Recap

Orlando Rage defeated San Francisco Demons before a smaller crowd than the previous week at the Florida Citrus Bowl, almost 11,500 down to 25,049 fans. The fans, however, were no less appreciative of the show, seemingly once again more entertained by the spectacle of fireworks, dancing cheerleaders and loud music than the football.

Jeff Broum completed 10 of 21 passes for 161 yards and one touchdown as Orlando came from 7-0 down in the first quarter to win 26-14. Mike Pawlawski’s short pass to Brian Roche opened the scoring in the first quarter as the Demons Quarterback went 36 of 52 for 294 yards and two Touchdowns, however, it was the Rage’s running game which won the game for them.

Jeff Broum found Mario Bailey on a 49 yard scoring play, and Omar Brown added a 20 yard fumble return before Orlando’s running game opened up the match with Touchdowns either side of halftime from Brian Shay and Derrick Clark. San Francisco scored their second touchdown of the game late in the third quarter when Jimmy Cunningham caught an 11 yard pass from Pawlawski, but the final quarter was scoreless to leave the result Orlando Rage 26 San Francisco Demons 14.

Even though the National Broadcasting Corporation and the World Wrestling Federation, joint owners of the new league were calling the second week another success, there were notable gaps in the seating unlike the previous week when Orlando official’s claimed thousands were turned away because the Upper Deck of the Citrus Bowl was unavaible for XFL games. The football did not match the spectacle with 20 penalties called against the teams in total and the play was ragged.

Scorers

1st Quarter

SFD – Brian Roche 3yd Pass from Mike Pawlawski (PAT Kick Good) 0-7

1st Half

ORL – Mario Bailey 49yd Pass from Jeff Brohm 6-7

ORL – Omar Brown 20yd Fumble Return 12-7

ORL – Brian Shay Run 18-7

ORL – 2 Extra Points (Unknown scorer(s)) 20-7

3rd Quarter

ORL – Derrick Clark Run 26-7

SFD – Jimmy Cunningham 11yd Pass from Mike Pawlawski  (PAT Kick Good) 26-14

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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