Buckets Fall In Opener 22-7 to Metro City

Metro City- The L.A. Buckets stumbled in their first game of the season to a very well-coached Metro City Maulers team, losing 22-7.

"Mike P. really put in some great plays for this season. He called a great game and really stuck it to us in the 4th quarter to earn this win!" Buckets coach Jay T. said.

Thanx for the great game, Metro City coach Mike P.!

Cheers,

Jay


                      Los Angeles 7 -- Metro City 22                       
Giants Stadium                                     77 degrees, partly sunny
New York                                        wind SW 5 mph, humidity 60%
Los Angeles      0  7  0  0 --  7
Metro City       3  6  3 10 -- 22
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First Quarter
Metro City - Homo 44 FG, 13:40
Second Quarter
Los Angeles - Moran 2 pass from Binder (Hobbs kick), 5:11
Metro City - Lover 69 pass from Al (2-Point conversion failed), 13:13
Third Quarter
Metro City - Homo 26 FG, 6:43
Fourth Quarter
Metro City - Homo 36 FG, 5:18
Metro City - John 18 pass from Al (Homo kick), 11:01
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Drive Summary
First Half
Team        Plays-Yds  Time  Result                                 LAn-MCi
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Metro City             0:09  Kickoff                                    0-0
Los Angeles    3  -2   1:12  Punt                                       0-0
Metro City     3   3   1:12  Punt                                       0-0
Los Angeles    6  26   2:13  Interception                               0-0
Metro City     3   5   1:30  Punt                                       0-0
Los Angeles    3 -10   1:11  Punt                                       0-0
Metro City     7  30   3:23  Homo 44 FG                                 0-3
Los Angeles    3  -2   1:06  Punt                                       0-3
Metro City     2   0   3:13  Interception                               0-3
Los Angeles    6  50   2:07  Moran 2 pass from Binder                   7-3
                             (Hobbs kick)
Metro City     5  30   1:56  Punt                                       7-3
Los Angeles    3  -4   1:03  Punt                                       7-3
Metro City     5  39   1:58  48 yd FG attempt wide                      7-3
Los Angeles    3  -8   1:24  Punt                                       7-3
Metro City     5  83   1:41  Lover 69 pass from Al                      7-9
                             (2-Point conversion failed)
Los Angeles    6  41   1:17  51 yd FG attempt wide                      7-9
Metro City     3  54   0:25  End of half                                7-9
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Second Half
Team        Plays-Yds  Time  Result                                 LAn-MCi
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Los Angeles            0:09  Kickoff                                    7-9
Metro City     4  26   1:46  Punt                                       7-9
Los Angeles    2   6   0:32  Interception                               7-9
Metro City     3   5   1:25  Homo 26 FG                                7-12
Los Angeles    4 -13   1:37  Punt                                      7-12
Metro City     3  -8   0:49  Punt                                      7-12
Los Angeles    3  -4   1:25  Punt                                      7-12
Metro City     5  15   1:58  Punt                                      7-12
Los Angeles    4  17   1:24  Punt                                      7-12
Metro City     8  69   6:21  Homo 36 FG                                7-15
Los Angeles    6  23   2:19  Punt                                      7-15
Metro City     9  87   3:25  John 18 pass from Al                      7-22
                             (Homo kick)
Los Angeles    6  15   2:00  Possession change on downs                7-22
Metro City     5  22   1:17  Punt                                      7-22
Los Angeles    2   7   0:33  End of game                               7-22
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    Game Stats
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        Metro City vs Los Angeles
        Week 1
            
            Metro City     22    
            Los Angeles    7     
                               METR    LA                             METR     LA       
            1st DOWNS          21      10      PASS YDS               383      85       
                rushing        6       2           comp/att           24/37    17/29    
                passing        15      7           yds/pass           9.6      2.2      
                penalty        0       1           sacks/yds          3/16     10/65    
            3rd DOWNS          3/14    1/13        ints               1        2        
            4th DOWNS          1/1     1/2     PUNTS/AVG              7/34     9/55     
            TOTAL YARDS        471     148     TOT RET YDS            106      146      
                total plays    69      58          punt returns       7/58     2/27     
                avg gain       6.8     2.6         kickoff returns    2/21     6/117    
            RUSH YDS           88      63          int returns        2/27     1/2      
                num rushes     29      19      PENALTY/YARDS          2/15     1/10     
                rush ave       3.0     3.3     FUMBLES/LOST           1/0      0/0      
                                               TIME POSS              26:28    21:32    
                                               2PT CONV               0/1      0/0      

 

    Metro City vs Los Angeles
        Offense
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        Week 1
                                   P L A Y E R S                                        
            METR    Rushing        Ramjet 9 att/39 yds, 0 TD; Runnings 12/34, 0 TD;     
                                   Cement 7/8, 0 TD; Pliskin 1/7, 0 TD;                 
            LA      Rushing        Myles 15 att/54 yds, 0 TD; Erickson 3/5, 0 TD;       
                                   Moran 1/4, 0 TD;                                     
            METR    Passing        Pliskin 15 comp/28 att for 283 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT;     
                                   Ramjet 9/9 for 116 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT;                 
            LA      Passing        Binder 17 comp/29 att for 150 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT;      
            METR    Receiving      Quick 6 rec/112 yds, 1 TD; Cement 6/112, 0 TD;       
                                   Fleets 3/102, 1 TD; Runnings 6/40, 0 TD;             
            LA      Receiving      Lyle 4 rec/53 yds, 0 TD; Myles 9/44, 0 TD;           
                                   Putnam 1/25, 0 TD; Marts 1/18, 0 TD;                 
                    Field Goals    Majors/METR: 3/4; Hobbs/LA: 0/1;                     

 

    Metro City vs Los Angeles
        Defense
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        Week 1
                                     P L A Y E R S                                           
            METR    Tackles          Ironhead 9; Boozer 6; Stuffer 5; Case 4; Fingers 4;     
                                     Picker 4; Jammer 4; Sickmen 3; Rover 3; Hogger 2;       
                                     Doberman 2; Sackmore 2; Intercep 1;                     
            LA      Tackles          Alexander 7; Collins 6; Rowe 6; Cline 6; Lyle 6;        
                                     Sims 6; Milburn 4; Sweeney 4; Carter 2; Gregg 2;        
                                     Henderson 2; Taylor 2; Pappel 1; Thompson 1;            
                                     Centers 1;                                              
            METR    Sacks            Stuffer 3; Doberman 1; Sackmore 1; Ironhead 1;          
            LA      Sacks            Carter 1; Alexander 1; Lyle 1;                          
            METR    Interceptions    Intercep 1; Rover 1;                                    
            LA      Interceptions    Gregg 1;