Saturday 1 June, 1998
Final Score : Claymores 10 - 21 Galaxy
For the first time in league history, the Scottish Claymores emerged from Frankfurt's Waldstadion on the wrong end of the scoreline.
12 seconds from the end of the first quarter, Galaxy QB Damon Huard lofted a short pass. The result, a 63 yard touchdown catch by WR Mitchell Galloway showing all his skill as he eluded almost the entire Scottish defense. 7-0 Frankfurt.
Scotland responded in the second when Willy Tate hauled in a 14 yard pass from QB Jim Ballard in front of two Frankfurt defenders and the extra point by Gary Parker tied the game.
Parker gave the Scots the lead thanks to a 24 yard field goal mid way through the 3rd quarter but the offense appeared to give up and moving the ball became difficult.
It took until the 4th quarter for Frankfurt's offense to take advantage on an 8 yard pass to Jermaine Chaney from Damon Huard for a 14-10 lead.
Huard added to the lead himself late in the period on a 1 yard quarterback keeper to round out the scoring and giving Dick Curl's team the victory and in turn drop the Claymores to 2-7.
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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CLAYMORES 0 7 3 0 10
FRANKFURT 7 0 0 14 21
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: FRA - TD, MITCHELL GALLOWAY 63 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD
(RALF KLEINMANN KICK), 14:48. FRANKFURT 7-0
2ND QUARTER: SCO - TD, WILLY TATE 14 YD PASS FROM JIM BALLARD (GARY
PARKER KICK), 5:27. CLAYMORES 7, FRANKFURT 7
3RD QUARTER: SCO - FG, GARY PARKER 24 YD, 8:13. CLAYMORES 10-7
4TH QUARTER: FRA - TD, JERMAINE CHANEY 8 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD
(RALF KLEINMANN KICK), 1:10. FRANKFURT 14-10
FRA - TD, DAMON HUARD 1 YD RUN (RALF KLEINMANN KICK),
12:16. FRANKFURT 21-10
TEAM STATISTICS
SCO FRA
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FIRST DOWNS 16 18
Rushing 9 7
Passing 6 9
Penalty 1 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-12 3-11
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 212 287
Total plays 56 58
Average gain 3.8 4.9
NET YARDS RUSHING 126 113
Rushes 29 31
Average per rush 4.3 3.6
NET YARDS PASSING 86 174
Completed-attempted 10-25 15-25
Yards per pass 3.2 6.4
Sacked-yards lost 2-9 2-14
Had intercepted 0 1
PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-31.3 5-37.8
RETURN YARDAGE 104 59
Punts-returns 2-10 2-31
Kickoffs-returns 3-62 2-28
Interceptions-returns 1-32 0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 6-31 4-30
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 0-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:33 28:27
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Frankfurt (Ralf Kleinmann 36).
Claymores rushing: Vernon Turner 20-56, Chris Miller 2-50, Jim
Ballard 3-9, JJ Smith 1-7, Carey Bender 2-4, Chris Brantley 1-0.
Frankfurt rushing: Jermaine Chaney 12-77, Reynard Rutherford 13-27,
Damon Huard 6-9.
Claymores passing: Jim Ballard 10-24 for 95 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD,
T Davis 0-1 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Frankfurt passing: Damon Huard 15-25 for 188 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Claymores receiving: Willy Tate 3-38, Vernon Turner 2-14, Jj
Smith 2-10, T Davis 1-14, Chris Miller 1-10, Scott Couper 1-9.
Frankfurt receiving: Darrick Branch 4-43, Mitchell Galloway 3-73,
Vince Marrow 3-36, Mario Bailey 2-19, Jermaine Chaney 2-8, Joerg
Heckenbach 1-9.
Attendance: 35,264.