'92 Chronology-Comeback Kid

Event Date: May 16th, 1992

Event Description: Hohensee Leads Comeback

Source: Chicago Sentinel

Mike Hohensee threw for 360 yards and three scores while Mike Saunders gained 103 yards on the ground, as the Chicago Blitz rallied from 24-points down to defeat the Los Angeles Express, 32-27.

Hohensee was 20-of-36 passing while also throwing three picks while Scott McGhee hauled in a career-high nine receptions for 198 yards. Hart Lee Dykes had three catches for 68 yards and Mike Bellamy added a score for Chicago (5-4). Brian Franco was 4-for-4 on field goal attempts and finished with 14 points.

Damon Allen was inconsistent under center yet again, stifling the L.A. offense by hitting on just 9-of-22 pass attempts for 116 yards before being benched with 2:16 remaining in the fourth. Reuben Mayes ran for 41 yards on seven attempts for Los Angeles (3-6).

Brian Franco opened the final quarter with a 21-yard field goal but Los Angeles responded with 27 unanswered points as they raced out to a 27-3 half-time lead.

Damon Allen marched the Express 75-yards on twelve plays culminating with a Tony Boddie one-yard touchdown run, then after a Chicago turnover Boddie found the endzone again pushing Los Angeles out to a 14-3 lead. Two Jim Asmus field goals from 46 and 41-yards made it 20-3 with 4:37 left in the half.

Lou Brock Jr. picked off Hohensee on Chicago's next possession and returned it 43-yards for a touchdown and the Express took a 27-3 lead into the intermission.

Mike Hohensee brought the Blitz back for a touchdown on their first possession of the second half, finding Scott McGhee for a nine-yard strike and cutting the Los Angeles lead down to seventeen at the 12:01 mark of the third quarter.

Another Chicago score at the 7:51 mark came after Hohensee avoided a heavy pass rush and tossed a 29-yard touchdown to Mike Bellamy, cutting the lead to ten at 27-17. A 44-yard Brian Franco closed out the scoring in the third frame and moved the Blitz to within a touchdown in the process.

Another set of Franco field goals opened the fourth quarter as he hit from 19-yards and 28-yards to pull the Blitz to within one at 27-26. A Damon Allen fumble helped set up Chicago’s game-winning score which came off of a 63-yard pass play from Hohensee to Scott McGhee.

"We were able to make the adjustments at halftime, get refocused, and come out and control the clock in the second half and put the ball in the end zone when we really needed it," Hohensee said.

Game Notes;

Blitz receiver Scott McGhee caught nine passes for 198 yards with two scores...Damon Allen had a passer rating of 58.1 for the game...Mike Saunders added 103 yards on 21 carries for Chicago.

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