Final Score : Barcelona Dragons 21 - 31 Scottish Claymores
Looking to bounce back from their overtime loss to the Frankfurt Galaxy in week 3, the Claymores came into the game against the Barcelona Dragons fired up.
It did not take long for this to pay off when Jesse Haynes scampered into the endzone from 14 yards out with only 2:52 on the clock in the first quarter. Rob Hart's PAT was good and the Claymores, already, led 7 to zip.
The Dragons, however, were not about to roll over and die and it took a little trickery but they leveled the score at 7. Marco Martos caught a 6 yard pass on the halfback option from Lawrence Phillips of all people!
Mid way through the 2nd quarter, Jesse Haynes again found the endzone, this time from only 1 yard away to put the Claymores up 13-7. Hart predictably added the PAT to extend the lead.
Barcelona did not want to go to the lockerroom at half time trailing the Claymores and put together a quick drive culminating in Todd Bouman's 5 yard pass to Brian Finneran with 28 seconds left in the half. At half time, as in 2 of the Claymores 4 games this year, the score was tied at 14.
The second half was all Scotland though as Dameyune Craig decided to join the scoring party by throwing a 24 yard pass to a waiting Donald Sellers for a touchdown. The extra point by Hart was good. 21-14 Claymores.
Hart got on the scoresheet in his own right with a 26 yard field goal at the end of the 3rd quarter to extend the Claymores lead to 10.
Craig, not content with just one TD on the day, added another on a 5 yard pass, again to Donald Sellers for the Claymores score. Hart finished his perfect kicking day with the PAT to make the score 31-14.
The Dragons added what was almost a consolation score on Todd Bouman's 6 yard pass to Brian Finneran to round off the scoring at 31-21.
Comments
Well, congratulations to the defense, you deserve it. The Claymores 'D' becomes the first team this season to hold Lawrence Phillips to under 100 yards rushing, at 95. Hey, it's not important that it's only 5 yards under, it is under!
Pass defense too, held the Dragons to just 4 yard per pass attempts and picked off two of Bouman's passes returning them for a combined 49 yards. These guys seem to be able to pick off just about anybody!
On offense too, Scotland put 395 yards past the league's best defense in what must surely be one of the most spirited performances this season.
For the first time this season I can also say running game - well done! Seems strange saying that, haven't done it in so long!
Dameyune Craig was his usual outstanding self passing for 2 touchdowns, no interceptions and 231 yards which should take him over 1000 yards on the season. Don Sellers is turning into a superb receiver who just gets better and better each week.
I feel I have to say something negative as it has become tradition but at the moment, nothing comes to mind so I guess I'll just skip the negativity for a week or so - hopefully longer!
Rhein, watch out - we're coming!
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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BARCELONA 0 14 0 7 21
CLAYMORES 7 7 10 7 31 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: SCO - TD, JESSE HAYNES 14 YD RUN (ROB HART KICK), 2:52.
CLAYMORES 7-0
2ND QUARTER: BAR - TD, MARCO MARTOS 6 YD PASS FROM LAWRENCE PHILLIPS
(JESUS ANGOY KICK), 2:11. BARCELONA 7, CLAYMORES 7
SCO - TD, JESSE HAYNES 1 YD RUN (ROB HART KICK), 10:03.
CLAYMORES 14-7
BAR - TD, BRIAN FINNERAN 5 YD PASS FROM TODD BOUMAN
(JESUS ANGOY KICK), 14:34. BARCELONA 14,
CLAYMORES 14
3RD QUARTER: SCO - TD, DONALD SELLERS 24 YD PASS FROM DAMEYUNE CRAIG
(ROB HART KICK), 5:45. CLAYMORES 21-14
SCO - FG, ROB HART 26 YD, 13:06. SCOT CLAYMORES 24-14
4TH QUARTER: SCO - TD, DONALD SELLERS 5 YD PASS FROM DAMEYUNE CRAIG
(ROB HART KICK), 2:44. SCOT CLAYMORES 31-14
BAR - TD, BRIAN FINNERAN 6 YD PASS FROM TODD BOUMAN
(JESUS ANGOY KICK), 9:24. SCOT CLAYMORES 31-21
TEAM STATISTICS
BAR SCO
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FIRST DOWNS 16 21
Rushing 6 10
Passing 9 9
Penalty 1 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-12 7-12
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1 0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 251 395
Total plays 57 61
Average gain 4.4 6.5
NET YARDS RUSHING 111 171
Rushes 22 36
Average per rush 5.0 4.8
NET YARDS PASSING 140 224
Completed-attempted 17-34 15-24
Yards per pass 4.0 9.0
Sacked-yards lost 1-9 1-7
Had intercepted 2 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-52.2 3-55.3
RETURN YARDAGE 46 150
Punts-returns 3-21 4-52
Kickoffs-returns 7-25 3-49
Interceptions-returns 0-0 2-49
PENALTIES-YARDS 8-65 15-118
FUMBLES-LOST 3-1 0-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 27:57 32:03
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Barcelona rushing: Lawrence Phillips 19-95, Todd Bouman 3-16.
Claymores rushing: Jesse Haynes 15-74, Ben Snell 9-45, Dameyune
Craig 7-34, Jamie Reader 5-18.
Barcelona passing: Todd Bouman 16-33 for 143 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD,
Lawrence Phillips 1-1 for 6 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Claymores passing: Dameyune Craig 15-24 for 231 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Barcelona receiving: Thabiti Davis 7-70, Brian Finneran 5-49,
Lawrence Phillips 3-19, Marco Martos 1-6, Kaipo Mcguire 1-5.
Claymores receiving: Donald Sellers 5-58, Kevin Drake 2-29,
Jamie Reader 2-13, Ben Snell 2-8, Michael Jenkins 1-49, Yo Murphy
1-41, Shon Bell 1-20, Jesse Haynes 1-13.
Attendance: 8,864.