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Week 9: Arizona 39 at Tampa Bay 68
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Arizona Rattlers Arizona Rattlers 6260739
Tampa Bay Storm Tampa Bay Storm 1315211968
Date: Friday March 28, 2003, Game Time: 7:00 pm ET
Arena: Amalie Arena
Attendance: 12,204
MVP: John Kaleo (TAM)
Ironman of the Game: Lawrence Samuels (TAM), Keita Crespina (TAM)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
10:32Tampa Bay StormTDSamuels 37 yd pass from Kaleo (Howfield kick failed)Tampa Bay Storm 6-0
05:14Arizona RattlersTDPace 5 yd pass from Bonner (Garner kick failed)Tied 6-6
01:56Tampa Bay StormTDSaunders 13 yd pass from Kaleo (Howfield kick)Tampa Bay Storm 13-6
2nd Quarter
10:33Arizona RattlersTDKelly 2 yd run (Garner kick failed)Tampa Bay Storm 13-12
09:52Tampa Bay StormDCSawyer missed PAT returnTampa Bay Storm 15-12
08:57Tampa Bay StormTDDell 23 yd pass from Kaleo (Howfield kick failed)Tampa Bay Storm 21-12
04:08Arizona RattlersTDBryant 8 yd pass from Bonner (Garner kick failed)Tampa Bay Storm 21-18
02:00Arizona RattlersTDPace 15 yd interception return (Garner kick)Arizona Rattlers 25-21
00:46Arizona RattlersTDGatewood 11 yd pass from Bonner (Garner kick)Arizona Rattlers 32-21
00:00Tampa Bay StormTDSamuels 3 yd pass from Kaleo (Howfield kick)Arizona Rattlers 32-28
3rd Quarter
11:45Tampa Bay StormTDSamuels 23 yd pass from Kaleo (Howfield kick)Tampa Bay Storm 35-32
05:16Tampa Bay StormTDSolomon 32 yd pass from Kaleo (Howfield kick)Tampa Bay Storm 42-32
02:21Tampa Bay StormTDSaunders 12 yd pass from Kaleo (Howfield kick)Tampa Bay Storm 49-32
4th Quarter
14:12Arizona RattlersTDGatewood 17 yd pass from Bonner (Garner kick)Tampa Bay Storm 49-39
12:34Tampa Bay StormTDSolomon 43 yd pass from Kaleo (Howfield kick failed)Tampa Bay Storm 55-39
08:23Tampa Bay StormTDCrespina 45 yd fumble return (Howfield kick failed)Tampa Bay Storm 61-39
04:42Tampa Bay StormTDBowden 3 yd run (Howfield kick)Tampa Bay Storm 68-39
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  ArizonaTampa Bay
First Downs2114
Rushing Yards53
Passing Yards248276
Fumbles/Lost3/31/1
Fumble Return Yards045
Penalties/Yards4/327/47
Time of Possession36:2023:40
3rd Down Conv.2/43/5
4th Down Conv.0/11/1
Individual Statistics
Arizona Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Sherdrick Bonner213124841
Chris Hixson02000
Tampa Bay Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
John Kaleo142127681
Arizona Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Hunkie Cooper7840
Tom Pace6761
Randy Gatewood3392
Orshawonte Bryant3301
Will Sullivan1180
Bo Kelly110
Tampa Bay Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Freddie Solomon3822
Lawrence Samuels3633
David Saunders3432
Clif Dell2391
Keita Crespina2320
Alvin Ashley1170
Arizona Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Bo Kelly361
Tom Pace1-20
Sherdrick Bonner110
Tampa Bay Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Andre Bowden671
Pat O'Hara1-40
Arizona Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Nelson Garner3/60/10/00/0
Tampa Bay Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Ian Howfield6/100/00/00/0
Arizona Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Hunkie Cooper5/68/00/0/0
Orshawonte Bryant3/25/00/0/0
Tom Pace1/13/00/0/0
Tampa Bay Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Freddie Solomon4/87/01/24/0
Clif Dell1/15/00/0/0
Alvin Ashley1/9/00/0/0
Arizona Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Sebastian Barrie2/200.0/00/0
Randy Gatewood2/010.0/01/0
Bo Kelly1/200.0/00/0
Mike Lawson1/100.0/00/0
Nikia Adderson1/100.0/00/0
Ricky Parker1/110.0/00/0
Pete Tramontanas1/000.0/00/0
Will Sullivan1/000.0/00/0
Nelson Garner0/100.0/00/0
Mark Tucker0/100.0/00/0
Clarence Lawson0/100.0/00/0
Tom Pace0/100.0/00/1
Frank Trentadue0/100.0/00/0
Tampa Bay Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Omarr Smith4/200.0/01/1
Alvin Ashley4/000.0/00/0
Keita Crespina3/200.0/00/1
Lawrence Samuels3/100.0/00/0
Corey Sawyer2/210.0/00/0
Andre Bowden1/300.5/10/0
BJ Cohen1/201.5/80/0
Sai Poulivaati1/201.0/50/0
Al Lucas1/200.0/00/0
David Saunders1/000.0/01/1
Ernest Certain0/100.0/00/0
Nyle Wiren0/120.0/00/0
Rod Williams0/000.0/01/0
Arizona Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Tom Pace1151
Tampa Bay Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Lawrence Samuels100