World Bowl XI
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Date | Saturday, June 14, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stadium | Referee Pete Morelli | | |||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 28,138 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Halftime show | Sugababes | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | Fox | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Curt Menefee and Brian Baldinger | ||||||||||||||||||
World Bowl XI was
Glasgow, Scotland
on June 14, 2003.
The crowd were entertained pre-match by Scottish rock legend Fish performing a rousing rendition of “Caledonia”. Half time entertainment was headlined by the popular Sugababes.
The game was between the 6–4
Most Valuable Player
honors, when he ran 16 times for 126 yards (World Bowl record) and a touchdown, with his longest run being 42 yards.
Background
The Fire won the first meeting 14–7 in Düsseldorf, while the Galaxy won the second meeting 38–7 in Frankfurt.
Game summary
The Galaxy drew first blood with a 4-point field goal, which was
center Dustin Keith fumbled the ball and Galaxy defensive tackle Daniel Benetka managed to recover the ball, preventing Rhein from another touchdown opportunity. After Benetka got the ball for Frankfurt, Brown lead his team on a 10-play, 99-yard drive that ended with running back Adam Tate running in for a 1-yard touchdown strike. Heading into the fourth quarter, the Fire trailed 32–9 and only a miracle could save any hope of Rhein winning another World Bowl title. Alas, the Galaxy would just kick a 34-yard field goal by Ralf Kleinmann to increase their lead and make the score 35–9. Even though the Rhein Fire would finally respond with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Chris Greisen to Dwayne Blakely
, it was too little, too late for the Fire. When the official clock reached 00:00, the Galaxy celebrated their third World Bowl victory in franchise history.
Scoring summary
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Rhein | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
Frankfurt | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 35 |
- Frankfurt - 4-Point FG Hilbert 53 yd 2:55 1st
- Frankfurt - TD Lewis 1 yd 9:18 1st
- Rhein - FG France 39 yd 14:04 1st
- Frankfurt - TD Lester 20 yd pass from Gray 5:07 2nd
- Rhein - FG Anderbrügge 31 yd 11:18 2nd
- Frankfurt - TD Gillespie 29 yd run 12:54 2nd
- Rhein - FG Anderbrügge 27 yd 15:00 2nd
- Frankfurt - TD Tate 1 yd run 11:47 3rd
- Frankfurt - FG Kleinmann 34 yd 10:23 4th
- Rhein - TD Blakley 47 yd pass from Greisen 13:05 4th
Officials
- Referee: Pete Morelli #135
- Umpire: Tony Michalek #115
- Head Linesman: Jim Mello #150
- Line Judge: Derick Bowers #138
- Side Judge: Michael Banks #72
- Field Judge: Rob Vernatchi #75
- Back Judge: Steve Freeman#133