Avengers drop SaberCats in shootout, 75-61
March 12, 2006 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
San Jose SaberCats News Release
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Mar. 12, 2006) - Quarterback Sonny Cumbie threw for 348 yards and six touchdowns in his third career start leading the Los Angeles Avengers to a 75-61 win over the San Jose SaberCats in an Arena Football League game on Sunday.
Behind Cumbie and OS Tony Locke, who had seven catches for 168 yards and four touchdowns, the Avengers (2-5) scored on every possession, including the final time they had the ball when the pair hooked up on a 27-yard scoring pass with no time left on the clock.
San Jose (2-5) quarterback Mark Grieb threw eight scoring passes for the second straight week and completed 28-of-41 passes for 395 yards with no interceptions. His 33-yard scoring pass to rookie Ben Nelson with 4:50 left in the second quarter gave San Jose its last lead of the game at 21-16.
Kevin Ingram returned the ensuing onside kick by San Jose 9-yards for a scored and caught touchdown passes of 29 and four yards to give Los Angeles 37-28 lead at halftime.
San Jose's Barry Wagner returned nine kickoffs for 200 yards, giving him 20,613 for his career and moving him past Hunkie Cooper as the AFL's all-time leader in that category. Wagner made his return to the lineup and played sparingly other than on special teams.
With the score 68-61 late in the fourth quarter, San Jose drove to the Los Angeles 10-yard line and had the ball first-and-goal. But four straight incomplete passes by Grieb gave the ball back to the Avengers with 2:36 remaining.
Los Angeles proceeded to run out the clock, converting on a third-and-nine play with under a minute left, before scoring on the final play of the game.
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