Recap

The announced crowd of 25,626, perhaps really only 20,000, came alive in the second half as exciting football kept them in Giants Stadium in New Jersey despite 30-degree fahrenheit temperatures and a wind chill factor of 8, when the previous week the dull football failed to keep them in the stadium even with the extra specatcle of fireworks, gyrating cheerleaders and microphones on the players so fans could hear everything.

The Hitmen and Rage traded Field Goals in the first half, leaving the score 3-3, but in the second half the Hitmen took a 12-3 lead with a second Leo Araguz Field Goal and a Marcus Hinton reception from former London Monarchs player Wally Richardson, which he took in for a 20 yard touchdown.

With the Hitmen 12-3 up, Orlando showed they were no sunny weather team as they brought the game back to within one touchdown on Jay Taylor’s second Field Goal, set up by a 42 yard reception by ex-Rhen Fire receiver Dialleo Burks.

Burks later caught another reception and made it to the one yard line before Derrick Clark, who also played with former Rhein Fire coach Galen Hall, now Orlando’s Head Coach, went in for the touchdown to tie the match.

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jeff Brohm then scrambled 33 yards up the middle to score the game-winning touchdown with 2;33 remaining, juking three defenders in the process to send the visiting Rage fans wild. The Final Score was 18-12 to Orlando, leaving them the only undefeated team on 3-0 and dropping New York / New Jersey Hitmen to 0-3.

Scorers

1st Half

HIT – Jay Taylor FG

ORL – Leo Araguz 42yd FG

3rd Quarter

HIT – Leo Araguz 39yd FG (6-3)

4th Quarter

HIT – Marcus Hilton 20yd Pass from Wally Richardson (12-3)

ORL – Jay Taylor 45yd FG (12-6)

ORL – Derrick Clark 1yd Run (12-12)

ORL – Jeff Brohm 33yd Run [02:33] (12-18)

LOGO REFERENCES

[1] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Xtreme_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Xtreme_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

LOGO REFERENCES

[2] Las Vegas Outlaws Wayback Machine (2001) oultaws_logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010301185743im_/http://www.lasvegasoutlaws.com/images/oultaws_logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[3] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Xtreme_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Xtreme_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[4] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Maniax_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Maniax_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[5] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Demons_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Demons_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[6] Birmingham Pro Sports (2021) logo birmingham thunderbolts [Internet] Available from: http://www.birminghamprosports.com/birminghamthunderbolts/logo%20birmingham%20thunderbolts.jpg [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[7] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Enforcers_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Enforcers_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[8] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Hitman_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Hitman_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

[9] Official XFL Wayback Machine (2001) Rage_Logo1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011024192051im_/http://www.officialxfl.com/images/smalllogos/Rage_Logo1.gif [Accessed 11 August 2021]

REFERENCES

NEWSPAPERS

[10] First Down (2001) XFL February 8-14, 2001. pg. 22

[11] First Down (2001) XFL February 15-21, 2001. pg. 20

[12] First Down (2001) XFL February 22-28, 2001. pg. 14

[13] First Down (2001) XFL March 1-7, 2001. pg. 14

[14] First Down (2001) XFL March 8-14, 2001. pg. 16

[15] First Down (2001) XFL March 15-21, 2001. pg. 16

[16] First Down (2001) XFL March 22-28, 2001. pg. 16

[17] First Down (2001) XFL March 29-April 4, 2001. pg. 17

[18] First Down (2001) XFL April 5-11, 2001. pg. 

[19] First Down (2001) XFL April 12-18, 2001. pg. 

REFERENCES

IMAGES

[20] Birmingham Thunderbolts (2001) XFL Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.birminghamprosports.com/birminghamthunderbolts/logo%20xfl.jpg [Accessed 20 July 2019]

WEBSITES

[21] Remember the XFL (2017) XFL Final Standings [Internet] Available from: http://sites.google.com/site/rememberthexfl/standings [Accessed 3 February 2017]

[22] Remember the XFL (2017) Weekly Results [Internet] Available from: http://sites.google.com/site/rememberthexfl/weekly-results [Accessed 31 December 2019]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Donie, Nigs, Ian Breathnach, Alan Gray, Mark Mahon, Mark, Denis Culhane, Willie Winters

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