Soul put hex on VooDoo, 78-34
May 21, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Philadelphia Soul News Release
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Soul welcomed back their starting quarterback Tony Graziani and watched him lead his team to the largest margin of victory in franchise history as they defeated the New Orleans VooDoo 78-34 at the Wachovia Center in front of 15,054 fans.
Graziani came back to the lineup after missing the past four weeks with a sprained left shoulder and sparked the Soul offense with three touchdowns in the first quarter. To go along with his presence, the defense was ignited by the play by Ironman of the Game Mike Brown and Co-Defensive Players of the Game Eddie Moten and Dwayne Missouri.
Brown led the Soul with eight total tackles with one fumble recovery for a touchdown and continually put big hits on each VooDoo receiver while Moten picked off two passes and took one 50-yards for a touchdown. Missouri had a career game with two sacks, a forced fumble, a blocked kick, a safety and a fumble recovery for a touchdown.
After the game was tied up 13-13 in the first quarter, Philadelphia went on to score 44 unanswered points and led 57-13 with 7:57 remaining in the third quarter.
Soul fullback Wes Ours got in the endzone twice as the Philadelphia offense had the ball for less than 20 minutes during the whole game while New Orleans controlled the ball for more than 40.
Backup quarterback Leon Murray relieved Graziani at that point and completed all three of his passes for 15 yards with two touchdowns.
Graziani finished the game was 7-of-15 for 81 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions.
The Soul's 78 points was the most points in franchise history.
Fun! Family! Football! The Soul go on the road to take on the Austin Wranglers on Sunday, May 27 at 4:05 p.m. at the Frank Erwin Center. 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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