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Week 15: Columbus 44 at New York 56
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Columbus Destroyers Columbus Destroyers 77131744
New York Dragons New York Dragons 912142156
Date: Saturday May 7, 2005, Game Time: 7:00 pm ET
Arena: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 11,727
Off. Player of the Game: Aaron Garcia (NYD)
Def. Player of the Game: Will Holder (NYD)
Ironman of the Game: Chris Anthony (NYD)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
14:22New York DragonsTDSwayne 34 yd pass from Garcia (Bironas kick failed)New York Dragons 6-0
06:03New York DragonsFGBironas 32 yd field goalNew York Dragons 9-0
01:13Columbus DestroyersTDGroce 4 yd pass from Vena (Videtich kick)New York Dragons 9-7
2nd Quarter
11:43New York DragonsTDAnthony 8 yd pass from Garcia (Bironas kick failed)New York Dragons 15-7
08:47Columbus DestroyersTDLane 13 yd pass from Vena (Videtich kick)New York Dragons 15-14
06:12New York DragonsTDHoracek 10 yd pass from Garcia (Bironas kick failed)New York Dragons 21-14
3rd Quarter
12:56Columbus DestroyersTDGroce 26 yd pass from D'Orazio (Videtich kick failed)New York Dragons 21-20
10:29New York DragonsTDAnthony 4 yd pass from Garcia (Bironas kick)New York Dragons 28-20
07:24Columbus DestroyersTDWhite 40 yd pass from D'Orazio (Videtich kick)New York Dragons 28-27
00:38New York DragonsTDAnthony 3 yd pass from Garcia (Bironas kick)New York Dragons 35-27
4th Quarter
10:46Columbus DestroyersFGVidetich 22 yd field goalNew York Dragons 35-30
08:53New York DragonsTDWhite 26 yd pass from Garcia (Bironas kick)New York Dragons 42-30
05:43Columbus DestroyersTDWhite 14 yd pass from D'Orazio (Videtich kick)New York Dragons 42-37
04:19New York DragonsTDDennis 20 yd pass from Garcia (Bironas kick)New York Dragons 49-37
00:34Columbus DestroyersTDD'Orazio 1 yd run (Videtich kick)New York Dragons 49-44
00:31New York DragonsTDAnthony 13 yd kickoff return (Bironas kick)New York Dragons 56-44
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  ColumbusNew York
First Downs1820
Rushing Yards86
Passing Yards320307
Fumbles/Lost1/03/1
Fumble Return Yards00
Penalties/Yards0/08/49
Time of Possession32:5127:09
3rd Down Conv.3/84/5
4th Down Conv.4/40/0
Individual Statistics
Columbus Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Matt D'Orazio142321930
Ryan Vena132310123
New York Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Aaron Garcia293730771
Columbus Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Damien Groce111272
Cornelius White71232
Jeremy Unertl5320
Randall Lane2231
Chris Curd2150
New York Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Chris Anthony7453
Will Holder6430
DaShane Dennis5481
Mike Horacek5551
Corey Johnson4560
Josh White1261
Kevin Swayne1341
Columbus Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Matt D'Orazio351
Ryan Vena220
Juan Long110
New York Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Josh White130
DaShane Dennis130
Columbus Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Steve Videtich5/61/20/00/0
New York Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Rob Bironas5/81/10/00/0
Columbus Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Damien Groce2/54/00/0/0
Donvetis Franklin1/31/00/0/0
New York Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Corey Johnson3/56/00/0/0
DaShane Dennis2/23/00/0/0
Chris Anthony1/13/10/0/0
Will Holder1/20/00/0/0
Columbus Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Donvetis Franklin5/120.0/00/0
Brandon Hefflin3/300.0/01/0
Jeremy Unertl3/110.0/00/0
Cornelius White2/300.0/00/0
Bryan Ray2/000.0/00/0
Norris McCleary1/300.0/00/0
Jamarr Ward1/200.0/00/0
Bobby Britton1/100.0/02/0
Steve Videtich1/000.0/00/0
Jason Berger1/000.0/00/0
Curtis Eason1/000.0/00/0
Chris Curd1/000.0/00/0
Bill Duff0/110.0/00/1
Troy Pelshak0/100.0/00/0
Juan Long0/100.0/00/0
New York Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Corey Johnson7/010.0/00/0
Chris Angel6/120.0/00/0
Billy Parker4/000.0/00/0
Chris Anthony2/100.0/00/0
Josh White1/200.0/00/0
DaShane Dennis1/100.0/00/0
Stacy Evans1/100.0/00/0
Jamaal Cherry1/000.0/00/0
Mike Horacek1/000.0/00/0
Will Holder1/000.0/00/0
Kevin Clemens0/100.0/00/0
Jermaine Miles0/010.0/00/0
Columbus Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Brandon Hefflin100
New York Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Will Holder2320
Corey Johnson170