Thunder game notes

May 8, 2008 - Intense Football League (Intense)
Frisco Thunder News Release


Frisco returns to the field for the first time since 4/19 when it travels to Belton to face the resurgent Barracudas, who have won two straight ... CenTex won its first game at Frisco on 3/22 with a 54-50 decision on a touchdown with less than five seconds remaining ... Thunder has either swept an opponent or been swept in its two-year history ... Thunder head coach Troy Esprit is from the same hometown (Beaumont) as CenTex QB and former Texas star James Brown ... Thunder has the IFL's leading rusher (Ricky Madison), passer (Wes Cooper) and receiver (Richard Morris) ... Morris has scored the most points (102) in the IFL but is fourth in scoring average ... Morris has had 5 100-yard games this season; the Odessa game was the only one in which he hasn't scored ... DL Lamont Finley is one sack off the league lead of six ... Cooper's numbers against Odessa (38% completion, 4 TDs, 3 sacks) were all season lows ... K Dennis Hopovac has made two or more field goals three times this season ... Alaska (4-2, .667) leads Frisco (5-3, .625) by percentage points and CenTex (4-3, .571) by a half-game in the hunt for third place in the IFL standings; the top six teams make the playoffs ... The Thunder continues its seven-game road trip next week at San Angelo while CenTex hosts Katy.

THUNDER (5-3) BARRACUDAS (4-3)

OFFENSE 264.9 ypg 56.8 ppg 190.7 YPG 52.7 PPG

DEFENSE 244.4 ypg 51.1 ppg 229.4 YPG 59.3 PPG

TURNOVER +2 +6

RUSHING Madison 68-191-10 Banks 18-92-4

PASSER Cooper

166-309-11-1987-49 Brown

31-52-3-352-10

RECEIVER Morris 74-872-17

Deml 42-568-16 Smith 31-412-9

Coleman 31-314-5

SACKS Finley 5.0 Turner 4.0

INTERCEPTIONS 2 with 2 Knight 7-105

RETURNS Coleman 41-203.3 4TD

KICKING Hopovac

10-28 FG 48-60 PAT Garner

2-7 FG 22-26 PAT



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