ARENA INDIANA 51
CHICAGO 41 FINAL
Extended BoxBox Score (Final) Indiana Firebirds vs Chicago Rush (Jul 20, 2002 at Rosemont, Il.) Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score ----------------- -- -- -- -- ----- Indiana Firebirds... 7 17 6 21 - 51 Record: (7-7) Chicago Rush........ 13 6 14 8 - 41 Record: (9-5) Scoring Summary: 1st 13:24 IND - THOMPSON, Leroy 1 yd run (GARNER, Nelson kick), 2-4 1:36, IND 7 - CHI 0 10:44 CHI - LADD, Anthony 1 yd run (BRACHE, Ignacio kick), 3-22 2:40, IND 7 - CHI 7 05:14 CHI - FLESHMAN, Lindsay 34 yd pass from DICKEN, Billy (BRACHE, Ignacio kick failed), 4-49 2:11, IND 7 - CHI 13 2nd 12:20 IND - THOMPSON, Leroy 9 yd run (GARNER, Nelson kick), 5-45 3:27, IND 14 - CHI 13 09:34 CHI - LADD, Anthony 29 yd pass from DICKEN, Billy (BRACHE, Ignacio kick failed), 3-40 2:46, IND 14 - CHI 19 03:27 IND - GARNER, Nelson 40 yd field goal, 9-21 6:07, IND 17 - CHI 19 00:07 IND - BECH, Brett 34 yd pass from PHILYAW, Raymond (GARNER, Nelson kick from PHILYAW, Raymon), 3-49 0:32, IND 24 - CHI 19 3rd 12:20 CHI - PORTER, Dameon 18 yd pass from DICKEN, Billy (BRACHE, Ignacio kick failed), 4-41 2:40, IND 24 - CHI 25 06:52 IND - BECH, Brett 12 yd pass from PHILYAW, Raymond (GARNER, Nelson kick failed), 7-43 5:28, IND 30 - CHI 25 01:06 CHI - CHATMAN, Antonio 8 yd pass from DICKEN, Billy (FLESHMAN, Lindsay pass from DICKEN, Billy), 6-45 5:46, IND 30 - CHI 33 4th 12:07 IND - THOMPSON, Leroy 1 yd run (GARNER, Nelson kick), 5-33 3:59, IND 37 - CHI 33 07:12 IND - THOMPSON, Leroy 9 yd run (GARNER, Nelson kick), 4-41 2:52, IND 44 - CHI 33 02:26 CHI - FLESHMAN, Lindsay 7 yd pass from DICKEN, Billy (BOWERS, Jamie pass from DICKEN, Billy), 7-38 4:46, IND 44 - CHI 41 00:07 IND - THOMPSON, Leroy 1 yd run (GARNER, Nelson kick), 7-12 2:19, IND 51 - CHI 41 IND CHI FIRST DOWNS................... 22 16 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 11-35 3--5 PASSING YDS (NET)............. 202 267 Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 35-22-0 35-21-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 47-237 38-262 Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 6-118 6-109 Interception Returns-Yards.... 2-11 0-0 Fumbles-Lost.................. 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards............... 2-14 8-41 Possession Time............... 33:00 27:00 Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 1-5 RUSHING: Indiana Firebirds-THOMPSON, Leroy 6-24; PHILYAW, Raymond 2-8; YOUNG, Rich 3-3. Chicago Rush-LADD, Anthony 1-1; BOWERS, Jamie 1-minus 1; DICKEN, Billy 1-minus 5. PASSING: Indiana Firebirds-PHILYAW, Raymond 22-35-0-207; TEAM 0-0-0-minus 5. Chicago Rush-DICKEN, Billy 21-35-2-267. RECEIVING: Indiana Firebirds-BECH, Brett 8-96; JONES, Jay 7-51; ALFONZO, DeJuan 2-30; BROWN, Eddie 2-13; FOREMAN, Shawn 1-7; PHILYAW, Raymond 1-6; O'CONNOR, Drew 1-4. Chicago Rush-FLESHMAN, Lindsay 6-65; BONNER, Cornelius 6-63; PORTER, Dameon 3-43; CHATMAN, Antonio 3-31; LADD, Anthony 2-44; BARON, James 1-21. INTERCEPTIONS: Indiana Firebirds-ALFONZO, DeJuan 1-3; WILLIAMS, Greg 1-8. Chicago Rush-None. FUMBLES: Indiana Firebirds-None. Chicago Rush-CHATMAN, Antonio 1-0. Stadium: Allstate Arena Attendance: 8544 Kickoff time: 7:12 pm End of Game: 9:29 pm Total elapsed time: 2:17 Officials: Referee: Wes Fritz; Umpire: Tony Payne; Linesman: Brent Dubin; Line judge: Kent Payne; Back judge: Tony Lombardo; Scorer: Marc Grossman; MVP- Lindsay Fleshman Ironman- Dameon Porter Indiana Firebirds vs Chicago Rush (Jul 20, 2002 at Rosemont, Il.) SACKS (UA-A): Indiana Firebirds-None. Chicago Rush-MOYER, John 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Indiana Firebirds-ALFONZO, DeJuan 3-2; JONES, Jay 3-1; HLAVACEK, Evan 3-1; FOREMAN, Shawn 3-1; GARNER, Nelson 2-0; WILLIAMS, Greg 2-0; PHILYAW, Raymond 1-0; YOUNG, Rich 1-1; THOMPSON, Leroy 1-0; HUNTER, Hugh 0-2; BECH, Brett 0-1; SNYDER, Chris 0-1. Chicago Rush-PORTER, Dameon 6-1; WALKER, Cedric 5-2; TAYLOR, Marvin 4-0; MCGOURTY, Jami 2-1; MOYER, John 2-1; CAREY, Tim 1-0; BLAZEK, AJ 1-0; BOWERS, Jamie 1-1; BONNER, Cornelius 1-1; CHATMAN, Antonio 1-0; HUTCH, Anthony 0-2; BOWICK, Tony 0-2; MCKENZIE, Rich 0-3; LADD, Anthony 0-2; HANKTON, Furnell 0-1; MCKENZIE, Marcus 0-1; BARON, James 0-1; FLESHMAN, Lindsay 0-1. Game Starters: Indiana Firebirds Chicago Rush POS ## OFFENSE POS ## OFFENSE QB 1 PHILYAW, Raymon QB 7 DICKEN, Billy OS 17 BROWN, Eddie OS 18 CHATMAN, Antoni WR 5 JONES, Jay WR 2 LADD, Anthony WR 7 BECH, Brett WR 1 PORTER, Dameon FB 33 THOMPSON, Leroy FB 33 MCGOURTY, Jami G 77 JOHNSON, Aaron TE 95 BARON, James C 96 MOORE-BROWN, Ky C 50 BLAZEK, AJ TE 79 VALVO, Mark G 70 BOWICK, Tony POS ## DEFENSE POS ## DEFENSE DT 33 THOMPSON, Leroy DT 82 HUTCH, Anthony NG 54 SNYDER, Chris NG 95 BARON, James DT 91 HUNTER, Hugh DT 90 MCKENZIE, Rich LB 16 FOREMAN, Shawn LB 2 LADD, Anthony LB 42 YOUNG, Rich LB 33 MCGOURTY, Jami DB 5 JONES, Jay DB 1 PORTER, Dameon DS 6 WILLIAMS, Greg DS 15 TAYLOR, Marvin DS 28 HLAVACEK, Evan DS 5 WALKER, Cedric Player participation: Indiana Firebirds: 4-GARNER, Nelson, 23-ALFONZO, DeJuan, 25-O'CONNOR, Drew, 35-MUHAMMAD, Umar, 98-SIKORA, John, 99-HALL, Ricky. Chicago Rush: 8-CAREY, Tim, 9-BONNER, Corneli, 10-FLESHMAN, Linds, 44-BRACHE, Ignacio, 45-BOWERS, Jamie, 77-MCKENZIE, Marcu,87-HANKTON, Furnel, 99-MOYER, John. --------------------------
Game StoryCHICAGO (Ticker) -- Leroy Thompson rushed in a career-high and franchise-record five touchdowns Saturday night to help rally the Indiana Firebirds to a 51-41 victory over the Chicago Rush and secure a playoff spot. Down 33-30 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Thompson set the tone with a one-yard run for Indiana (7-7). He then added a score from nine yards out, making it 44-33 with 7:12 left. Thompson, who ran in three TDs in April 2000 to set a Firebirds' franchise mark, capped his MVP performance with a one-yard rush with seven seconds remaining to add to his record. Raymond Philyaw completed 22-of-35 passes for 207 yards and threw for two TDs and Brett Becht caught a game-high eight balls for 96 yards for Indiana, which clinched its 11th playoff berth in franchise history. Billy Dicken finished 21-of-35 for 267 yards with five TDs and was intercepted twice for Chicago (9-5), which lost for the first time at home this season and had its four-game winning streak snapped. Despite the defeat, the Rush still hold home advantage in the playoffs as the No. 3 seed. Lindsay Fleshman hauled in six passes for a team-high 65 yards and Anthony Ladd ran in a score for Chicago.