Seattle Sea Dragons

Seattle Sea Dragons Come From Behind For 1st Win Of Season Against Vegas Vipers 30 – 26

by
Mark Perry
March 4, 2023

Game 1 of Week 3 in the XFL season saw the Seattle Sea Dragons come from behind and defeat the Vegas Vipers 30 to 26. This game was the highest-scoring game of the 2023 XFL season, with 56 total points. The Dragons win their first game of the season and are 1 and 2 under Jim Haslett. The Vipers drop to 0 and 3.

Results

Team	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	OT	Total
SEA	6	3	6	15	0	30
VGS	6	3	11	6	—	26

Ben DiNucci threw for 377 yards on 37 attempts and finished with four touchdowns. Morgan Ellison led the team in rushing with 103 yards on 17 carries but got hurt late in the game. Jahcour Pearson lead the team in catches with 7 for 99 yards. But it was Josh Gordon’s two touchdowns, one in the game’s final minutes, that sealed the victory. Gordon finished with 6 catches for 118 yards.

For the Vipers, Brett Hundley came to play. He threw for 224 yards on 28 attempts with two touchdowns and 0 interceptions. Rod Smith rushed for 41 yards on 10 carries. Jeff Badet was his favorite with 4 catches for 93 yards and a touchdown on 8 targets. John Lovett also scored a touchdown on a 50-yard play. Martavis Bryant with another sup par game with only 1 catch for 6 yards on 2 targets.

SEA

Player	Position	Pass. CMP	Pass. ATT	Pass. YDS	Pass. TD	Pass. INT	Rush. ATT	Rush. YDS	Rec. Targets	Rec. YDS	Rec.	Rec. TD
Ben DiNucci	QB	29	37	377	4	1	6	32	0	0	0	0
Brenden Knox	RB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morgan Ellison	RB	0	0	0	0	0	17	103	0	0	0	0
T.J. Hammonds	RB	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	5	23	4	0
Blake Jackson	WR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	44	5	1
Damion Willis	WR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	2	0
Jahcour Pearson	WR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	99	7	0
Jordan Veasy	WR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	63	4	0
Josh Gordon	WR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	118	6	2
Juwan Green	WR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	22	1	1
Dominik Eberle	K	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		29	37	377	4	1	25	143	37	377	29	4

VGS

Player	Position	Pass. CMP	Pass. ATT	Pass. YDS	Pass. TD	Rush. ATT	Rush. YDS	Rush. TD	Rec. Targets	Rec. YDS	Rec.	Rec. TD
Brett Hundley	QB	13	28	224	2	8	66	1	0	0	0	0
DeAndre Torrey	RB	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
John Lovett	RB	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	2	50	1	1
Rod Smith	RB	0	0	0	0	10	41	0	1	0	0	0
Cam Sutton	TE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	1	0
Cinque Sweeting	WR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	9	2	0
Geronimo Allison	WR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0
Jeff Badet	WR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	8	93	4	1
Martavis Bryant	WR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0
Mathew Sexton	WR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	45	3	0
Bailey Giffen	K	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		13	28	224	2	30	120	1	26	224	13	2

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1 Comment

Michael Dunn

March 5, 2023 at 9:00 am

congratulations to the Seattle Sea Dragons 🐉 in order to stay or even start to be in the hunt this was the game where both teams needed to gain some traction to have just a sliver of a hope in a ten week eight team regular season with no by weeks or no wild card or divisional rounds

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