Las Vegas beats California in UFL debut
Posted Oct 09, 2009 12:10 AM
LAS VEGAS -J.P. Losman threw two touchdowns passes and Dede Dorsey scored twice to help the Las Vegas Locomotives win the first game in United Football League history, 30-17 over the California Redwoods on Thursday night.
A crowd of 14,209 fans attended the game at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium.
Losman, who spent the last five seasons with the Buffalo Bills, completed 21 of 31 passes for 226 yards. He threw a 1-yard TD pass to Dorsey with 13 seconds left in the second quarter, and had an 11-yard scoring pass to tight end Adam Bergen that gave Las Vegas a 17-14 lead with 11:07 left in the third quarter.
The Locomotives made it 30-17 on Dorsey's 9-yard TD run with 2:18 remaining in the game. Dorsey had nine carries for 63 yards and caught four passes for 19 yards.
(This version CORRECTS APNewsNow. Locomotives 30, Redwoods 17. SUBS headlines to correct typo in UFL.)
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2009-10-09 00:31:12
