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Week 1: Columbus 54 at Indiana 48
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Columbus Destroyers Columbus Destroyers 14772654
Indiana Firebirds Indiana Firebirds 131414748
Date: Saturday February 7, 2004, Game Time: 7:00 pm ET
Arena: Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Attendance: 14,007
Off. Player of the Game: Brett Bech (Ind)
Def. Player of the Game: Anthony Derricks (Ind)
Ironman of the Game: Sedrick Robinson (CLB)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
09:02Indiana FirebirdsTDBech 20 yd pass from Daft (Rush kick failed)Indiana Firebirds 6-0
08:03Columbus DestroyersTDWhite 13 yd pass from Vena (Videtich kick)Columbus Destroyers 7-6
05:06Indiana FirebirdsTDCogell 17 yd run (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 13-7
02:30Columbus DestroyersTDBlalock 17 yd pass from Vena (Videtich kick)Columbus Destroyers 14-13
2nd Quarter
11:02Indiana FirebirdsTDHoracek 12 yd pass from Daft (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 20-14
10:00Indiana FirebirdsTDHlavacek fumble return (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 27-14
05:30Columbus DestroyersTDPerry 4 yd run (Videtich kick)Indiana Firebirds 27-21
3rd Quarter
08:23Indiana FirebirdsTDHoracek 12 yd pass from Daft (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 34-21
07:23Columbus DestroyersTDRobinson 57 yd kickoff return (Videtich kick)Indiana Firebirds 34-28
03:28Indiana FirebirdsTDThompson 15 yd run (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 41-28
4th Quarter
14:57Columbus DestroyersTDWhite 9 yd pass from Vena (Videtich kick)Indiana Firebirds 41-35
12:10Columbus DestroyersTDWhite 9 yd interception return (Videtich kick)Columbus Destroyers 42-41
09:41Indiana FirebirdsTDBech 29 yd pass from Zimmerman (Rush kick)Indiana Firebirds 48-42
06:02Columbus DestroyersTDRobinson 17 yd pass from Vena (Videtich kick failed)Tied 48-48
04:30Columbus DestroyersTDPolk 4 yd interception return (Videtich kick)Columbus Destroyers 55-48
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  ColumbusIndiana
First Downs1520
Rushing Yards2264
Passing Yards202183
Fumbles/Lost2/10/0
Fumble Return Yards00
Penalties/Yards9/646/24
Time of Possession25:0734:53
3rd Down Conv.3/44/6
4th Down Conv.0/00/2
Individual Statistics
Columbus Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Ryan Vena192520240
Indiana Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Kevin Daft142213531
Tony Zimmerman374811
Columbus Receiving
 RecYdsTD
CoCo Blalock6661
Cornelius White4482
Sedrick Robinson4451
Tony Locke3150
Jarrail Jackson2280
Indiana Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Mike Horacek6592
Brett Bech5742
Kerry Brown3310
Anthony Hines190
Scotty Lindsey100
Evan Hlavacek1100
Columbus Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Ryan Vena5210
Wilmont Perry211
Ricky Wood100
Indiana Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Leroy Thompson7291
Jeff Cogell3291
Brett Bech160
Kevin Daft1-20
Anthony Hines100
Charlie Cook120
Columbus Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Steve Videtich6/80/10/00/0
Indiana Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Clay Rush6/70/00/00/0
Columbus Returns
 KORetMFGRet
CoCo Blalock4/79/00/0/0
Sedrick Robinson2/75/10/0/0
Jarrail Jackson1/0/00/0/0
Alex Houston1/0/00/0/0
Indiana Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Evan Hlavacek4/46/01/16/0
Anthony Derricks3/66/00/0/0
Columbus Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Cornelius White3/400.0/00/0
Ryan Sloth3/200.0/00/0
Chris Angel2/500.0/00/0
Sedrick Robinson2/300.0/00/0
Kenny Jackson2/000.0/00/0
JoJo Polk1/400.0/00/0
Tony Plantin1/310.0/00/0
Alex Houston1/100.0/00/0
Ricky Wood1/110.0/00/0
Carey Clayton1/000.0/00/0
Wilky Bazile0/200.0/00/0
Jarrail Jackson0/200.0/00/0
Donovan Arp0/200.0/00/0
Wilmont Perry0/100.0/00/0
Indiana Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Delvin Hughley4/200.0/00/0
Anthony Derricks3/220.0/00/0
Scotty Lindsey1/410.0/00/0
Brett Bech1/300.0/00/0
Leroy Thompson1/200.0/00/0
Evan Hlavacek1/200.0/00/1
Kerry Brown1/100.0/00/0
Ricky Hall1/100.0/00/0
Charlie Cook1/000.0/00/0
Chris Snyder1/000.0/00/0
Chris Janek1/000.0/00/0
Clay Rush1/000.0/00/0
Mike Sutton1/000.0/00/0
Hans Olsen0/100.0/00/0
Jeff Cogell0/100.0/00/0
Bill Duff0/100.0/00/0
Columbus Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Cornelius White191
JoJo Polk141
Indiana Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD