Yard Dawgz rally to beat Twisters
April 10, 2005 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz News Release
Little Rock, Ark. Æ{ The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz overcame a twenty-five-point deficit by shutting out the Arkansas Twisters in the third quarter to notch their first victory of the 2005 season in front of 8,407 fans at Alltel Arena by a score of 71-48. The Yard Dawgz improve to 1-1 with the victory and the Twisters drop to 0-1. Yard Dawgz quarterback Craig Strickland ended the game with 352 yards passing making him the first af2 player to eclipse the 15,000 passing yards mark. Strickland now has 15,048 yards passing in his af2 career.
B.J. Barre led the Yard Dawgz on the night. Barre would end the game with four catches for 114 yards and four touchdowns on the offensive side of the ball and one interception on the defensive side. Yard Dawgz quarterback Craig Strickland finished the game 22-for-40 and ten touchdowns.
After beginning the game down 7-3, the Yard Dawgz would find themselves down 14-3 as Travis Motley found Korea McKay for a 36-yard touchdown. The Yard Dawgz would fall behind further when they would turn the ball over the next two possessions. The first was a Strickland interception in the end zone that was returned 53-yards by Byron Douzart for a touchdown and the next was after a Yard Dawgz fumble deep in their own end, which the Twisters would turn into a touchdown on a Motley to Williams pass giving the Twisters a 28-3 lead.
The Yard Dawgz would come right back finishing the second quarter by outscoring the Twisters 27-14 to pull within twelve points at the end of the first half. The Yard Dawgz were aided by the receiving duo of Brandon Daniels and B.J. Barre who each put up two second quarter touchdowns. Barre would end the first half with two catches for 60 yards and two touchdowns, while Daniels would finish the first half with three receptions for 37 yards and two touchdowns.
The Yard Dawgz would come out of the gates fast in the second half by scoring the first four touchdowns of the half and shutting out the Twisters until the 8:29 mark of the fourth quarter to take control of the game for good. The Twisters made the game close with a touchdown pass from Chris Windsor to Shakoor Bryant making the score 51-48 after the Twisters failed on a two-point conversion, but the Twisters could not get any closer as the Yard Dawgz defense continued to stifle the Twisters offense in the second half.
The Yard Dawgz would end the game going away as they piled on three more scores to finalize the scoring on the night.
YARD DAWGZ NOTES: The Yard Dawgz will begin their 2005 home schedule next Saturday, April 16th when they take on the Central Valley Coyotes¡KThe game is set for 7:30 p.m. and tickets are available by calling the Yard Dawgz offices at 405.228.DAWG (3294). ..The Yard Dawgz will be home the following week, Saturday, April 23rd versus the Quad City Steamwheelers¡KFans may view Yard Dawgz ticket pricing and a seating map by visiting www.okcyarddawgz.com.
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