Edge Win Final Game of Regular Season 74-64
June 8, 2012 - Indoor Football League (IFL)
Bloomington Edge News Release
Bloomington, IL - The Bloomington Edge, presented by Heller Stores, won their last game of the regular season 74-64 over the Cedar Rapids Titans in Bloomington on Friday night. Dusty Burk completed 21 of 30 passes, throwing for 223 yards with 6 touchdown passes. He also passed 10,000 passing yards for his career. Andre Raymond rushed for 46 yards with 2 rush touchdowns. He finished the season with 18, which breaks the team record for rush TDs (held by Raymond last year). Raymond also caught a touchdown pass. Charles Dowdell caught 3 touchdown passes and had 64 receiving yards. John Cooper had 77 receiving yards with a touchdown catch. The Edge finish the season 10-4 and enter the playoffs as the #3 seed.
The Edge came out running to start the game. Dusty Burk ran the ball 24 yards before Andre Raymond ran it into the endzone to give the Edge the early lead. The rush touchdown was Raymond's 17th of the season. That breaks the Edge/Extreme single-season rush TD record. The defense helped set up a couple more early scores. A Cedar Rapids field goal was blocked and recovered. Charles Dowdell caught a touchdown pass on the resulting drive. Then Mike McGee intercepted the Titans quarterback and the Edge got a field goal out of their drive. The Titans finally got on the board by running back a 54 yard kickoff for a touchdown. After John Cooper caught a touchdown pass for the Edge the Titans threw another touchdown of their own. The Edge led 24-14 after the opening quarter.
The Edge started the 2nd similar to the 1st, rushing the ball for a touchdown. This time Dusty Burk ran the ball in for the score. Cedar Rapids responded with a rush touchdown of their own. A short time later Dusty Burk hit Dowdell for the second time in the game for a touchdown and the Edge also kicked a 37 yard field goal later on. The Titans came back with a 38 yard touchdown pass. Dusty Burk ran the ball into the endzone again and to set up the play he broke 10,000 career passing yards. The Titans rushed the ball 35 yards for another touchdown but the Edge led 47-34 at halftime.
Cedar Rapids kicked off the 3rd quarter with quarterback Colton Hansen running the ball for a touchdown. The Edge came right back as Andre Raymond ran the ball 33 yards for a touchdown. Cedar Rapids threw a touchdown pass on 4th down on their next drive. Andre Raymond scored his third touchdown of the game, this time catching a pass. Mike McGee caught another interception and then Charles Dowdell caught his third touchdown pass of the game. After the 3rd quarter the Edge led 67-48.
The rapid scoring continued in the 4th quarter as Cedar Rapids fired a touchdown pass to start the quarter and converted a two-point attempt. Daron Clark caught his first catch of the game for the Edge. The Titans bounced right back with a passing touchdown. The Edge would hold on from there for the win.
The Edge are on to the playoffs! They will play the Green Bay Blizzard on June 22, 23, or 24 at Green Bay. Details will be released once they are available. For more information on the Edge visit bloomingtonedge.com and the IFL at goifl.com. All games can be heard on WJBC Online.
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