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Buffalo Destroys Detroit 49-21

May 11, 2002 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Detroit Fury News Release


BUFFALO, NY-Fred McNair passed for 248 yards and Buffalo used a 28-point second half explosion, as the Destroyers hammered the Detroit Fury 49-21 Saturday night. Detroit drops to 1-3 on the season and 0-3 on the road, while the Destroyers climb to 2-2. With the loss, the Fury solely occupy last place in the Central division.

Prior to the start of the game, Buffalo announced that star offensive specialist Lamont Cooper was hospitalized late last night due to internal bleeding. According to a Destroyers public relations representative, the preliminary diagnosis is an ulcer. A procedure will be performed Sunday morning to determine the exact problem.

Carlos James scored the game's first TD, pulling in a four-yard pass from McNair at 7:56. Robert Gordon tied the game, bringing in a 17-yard pass from Rickey Foggie at 4:37 to close out the scoring in the first quarter.

In the second frame Jarrail Johnson caught a 22-yard pass followed by Gordon's second strike of the night off a 27-yard hurl from Foggie at 8:52. Kevin Mason's 24-yard reception at 5:46 proved to be the final scoring play of the half.

Mason's seven-yard TD with 32 seconds remaining was the only tally of the third stanza.

It was Buffalo who turned up the heat in the final quarter, scoring 21 points and chasing Foggie from the game in favor of Drew Miller. David Caldwell's fumble recovery in the endzone at 13:40, Eddie Brown's 56-yard reception at 11:11 and Bret Cooper's six-yard catch spelled doom for Detroit. Gordon scored Detroit's lone second half TD at 5:44 of the fourth.

Foggie finished the evening going 8-for-17, two TDS and 114 yards before being replaced by Miller (9-of-11, 80 yards one TD). Gordon scored all of Detroit's TDs and led the Fury in receiving yards with 88.

The Fury will return to the friendly confines of the Palace of Auburn Hills on Saturday, May 18 at 7:30 PM when they host the Indiana Firebirds. Tickets are available by calling (248) 377-0100 or by logging onto www.detroitfury.com.

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