DUBLIN -- Can the Dublin Dawgs finally get over the top? That's the question hanging in the tension-thick air here at the TBA dome as the Dawgs take the field against defending champs Hollywood here in Alt Bowl V. Dublin, dominant in recent regular seasons, but shut out in the all-important championships column. Hollywood looking for their second straight.
The original Beatles have just finished playing their pre-game set, and we're finally ready to bash heads. Culpepper and the Stars impressive on this opening drive. Moss grabbing this ball for 11 and the first down. Now it's Bennett crashing in from the one. 7-zip Stars.
Warner having his troubles here in the early going, being outshined by his less-reputable counterpart. Misfiring on this ball to a wide-open Johnson. The Star D making a big play here. Taylor stripping Stephen Davis. Dawkins the recovery on the Dawg 15! Hollywood cashing in with this nine-yard dash by the speedy Bennett. It's 17-0 Hollywood, and an upset is in the making.
Dominic Rhodes saying "not so fast." Rhodes taking the ensuing kickoff. Finding an open lane. Off the the races! Rhodes COULD ... GO ... ALL ... THE ... WAY.! Rhodes 102 yards to paradise. 17-7 Stars.
20-10 Hollywood now as we move to second-half highlights. Warner finally getting it going. Warner to Johnson for nine, moving the chains. Warner to Westbrook for 12, moving them chains again. Warner to Keyshawn for the seven yard score! Dublin pulling within 20-17 with just under five to play!
The Dublin crowd roaring now, firing up the Dublin D. Big third down play here for the Stars. Culpepper to throw. No one open. He'll tuck and run. Nailed by Trotter two yards shy of the first. Fourth down. The Dawgs will get the rock back for one last shot at the tying or winning points.
But it won't be easy. Look at the expertly placed punt by Landeta. Pinning the Dawgs back to their own four. Dublin with 96 yards to go and two minutes to do it.
Oh, they cross them up and give it to Davis. Stephen picking up 11 for the first down. Warner now finding Rice for good yardage downfield. Wait. A flag. Holding! That's gonna push them back 10 yards. What a time for a mistake.
Warner looking to pick up some yardage here. Look out! It's Jason Taylor nailing him with the speed rush. FUMBLE! Mad scramble. Who's got it? Sapp! Warren Sapp revovers! Hollywood ball! That's gonna put the final nail in the coffin for Dublin!
This one's over, folks. The game's in the fridge. The door is closed, the light is out, the eggs are cooling, and the butter's getting hard. The Hollywood Stars have won Alternative Bowl V!
TBA Dome Temp:70 Wind:
2001 Hollywood Stars (3-0) 10 10 0 0 20
2001 Dublin Dawgs (2-1) 0 10 0 7 17
1 Hollywood TD Bennett 1 run (Akers) (7-72-3:31) 11:22
7-0
1 Hollywood FG Akers 20 (13-77-8:18) 0:03
10-0
2 Hollywood TD Bennett 9 run (Akers) (3-15-1:23) 13:23
17-0
2 Dublin TD Rhodes 102 kick return (Carney) (0-0-0:00) 13:11
17-7
2 Hollywood FG Akers 41 (7-38-3:04) 9:55
20-7
2 Dublin FG Carney 42 (6-25-2:10) 4:51
20-10
4 Dublin TD Warner 7 pass to K.Johnson (Carney) (13-93-4:56) 4:49
20-17
Hol Dub
First Downs 19 16
Rushes 40-123 24-125
Passes 24-20-216 30-16-136
Sacked 0-0 2-14
Fumble 1 2
Penalties 2-10 6-40
Turnovers 0 3
Time 37:50 22:10
Third Down 4-14 6-12
Fourth Down 1-1 0-0
Net Offense 339 247
Injuries: McCrary, Dub. (2nd quarter - 4 games), Bennett, Hol (2nd quarter
- 1 game)
Spikes, Hol. (4th quarter - 0 games)
2001 Hollywood Stars
Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD
Lg TD
Bennett 10 39 3.9 0 3 9 2 T.Owens 9 0 100 11.1 0 5
24 0
Culpepper 9 34 3.8 0 1 9 0 Moss 5 0 88 17.6 1 5
35 0
Anderson 14 28 2.0 1 1 11 0 Schlesinge 2 0 4 2.0 0 1
5 0
Schlesinge 6 15 2.5 1 0 11 0 Finneran 2 0 22 11.0 0 1
16 0
T.Owens 1 7 7.0 0 1 7 0 Anderson 1 0 5 5.0 0 0
5 0
40 123 3.1 2 6 11 2 Bennett 1 0 -3 -3.0 0 0
0 0
20 0 216 10.8 1 12
35 0
Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD%
Rate
Culpepper 24 20 83.3 216 10.8 35 2 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
104.2
24 20 83.3 216 10.8 35 2 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
104.2
Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts
Akers 2 2 100.0 3 2 66.7 100.0 0.0 41 8
Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross
Landeta 6 255 58 1 0 4 3 34 33.5 42.5
Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg
TD
J.Lewis 4 115 28.8 33 0 0 2 0 0.0 0
0
4 115 28.8 33 0
Fumbles
Culpeppe 1 Bulluck 0
Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble
Rec
Taylor 2 Wistrom 2 Taylor 2 Flowers 2 Taylor 2 Dawkins
1
Sapp 2 McAliste 1 Sapp
1
Stubblef 1 Scott 1 T.Owens
1
Tackles
Taylor 7 B.Simmon 5 Hardy 2 McCleon 2 Flowers 1
Spikes 6 Scott 3 Grant 2 Wistrom 1 Hunt 1
McAliste 6 Sharper 2 Bulluck 2 Armstron 1 Stubblef 0
Dawkins 5 Sapp 2 Dalton 2 Gold 1
Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD
Dawkins 1 0 0.0 0 0
1 0 0.0 0 0
2001 Dublin Dawgs
Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD
Lg TD
S.Davis 17 88 5.2 3 5 17 0 K.Johnson 7 0 63 9.0 1 4
28 1
Rhodes 6 38 6.3 1 1 19 0 Rice 3 0 15 5.0 0 0
6 0
Warner 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Sloan 3 0 27 9.0 0 3
11 0
24 125 5.2 4 6 19 0 Westbrook 2 1 27 13.5 0 2
15 0
S.Davis 1 0 4 4.0 0 0
4 0
16 2 136 8.5 1 9
28 1
Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD%
Rate
Warner 30 16 53.3 136 8.5 28 1 1 1 3.3 2 1 3.3
62.6
30 16 53.3 136 8.5 28 1 1 1 3.3 2 1 3.3
62.6
Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts
Carney 2 2 100.0 1 1 100.0 100.0 0.0 42 5
Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross
Bidwell 6 302 68 4 0 2 0 0 37.0 50.3
Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg
TD
Rhodes 5 188 37.6 102 1 Metcalf 3 0 34 11.3 17
0
5 188 37.6 102 1 3 0 34 11.3 17
0
Fumbles
S.Davis 1 Warner 1
Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble
Rec
Schobel 2 Porcher 2 Trotter 1 McCrary 1
Porcher 1 Trotter 1 Glenn 1
McCrary 1 Brooks 1 C.Woodso 1
Tackles
C.Woodso 12 Glenn 5 Brooks 4 G.Walker 3 Schulter 2
Schobel 1
Porter 11 Rogers 4 McCrary 3 Glover 2 Rogers 2
Hovan 1
Trotter 7 Porcher 4 Ulbrich 3 Peterson 2 Abraham 1
Lynch 1
Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD
0 0 0.0 0 0
1st Quarter
KO 15:00 Hol J.Lewis return of 23 KO-deep
1 10 own28 14:53 Hol Culpepper to T.Owens 22 L-out bas-M con
1 10 50 14:13 Hol Bennett 8 offtackleL bas-M
2 2 opp42 13:36 Hol Culpepper 6 Fmb L-hitch bas-Z
1 10 opp36 13:32 Hol Culpepper to Moss 11 S-out dou-M dlL
1 10 opp25 12:57 Hol Culpepper 9 L-cross bas-Z
2 1 opp16 12:13 Hol Pen-Dub5 S-screen run-Z
1 10 opp11 12:13 Hol Pen-Dub5 offtackleR bas-Z
1 5 opp6 12:13 Hol Culpepper to Schlesinge 5 S-out key-M
1 1 opp1 11:29 Hol Bennett 1 TD sweepL run-sZ dlR
7-0
KO 11:22 Dub Rhodes return of 12 KO-deep
1 10 own18 11:15 Dub Warner to K.Johnson 1 S-screen bas-dZ
2 9 own19 10:34 Dub Warner to K.Johnson 28 M-straight pas-Z
1 10 own47 9:55 Dub Warner to Rice X L-slant run-dM con
2 10 own47 9:49 Dub Warner to S.Davis 4 B-post pas-Z
3 6 opp49 9:07 Dub Rhodes 3 draw pas-Z
4 3 opp46 8:27 Dub Punt Bidwell 46,J.Lewis 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own20 8:21 Hol Culpepper 7 M-cross dou-dM agg
2 3 own27 7:42 Hol T.Owens 7 endaround run-Z
1 10 own34 6:57 Hol Bennett 0 sweepR bas-M
2 10 own34 6:17 Hol Pen-Hol5 S-screen bas-M
2 15 own29 6:17 Hol Schlesinge 4 draw Bz1-M con
3 11 own33 5:35 Hol Culpepper to Moss 35 B-post pas-M
1 10 opp32 4:56 Hol Culpepper to Moss 12 M-out dou-dM
1 10 opp20 4:18 Hol Bennett 6 sweepR bas-M
2 4 opp14 3:38 Hol Bennett 0 pitchR run-Z agg dl
3 4 opp14 3:00 Hol Bennett 3 sweepL bas-Z
4 1 opp11 2:14 Hol Bennett 4 draw bas-M
1 7 opp7 1:33 Hol Culpepper to T.Owens 5 S-cross run-Z
2 2 opp2 0:48 Hol Schlesinge -1 dive goa-tM dlI
3 3 opp3 0:10 Hol Culpepper to Moss X S-slant bas-M
4 3 opp3 0:03 Hol FG Akers 20 good FG
10-0
2nd Quarter
KO 15:00 Dub Rhodes return of 14 KO-deep
1 10 own15 14:50 Dub S.Davis 0 Fmb dive run-M dlI
1 10 opp15 14:46 Hol Culpepper 3 offtackleR bas-Z
2 7 opp12 14:07 Hol Bennett 3 draw bas-Z
3 4 opp9 13:30 Hol Bennett 9 TD draw bas-M
17-0
KO 13:23 Dub Rhodes return of 102 TD KO-deep
17-7
KO 13:11 Hol J.Lewis return of 33 KO-deep
1 10 own38 12:59 Hol Culpepper 3 dive bas-Z
2 7 own41 12:14 Hol Culpepper to Moss 7 M-cross pas-Z
1 10 own48 12:10 Hol Culpepper to T.Owens 12 M-cross bas-Z
1 10 opp40 11:30 Hol Culpepper to T.Owens 11 M-cross run-dM
1 10 opp29 11:22 Hol Culpepper 3 dive bas-Z
2 7 opp26 10:41 Hol Bennett 5 delaydraw pas-M
3 2 opp21 10:00 Hol Culpepper to Bennett -3 S-screen bas-Z
4 5 opp24 9:55 Hol FG Akers 41 good FG
20-7
KO 9:50 Dub Rhodes return of 29 KO-deep
1 10 own33 9:40 Dub Rhodes 3 dive dou-M
2 7 own36 8:56 Dub S.Davis 6 sweepR bas-Z
3 1 own42 8:14 Dub Pen-Dub10 draw run-M
3 11 own32 8:10 Dub Warner to K.Johnson X M-cross Bz1-M
4 11 own32 8:06 Dub Punt Bidwell 68,J.Lewis 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own20 8:00 Hol Culpepper to T.Owens 2 S-flat bas-dM
2 8 own22 7:18 Hol Culpepper to Moss X B-post run-Z
3 8 own22 7:13 Hol Culpepper to T.Owens X L-slant bas-Z
4 8 own22 7:07 Hol Punt Landeta 41,Metcalf 13 Pt-deep
1 10 50 7:01 Dub Pen-Hol5 L-hitch dou-vM agg
1 10 opp45 6:57 Dub S.Davis 5 dive bas-M
2 5 opp40 6:20 Dub Warner to Sloan 9 L-cross dou-M dlI
1 10 opp31 5:41 Dub Warner to Rice X M-hitch bas-dM
2 10 opp31 5:34 Dub Warner to K.Johnson X M-straight bas-dM
3 10 opp31 5:28 Dub Warner to Rice 6 S-hitch pas-dZ
4 4 opp25 4:51 Dub FG Carney 42 good FG
20-10
KO 4:45 Hol J.Lewis return of 33 KO-deep
1 10 own39 4:33 Hol Culpepper to T.Owens 4 S-slant bas-dZ
2 6 own43 3:52 Hol Anderson 0 draw bas-M
3 6 own43 3:07 Hol Culpepper to Schlesinge -1 S-screen Bz2-Z
4 7 own42 2:26 Hol Punt Landeta 58,Metcalf 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own20 2:21 Dub Warner to K.Johnson X S-hitch pas-Z
2 10 own20 2:14 Dub Warner to Westbrook 15 M-straight bas-dZ
1 10 own35 2:06 Dub Rhodes 5 trapL pas-Z
2 5 own40 1:54 Dub Rhodes 1 draw Bz2-Z
3 4 own41 1:44 Dub Warner to Sloan 7 S-hitch pas-Z
1 10 own48 1:14 Dub Warner to Rhodes X S-out bas-Z
2 10 own48 1:10 Dub Warner to Rice X L-slant pas-dM dlR
3 10 own48 1:05 Dub Warner to Sloan 11 L-out pas-Z dlL
1 10 opp41 0:38 Dub Warner to Rice 3 S-screen bas-M dlI
2 7 opp38 0:29 Dub Warner sacked by Taylor M-out Bz1-Z
opp38 0:09 Warner spikes the ball! Spike Ball
4 17 opp48 0:09 Dub Punt Bidwell 48,J.Lewis 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own20 0:04 Hol Culpepper -1 qbkneel bas-Z
3rd Quarter
KO 15:00 Dub Rhodes return of 31 KO-deep
1 10 own33 14:52 Dub S.Davis 10 dive bas-dM con d
1 10 own43 14:13 Dub S.Davis -3 pitchL bas-dM dlI
2 13 own40 13:34 Dub Warner to Westbrook X B-post bas-M
3 13 own40 13:28 Dub Warner to Rice X B-fly pas-dM dlR
4 13 own40 13:24 Dub Punt Bidwell 42,J.Lewis 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own18 13:19 Hol Culpepper to Finneran 16 M-cross dou-M
1 10 own34 12:43 Hol Anderson 2 dive bas-Z
2 8 own36 11:59 Hol Culpepper to Anderson 5 L-cross bas-Z
3 3 own41 11:16 Hol Culpepper to Moss 23 L-slant pas-M
1 10 opp36 10:31 Hol Anderson 0 sweepL bas-M dlR
2 10 opp36 9:52 Hol Anderson 11 sweepL bas-Z
1 10 opp25 9:11 Hol Schlesinge 3 offtackleL bas-Z
2 7 opp22 8:36 Hol Anderson 3 draw Bz1-M con
3 4 opp19 8:01 Hol Schlesinge -1 dive pas-M
4 5 opp20 7:10 Hol FG Akers 37 no good FG
1 10 own27 7:06 Dub S.Davis 4 offtackleR bas-vZ
2 6 own31 6:23 Dub Warner to Rice 6 S-screen bas-Z
3 0 own37 5:42 Dub S.Davis 4 dive run-Z dlL
1 10 own41 5:35 Dub S.Davis 6 dive dou-vM
2 4 own47 4:57 Dub Warner to K.Johnson X B-post bas-Z
3 4 own47 4:51 Dub Warner to Rice X L-cross bas-Z
4 4 own47 4:46 Dub Punt Bidwell 53,J.Lewis 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own20 4:39 Hol Anderson 4 sweepL bas-vZ
2 6 own24 3:58 Hol Anderson 0 dive run-M
3 6 own24 3:09 Hol Culpepper to Moore X S-cross bas-M
4 6 own24 3:02 Hol Punt Landeta 43,Metcalf 17 Pt-deep
1 10 50 2:55 Dub S.Davis 3 sweepR bas-M
2 7 opp47 2:11 Dub Warner to Sloan INT Dawkins L-slant bas-vZ dlI
1 10 own31 2:07 Hol Anderson 5 dive bas-M dlR
2 5 own36 1:19 Hol Anderson 0 dive run-M
3 5 own36 0:27 Hol Culpepper to T.Owens -1 S-screen bas-Z agg dl
4th Quarter
4 6 own35 15:00 Hol Punt Landeta 45,Metcalf 4 Pt-deep
1 10 own24 14:55 Dub S.Davis 1 sweepR bas-Z dlL
2 9 own25 14:18 Dub Warner to K.Johnson 5 S-cross bas-Z
3 4 own30 13:42 Dub Warner sacked by Taylor L-out bas-M
4 8 own26 13:04 Dub Punt Bidwell 45,J.Lewis 0 Pt-deep
1 10 own29 13:00 Hol Culpepper to T.Owens 21 M-cross run-dM
1 10 50 12:13 Hol Anderson 0 offtackleL run-sZ
2 10 50 11:32 Hol Schlesinge -1 pitchR bas-Z dlI
3 11 own49 10:45 Hol Schlesinge 11 pitchL pas-M dlL
4 0 opp40 9:56 Hol Punt Landeta 33,Metcalf 0 Pt-side
1 10 own7 9:51 Dub S.Davis 17 pitchL key-M dlI
1 10 own24 9:20 Dub Rhodes 7 dive run-vM
2 3 own31 8:50 Dub Warner to K.Johnson 8 S-cross key-M
1 10 own39 8:18 Dub Rhodes 19 draw Bz5-M
1 10 opp42 7:56 Dub Pen-Dub5 draw Bz2-Z
1 15 opp47 7:56 Dub S.Davis 6 sweepL bas-Z
2 9 opp41 7:29 Dub S.Davis 5 pitchR pas-Z
3 4 opp36 6:57 Dub S.Davis 4 sweepL bas-M
1 10 opp32 6:24 Dub S.Davis 5 sweepL pas-dM
2 5 opp27 6:01 Dub S.Davis 4 sweepL bas-Z
3 1 opp23 5:56 Dub Pen-Dub5 draw Bz2-vZ
3 6 opp28 5:56 Dub Warner to K.Johnson 9 S-cross pas-Z
1 10 opp19 5:25 Dub Warner to Westbrook X M- pas-M dlI
2 10 opp19 5:18 Dub Warner to Westbrook 12 M- bas-M dlR
1 7 opp7 4:55 Dub Warner to K.Johnson 7 TD S-cross bas-M
20-17
KO 4:49 Hol J.Lewis return of 26 KO-deep
1 10 own24 4:39 Hol Culpepper to Finneran 6 S-out bas-M
2 4 own30 3:47 Hol Anderson -1 trapL run-Z
3 5 own29 2:58 Hol Culpepper to T.Owens 24 S-slant pas-Z
1 10 opp47 2:51 Hol Anderson 3 pitchL run-Z
2 7 opp44 2:43 Hol Anderson 0 dive Bz2-Mi
3 7 opp44 2:34 Hol Culpepper 5 M-slant pas-Mi
4 2 opp39 2:00 Hol Punt Landeta 35,Metcalf 0 Pt-side
1 10 own4 1:54 Dub Warner to K.Johnson 5 S-out pre-vZ dlR
2 5 own9 1:50 Dub S.Davis 11 offtackleL pre-vZ
1 10 own20 1:25 Dub Pen-Dub10 S-screen pre-vZo
1 20 own10 1:19 Dub Warner -1 Fmb L-cross pre-vZo
1 9 opp9 1:13 Hol Anderson 1 offtackleR run-Z dlI
2 8 opp8 0:35 Hol Culpepper -1 qbkneel run-Zi