L.A. Holds Off Late Sugalroaf Rally To Win 17-14

Sugarloaf- The Buckets ( 3-1 ) had a tough battle on their hands tonight against the previously undefeated Sugarloaf Stingers ( 3 -1 ) with visiting Los Angeles coming away with a hard-fought 17-14 victory.

"They had a good game plan but turnovers killed them!" Buckets coach Jay T. said. "Take away that late fumble by their WR deep in our territory and it's a whole different game."

L.A. led 17-6 when Sugarloaf was threatening with 6:51 left on the Bucket 25 yard line when the pass from Stingers QB Bill O'Brien was caught by WR Stuart Danka for a gain of almost 8 yards- and then Danka fumbled the ball away to the Buckets.

The Stingers later scored on a deep pass to FB Brett Murphy for a 39 yard Touchdown, but it was too little too late as the Buckets recovered the onside kick with only 26 seconds to play and ran out the clock.

Thanx for the GREAT GAME, Suglarloaf coach Charlie C.!

Cheers,

Jay


                      Los Angeles 17 -- Sugarloaf 14                       

Three Rivers Stadium                                      63 degrees, rainy
Pittsburgh                                     wind SE 3 mph, humidity 100%

Los Angeles      3  7  0  7 -- 17
Sugarloaf        0  3  3  8 -- 14
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First Quarter
Los Angeles - Hobbs 30 FG, 9:41

Second Quarter
Sugarloaf - Grimerton 38 FG, 3:32
Los Angeles - Irvin 2 pass from Binder (Hobbs kick), 14:28

Third Quarter
Sugarloaf - Grimerton 22 FG, 10:12

Fourth Quarter
Los Angeles - Myles 1 run (Hobbs kick), 6:21
Sugarloaf - Murphy 39 pass from O'Brien (Holman pass from O'Brien), 14:33
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Drive Summary
First Half
Team        Plays-Yds  Time  Result                                 LAn-Sug
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Los Angeles            0:09  Kickoff                                    0-0
Sugarloaf      3   4   1:41  Punt                                       0-0
Los Angeles    5   1   1:31  Punt                                       0-0
Sugarloaf      3   7   1:06  Fumble                                     0-0
Los Angeles    7  16   2:19  Hobbs 30 FG                                3-0
Sugarloaf      3  -5   1:04  Punt                                       3-0
Los Angeles    3  -7   0:59  Punt                                       3-0
Sugarloaf     10  45   6:51  Grimerton 38 FG                            3-3
Los Angeles    3   3   1:02  Punt                                       3-3
Sugarloaf      3  -3   1:34  Punt                                       3-3
Los Angeles    3   4   1:07  Punt                                       3-3
Sugarloaf      3  -3   0:53  Punt                                       3-3
Los Angeles    6  54   2:22  Interception                               3-3
Sugarloaf      6  28   2:33  Punt                                       3-3
Los Angeles    7  80   1:26  Irvin 2 pass from Binder                  10-3
                             (Hobbs kick)
Sugarloaf      2  -4   0:23  End of half                               10-3
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Second Half
Team        Plays-Yds  Time  Result                                 LAn-Sug
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Sugarloaf              0:12  Kickoff                                   10-3
Los Angeles    3  13   0:56  Fumble                                    10-3
Sugarloaf      3  -1   0:47  Punt                                      10-3
Los Angeles    3   4   1:12  Punt                                      10-3
Sugarloaf     11  70   4:13  Grimerton 22 FG                           10-6
Los Angeles    5  44   1:21  Possession change on downs                10-6
Sugarloaf      3  -9   1:02  Punt                                      10-6
Los Angeles    3   7   1:20  Punt                                      10-6
Sugarloaf      3   5   4:12  Punt                                      10-6
Los Angeles   11  59   3:15  Myles 1 run                               17-6
                             (Hobbs kick)
Sugarloaf      6  48   1:57  Fumble                                    17-6
Los Angeles    3  -2   0:54  Punt                                      17-6
Sugarloaf      3 -22   1:17  Punt                                      17-6
Los Angeles    6  17   2:28  59 yd FG attempt short                    17-6
Sugarloaf      6  51   1:28  Murphy 39 pass from O'Brien              17-14
                             (Holman pass from O'Brien)
Los Angeles    3  -1   0:26  End of game                              17-14
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    Game Stats
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        Los Angeles vs Sugarloaf
        Week 4
            
            Los Angeles    17    
            Sugarloaf      14    
                               LA      SUGA                           LA       SUGA     
            1st DOWNS          18      13      PASS YDS               205      196      
                rushing        4       2           comp/att           22/43    22/39    
                passing        12      11          yds/pass           4.7      3.8      
                penalty        2       0           sacks/yds          1/7      12/72    
            3rd DOWNS          3/16    2/16        ints               1        0        
            4th DOWNS          2/3     2/2     PUNTS/AVG              7/53     9/49     
            TOTAL YARDS        261     225     TOT RET YDS            134      133      
                total plays    69      65          punt returns       5/61     6/39     
                avg gain       3.8     3.5         kickoff returns    4/73     4/83     
            RUSH YDS           56      29          int returns        0/0      1/11     
                num rushes     25      14      PENALTY/YARDS          0/0      2/24     
                rush ave       2.2     2.1     FUMBLES/LOST           1/1      4/2      
                                               TIME POSS              22:47    25:13    
                                               2PT CONV               0/0      1/1      

 

    Los Angeles vs Sugarloaf
        Offense
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        Week 4
                                   P L A Y E R S                                            
            LA      Rushing        Myles 21 att/56 yds, 1 TD; Erickson 2/4, 0 TD;           
                                   Binder 2/(-4), 0 TD;                                     
            SUGA    Rushing        Van Hoff 13 att/30 yds, 0 TD; Quimbell 1/(-1), 0 TD;     
            LA      Passing        Binder 22 comp/43 att for 212 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT;          
            SUGA    Passing        O'Brien 22 comp/39 att for 268 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT;         
            LA      Receiving      Williams 4 rec/80 yds, 0 TD; Putnam 2/51, 0 TD;          
                                   Myles 6/32, 0 TD; Lynch 1/25, 0 TD;                      
            SUGA    Receiving      Danka 6 rec/79 yds, 0 TD; Burnnett 1/46, 0 TD;           
                                   Karlsson 4/45, 0 TD; Murphy 1/39, 1 TD;                  
                    Field Goals    Hobbs/LA: 1/2; Grimerton/SUGA: 2/2; ,                    

 

    Los Angeles vs Sugarloaf
        Defense
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        Week 4
                                     P L A Y E R S                                           
            LA      Tackles          Sweeney 9; Workman 6; Lyle 6; Centers 5;                
                                     Collins 4; Milburn 4; Rowe 3; Carter 3;                 
                                     Alexander 2; Taylor 2; Pappel 2; Henderson 2;           
            SUGA    Tackles          Melvin 8; Brockman 8; Oliver 6; Katz 5; Sheridan 5;     
                                     Tice 4; Nillsson 4; Wolfcastle 2; Dark 1; Plotts 1;     
                                     Duff 1;                                                 
            LA      Sacks            Sweeney 6; Taylor 2; Alexander 1; Pappel 1;             
            SUGA    Sacks            Oliver 1;                                               
            LA      Interceptions     None                                                   
            SUGA    Interceptions    Oliver 1;