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If I told you that the Alabama Vipers were going to give the Milwaukee Iron their first loss, some of you would be surprised. If I told you that they would do it without Ahmad Hawkins, with only one onside kick, and only small dose of Dan Alexander - well, nobody would believe me.
63, ORLANDO 48
· The Sharks never trailed and forced three turnovers, two of which resulted in touchdowns and the third ended the game.
· Jacksonville swept Orlando in the regular season and has won 13 straight games against American Conference opponents since losing to the Predators in the playoffs last season.
· The win is the first in the franchise s two-year AFL history (lost in first round to Orlando last year).
· For the second straight game, Sharks WR/KR Jeff Hughley took the opening kickoff 57 yards for a touchdown. He added another 57-yard scoring scamper to become just the fifth player in league history to post two kick returns for scores in the same game.
Andy Lopusnak
Thursday March 10, 2011
Friday s 2011 opener will be the first Arena Football League game for the San Jose SaberCats in 958 days. It was more than two and half years ago that the three-time ArenaBowl champs fell three points shy of hoisting the Foster Trophy for a fourth time.
In the months following ArenaBowl XXII, the Arena world went from thriving to dying. By December of 2008, the league suspended operations and the entire 2009 season was lost. Late in 2009, Arena Football One formed from a hodge-podge of arenafootball2 teams and a handful of AFL franchises. Months later, AF1 bought all the rights of the AFL and re-branded itself as the AFL. Absent from the 15 teams of the 2010 re-launch was the SaberCats.