Soul Drop Third Straight, Lose To Destroyers 44-21
April 23, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Philadelphia Soul News Release
COLUMBUS, OH - Columbus quarterback Matt Nagy lead the Destroyers to victory of the Philadelphia Soul at Nationwide Arena as he threw three touchdowns and watched his defense hold the Soul to a season low 21 points. Columbus pulled away in the second half and defeated Philadelphia for their third consecutive loss of the season; 44-21.
Philadelphia made a game time decision and named Clint Stoerner the starting quarterback after being signed during the week following the injury suffered in Dallas against the Desperados to Tony Graziani. He finished the game completing 23-of-37 passes for 241 passes with two touchdowns despite losing two fumbles.
The Soul offense began the game on there own five-yard line, and on the second play from scrimmage saw Stoerner loss the center-quarterback exchange. Both teams saw their defenses take control in the first quarter as they began the second quarter notched at zero. Columbus would quickly get on the board in the second quarter when Nagy connected with Offensive Player of the Game Damian Groce for a 25-yard touchdown to go up 7-0 following a Peter Martinez extra point conversion.
Philadelphia found themselves playing catch-up the whole game as they didn't have the lead at any point. The turning point for the Soul was when Stoerner called his own number on third and goal from the Columbus two-yard line before the half. He fumbled the ball as time expired and went into the locker room with his team down 20-10.
The second half didn't start any better for Philadelphia as they were held to a 22-yard field goal by Todd France on the first drive out after the break to close the gap to 20-13. The Destroyers would then score 17 unanswered to extend their lead to 37-13 with 6:42 remaining in the game.
As each team exchanged scores to close out the game, Columbus was able to win their third straight by a 44-21 margin.
Nagy connected on 16-of-28 for 208 yards with three touchdowns despite one interception with Groce being on the receiving end on nine of his passes for 116 yards with two scores.
Fun! Family! Football! The Soul go on the road to face the defending ArenaBowl Champion Chicago Rush on Monday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2 at the All-State Arena. Single game tickets for the Soul's 2007 season are on sale now. For more information call (888) PHIL-AFL or log on to www.philadelphiasoul.com. The Soul are entering their fourth season in the AFL and in their three seasons they have sold out 93% of the venue while drawing a League best 387,491 fans combined.
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