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BOX SCORE
SAN FRANCISCO -- Mike Panasuk kicked a 33-yard field goal
with no time left to give the San Francisco Demons a 15-13 victory
over the Los Angeles Xtreme as the XFL made its Bay Area debut in
front of a sellout crowd on Sunday.
|  | | San Francisco Demons wide receiver Brian Roberson jumps over Los Angeles Xtreme cornerback Dell McGee.
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Mike Pawlawski was 31-of-47 for 289 yards and threw two
touchdowns passes for the Demons in the first professional football
game at Pac Bell Park.
Jose Cortez kicked a 25-yard field goal with less than four
minutes to play to give the Xtreme a 13-12 lead, but the Demons
marched down the field to grab the victory.
Brian Roberson caught 12 passes for 127 yards, but was nearly
the goat when he fumbled the ball late in the game to set up
Cortez's field goal.
Pawlawski's 32-yard scoring pass to Calvin Schexnayder early in
the fourth quarter erased a 10-6 deficit.
San Francisco's Kevin Kaesviharn intercepted Tommy Maddox's pass
at the San Francisco 3 to stop one Los Angeles threat, but Roberson
fumbled three plays later.
Pawlawski's 3-yard pass to Vaughn Dunbar gave the Demons a 6-0
lead with 3:31 left in the first quarter. That touchdown was set up
when Eric Englund recovered an Xtreme fumble. Terrance Joseph
knocked the ball loose from Maddox's hands on a pass attempt.
Darnell McDonald caught a 28-yard scoring toss from Maddox late
in the second quarter, and Rashaan Shehee's run put the Xtreme in
front at halftime, 7-6.
Cortez added a 36-yard field goal with 12:23 left to play.
In an attempt to make the game interactive, players and fans
were interviewed immediately following good and bad plays with
mixed results.
The public address announcer even got into the act, proclaiming
"Nice pass, moron," to Maddox after an incomplete pass.
Demons' linebacker Jon Haskins and McDonald got into a shoving
match on a play that resulted in Haskins' kicking McDonald's helmet
about 20 yards.
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