San Pedro Corsair RBs Marion Barber and Joseph Addai combined for 171 yds and 2 yds rushing in a 24-14 upset of the Dallas Gladiators. Addia also took a short flat from QB Derek Anderson 46 yds for a TD that was 28% of Anderson's 165 yd output for the day.
Corsairs scored first with a 43 field goal on a drive featuring a successful 1st down attempt on 4th and 2 from Dallas's 44 yd line, one of 2 successful conversions in the game. The second one was a 2 yd TD run by Barber to put them up 10-7 in the 2nd quarter. San Pedro historically has gone for it on 4th down more than any other team in the TTFBA. Their success at it has been mixed over the years but so far this season they have converted 70% (14 of 20).
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Addai's TD pass reception mentioned earlier occurred at the end of the first half putting the Corsairs up 17-7. Dallas was unable to capitalize on a pick from Anderson by CB Ronde Barber to open up the 3rd quarter because they attempted a San Pedro and went for it on 4th and inches from the Corsairs 12 but the Corsairs were waiting for the Tom Brady sneak.
Dallas did score on their next drive with Santonio Holmes taking a short pass ala Barber 44 yds for a TD closing to 17-14.
Brady's stats were good (22 of 30 for 217 yds and 2 tds) but he couldn't singlehandedly win the game for the Gladiators. RB Shaun Alexander got "tired" during a key stretch of the game forcing Dallas, without any healthy RBs, to go all pass, all the time. Alexander eventually returned, only to get "hurt".
Still, Dallas trudged on but any comeback hopes were deflated when Kris Brown missed a 52 yard FG attempt with 2 minutes left that would've tied it. San Pedro's bonus TD came in the final seconds on a 27 yd romp by Addai when the Gladiators went aggressive goalline max blitz. Addai ran the entire 27 yards with half of the Gladiator defense hanging on him trying to strip the ball.
Dallas (1-6!) play again at home next week and will be 18 pt (hahahaha!) favorites against Dayton. San Pedro, even at only 3-4, can easily take the Barry Sanders division. Division leader Hermitage was 3-3 coming into this week and San Pedro defeated them earlier in the season. But they face New England and will be 17 pt underdogs.
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