Sunday 21 April, 1998
Final Score : Claymores 10 - 20 Fire
You know it's getting a little boring writing about losses every week, where are the Claymores? Most of them are obviously standed in Suwannee, GA. Or the medical facility in Birmingham, Alabama.
Another demoralising loss, this time to the Rhein Fire.
Manfred Bursmuller gave the Fire an early 3-0 lead with a 19 yard field goal when the Fire couldn't convert from inside the Claymores 10.
Then, QB Jim Ballard hooked up with HB Dino Philyaw for what turned out to be the Claymores only real highlight on a spectacular 43 yard pass play that ended in a touchdown. Gary Parker converted to give the Claymores a 7-3 lead.
It was short lived though as barely three minutes later, Larry Ryans hauled in a 36 yard scoring pass from QB Mike Quinn which Burgsmuller duly converted for a 10-7 Fire lead.
Rhein added to their lead just before half time when Mike Quinn hit Marcus Robinson from 11 yards out to give Galen Hall's side a 17-7 half time advantage.
It took until the fouth quarter for Scotland to reply from the boot of Gary Parker from 26 yards out to cut the deficit to a touchdown at 17-10.
Manfred Burgsmuller put it away 9 minutes from time with a 27 yard field goal to extend the Fire lead to 20-10.
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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RHEIN 0 17 0 3 20
SCOT CLAYMORES 0 7 0 3 10 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NONE
2ND QUARTER: RHE - FG, MANFRED BURGSMULLER 19 YD, 1:13. RHEIN 3-0
SCO - TD, DINO PHILYAW 43 YD PASS FROM JIM BALLARD (GARY
PARKER KICK), 2:20. CLAYMORES 7-3
RHE - TD, LARRY RYANS 36 YD PASS FROM MIKE QUINN (MANFRED
BURGSMULLER KICK), 5:10. RHEIN 10-7
RHE - TD, MARCUS ROBINSON 11 YD PASS FROM MIKE QUINN
(MANFRED BURGSMULLER KICK), 14:32. RHEIN 17-7
3RD QUARTER: NONE
4TH QUARTER: SCO - FG, GARY PARKER 26 YD, 0:30. RHEIN 17-10
RHE - FG, MANFRED BURGSMULLER 27 YD, 9:44. RHEIN 20-10
RHE SCO
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FIRST DOWNS 17 16
Rushing 6 5
Passing 9 10
Penalty 2 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-13 5-12
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 331 304
Total plays 57 56
Average gain 5.8 5.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 103 103
Rushes 29 20
Average per rush 3.6 5.2
NET YARDS PASSING 228 201
Completed-attempted 17-27 16-32
Yards per pass 8.1 5.6
Sacked-yards lost 1-7 4-34
Had intercepted 0 3
PUNTS-AVERAGE 7-36.9 5-38.8
RETURN YARDAGE 112 128
Punts-returns 2-22 5-33
Kickoffs-returns 3-49 4-95
Interceptions-returns 3-41 0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 5-35 5-45
FUMBLES-LOST 3-0 1-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:57 28:03
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Rhein rushing: Derrick Clark 21-54, Jon Vaughn 4-22, Mike Quinn 3-18,
Larry Ryans 1-9.
Scotland rushing: Carey Bender 16-85, Jim Ballard 3-15, Dino
Philyaw 1-3.
Rhein passing: Mike Quinn 17-27 for 235 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Scotland passing: Jim Ballard 16-32 for 235 yards, 3 INT, 1 TD.
Rhein receiving: Larry Ryans 5-87, Derrick Clark 4-29, Marcus
Robinson 3-47, Harold Bishop 2-17, Hayward Clay 1-29, Kevin Lee 1-20,
Diallen Burks 1-6.
Scotland receiving: Carey Bender 5-68, Chris Miller 3-48, Chris
Brantley 3-28, Miles Macik 2-18, Dino Philyaw 1-43, Masato Itai 1-21,
Willy Tate 1-9.
Attendance: 8,452.