Saturday 10 May, 1998
Final Score : Claymores 10 - 17 Fire
It was a familiar story in the Rheinstadion. The Claymores arrive, they play and they lose. Only once in team history had they come away with a victory.
Manny Burgsmuller, the league's oldest player at 49 booted a 23 yard field goal for the Fire just 6 minutes into the first quarter.
Things began to look ominous for the Claymore when Mike Quinn completed a 15 yard touchdown pass to Harold Bishop at the start of the second quarter. However, the Claymores weren't about to let it get away from them quite so easily.
Gary Parker booted a 27 yard field goal before Mark Grieb hit Scott Couper running across the back of the endzone which tied the score are 10. It also marked the beginning of something much more serious for Scott, his disasterous touchdown celebration dance!
Mid way though the fourth, Rhein took the initiative when Quinn hit Dialleo Burks for a 17 yard score and a 7 point lead. The Claymores had one last attempt to score and force overtime. QB Grieb hit Terence Davis twice on big pass plays to move into scoring range but on fourth down and four, HB Dino Philyaw came up a yard short allowing Galen Hall's Fire team to run out the clock.
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
CLAYMORES 0 3 7 0 10
RHEIN FIRE 3 7 0 7 17 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: RHE - FG, MANFRED BURGSMULLER 23 YD, 6:18. RHEIN 3-0
2ND QUARTER: RHE - TD, HAROLD BISHOP 15 YD PASS FROM MIKE QUINN
(MANFRED BURGSMULLER KICK), 4:53. RHEIN 10-0
SCO - FG, GARY PARKER 27 YD, 13:42. RHEIN 10-3
3RD QUARTER: SCO - TD, SCOTT COUPER 11 YD PASS FROM MARK GRIEB (GARY
PARKER KICK), 9:05. CLAYMORES 10, RHEIN 10
4TH QUARTER: RHE - TD, DIALLEO BURKS 17 YD PASS FROM MIKE QUINN
(MANFRED BURGSMULLER KICK), 7:37. RHEIN 17-10
TEAM STATISTICS
SCO RHE
FIRST DOWNS 11 14
Rushing 4 7
Passing 7 6
Penalty 0 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-16 3-11
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2 0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 222 243
Total plays 58 56
Average gain 3.8 4.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 76 154
Rushes 30 32
Average per rush 2.5 4.8
NET YARDS PASSING 146 89
Completed-attempted 13-27 10-23
Yards per pass 5.2 3.7
Sacked-yards lost 1-0 1-4
Had intercepted 1 1
PUNTS-AVERAGE 8-43.1 6-54.0
RETURN YARDAGE 92 109
Punts-returns 3-34 4-34
Kickoffs-returns 4-58 3-50
Interceptions-returns 1-0 1-25
PENALTIES-YARDS 6-35 2-10
FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 1-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:46 30:14
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Rhein (Danny Kight 47).
Claymores rushing: JJ Smith 14-48, Mark Grieb 7-16, Dino Philyaw
8-10, Chris Miller 1-2.
Rhein rushing: Derrick Clark 16-104, Jon Vaughn 13-49, Mike Quinn 3-1.
Claymores passing: Mark Grieb 13-27 for 146 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Rhein passing: Mike Quinn 10-22 for 93 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD, Nate
Cochran 0-1 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Claymores receiving: Dino Philyaw 3-1, T Davis 2-51, Willy Tate
2-31, Scott Couper 2-16, JJ Smith 2-16, Chris Brantley 1-20, Chris
Miller 1-11.
Rhein receiving: Diallen Burks 3-35, Derrick Clark 3-22, Marcus
Robinson 2-16, Harold Bishop 1-15, Larry Ryans 1-5.
Attendance: 20,480.