QUARTERBACK Dan Raudabaugh threw six touchdown passes to lead the visiting Soul to a 55-33 win over the Cleveland Gladiators in an Arena Football League clash at Quicken Loans Arena Sunday night. Raudabaugh finished 20-for-34 for 257 yards with two interceptions.
CLEVELAND - Dan Raudabaugh fired six touchdown passes, including three to Tiger Jones, as the Soul rallied to beat the Cleveland Gladiators, 55-33, in an Arena Football League game at Quicken Loans Arena on Sunday night.
The AFL has wanted to create a rival for the Soul since the team joined the league in 2004.
It once put Dallas in the same division, hoping to mimic Eagles-Cowboys, but that didn't work. There was a brief period when the Soul and the New York Dragons used to fight each other before exhibition games, but that fizzled out when the New York franchise folded.
The AFL has wanted to create a rival for the Soul since the team joined the league in 2004. It once put Dallas in the same division, hoping to mimic Eagles-Cowboys, but that didn’t work. There was a brief period when the Soul and the New York Dragons used to fight each other before exhibition games, but that fizzled out when the New York franchise folded.
Transcript: Philadelphia Soul quarterback Dan Raudabaugh stopped by Thursday to answer all your questions on the Soul and the Arena Football League in advance of Sunday's game against the Cleveland Gladiators. Read the full Q&A.
IT WAS A LITTLE noisier at Soul practice on Wednesday morning and the coaches couldn't have been happier.
Wide receiver Donovan Morgan was back for his first day of on-field work since fracturing his left wrist on April 1.
The Philadelphia Soul fell behind 21-0 early, and were unable to mount a comeback as they lost to the Spokane Shock, 65-47, at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on Friday night.
ONE OF THE first things the Arena Football League needs to change is that all players receive 1-year contracts. Since the lockout killed the 2009 season, owners have done everything they can to keep costs down.
Jeff Hughley dropped to one knee and spread his arms wide in celebration. The wide receiver's 36-yard touchdown catch and run down the right sideline provided the insurance the Soul needed as they dropped the visiting Jacksonville Sharks, 56-38, on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center.
GIVEN THE teams' records, one would have to say the 6-1 Soul was the big favorite going into Saturday's Arena Football League home game against the 2-4 Milwaukee Mustangs.
SPELLS ALL-STAR 'C-H-O-O-C-H'
