The Madison Mad Dogs used a strong running attack and a tough defense to claim a 35-28 victory over the Texas Bullets of the Professional Indoor Football League Saturday. The win was the Mad Dogs' second consecutive win of the season and dropped the Bullets to 0-4.
The win is the Mad Dogs' first league win following a victory over Great Britain in an exhibition game Monday.
The Mad Dogs' defense, holding their opponents under 30 points for the second night of the week, stood firm on third and fourth down. The Bullets were 0-10 in pushing for the first down. Led by linebacker Michael Harge, the Mad Dogs' held the Bullets to just 151 yards in the air and -11 yards on the ground. Harge finished with eight tackles and one interception.
The secondary frustrated Bullets' quarterback Marc Saldana who threw three interceptions and was sack four times, once in the Bullets' endzone.
Mad Dogs' quarterback Mark Wilson again had a big night on the ground. He found the endzone three times and finished with 51 yards through the air. The Mad Dogs' finished with 127 rushing yards for the game.
Wide receiver Nick Johnson finished the Mad Dogs' scoring with a four yard scamper with 6:32 left in the third.
Texas 13 7 8 0 28 Madison 6 22 7 0 35 First Quarter Mad- Mark Wilson 3 yd run, Drew Christ PAT failed 6-0 Tex- John Henry 36 yd pass from Marc Saldana, Billy Watkins PAT 6-7 Tex- Brent Moore 27 yd pass from Saldana, Watlkins PAT failed 6-13 Second Quarter Mad- Wilson 14 yd run, Christ PAT 13-13 Mad- Safety; Saldana sacked by Tawan Temple and Jeff Warner 15-13 Mad- Wilson 2 yd run, Christ PAT 22-13 Tex- Moore 9 yd pass from Saldana, Watkins PAT 22-20 Mad- Kerry Henderson 19 yd run, Christ PAT failed 28-20 Third Quarter Tex- Adrian Coe 30 yd interception return, 2 pt conversion 28-28 Mad- Nick Johnson 4 yd run, Christ PAT 35-28 Team Stats Madison Texas First Downs 8 5 Rushing 3 0 Passing 4 3 Penalty 1 2 Rushing Attempts 31 9 Yards Rushing 103 -11 Passing Yards 51 151 Passes Attempted 19 24 Passes Completed 6 12 Had Intercepted 1 3 Total Offensive Plays 58 38 Total net Yards 204 101 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties: Number-Lost 7-46 7-30 Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 6-132 6-31 Possession Time 3rd Down Conversions 7-12 0-6 4th Down Conversions 0-4 0-4 Sacks by: Number-Yards 4-11 7-16 Interception Returns: 3-4 1-30 Fumble Returns: 0-0 1-0 Individual Stats Rushing-M-Henderson 12-61-1, Brian Knuckles 6-33, Wilson 10-5-3, Johnson 1-4, Anthony Williams 2-0; T-Henry 4-9, Butch Hadnot 2-(-1), Saldana 3-(19) Passing-M-Wilson 6-19-51-0-1; T-Saldana 12-24-151-3-3 Pass Receiving-M-Derek Schaefer 3-14, Johnson 2-27, Henderson 1-10; T-Lee McCormick 7-60, Henry 3-57-1, Moore 2-36-2 Kicking-M-Crist FG 0-4 PAT 3-5; T-Watkins FG 0-3 PAT 2-3 Kickoff Returns-M-Henderson 3-92, Johnson 2-40; T- Henry 2-31 Interceptions-M-Shelley Barnett 1-0, Dan Mlachnik 1-1, Harge 1-4; T-Coe 1-30-1 Attendance-3390
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