Wardogs Beat The Xplorers 26-25
Published on April 5, 2003 under arenafootball2 (af2)
Memphis Xplorers News Release
COLUMBUS, GA â Former Memphis Xplorers kicker Timmy Robinson beat his old team with a PAT with no time left and Wardogs QB Mike Gluski had four TD passes as Columbus defeated the Xplorers 26-25 in the season opener for each team. The Wardogs drove the length of the field in the final 2:07 to tie the game with no time remaining in regulation. The Memphis Xplorers home opener is set for this coming Saturday, April 12th, against Bakersfield at the DeSoto Civic Center, located just 15 minutes south of downtown Memphis. Call (662) 280-3737 for tickets or go online to www.xplorersaf2.com .
FIRST HALF
The Xplorers got on the board first when Kevin Carty capped a seven play 27 yard drive with a 6-yard TD pass to Adrian Burnette midway thru the first quarter. With Memphis up 7-0 the Xplorers got a big lift on the first play of the second quarter from Kevin Prentiss, the former Mississippi State Bulldog, who returned a missed FG 54-yards for a TD and a 13-0 lead. The Wardogs got back into the game when Mike Gluski threw a jump ball up the right side for James Dickerson who hauled it in for a 24-yard TD. The Wardogs tied the game at 13-13 when TE Charles Webb made a great one handed catch on a 2-yard TD toss by Gluski. Late in the first half the Xplorers had first and goal at the one yard line, but ran out of time and the teams went to the locker room tied.
SECOND HALF
Late in the third after the Xplorers had a field goal blocked, Gluski went deep right away over the middle for Adrian Cockfield who made a tremendous diving catch for a 27-yard TD to give Columbus their first lead at 19-13. The Xplorers answered on their first possession of the fourth quarter as Carty hit Jesse Allen with a 21-yard strike down the right sideline. Memphis took the lead when they recovered the kickoff and Mike Smith punched it in from the Columbus two-yard line for a 25-19 lead after getting a pair of TDs in less than 60 seconds. With time ticking down, the Wardogs drove to the Xplorers two-yard line and Gluski found Cockfield in the right corner of the endzone for a TD with no time remaining to tie the game at 25-25. The Wardogs lined up for the PAT and former Xplorer kicker Robinson connected for the win for Columbus. FINAL SCORE Columbus 26, Memphis 25.
Score 1 2 3 4 F
Memphis 7 6 0 12 35
Columbus 0 13 6 7 26
Records
Memphis 0-1
Columbus 1-0
XPLORERS CAR GIVEAWAYS HOME OPENER
The Memphis Xplorers will give away a pair of cars this Saturday night when they take on the Bakersfield Blitz in the 2003 af2 home opener. Country Ford and Nichols Ford will be the sponsors as two lucky fans inside the DeSoto Civic Center are guaranteed to take home a new car.
XPLORERS SEASON TICKET PACKAGES
Season ticket packages are available right now starting as low as $84.95 for a pair of season tickets and two t-shirts. For ticket information and purchases call (662) 280-3737 or go online to www.xplorersaf2.com .
ON THE AIR
Catch the Xplorers af2 home opener on the radio on Y96.1 FM this Saturday night. The Xplorers will take on the Bakersfield Blitz .
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