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Still perfect Rage remain unbeaten with 21-19 win against Maniax
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Backup quarterback Brian Kuklick threw for 207 yards and a touchdown, and Jay Taylor kicked a go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter to lead the Orlando Rage to a 21-19 victory against the Memphis Maniax on Sunday night. The victory left the Rage (5-0) as the XFL's only undefeated team, while Memphis (2-3) has lost all three of its home games. Kuklick, subbing for starter Jeff Brohm, who was knocked out of the game with a concussion in the first quarter, connected with Dialleo Burks on an 81-yard pass with 8:41 left in the third quarter to give the Rage an 18-16 lead. Memphis kicker Jeff Hall, who booted a 49-yard field goal with 1:50 left before halftime, added a 34-yarder with 2:15 remaining in the third to put Memphis back in the lead. But Taylor's 39-yarder with just over 13 minutes left gave the Rage the lead, and Memphis never threatened again, reaching only the Orlando 46-yard line the rest of the way. Memphis led 16-12 at halftime thanks to Hall's field goal and touchdowns from Rashaan Salaam, on a 5-yard run in the first quarter, and Charles Jordan, on a 44-yard pass from Jim Druckenmiller early in the second. Salaam's touchdown came after Orlando's Derrick Clark fumbled at the Rage 24 on the game's second play. Orlando's first-half touchdowns came in the first quarter on a 1-yard run by Clark and a 23-yard pass from Brohm to Mario Bailey. The latter touchdown was set up by a turnover when Salaam fumbled at the Maniax 46. Druckenmiller threw for 189 yards, while Salaam finished with 90 yards rushing. The Rage, the XFL's leading rushing team, was held to 115 yards on the ground, 23 yards below its average.
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