| Off | Def | Total | Score |
|---|
| Away | Steel Curtain | 141 | 106 | 247 | 0 | | Home | Happy Valley Cougars | 152 | 171 | 323 | 38 |
| Happy Valley Cougars |
Steel Curtain |
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| I | Rex Grossman QB CHI | 0 |
| I | Kyle Orton QB CHI | 0 |
| S | David Garrard QB JAC | 14 |
| S | Paul Smith QB ??? | 0 |
| I | Caleb Hanie QB ??? | 0 |
| S | Cleo Lemon QB JAC | 0 |
| I | Steve Justice OC ??? | 0 |
| S | Brandon Moore OG NYJ | 4 |
| I | Joe Staley OT SF | 0 |
| S | Matt Light OT ??? | 6 |
| S | Tony Ugoh OT ??? | 4 |
| S | Ben Hamilton OC/OG DEN | 15 |
| I | Ryan Lilja OL ??? | 0 |
| I | Eric Ghiaciuc OC CIN | 0 |
| S | Keydrick Vincent OL ??? | 13 |
| B | Thomas Tapeh FB MIN | 3 |
| B | Le'Ron McClain FB BAL | 8 |
| S | Marion Barber RB DAL | 28 |
| I | Deuce McAllister RB NO | 0 |
| S | Laurence Maroney RB NE | 6 |
| I | Anthony Alridge RB ??? | 0 |
| I | Chris Taylor RB HOU | 0 |
| I | Jerome Harrison RB CLE | 0 |
| I | Kregg Lumpkin RB GB | 0 |
| I | Amani Toomer WR NYG | 0 |
| I | Josh Morgan WR SF | 0 |
| S | Anquan Boldin WR ARI | 18 |
| I | Bobby Engram WR SEA | 0 |
| S | Dallas Clark TE IND | 6 |
| S | Vernon Davis TE SF | 16 |
| S | Adam Vinatieri K IND | 7 |
| I | John Kasay K CAR | 0 |
| S | Tampa Bay OST TB | 0 |
| B | Travis LaBoy DE/LB ARI | 8 |
| B | Greg Ellis OLB DAL | 2 |
| S | Shaun Rogers NT CLE | 4 |
| S | Charles Grant DE NO | 7 |
| S | James Harrison OLB PIT | 22 |
| S | John Abraham DE ATL | 15 |
| S | DeMarcus Ware OLB DAL | 12 |
| B | Darryl Blackstock OLB CIN | 1 |
| B | Pisa Tinoisamoa OLB LAR | 3 |
| B | Jyles Tucker OLB LAC | 1 |
| S | D'Qwell Jackson ILB CLE | 10 |
| B | Andra Davis ILB CLE | 4 |
| B | Tedy Bruschi ILB NE | 4 |
| S | Patrick Willis ILB SF | 7 |
| I | Jason Taylor DE/OLB WAS | 0 |
| S | Ike Taylor CB PIT | 6 |
| B | Asante Samuel CB PHI | 2 |
| B | Patrick Surtain CB KC | 6 |
| B | Andre' Goodman CB MIA | 1 |
| B | Erik Coleman S ATL | 3 |
| B | Kevin Kaesviharn S NO | 4 |
| S | DeAngelo Hall CB WAS | 7 |
| B | Dwight Lowery CB NYJ | 4 |
| S | LaRon Landry S WAS | 8 |
| B | Eric Smith S NYJ | 2 |
| S | Kerry Rhodes S NYJ | 5 |
| B | Phillip Buchanon CB TB | 8 |
| I | Ben Graham P ARI | 0 |
| S | Hunter Smith P IND | 13 |
| S | Baltimore DST BAL | 2 |
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| S | JaMarcus Russell QB LV | 21 |
| S | Marques Tuiasosopo QB LV | 0 |
| S | Andrew Walter QB LV | 0 |
| I | Kerry Collins QB TEN | 0 |
| I | Vince Young QB TEN | 0 |
| I | Ingle Martin QB KC | 0 |
| S | Nick Mangold OC ??? | 3 |
| I | Ryan Kalil OC CAR | 0 |
| S | Chris Snee OG NYG | 8 |
| I | Justin Blalock OG/OT ATL | 0 |
| S | Charlie Johnson OG IND | 4 |
| I | Alex Barron OT ??? | 0 |
| I | Eric Winston OT HOU | 0 |
| S | D'Brickashaw Ferguson OT ??? | 3 |
| S | Joe Thomas OT CLE | 6 |
| B | Ahman Green RB HOU | 2 |
| I | Brian Leonard RB LAR | 0 |
| B | Darius Walker RB ??? | 0 |
| S | LenDale White RB TEN | 11 |
| B | Chris Henry RB TEN | 0 |
| S | Ronnie Brown RB MIA | 9 |
| S | Randy Moss WR NE | 23 |
| B | Limas Sweed WR PIT | 0 |
| B | Matt Jones WR JAC | 4 |
| I | Mike Sims-Walker WR JAC | 0 |
| I | Roy Hall WR IND | 0 |
| B | Ben Hartsock TE ATL | 5 |
| S | Greg Olsen TE CHI | 12 |
| I | Martrez Milner TE ??? | 0 |
| B | Alex Smith TE TB | 4 |
| S | Zach Miller TE LV | 12 |
| I | Dan Carpenter K MIA | 0 |
| S | Mike Nugent K NYJ | 2 |
| S | Seattle OST SEA | 12 |
| I | Jared DeVries DE DET | 0 |
| S | Darnell Dockett DT ARI | 8 |
| S | Luis Castillo DE LAC | 4 |
| S | Aaron Kampman DE GB | 8 |
| I | William Hayes DE TEN | 0 |
| S | Albert Haynesworth DT TEN | 11 |
| B | John Henderson DT JAC | 4 |
| B | Sedrick Ellis DT NO | 1 |
| B | Kamerion Wimbley OLB CLE | 2 |
| S | Nick Barnett MLB GB | 8 |
| B | Ahmad Brooks OLB ??? | 0 |
| S | Terrell Suggs OLB BAL | 8 |
| B | Jon Beason MLB CAR | 4 |
| S | A.J. Hawk OLB GB | 10 |
| B | Pat Thomas LB KC | 3 |
| B | Ricky Brown MLB LV | 1 |
| B | Clint Ingram OLB JAC | 2 |
| S | Richard Marshall CB CAR | 3 |
| S | Terence Newman CB DAL | 0 |
| B | Leodis McKelvin CB BUF | 0 |
| S | Donte Whitner S BUF | 7 |
| B | Kenny Phillips S NYG | 2 |
| S | Brian Dawkins S PHI | 2 |
| S | Sav Rocca P PHI | 10 |
| I | Steve Weatherford P JAC | 0 |
| S | Kansas City DST KC | 8 |
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| Game Summary (Ralph Jones, NetFL Press)
I love football. The stale smell of rancid beer, the sweaty crowd of rabid fans, the cross-eyed and homely cheerleaders trying to incite us to collective ear-drum rupturing noise, the reverberating sound of vicious collisions, the poetic beauty of a laser-guided bullet pass crashing into the receiver's outstretched hands - yes, this is what I live for. This is what I saw today. Kudos to WLR for pulling out our last jar of dried beef, maiming their egos and definitively putting on the superior show, but overall, it was quite a frenetic, enjoyable game.
And so now it stands that WLR leads the all-time series 9-4 against SC. WLR has a 1-0 regular season record. SC has a 0-1 regular season record. The latest (what I shall laughingly call a) contest saw WLR has feasted upon SC as though they were naught but a group of frenchmen on the battlefield 38-0 in front of a jeering and hostile crowd.
They looked unstoppable on the WLR squad particularly on the defensive side of the ball last week as they racked up a combined 323 points, 152 on offense and 171 on defense. Le'Ron McClain with 31 points on offense and James Harrison with 22 points on defense were the top scorers. Things were not all roses, however. Said Coach/GM Joe Rupp, "We had a few breakdowns. . For one, Asante Samuel was clearly showing some ill-effects from his intestinal parasite. His bones are made of flubber, so I don't think that's the problem. At least I wouldn't call that a break per se. Still, he's too much of a little baby to play with that little bruise. Broken vertabrae? I doubt that very much. It's clear who is here just to collect a check and frankly, I won't forget it. As for those OST? They showed their ineptitude by amassing 6 Punt return, 40 Punt return yardage, 6.6667 Punt return average, 4 Kickoff returns, 84 Kickoff return yardage, 21 Kickoff return average while taking the day off. Overall though, the as voted on by his teammates, the most worthless player in this game was Eric Ghiaciuc. His bad effort yielded nothing but the scorn of his teammates.
"Dem's fightin' woids!": Fuel was added to the fire during the two teams' post game news conferences. Joe Rupp groaned, "Oh, they're harmless... a bit annoying too, I guess... Kinda remind me of Barney or Big Bird..." In response, the SC coach blathered, "Who? I didn't realize they were still in the league." |
