The Mad Dogs moved into second place with a 54-18 win over the Colorado Wildcats Saturday. Mad Dogs quarterback Raymond Philyaw figured in six Mad Dogs' scores, passing for four touchdowns and running for two more. Philyaw's show was witnessed by 5,562 fans, the largest PIFL crowd in the league's history.
The Mad Dogs' defense held the Wildcats' offense to 126 net yards and held the Cats to 4-13 on third down attempts. The defense sacked quarterback Tim Wright six times. Defensive lineman Taiwan Temple finished with eight tackles and two sacks. Linebacker Jose Salcido added 3.5 sacks and three other tackles. Lineman Jeff Warner finished with five tackles and one interception which he returned for a touchdown.
The Madison offense racked up 238 net yards, 109 through the air and 129 on the ground. Philyaw finished with 109 passing yards and 15 on the ground. Wide receiver Mandrill Dean caught five passes for 72 yards and three touchdowns.
The Colorado offense was led by wide receiver Antonio Chandler, who finished with four receptions for 85 yards and two touchdowns. Bucky Logan added two receptions for 27 yards and one touchdown.
The win is crucial in establishing home field advantage for the first round of the playoffs on August 8th. The top two teams host the bottom two seeds with the winners of those games advancing to the league championship game in Louisiana on August 15th.
The Mad Dogs have a bye for the week of July 25th and square off with the Utah Catzz to clinch home field advantage August 8th at 7:30 p.m. The Colorado Wildcats remain on the road as they will face the Green Bay Bombers July 25th.
Colorado 6 6 0 6 18 Madison 13 21 13 7 54 First Quarter Mad-13:44-Madrell Dean 2 yd pass from Raymond Philyaw, Shenks PAT 6-0 Col-11:18-Antonio Chandler 45 yd pass from Tim Wright, Polk PAT failed 6-6 Mad-2:19-Philyaw 3 yd run, Rodger Shenks PAT 13-6 Second Quarter Mad-11:59-Jeff Warner 15 yd interception return, Shenks PAT 20-6 Mad-4:38-Philyaw 2 yd run, Shenks PAT 27-6 Mad-0:57-Dean 25 yd pass from Philyaw, Shenks PAT 34-6 Col-0:30-Bucky Logan 22 yd pass form Wright, 2 pt conv. failed 34-12 Third Quarter Mad-10:18-Jermaine Blaylock 1 yd pass from Philyaw, Shenks PAT 41-12 Mad-1:06-Dean 7 yd pass from Philyaw, Shenks PAT failed 47-12 Fourth Quarter Mad-8:27-Brian Knuckles 46 yd run, Shenks PAT 54-12 Col-2:35-Chandler 26 yd pass from Wright, 2 pt conv. failed 54-18 Team Stats Madison Colorado First Downs 8 5 Rushing 3 2 Passing 3 0 Penalty 2 3 Rushing Attempts 17 26 Yards Rushing 129 48 Net Passing Yards 109 112 Passes Attempted 17 19 Passes Completed 10 6 Had Intercepted 0 3 Total Offensive Plays 38 57 Total Yards 238 136 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 3-2 Penalties: Number-Lost 9-48 7-33 Missed Field Goal Returns 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-25 8-104 3rd Down Conversions 2-3 4-13 4th Down Conversions 0-1 2-5 Sacks by: Number-Yards 6-34 0-0 Interception Returns: 3-27 0-0 Possession Time NA NA Fumble Returns 2-2 0-0 Individual Stats Rushing-M-Knuckles 6-65-1, Blaylock 6-49, Philyaw 4-15-2; M-Darnell Brooks 17-36, Tim Wright 2-10, Logan 1-2 Receiving-M-Dean 5-72-3, Kahn Powell 3-27, Nick Johnson 1-9, Blaylock 1-1-1; C-Chandler 4-85-2, Logan 2-27-1 Passing-M-Philyaw 10-17-109-4-0; C-Wright 6-19-112-3-3 Field Goals-M-Shenks 0-2 missed 23, 51; C-Polk 0-1 missed 58 PATS-M-Shenks 6-8; C-Polk 0-1 Kickoff Returns-M-Powell 1-25; C-Logan 4-61, #2 4-43 Missed Field Goal Returns-None Interceptions-M- R. Buchanon, J. Buchanon 1, Warner 1 Tackles-Moss 2, Salcido 3, Temple 8, R. Buchanan 3, Knott 5, Warner 5, J. Buchanan 1, Cunninghma 1, Spraggins 3, Reed 1, Malachnik 1, Powell 1, Knuckles 1, Shenks 1; C-Johnson 4, Graves 1 Galbreath 4, Tann 2, Jackson 1, Veronie 6, Barnett 2, Wallace 1 Sacks-M-Salcido 3.5, Temple 2, Cunningham 0.5 Attendance 5,562
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