IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF DALLAS' REIGN IN THE WEST AND PERHAPS THE LEAGUE, IT WAS ANSWERED BY GAME MVP CANDIS MOSLEY'S FEW CHOICE WORDS TO THE LOS ANGELES TEMPTATION PLAYERS "THIS IS OUR HOUSE, GO HOME, WHILE WE GO TO MIAMI". MIAMI BEING THE DESTINATION FOR THIS SEASON'S LFL CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS AND LINGERIE BOWL VII.
TO LOS ANGELES' DEFENSE, THEY WERE NOT EXACTLY DOMINATED. IN FACT, THEY WERE IN A POSITION TO TIE OR TAKE THE LEAD LATE IN THE 2ND HALF UNTIL YET ANOTHER KEY JOEY DAVENPORT TURNOVER ENDED THEIR HOPES.
DALLAS DEMONSTRATED WHY THEY ARE THE NO.1 OFFENSE IN THE LEAGUE EARLY WITH AN EIGHT PLAY 25YD DRIVE CAPPED WITH SHANNON A'SE 2YD TOUCHDOWN RUN. DALLAS QUARTERBACK LINDA BRENNER CONTINUED HER HOT STREAK FROM THE SAN DIEGO GAME COMPLETING NEARLY 60% OF PASSES FOR TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, NO INTERCEPTIONS. BRENNER ONCE AGAIN HAD AN INCREDIBLE SUPPORTING CAST WHICH INCLUDED GABRIELLE MARIE AVERAGING 5YD PER CARRY AND CANDIS MOSLEY SCORING TWICE ON RECEPTIONS. THERE IS OFFICIALLY A NEW SET OF STAR TRIPLETS IN DALLAS TO REPLACE AIKMAN, SMITH AND IRVIN. THE 21ST CENTURY VERSION OF THE DALLAS TRIPLETS ARE BRENNER, MARIE AND MOSLEY. DALLAS FINISHED THE NIGHT SCORING ON 4 OF THEIR 5 OFFENSIVE POSSESSIONS BEHIND THE PLAY OF THE TRIPLETS.
LOS ANGELES SHOWED GLIMMERS OF HOPE ON OFFENSE BUT THE INABILITY OF JOEY DAVENPORT TO COMPLETE PASSES KILLED ANY LOS ANGELES DRIVES. DAVENPORT'S PERFORMANCE WAS THE BIGGEST 'CHOKE PERFORMANCE' OF THE SEASON. DESPITE DAVENPORT'S PLAY, LOS ANGELES STOOD TOE-TO-TOE WITH DALLAS' OFFENSE ACCUMULATING 127 TOTAL YARDS VS. DALLAS' 133YDS. HEAD COACH DAVE BIZUB WILL NEED TO LOCATE A NEW QUARTERBACK PRIOR TO THE JAN. 1ST PLAYOFF-LIKE SHOWDOWN WITH THE SEATTLE MIST, IF THEY ARE TO HAVE ANY CHANCE AT THE POST-SEASON. |
| final stats |
| |
la |
dallas |
FIRST DOWNS |
10 |
8 |
Rushing |
8 |
4 |
Passing |
1 |
4 |
Penalty |
1 |
0 |
NET YARDS RUSHING |
117 |
56 |
Rushing Attempts |
18 |
14 |
Average Per Rush |
6.5 |
4.0 |
Rushing Touchdowns |
1 |
2 |
NET YARDS PASSING |
10 |
77 |
Completions-Attempts-Int |
7-14-1 |
5-11-0 |
Average Per Attempt |
0.7 |
7.0 |
Average Per Completion |
1.4 |
15.4 |
Passing Touchdowns |
1 |
2 |
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS |
127 |
133 |
Total offense plays |
36 |
25 |
Average Gain Per Play |
3.5 |
5.3 |
Fumbles: Number-Lost |
2-1 |
2-0 |
Penalties: Number-Yards |
5-39 |
6-40 |
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DEFENSIVELY DALLAS' NO.1 DEFENSE SHOWED UP AGAIN WITH 3 SACKS OF DAVENPORT AND AN INTERCEPTION. MEANWHILE, THE LOS ANGELES DEFENSE STRUGGLED NOT EVEN GRAZING DALLAS' BRENNER AND CREATING NO TURNOVERS.
WHAT'S NEXT - DALLAS WILL FINISH THEIR REGULAR SEASON WITH A VISIT TO SEATTLE IN POTENTIALLY A MEANINGLESS GAME FOR DALLAS. LOS ANGELES WILL HOST THEIR HOME OPENER IN A MUST-WIN GAME VS. SEATTLE AT LOS ANGELES SPORTS ARENA. |