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Playoff game: Detroit 48 at Tampa Bay 52
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Detroit Fury Detroit Fury 101771448
Tampa Bay Storm Tampa Bay Storm 142131452
Date: Saturday May 31, 2003, Game Time: 3:00 pm ET
Arena: Amalie Arena
Attendance: 12,322
MVP: Freddie Solomon (TAM)
Ironman of the Game: Lawrence Samuels (TAM)
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
10:36Detroit FuryFGGatto 28 yd field goalDetroit Fury 3-0
07:11Tampa Bay StormTDSolomon 10 yd pass from Kaleo (Stucker kick failed)Tampa Bay Storm 6-3
05:58Detroit FuryTDCarpenter Jr 56 yd kickoff return (Gatto kick)Detroit Fury 10-6
03:48Tampa Bay StormTDSaunders 4 yd run (Kaleo pass to Saunders)Tampa Bay Storm 14-10
2nd Quarter
14:17Detroit FuryTDBell 5 yd pass from Kelly (Gatto kick)Detroit Fury 17-14
07:43Tampa Bay StormTDDell 13 yd pass from Kaleo (Stucker kick)Tampa Bay Storm 21-17
06:48Detroit FuryTDCarpenter Jr 57 yd kickoff return (Gatto kick)Detroit Fury 24-21
04:23Tampa Bay StormTDSolomon 28 yd pass from Kaleo (Stucker kick)Tampa Bay Storm 28-24
00:28Detroit FuryFGGatto 35 yd field goalTampa Bay Storm 28-27
00:10Tampa Bay StormTDSolomon 6 yd pass from Kaleo (Stucker kick)Tampa Bay Storm 35-27
3rd Quarter
11:55Tampa Bay StormFGStucker 22 yd field goalTampa Bay Storm 38-27
07:41Detroit FuryTDNash 20 yd pass from Kelly (Gatto kick)Tampa Bay Storm 38-34
4th Quarter
13:41Detroit FuryTDNash 31 yd pass from Kelly (Gatto kick)Detroit Fury 41-38
12:17Tampa Bay StormTDToliver 17 yd pass from Kaleo (Stucker kick)Tampa Bay Storm 45-41
06:47Detroit FuryTDNash 6 yd pass from Kelly (Gatto kick)Detroit Fury 48-45
03:31Tampa Bay StormTDSaunders 10 yd pass from Kaleo (Stucker kick)Tampa Bay Storm 52-48
Note: scores in red indicate lead of more than one possession.
Team Statistics
  DetroitTampa Bay
First Downs1919
Rushing Yards2817
Passing Yards238269
Fumbles/Lost2/11/1
Fumble Return Yards011
Penalties/Yards10/665/32
Time of Possession30:3729:23
3rd Down Conv.3/63/6
4th Down Conv.0/10/1
Individual Statistics
Detroit Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
Andy Kelly253323841
Tampa Bay Passing
 CompAttYdsTDInt
John Kaleo203226960
Detroit Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Marcus Nash7843
Herman Bell6461
Jason Kaiser5410
Ty Grovesteen3250
Rupert Grant2240
Curtis Eason1140
Mario Bailey140
Tampa Bay Receiving
 RecYdsTD
Freddie Solomon81413
David Saunders6571
TT Toliver3321
Clif Dell2271
Lawrence Samuels1120
Detroit Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Rupert Grant4120
Frank Leatherwood2160
Tampa Bay Rushing
 RushYdsTD
Andre Bowden4120
David Saunders141
Lawrence Samuels100
Basil Proctor110
Detroit Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Nick Gatto6/62/30/00/0
Tampa Bay Kicking
 1pt3pt2pt4pt
Kenny Stucker5/61/20/00/0
Detroit Returns
 KORetMFGRet
Ron Carpenter Jr5/191/21/10/0
Luke Yarnell1/12/00/0/0
Marcus Nash1/11/00/0/0
Tampa Bay Returns
 KORetMFGRet
TT Toliver4/65/01/10/0
Al Lucas1/14/00/0/0
Detroit Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Brent Browner4/110.0/00/0
Reggie Waddell4/000.0/00/0
Rupert Grant3/000.0/00/0
Jon McCall2/102.0/81/0
Jason Kaiser2/100.0/00/0
Ron Carpenter Jr2/110.0/00/0
Herman Bell2/000.0/00/0
Dary Myricks2/000.0/00/0
Angel Rubio2/001.0/50/0
Curtis Eason1/000.0/00/0
Matt Keneley1/010.0/00/0
Tampa Bay Defense
 T/APDSacksF/R
Omarr Smith5/510.0/00/0
Corey Sawyer4/300.0/00/0
Tramain Jones2/100.0/00/0
Al Lucas2/001.0/91/0
Basil Proctor2/001.0/70/0
Lawrence Samuels1/600.0/01/0
BJ Cohen1/400.0/00/0
Kelvin Kinney1/100.0/00/0
Andre Bowden0/400.0/00/0
TT Toliver0/100.0/00/1
Nyle Wiren0/100.0/00/0
Kenny Stucker0/100.0/00/0
David Saunders0/100.0/00/0
Detroit Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Tampa Bay Interceptions
 IntsYdsTD
Omarr Smith100