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Green Bay Blizzard game notes

Published on June 14, 2005 under arenafootball2 (af2)
Green Bay Blizzard News Release


QUICK FACTS:
Green Bay Blizzard (6-4)
at Louisville Fire (6-4)
Date: Saturday, June 18
Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. CDT
Site: Freedom Hall (15,646)
National Anthem: TBD
Coin Toss: TBD
Officials: TBD
Radio: None
TV: None
Series Record: Louisville 3-2
Last Meeting: GREEN BAY 65, Louisville 49 (5/14/05)
Streaks: Green Bay L3; Louisville W1; Series GBB W1
Coaches: Bob Landsee (6-3, first season)
Tommy Johnson

THE STAKES: Green Bay is looking to sweep the season series against Louisville and to even the series at three games each.

THE SERIES: The Blizzard has defeated the Fire in Green Bay earlier this year, but Louisville won three straight from 2003 through 2004.

THE IFs:
If Green Bay defeats Louisville, it would ...
· Give the Blizzard a 3-3 record with the Wolves
· Give Bob Landsee a 7-4 record as head coach
· Guaranty the best record in franchise history
· Break the tie between Green Bay and Louisville in the Eastern Division
· Give the Blizzard the most victories in a season in franchise history (Previous Best: 6 in 2004)
· Break a 3-game losing streak


GREEN BAY (6-4, Lost 3)
Date Opponent Result Score
4/8 ALBANY W 49-41
4/16 @ Manchester L 59-41
4/23 MACON W 28-18
4/30 @ Wilkes-Barre W 48-40
5/7 @ Arkansas W 48-35
5/14 LOUISVILLE W 65-49
5/21 QUAD CITY W 56-49
5/28 @ Birmingham L 55-26
6/3 WILKES-BARRE L 38-24
6/11 MANCHESTER L 62-48
6/18 @ Louisville 6:30 W1 LOU 3-2
Date Opponent Time Streak Series
6/24 BIRMINGHAM 7:00 L2 BIR 2-0
7/9 @ Quad City 8:30 W1 QCS 4-1
7/15 @ Albany 6:30 W2 GBB 2-1
7/23 FLORIDA 7:00 -- No History
7/30 @ South Georiga 6:30 -- No History

LOUISVILLE (6-4, Won 1)
Date Opponent Result Score
4/9 @ Rio Grande W 56-42
4/15 SOUTH GEORGIA W 48-46
4/22 @ Wilkes-Barre W 58-50
4/30 BIRMINGHAM W 48-46
5/6 @ Manchester L 46-37
5/14 @ Green Bay L 65-49
5/21 FLORIDA L 47-43
5/27 ALBANY WO 65-55
6/4 @ Quad City L 47-41
6/11 @ Birmingham W 69-61
6/18 GREEN BAY 6:30 L1 LOU 3-2
Date Opponent Time Streak Series
6/24 @ Albany 6:30 W1 LOU 2-1
7/9 SAN DIEGO 6:30 L1 SDG 1-0
7/16 @ Oklahoma City 7:30 -- No History
7/23 MANCHESTER 6:30 L2 MAN 2-0
7/30 QUAD CITY 6:30 L1 QCS 5-3

HEAD COACHES: Green Bay's Bob Landsee starts his first season in af2 with the Blizzard. Landsee had been an assistant coach in the AFL for five years, most recently with the Indiana Firebirds, last year, and he has led the Blizzard to their best start ever.

LAST SERIES MEETING: Green Bay handed another big loss to the Louisville Fire in week 7, when both teams were ranked in the top five. Green Bay has scored at least 65 points in each of its victories against Louisville.

LEAGUE TOP 10s:
GREEN BAY BLIZZARD
Player Rank Category Stat
Henrik Juul-Nielsen 9 Scoring (Kick) 59
Ryan Bowers T2 Interceptions 8
Brent Holmes 3 MFG Rtn Yds 108
MANCHESTER WOLVES
Player Rank Category Stat
Matt Sauk 3 Total Offense 2,733
Rob Mager 5 Scoring 152
Danny Kight 3 Scoring (Kick) 73

TALE OF THE TAPE: Here's how the Blizzard and the Pioneers stack up:
Statistical BLIZZARD WOLVES
Category Rank Stat Rank Stat
Scoring Offense 17 43.3 7 51.1
Scoring Defense 6 44.6 11 50.5
Total Offense 16 244.4 2 289.4
Total Defense 13 273.3 16 276.1
Pass Offense 16 229.7 2 274.0
Pass Defense 12 254.3 11 251.7
Rushing Offense 15 14.7 14 15.4
Rushing Defense 11 19.0 16 54.4
Pass Rating 13 92.0 4 111.5
Pass Def. Rating 3 91.8 8 97.8
Kickoff Returns 11 19.1 17 16.8
MFG Returns 2 25.6 18 8.2
Turnover Margin 3 +1.10 7 +0.30
Field Goals T13 .200 7 .400
PAT Kicking 5 .820 9 .809
Sacks By 4 16 19 6
Sacks Against 5 8 2 4
First Downs 17 159 1 222
Opp. First Downs 19 203 T16 197
Penalties 16 68.2 4 48.5
Opp. Penalties 13 55.5 17 51.4


DROPBACK: GREEN BAY, Wis. – Manchester took advantage of Green Bay's mistakes and made few of their own to defeat the Blizzard 62-48.

FORWARD MOTION: The Blizzard will be in a must-win game in Green Bay against Birmingham. The Steeldogs earned their first win of the season against the Blizzard in week 9. Green Bay is still in control of its playoff picture, but needs to win out to ensure a playoff berth and a first-week bye.

TEAM NOTES/TRENDS:
CLOSE, BUT NOT QUITE: The Blizzard has fallen by 14 points the last two weeks, a reasonably small margin of victory in af2.

FLAGS ANYONE?: Green Bay is the fifth-most penalized team in the league, and has been there most of the season. Last week, they were flagged 14 times (nine accepted for 53 yards).

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME (selected by media)
Week Opp. Player
2 ALB GBB QB Johhny Turman
3 @MAN MAN QB Jake Eaton
4 MAC GBB OS Troy Mason
5 @WBS WBS WR/DB Rocco Forgione
6 @ARK GBB WR/LB Robert Garth
7 LOU GBB FB/LB Matt Huebner
8 QCS GBB OS Troy Mason
9 @BIR BIR Detronn Harris
10 WBS WBS Kyle Rowley
11 MAN MAN J.J. McKelvey

U.S. ARMY IRONMAN (selected by media)
Week Opp. Player
2 ALB GBB WR/DB Torrey Day
3 @MAN MAN WR/LB J.J. McKelvey
4 MAC GBB OL/DL Chris Eggleston
5 @WBS GBB WR/LB Robert Garth
6 @ARK GBB WR/LB Robert Garth
7 LOU GBB FB/LB Matt Huebner
8 QCS GBB FB/LB Matt Huebner
9 @BIR BIR Herman Bell
10 WBS WBS Rocco Forgoine
11 MAN GBB Lance Taylor

ADT DEFENSIVE PLAYER (selected by media)
Week Opp. Player
2 ALB GBB OL/DL Nick Anderson
3 @MAN MAN DS Alli Sebastian
4 MAC GBB Team Defense
5 @WBS GBB FB/LB Matt Huebner
6 @ARK GBB FB/LB Matt Huebner
7 LOU GBB DS Ryan Bowers
8 QCS GBB OL/DL Tito Hannah
9 @BIR BIR Keon Mainor
10 WBS WBS Thomie Venisee
11 MAN GBB David Crocker

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