MAD DOGS ADVANCE TO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Madison - The Madison Mad Dogs advanced to the championship of the Professional Indoor Football League with a 46-19 victory at the Dane County Coliseum Saturday. The will face the winner of the Louisiana Bayou Beast- Colorado Wildcats contest which takes place Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in Baton Rouge.

The Bombers drove down for a field goal to open the scoring at 3-0, but a 27-yard pass to Mad Dog's receiver Mandrill Dean on a flea-flicker put Madison up 7-6, a lead they never relinquished. Dean finished with four catches for 52 yards and one touchdown.

Madison quarterback Raymnond Philyaw went 12-16 for 145 yards with three touchdown passes. He found Powell four times for 51 yards, wide receiver Jermaine Blaylock twice for 12 yards, and Nick Johnson and Brian Knuckles once each for a combined 30 yards The Mad Dogs special teams, which had fed off the field position obtained by Powell all season, found the end zone again Saturday when Kahn returned a kick off for a score. The touchdown came just 24 seconds after Green Bay had pulled within 33-13 after their first sustained drive of the game.

The Madison defense again came up big. They thoroughly frustrated league-leading passer Jay McDonagh, holding him to 14 completions in 32 attempts for 113 yards and sacking him three times. Madison linebacker Jose Salcido capped the defensive effort when he picked up a Bomber fumble and scored the final touchdown of the game with 5:31 remaining. The honorable mention PIFL All-Star finished with four tackles in addition to one interception.

Green Bay  6    7    0    6   19
Madison   13    7    6   20   46

First Quarter

GB-12:22-Bryan Mader field goal                                        0-3
Mad-12:10-Mandrell Dean 27 yd pass from Raymond Philyaw, Shenks PAT    7-3
GB-9:00-Mader field goal                                               7-6
Mad-7:09-Kahn Powell 36 yd pass from Philyaw, 2 pt conv failed        13-6

Second Quarter

Mad-11:55-Jermaine Blaylock 1 yd run, Rodger Shenks PAT               20-6
GB-0:33-Heath Garland 10 yd pass from Jay McDonagh, Mader PAT         20-13


Third Quarter

Mad-12:14-Blaylock 1 yd run, Shenks PAT failed                        26-13

Fourth Quarter

Mad-12:54-Blaylock 7 yd pass from Philyaw, Shenks PAT                 33-13
GB-10:54-Garland 29 yd pass from McDonagh, Mader PAT failed           33-19
Mad-10:28-Powell 50 yd kickoff return, Shenks PAT failed              39-19
Mad-5:31-Jose Salcido fumble recovery, Shenks PAT                     46-19


Team Stats                     Madison     Green Bay        
First Downs                       5              7
   Rushing                        2              3
   Passing                        3              2
Penalty                           0              2
Rushing Attempts                 19             19
Yards Rushing                    41             27
Net Passing Yards               145            113
   Passes Attempted              16             32
   Passes Completed              12             14
   Had Intercepted                0              2
Total Yards                     186            140
Total Offensive Plays            44             60
Fumbles: Number-Lost            2-1            1-1
Penalties: Number-Lost        11-45           7-30
Missed Field Goal Returns      3-68           1-11
Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards    8-154           5-70
3rd Down Conversions            2-6            1-9
4th Down Conversions            2-4            0-1
Sacks by: Number-Yards         3-24           2-13
Interception Returns:          2-15            0-0
Possession Time                    
Fumble Returns                 1-15            1-2

Individual Stats

Rushing-M-Brian Knuckles 6-35, Blaylock 7-14-2, Philyaw 6-(-8); 
G-Willie High 9-22, Perry 1-4, McDonagh 9-1

Receiving-M-Powell 4-51-1, Dean 4-52-1, Blaylock 2-12-1, Johnson 1-17, Knuckles 1-13;
G-Perry 6-35, Garland 4-55-2, Whitehouse 1-13, Banda 1-9, High 1-1

Passing-M-Philyaw 12-16-145-3-0; 
G-McDonagh 14-32-113-2-2

Field Goals-M-Shenks 0-2 missed 42, 42; 
G-Mader 2-7 made 46, 41 missed 44, 43, 46, 51, 50

PATS-M-Shenks 4-6; G-1-2

Kickoff Returns-M-Powell 3-139-1, Blaylock 1-20; 
G-Sanders 4-38, High 2-22, Smith 1-10

Missed Field Goal Returns-M-Powell 3-68; G-Sanders 1-11

Interceptions-M-Spraggins 2-15

Tackles-M-Malachnik 3, Moss 4, Salcido 4, Tample 6, R Buchanan 4, Knott 5, Warner 1, 
J Buchanan 10, Cunningham 1, Spraggins 3, Reed 3, Dean 4; 
G-Sanders 3, Coakley 6, Smith 1, Bolton 3, Reese 4, Hanley 6, Shaheed 3, Boesch 3, 
Kraczmar 5, Konop 1, Rice 2, Hobbins 1

Sacks-M-Moss 1-8, Temple 1-10, Reed 1-6


PIFLBack to the Main Page