Shock win 10th straight
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 14 years, 6 months AGO
DES MOINES, Iowa - Kyle Rowley went 26 of 37 passing for 299 yards and six touchdowns as the Shock won their 10th straight game, 48-42 over the Iowa Barnstormers in an Arena Football League game on Friday night before 9,164 at Wells Fargo Arena.
Spokane (12-2) jumped out to a 27-7 lead before the Barnstormers rallied with the final 14 points of the first half to get within 27-21 at halftime.
Ryan Vena found Jesse Schmidt on a 12-yard touchdown to give Iowa (6-8) its first lead of the game at 28-27 early in the third quarter.
Vena threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Errick McCown with 55 seconds left to make it 48-42, but Spokane was able to run out the clock.
Huey Whittaker had 11 catches for 104 yards and three touchdowns for Spokane, which hosts the Chicago Rush on Friday at Spokane Arena.
Spokane 13 14 14 7 - 48
Iowa 7 14 7 14 - 42
Spo - Huey Whittaker 5 pass from Kyle Rowley (kick failed)
Spo - Rowley 9 run (Taylor Rowan kick)
Iowa - Jesse Schmidt 28 pass from Ryan Vena (Jeff Glas kick)
Spo - Shawn Kauleinamoku 21 pass from Rowley (Rowan kick)
Spo - Whittaker 15 pass from Rowley (Rowan kick)
Iowa - Rodney Filer 11 kickoff return (Glas kick)
Iowa - Schmidt 13 pass from Vena (Glas kick)
Iowa - Schmidt 38 pass from Vena (Glas kick)
Spo - Kauleinamoku 34 pass from Rowley (Rowan kick)
Spo - Whittaker 4 pass from Rowley (Rowan kick)
Iowa - Filer 1 run (Glas kick)
Spo - Markee White 6 pass from Rowley (Rowan kick)
Iowa - Errick McCown 5 pass from Vena (Glas kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Spo, Rowley 4-12, Harrell 3-5. Iowa, Filer 5-21, Vena 5-7.
PASSING - Spo, Rowley, 26-37-299-6. Iowa, Vena, 18-32-209-4.
RECEIVING - Spo, Whittaker 11-104, White 5-68, Kauleinamoku 4-68, Orton 6-59. Iowa, Schmidt 10-148, McCown 4-30, Kendrick 3-27, Blythe 1-4.