Froman leads Shock past Talons
SAN ANTONIO - Spokane quarterback Adam Froman passed for 227 yards and had a 36-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter to move the Shock past the San Antonio Talons 63-60 in an Arena Football League game in front of 7,022 at the Alamodome on Saturday night.
San Antonio jumped out to a 14-0 lead on a pair of touchdown passes by Aaron Garcia.
Spokane got on the board on an 18-yard pass from Froman to Adron Tennell. The duo connected again from 5 yards out to give the Shock a 21-20 lead after the first quarter.
After San Antonio built a 41-35 halftime lead, Spokane outscored the Talons 28-19 in the second half.
Brandon Tompkins had nine catches for 97 yards for Spokane (1-1), which hosts San Jose on March 30.
Garcia finished with 311 yards passing for San Antonio, which drops to 1-1.
Spokane 21 14 14 14 - 63
San Antonio 20 21 6 13 - 60
SA - Jason Willis 22 pass from Aaron Garcia (Stefon Demos kick)
SA - Fred Shaw 14 interception return (Demos kick)
Spo - Adron Tennell 18 pass from Froman (Spencer kick
Spo - Justin Ore 7 pass from Adam Froman (Kenny Spencer kick)
Spo - Tennell 5 pass from Froman (Spencer kick)
SA - Jomo Wilson 9 pass from Garcia (kick failed)
SA - Carl Moore 24 pass from Garcia (Demos kick)
Spo - Froman 4 run (Spencer kick)
SA - Leslie Turner 1 run (Demos kick)
SA - Willis 3 pass from Garcia (Demos kick)
Spo - Paul Stephens 37 kickoff return (Spencer kick)
Spo - Brandon Tompkins 36 pass from Froman (Spencer kick)
SA - Turner 1 run (kick failed)
Spo - Tompkins 14 pass from Froman (Spencer kick)
SA - Jomo Wilson 30 pass from Garcia (Demos kick)
Spo - Steven Black 7 pass from Froman (Spencer kick)
Spo - Froman 36 run (Spencer kick)
SA - Wilson 4 pass from Garcia (pass failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Spo, Froman 5-53, King 1-(-3), Tompkins 3-(-8). SA, Turner 4-8, Ransom 1-0, Ward 1-0.
PASSING - Spo, Froman 25-35-3-227. SA, Garcia 29-48-2-311.
RECEIVING - Spo, Tompkins 9-97, Tennell 8-80, Black 4-30, Ore 3-19, Ma Sun 1-1. SA, Wilson 10-128, Willis 9-92, Moore 7-73, Nsekhe 2-13, Kauleinamoku 1-5.