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Week 2: Indiana 65 at New York 54
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Indiana Firebirds Indiana Firebirds 2114102065
New York Dragons New York Dragons 713142054
Date: Sunday February 9, 2003, Game Time: 1:00 pm ET
Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 11,216
MVP: Ray Philyaw (Ind)
Ironman of the Game: Hugh Hunter (Ind)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
11:45Indiana FirebirdsTDPhilyaw 7 yd run ( kick)Indiana Firebirds 7-0
10:40Indiana FirebirdsTDBech net recovery (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 14-0
08:44New York DragonsTDFurrey 30 yd pass from Garcia (Stucker kick)Indiana Firebirds 14-7
02:03Indiana FirebirdsTDBlackwell 6 yd run (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 21-7
2nd Quarter
13:38New York DragonsTDFurrey 8 yd pass from Garcia (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 21-14
11:31Indiana FirebirdsTDBrown 28 yd pass from Philyaw (Stucker kick)Indiana Firebirds 28-14
08:27New York DragonsTDFurrey 30 yd pass from Garcia (Stucker kick)Indiana Firebirds 28-21
04:46Indiana FirebirdsTDPhilyaw 9 yd run (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 35-21
3rd Quarter
11:17New York DragonsTDBrown 8 yd pass from Garcia (Stucker kick)Indiana Firebirds 35-28
08:23Indiana FirebirdsTDThompson 12 yd run (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 42-28
05:39New York DragonsTDDoxzon 26 yd pass from Garcia (Stucker kick)Indiana Firebirds 42-35
01:02Indiana FirebirdsFGRush 27 yd field goalIndiana Firebirds 45-35
4th Quarter
14:53New York DragonsTDFurrey 26 yd pass from Garcia (Stucker kick)Indiana Firebirds 45-42
10:44Indiana FirebirdsTDCaldwell 15 yd pass from Philyaw (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 52-42
07:27Indiana FirebirdsTDCaldwell 32 yd interception return (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 59-42
04:14New York DragonsTDDoxzon 12 yd pass from Garcia (Stucker kick)Indiana Firebirds 59-49
00:40New York DragonsTDTaylor 5 yd pass from Garcia ( pass failed)Indiana Firebirds 59-55
00:29Indiana FirebirdsTDJones 11 yd pass from Philyaw (Rush kick failed)Indiana Firebirds 65-55
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  IndianaNew York
First Downs2022
Rushing Yards544
Passing Yards272337
Fumbles/Lost1/11/1
Fumble Return Yards00
Penalties/Yards5/263/17
Time of Possession32:0627:54
3rd Down Conv.3/65/5
4th Down Conv.1/10/0
Individual Statistics
Indiana Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Ray Philyaw223227230
New York Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Aaron Garcia243333781
Indiana Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Brett Bech81110
Eddie Brown71071
Donnie Caldwell4311
Jay Jones2151
Terrance Blackwell180
New York Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Mike Furrey81524
Chris Anthony5490
Steve Papin4400
Todd Doxzon3572
Kerry Brown2151
Kerry Taylor151
Damien Groce1190
Indiana Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Ray Philyaw3192
Leroy Thompson3121
Rich Young2120
Terrance Blackwell161
Brett Bech150
New York Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Kerry Taylor1-20
Aaron Garcia160
Indiana Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Clay Rush8/91/20/00/0
New York Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Kenny Stucker6/70/00/00/0
Indiana Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Evan Hlavacek2/31/00/0/0
Terrance Blackwell2/27/00/0/0
Eddie Brown1/0/00/0/0
New York Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Steve Papin6/91/01/17/0
Indiana Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Greg Williams8/000.0/00/0
Donnie Caldwell5/000.0/00/0
Brett Bech3/000.0/00/0
Hugh Hunter2/102.5/70/0
Shawn Foreman2/000.0/01/0
Chris Snyder2/002.0/120/0
Rich Young2/001.0/80/0
Evan Hlavacek2/000.0/00/0
Leroy Thompson1/100.5/40/0
Ricky Hall1/000.0/00/0
New York Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Donvetis Franklin8/140.0/00/0
Kory Blackwell5/000.0/00/0
Mike Furrey4/000.0/00/0
Kerry Taylor4/000.0/00/0
Anthony Hutch2/000.0/00/0
Elliot Fortune1/100.0/01/0
Jermaine Miles1/000.0/00/0
John Summerday0/100.0/00/0
Indiana Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Donnie Caldwell1321
New York Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD