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Week 1: Iowa 48 at Arizona 56
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Iowa Barnstormers Iowa Barnstormers 62113848
Arizona Rattlers Arizona Rattlers 132102256
Date: Saturday April 15, 2000, Game Time: 12:00 am ET
Arena: Talking Stick Resort Arena
Attendance: 13,137
MVP: Maurice Bryant (ARI)
Ironman of the Game: Hunkie Cooper (ARI)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
10:22Arizona RattlersTDBryant 33 yd pass from Bonner (Nittmo kick)Arizona Rattlers 7-0
08:00Iowa BarnstormersFGRush 37 yd field goalArizona Rattlers 7-3
06:30Arizona RattlersTDCooper 28 yd pass from Bonner (Reynolds run failed)Arizona Rattlers 13-3
02:26Iowa BarnstormersFGRush 39 yd field goalArizona Rattlers 13-6
2nd Quarter
14:54Arizona RattlersTDCooper 6 yd run (Nittmo kick)Arizona Rattlers 20-6
13:33Arizona RattlersTDBryant 20 yd pass from Bonner (Nittmo kick)Arizona Rattlers 27-6
11:34Iowa BarnstormersTDBrown 40 yd pass from Garcia (Rush kick)Arizona Rattlers 27-13
09:30Arizona RattlersTDGatewood 9 yd pass from Bonner (Nittmo kick)Arizona Rattlers 34-13
07:00Iowa BarnstormersTDBrown 12 yd pass from Garcia (Rush kick)Arizona Rattlers 34-20
00:05Iowa BarnstormersTDConley 3 yd pass from Garcia (Rush kick)Arizona Rattlers 34-27
3rd Quarter
10:28Iowa BarnstormersTDJames 9 yd pass from Garcia (Rush kick failed)Arizona Rattlers 34-33
00:42Iowa BarnstormersTDFiler 6 yd pass from Garcia (Rush kick)Iowa Barnstormers 40-34
4th Quarter
11:17Arizona RattlersTDBryant 5 yd pass from Bonner (Nittmo kick failed)Tied 40-40
08:05Arizona RattlersSSafetyArizona Rattlers 42-40
05:35Arizona RattlersTDBryant 33 yd pass from Bonner (Nittmo kick)Arizona Rattlers 49-40
01:42Arizona RattlersTDEvans 11 yd pass from Bonner (Nittmo kick)Arizona Rattlers 56-40
01:00Iowa BarnstormersTDHoracek 20 yd pass from Garcia (Garcia pass to Brown)Arizona Rattlers 56-48
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  IowaArizona
First Downs1514
Rushing Yards516
Passing Yards239310
Fumbles/Lost1/10/0
Fumble Return Yards00
Penalties/Yards10/329/48
Time of Possession29:2330:37
3rd Down Conv.4/92/6
4th Down Conv.0/11/2
Individual Statistics
Iowa Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Aaron Garcia244323962
Eddie Brown00000
Arizona Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Sherdrick Bonner183031072
Iowa Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Mike Horacek6721
Eddie Brown5782
Leonard Conley5321
Carlos James4281
Geoff Turner290
Vernon Broughton1140
Rodney Filer161
Arizona Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Maurice Bryant112024
Randy Gatewood3431
Hunkie Cooper2421
Jai Hill1120
Stacy Evans1111
Iowa Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Aaron Garcia240
Geoff Turner110
Arizona Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Bob McMillen360
Paul Reynolds230
Hunkie Cooper161
Sherdrick Bonner110
Iowa Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Clay Rush4/52/40/00/0
Arizona Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Bjorn Nittmo6/70/20/00/0
Iowa Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Leonard Conley5/116/01/1/0
Geoff Turner2/41/00/0/0
Arizona Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Hunkie Cooper7/140/00/0/0
Maurice Bryant1/12/00/0/0
Cedric Walker1/0/00/0/0
Iowa Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Kevin Kaesviharn5/100.0/00/0
Shea Showers5/000.0/00/0
Cory Stone3/000.0/00/0
Toney Catchings2/010.0/00/0
John Motton2/000.0/00/0
Mike Horacek2/000.0/00/0
Leonard Conley2/000.0/00/0
Carlos James1/110.0/00/0
Vernon Broughton1/010.0/00/0
Clay Rush1/000.0/00/0
Larry Blue1/000.0/00/0
Rodney Filer0/100.0/00/0
Geoff Turner0/100.0/00/0
Arizona Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Andre Goines4/010.0/00/0
Randy Gatewood3/110.0/00/0
Cecil Doggette3/110.0/00/0
Jai Hill3/100.0/00/0
Bob McMillen2/200.0/00/0
Cedric Walker2/110.0/00/0
Sebastian Barrie2/000.0/00/1
Hunkie Cooper1/300.0/00/0
Mark Tucker1/100.0/01/0
Brian Drummy1/100.0/00/0
Stacy Evans0/100.0/00/0
Iowa Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Kevin Kaesviharn2250
Arizona Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Andre Goines100
Cecil Doggette1160