kelly (Kelly pass failed)Detroit Fury 31-26
07:28Dallas DesperadosTDBurks 32 yd pass from Kubiak (Gatto kick)Dallas Desperados 33-31
03:52Detroit FuryTDNash 33 yd pass from Kelly (Kelly pass to Kaiser)Detroit Fury 39-33
4th Quarter
14:54Dallas DesperadosTDLeverson 9 yd pass from Kubiak (Gatto kick)Dallas Desperados 40-39
07:58Detroit FuryFGMcNew 21 yd field goalDetroit Fury 42-40
05:57Dallas DesperadosTDShelley 17 yd pass from Kubiak (Gatto kick)Dallas Desperados 47-42
01:55Detroit FuryTDLord 22 yd pass from Kelly (McNew kick failed)Detroit Fury 48-47
01:11Dallas DesperadosDCMartin missed PAT returnDallas Desperados 49-48
00:12Detroit FuryTDLord 7 yd pass from Kelly (McNew kick)Detroit Fury 55-49
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  DallasDetroit
First Downs2023
Rushing Yards014
Passing Yards325293
Fumbles/Lost1/10/0
Fumble Return Yards00
Penalties/Yards9/478/51
Time of Possession24:5835:32
3rd Down Conv.0/44/6
4th Down Conv.1/30/0
Individual Statistics
Dallas Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Jim Kubiak233232561
Detroit Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Andy Kelly254229382
Dallas Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Dialleo Burks111881
Andy McCullough7641
Luke Leverson2402
Jason Shelley2222
Shannon Culver1110
Detroit Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Junior Lord131553
Marcus Nash5861
Ty Grovesteen3292
Jason Kaiser2152
Herman Bell150
Rupert Grant130
Dallas Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Patrise Alexander300
Jim Kubiak200
Detroit Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Errick Herrin1120
Herman Bell120
Dallas Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Nick Gatto6/61/10/00/0
Detroit Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Matt McNew2/51/10/00/0
Dallas Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Will Pettis3/80/00/0/0
Shannon Culver2/49/00/0/0
Luke Leverson1/16/00/0/0
Detroit Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Ron Carpenter Jr6/146/00/0/0
Junior Lord1/0/00/0/0
Dallas Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Tim Denton6/000.0/00/0
Patrise Alexander6/010.0/00/0
Will Pettis4/000.0/00/0
Andy McCullough2/000.0/00/0
Tom Briggs2/001.0/50/0
Nick Gatto2/000.0/00/0
Luke Leverson2/020.0/00/0
Carl Greenwood2/000.0/00/0
Chad Pegues1/000.0/00/1
DJ Cooper1/000.0/00/0
Tim Martin1/000.0/00/0
Jason Shelley0/100.0/00/0
Jamie Lovern0/100.0/00/0
Patrick Scott0/010.0/00/0
Detroit Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Ron Carpenter Jr4/220.0/00/0
Marcus Nash4/000.0/00/0
Herman Bell4/000.0/00/0
Rick Jones3/120.0/00/1
Errick Herrin1/400.0/00/0
Jason Kaiser1/100.0/00/0
Junior Lord1/000.0/00/0
Matt Keneley1/000.0/00/0
Matt Norwood1/000.0/00/0
Jon McCall1/000.0/00/0
Ty Grovesteen0/200.0/00/0
Dary Myricks0/100.0/00/0
Luke Yarnell0/100.0/00/0
Ernest Ross0/100.0/00/0
Matt McNew0/100.0/00/0
Rupert Grant0/010.0/00/0
Dallas Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Andy McCullough1190
Chad Pegues100
Detroit Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Rupert Grant150