Final
Greisen leads late charge as Force edge Soul
May 13, 2008 - 3:55 AM ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Chris Greisen tossed a pair of touchdown passes to Troy Bergeron in the final minute to lift the Georgia Force to a 63-62 comeback victory over the Philadelphia Soul on Monday.The Force (5-5) trailed, 62-41, when Greisen started the comeback with a one-yard TD rush with 2:43 left in the contest. Greisen then connected with Bergeron on a seven-yard strike with 42 seconds remaining to cut the deficit to 62-55.
Greisen found Bergeron again for an 11-yard score, and they hooked up again on the two-point conversion to take the lead with 16 seconds to go.
Greisen passed for 299 yards and five touchdowns with one interception and Bergeron hauled in 12 passes for 126 yards and three scores.
Matt D'Orazio completed 28-of-30 passes for 315 yards and five touchdowns with an interception and Clifton Smith added three rushing scores for the Soul (9-2), who have suffered back-to-back losses following a nine-game winning streak.
- senorpepr Now... what good will a kicker with a leg removed do for ya? You'll just lose again next week.
Hey... at least he's healthy...
Soul 62, Force 63 FinalMay 12 11:36 PM - ARENA
PHILADELPHIA AT GEORGIA
NOTE:
May 12 10:53 PM
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