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Las Vegas Locomotives beat California Redwoods 30-17
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Las Vegas Locos runningback Marcel Schipp dives over California Redwoods defenders during the first half of their game Thursday at Cashman Field. » Buy this photo
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Players prepare to kick off the inaugural game of the United Football League on Thursday at Sam Boyd Stadium, where the Las Vegas Locomotives played the California Redwoods. JOHN LOCHER/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL » Buy this photo
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Updated: Oct. 8, 2009 | 11:26 p.m.
J.P. Losman threw two touchdown passes, and Dede Dorsey scored twice Thursday night to help the Las Vegas Locomotives beat the California Redwoods 30-17.
A crowd of 14,209 fans at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium watched the first game in United Football League history.
PREVIOUSLY (8:43 p.m.):
The Las Vegas Locomotives got a 12-yard touchdown pass from J.P. Losman to tight end Adam Bergen and a 39-yard field goal from Graham Gano for a 20-17 lead in the inaugural United Football League game at Sam Boyd Stadium.
The Redwoods closed to within three on Parker Douglass' 26-yard field goal with 52 seconds left in the third quarter.
Losman is 17 of 25 for 180 yards and two TDs heading into the fourth quarter.
PREVIOUSLY (8:11 p.m.):
It's halftime of the inaugural United Football League game and the Locomotives are trailing 14-10 after surrendering 14 second-quarter points.
A J.P. Losman fumble at the Las Vegas 19 set up the second Redwoods touchdown as Cory Ross scored from four yards out. Redwoods quarterback Shane Boyd made history by scoring the UFL's first-ever touchdown on a five-yard keeper 3:57 into the second quarter.
The Locos cut it to four when Losman connected with Dede Dorsey on a one-yard rollout pass in the front right corner of the end zone with 18 seconds left in the half. Losman is 12 of 18 for 107 yards and a TD.
PREVIOUSLY (7:03 p.m.):
The inaugural game of the United Football League is under way at Sam Boyd Stadium, and the Las Vegas Locomotives scored the first-ever points when Graham Gano kicked a 33-yard field goal with 3:20 to play in the first quarter.
Locos quarterback J.P. Losman completed his first four passes and is 7 of 10 for 78 yards against the California Redwoods.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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This is a solid product. Lots of talent on the field and sidelines. But let's face it. Las Vegas is a horrible pro sports market. Read the few comments here and you'll see why. I've supported the Gladiators, Outlaws and I'll support the Locos. This is far and beyond the XFL and any knowledgeable football fan will notice this is high level football. I'm always astounded at how lame LV is as a sports town. The worst. Just read the comments from these morons who won't even give it a chance.
The team lives and practices in LA. Nobody lives or works here.
The marketing is done out of New York and no local media are allowed to cover them except the "main" new stations during a game.
Yup, its a real Las Vegas home town team. It should last one abbreviated season......
Lets get real. Want a team, lets have a team that is based out of here and has an office with staff and that locals can get behind.
Even the lousy hockey team knows enough to stay local....
Who?
I was in attendance for a while. Got there late unfortunately.
Game was good. Sometimes a little hard to follow plays from where I was because the uniforms were pretty similar.
I picked up an inaugural first ever game Locomotives T-Shirt for a reasonable 15 dollars. They only had one merch area that I saw. The first game shirts were almost gone in the large and x-large sizes.
The wait for concessions was pretty intense. I saw people filling their arms with beer bottles so they would not need to go back to the line for a long time.
It was nice being able to walk around and pick a spot to sit. I like being able to spread out and survey the scene. Try that if you go when BYU is here!!!
Considering the tickets were free I would say it was worth checking out.