Do you believe in miracles? The Invaders win!!!!
After a close contest that whined down into the final seconds of the football weekend, the mighty Dakota Invaders edged out thanks to Brett Favre giving it his all as he got annihilated to lead his team to a victory by just four points over the Baton Rouge Bolts.
The Invaders had a couple faults that could have costed them their fifth straight loss where the team mistakenly started Stephon Davis when he wasn't cleared to start and got no points for the team whatsoever. Also, franchise player Julian Peterson tore his Archillion Tendon in the 1st quarter after only tallying up a meager 3 points. He will lose his spot on the roster as he will be out for the rest of the season.
But for both tough breaks, the Invaders had a couple of lucky ones too. Pro-Bowl calibur tight end, Eric Johnson played through a BROKEN RIB and still managed achieve a career high 13 receptions for over 160 yards and a TD reception to combine for a total of an astounding 29 points. He leads all the tight ends in the NFL in number of receptions with 41.
The Invaders were up by almost 30 points before going into Monday's game with just Bret Favre left to be played and the Titan's Mason & Brown. The Titanic Duo both had all-star days and combined for 38 points, but even though Favre struggled through the loss he still managed to rack up 19 points and give the Invaders a 4 point margin of victory.
Head coach, Dale Kulas was ecstatic celebrating the Invaders first win of the year as he kept assuring the press of the great future he has in mind for the team this season. "We're the most underrated team in the league right now, our victory gave my players the boost in morale they needed. We were always in the top half of the league in scoring each week, it just happened our opponents were also. I still believe we're playoff bound, our guys can do it."
Keep the champagne flowing coach, you deserve it!
Full scoring...........
Invaders (1-4-0)
Pos Player Opp Pts
QB B. Favre (GB - QB) Ten 19.00
QB K. Warner (NYG - QB) @Dal 13.00
WR M. Harrison (Ind - WR) Oak 5.00
WR J. Porter (Oak - WR) @Ind 6.00
WR E. Moulds (Buf - WR) @NYJ 10.00*
RB C. Portis (Was - RB) Bal 8.00
RB S. Davis (Car - RB) @Den 0.00
TE E. Johnson (SF - TE) Ari 29.00
WR/TE L. Fitzgerald (Ari - WR) @SF 17.00
WR/RB E. George (Dal - RB) NYG 4.00
K J. Wilkins (StL - K) @Sea 9.00
D P. Buchanon (Oak - DB) @Ind 9.00
D M. Vrabel (NE - DL) Mia 1.00
DB T. Law (NE - DB) Mia 7.00
DL J. Peterson (SF - DL) Ari 3.00
Total 140.00
Baton Rouge Bolts (2-3-0)
Pos Player Opp Pts
QB C. Pennington (NYJ - QB) Buf 15.00
QB D. Brees (SD - QB) Jac 20.00
WR T. Holt (StL - WR) @Sea 8.00
WR J. Horn (NO - WR) TB 12.00
WR D. Mason (Ten - WR) @GB 14.00
RB C. Brown (Ten - RB) @GB 24.00
RB C. Cooley (Was - RB,TE) Bal 8.00
TE A. Crumpler (Atl - TE) Det 2.00
WR/TE R. Gardner (Was - WR) Bal 1.00
WR/RB E. Smith (Ari - RB) @SF 10.00
K K. Brown (Hou - K) Min 4.00
D M. Boulware (Sea - DB,DL) StL 2.00
D D. Bly (Det - DB) @Atl 0.00
DB A. Ambrose (NO - DB) TB 4.00
DL D. Nguyen (Dal - DL) NYG 10.00
Total 134.00
-Associated Press
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