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Postgame Coverage - Boxscore - Watch Game ArenaBowl III Arenabowl: Pittsburgh 26 at Detroit 39     1   2   3   4 Final  Pittsburgh Gladiators 3 9 14 0 26  Detroit Drive 16 10 13 0 39 Date: Friday August 18, 1989, Game Time: 12:00 am ET Arena: Joe Louis Arena Attendance: 12,046 MVP: George LaFrance (DDr) Ironman of the Game: Cornelius Ross (Pit) Video Courtesy of Football Forever (Prime)× ... Scoring Summary 1st Quarter 13:53 S Safety 2-0 07:25 TD Burris 1 yd run (Bojovic kick) 9-0 05:02 FG Fricke 55 yd field goal 9-3 01:31 TD Bradford 17 yd run (Bojovic kick) 16-3 2nd Quarter 11:51 FG Bojovic 50 yd field goal 19-3 09:19 FG Fricke 30 yd field goal 19-6 02:07 TD Bradford 2 yd run (Bojovic kick) 26-6 00:10 TD Powell 2 yd run ( pass failed) 26-12 3rd Quarter 14:18 TD Ross 23 yd fumble return (Fricke kick) 26-19 07:55 TD LaFrance 32 yd pass from Burris (Bojovic kick failed) 32-19 06:07 TD Mullen 12 yd pass from Burris (Bojovic kick) 39-19 01:04 TD Gardner 19 yd pass from Totten (Fricke kick) 39-26 Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession. Team Statistics   Pittsburgh Detroit First Downs 8 13 Rushing Yards 3 50 Passing Yards 149 176 Fumbles/Lost 2/2 1/1 Fumble Return Yards 23 0 Penalties/Yards 5/25 5/22 Time of Possession 29:17 30:43 3rd Down Conv. 5/15 3/5 4th Down Conv. 0/0 0/0 Individual Statistics Pittsburgh Passing   Comp Att Yds TD Int Willie Totten 19 36 149 1 0 Detroit Passing   Comp Att Yds TD Int Tony Burris 12 26 176 2 5 Pittsburgh Receiving   Rec Yds TD Brian Gardner 10 77 1 Thomas Monroe 4 23 0 Alvin Williams 3 45 0 Aric Anderson 1 3 0 Cornelius Ross 1 1 0 Detroit Receiving   Rec Yds TD Gary Mullen 6 71 1 Dwayne Dixon 4 66 0 George LaFrance 2 39 1 Pittsburgh Rushing   Rush Yds TD Mike Powell 4 3 1 Willie Totten 3 -7 0 Thomas Monroe 1 6 0 Aric Anderson 1 1 0 Detroit Rushing   Rush Yds TD Lynn Bradford 12 46 2 Tony Burris 2 4 1 Pittsburgh Kicking   1pt 3pt 2pt 4pt Rusty Fricke 2/2 2/6 0/0 0/0 Detroit Kicking   1pt 3pt 2pt 4pt Novo Bojovic 4/5 1/3 0/0 0/0 Pittsburgh Returns   KORet MFGRet Alvin Williams 2/59/0 1/5/0 Cornelius Ross 2/28/0 0/0/0 Detroit Returns   KORet MFGRet George LaFrance 3/45/0 2/21/0 Pittsburgh Defense   T/A PD Sacks F/R Alvin Williams 5/3 1 0.0/0 0/0 Fabray Collins 3/2 1 0.0/0 0/0 Jo Jo Heath 3/1 3 0.0/0 0/0 Cornelius Ross 3/1 2 0.0/0 0/1 Alvin Ross 3/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Aric Anderson 2/0 0 0.0/0 1/0 Larry Barretta 1/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Mike Powell 1/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Cecil Fletcher 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Donald Thompson 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Thomas Monroe 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/0 Detroit Defense   T/A PD Sacks F/R Will McClay 7/5 2 0.0/0 0/0 Alvin Rettig 6/0 0 0.0/0 1/0 Dwayne Dixon 5/3 0 0.0/0 0/0 George LaFrance 4/0 1 0.0/0 0/0 Rodney Beachum 2/3 0 0.0/0 0/0 Reggie Mathis 2/1 0 2.0/13 0/0 David Evans 1/1 4 0.0/0 0/0 Gary Mullen 1/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Lynn Bradford 1/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 James Kmet 1/0 1 0.0/0 0/0 TEAM 1/0 0 0.0/0 0/1 Anthony Corvino 0/1 0 0.0/0 0/0 Novo Bojovic 0/0 0 0.0/0 0/1 Pittsburgh Interceptions   Ints Yds TD Jo Jo Heath 2 11 0 Cornelius Ross 2 2 0 Alvin Williams 1 5 0 Detroit Interceptions   Ints Yds TD