Papa Joe's Tyrolean Raiders vs. PA London Knights
Friday, 02. Mai 2003, Kickoff 19.40 h, Tivoli Stadion Neu, Innsbruck

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Guildford Knights... 7 14 0 0 - 21 Record: (2-0,1-0)
Tyrolean Raiders.... 14 14 21 7 - 56 Record: (2-2,1-1)


Papa Joe’s Tyrolean Raiders: Fantastic game and big time football atmosphere

In one of Europe’s most beautiful und modern stadium the EFAF Cup game betwean the Papa Joe’s Tyrolean Raiders and the PA Guilford Knights was a tremendous success. 3500 spectators, live coverage on the Austrian national TV and Europe’s football VIPs like Uwe Talke (EFAF), Toni Allen (NFLE), Michael Eschelböck (AFBÖ) wittnesed a great football game which was close in the first half (28:21 for the Raiders) and a spectacular second half when the Raiders defense shout out the strong running attack of the Knights.

Perfect Gameplan
A nearly perfect game plan made it really exciting for the fans a players:
In the 1st QT the Raiders scord twice (Receiver Dieplinger caught a 39 Yard TD Pass, then Running Back Grein scored on a 4 Yard run) and were able to stop the strong Knights rushing game.
Eventually Knights star Stitt showed his class and cut the lead down to 7:14 scoring on a 2 Yard run. In the next ball possession though, Raiders Running Back Wade Smith score his first TD making the score 21:7. 1:48 before halftime Knights Running Back Stitt proved his class again scoring on a sensational 32 Yard run, cutting the score to 14:21. 1 ½ minutes before halftime the crowd saw two spectacular big plays: Raiders Running Back threw a halfback option pass to WR Dieplinger for a 45 Yard score putting the Raiders ahead 28:14. In the ensuing ball possession the Knights played a similar trick play and Stitt threw the ball to Belcher for a 59 Yard TD, ending the first half with 28:21 for the Raiders.
In the second half Raiders Head Coach Barocio adjusted the defense once more and they could shut out the strong Knight’s offense. In addition to the great defense perfomance the Raiders offense kept scoring on the ground, Running Backs Grein and Smith put the ball in the endzone twice each, ending the game with 56:21 for the Raiders.


Telesystem Tirol was the eventsponsor of the game and on behalf of football Austria and the Papa Joe’s Tyrolean Raiders we want to thank them for enabling us to this great game:


EFAF-CUP Group A
27.04.2003 12:00 h P.A. Knights Zürich Renegades 24 : 7
02.05.2003 19:30 h Tyrolean Raiders P.A. Knights 56 : 21
17.05.2003 15:00 h Tyrolean Raiders Zürich Renegades - : -

Scoring Summary:
1st 07:24 RAI - B.Dieplinger 39 yd pass from R.Jenkins (J.Schnellrieder kick)
8 plays, 71 yards, TOP 4:36, KNI 0 - RAI 7
04:17 RAI - F.Grein 4 yd pass from R.Jenkins (J.Schnellrieder kick)
3 plays, 35 yards, TOP 1:25, KNI 0 - RAI 14
00:59 KNI - A.Stitt 2 yd run (J.Wyse kick)
7 plays, 53 yards, TOP 3:08, KNI 7 - RAI 14
2nd 09:49 RAI - W.Smith 10 yd run (B.Dieplinger kick)
6 plays, 58 yards, TOP 2:59, KNI 7 - RAI 21
01:48 KNI - A.Stitt 32 yd run (J.Wyse kick)
6 plays, 74 yards, TOP 2:12, KNI 14 - RAI 21
01:33 RAI - B.Dieplinger 45 yd pass from F.Grein (J.Schnellrieder kick)
1 play, 45 yards, TOP 0:09, KNI 14 - RAI 28
01:16 KNI - S.Belcher 59 yd pass from A.Stitt (J.Wyse kick)
1 play, 59 yards, TOP 0:11, KNI 21 - RAI 28
3rd 06:57 RAI - W.Smith 1 yd run (J.Schnellrieder kick)
6 plays, 62 yards, TOP 2:24, KNI 21 - RAI 35
05:03 RAI - F.Grein 51 yd run (J.Schnellrieder kick)
1 play, 66 yards, TOP 0:09, KNI 21 - RAI 42
02:27 RAI - W.Smith 71 yd punt return (J.Schnellrieder kick)
KNI 21 - RAI 49
4th 06:03 RAI - F.Grein 12 yd run (J.Schnellrieder kick)
4 plays, 57 yards, TOP 1:28, KNI 21 - RAI 56

Tyrolean Raiders

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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F.Grein 14 189 6 183 2 51 13.1
W.Smith 5 42 0 42 2 20 8.4

Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sck
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R.Jenkins 15-11-0 173 2 39 2
F.Grein 1-1-0 45 1 45 0
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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B.Dieplinger 6 107 2 45
M.Urban 3 76 0 29


Tyrolean Raiders Defense
## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc PD Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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92 M.Eitzenberger 3 6 6.0 . . . . . . / .
32 S.Simonek 3 7 6.5 0.5/1 . . . . . / .
50 M.Rinner 3 6 6.0 0.5/1 . . . . . / .



Guildford Knights

Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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A.Stitt 13 68 4 64 2 32 4.9

Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sck
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A.Heath 17-10-0 104 0 34 3

Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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S.Belcher 6 126 1 59