Sunday Game Recaps
June 10, 2002 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
GEORGIA 35, Toronto 22 (5,689)
ATLANTA, Ga. (Ticker) -- DONNIE DAVIS threw for five touchdowns and TYRONNE JONES finished with three scoring catches to help the Georgia Force defeat the Toronto Phantoms, 35-22.
Davis completed 15-of-31 pass attempts for 159 yards as Georgia (3-5) won its second straight game. Davis, who also had an interception, tossed an 8-yard pass to DARRYL HAMMOND 3:23 into the third to give the Force a 28-16 lead.
Jones scored twice in the second quarter, including a 35-yard strike less than a minute into the period, and added a 14-yard touchdown catch with 2:16 left in the third, pushing Georgia's advantage to 35-16. Overall, Jones, who earned MVP honors, caught six passes for 83 yards.
CHAD SALISBURY finished with 220 yards and two touchdowns for Toronto (4-4). Salisbury helped the Phantoms to a 13-7 lead with 2:50 left in the first period, but threw three interceptions and was eventually replaced by PAT O' HARA.
KAHLIL CARTER had five catches for 74 yards and one touchdown and TY LAW and KERRY BROWN both collected a touchdown for Toronto, which has lost three of its last four games.
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Tampa Bay 48, ORLANDO 45 (12,855)
ORLANDO, Fla. (Ticker) -- SCOTT MILANOVICH threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to DAVID SAUNDERS with seven seconds remaining in regulation to help the Tampa Bay Storm earn a 48-45 triumph over the Orlando Predators.
Milanovich, who converted 19-of-32 passes for 241 yards and four scores in the game, found Saunders four times for 63 yards and a pair of touchdowns, including the go-ahead score late in the fourth quarter.
MIKE BLACK, the AFL's Kicker of the Month for May, added a pair of field goals and MELVIN CUNNINGHAM returned five kickoffs for 151 yards, including a pair of 55-yarders for touchdowns, for Tampa Bay (3-5), which won back-to-back games for the first time this season and recorded its first victory when producing 50 points or less.
JAY GRUDEN completed 24-of-32 pass attempts for 286 yards and four touchdowns, finding teammate SIAHA BURLEY seven times for 94 yards and two scores, in the loss for Orlando (3-5), which fell to 2-3 at home.
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THIS WEEK IN AFL HISTORY
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June 10, 2000: Arizona's HUNKIE COOPER returns his 17th career kick return for a score, a league record at Los Angeles ("The Hunk" also scored the game winning TD on a kick return as the buzzer sounded).
June 10, 2001: In a game against Orlando, Tampa Bay's JAMES BOWDEN logged his fifth game of 300 or more all-purpose yards, the most in league history for a career.
June 12, 1992: Future Hall of Famer and Detroit lineman ALVIN RETTIG registers a record five sacks in the Drive's 70-36 win over the Cincinnati Rockers.
June 12, 1998: Tampa Bay 42, Orlando 34. Tampa Bay's LYNN ROWLAND blocked a 55-yard field goal attempt by Orlando's DAVID COOL, and scored the go ahead touchdown on the very next play to put his team up for good.
June 12, 1999: Predators' BARRY WAGNER becomes first player to achieve 200 career receiving TDs and surpass 9,000 yard receiving mark.
June 12, 1999: Bobcats CURTIS CEASER catches seven scoring passes, matching the league record for most in a game.
June 13, 1991: Nearly 10,000 fans crowd Orlando Arena to watch the first-ever game in Orlando, Fla. as the Predators outscored the Columbus Thunderbolts, 38-32.
June 13, 1992: Orlando makes a powerhouse statement with a 50-0 victory over the San Antonio Force, the only shutout in league history.
June 14, 1997: New Jersey won its sixth game against Tampa Bay to go 6-1, the best start ever by an AFL expansion team.
June 14, 1997: San Jose 37, Iowa 31 OT. The SaberCats snapped the Barnstormer's team record 10-game home winning streak (Iowa's previous home loss came July 21, 1995). In that game, San Jose came back from 18 points down in the fourth to beat the Barnstormers in the largest comeback in team history.
June 15, 1991: Tampa Bay's LYNN BRADFORD claims the record for longest run from scrimmage with an electrifying 43-yard rush against New Orleans. The Storm defeat the Night, 27-17.
June 15, 1991: Detroit 43, Albany 42. Detroit QB ART SCHLICHTER scores on a four-yard run on the last play of the game to give the Drive a thrilling come-from-behind victory over the Firebirds.
June 16, 2000: The Mustangs retire jersey of KENNY STUCKER, who finished his six-year career as Milwaukee's all-time kick scoring champion.
Arena Football League (1987-2008) Stories from June 10, 2002
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