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Cool, David
K
Ht. - 5-11
Wt. - 207
AFL Experience - 3rd Season
College - Georgia Southern

Arena Bowl Championship: David Cool hit a last second field goal from 19 yards out to give Orlando their second World Championship in 3 years.
Career Notes: One of most accurate field goal kickers in Arena Football League, David Cool enters his 3rd season with the Predators with a career percentage of 77.1% from inside the 50 yards. Cool's 176 career points is the 4th highest total in Predators history and 2nd among kickers. Although 0 for 18 in career field goal attempts longer than 50 yards, David booted a 57-yarder in a 2000 pre-season game against Buffalo!
 

PREDATORS WIN ARENA BOWL ON A COOL FIELD GOAL AS TIME EXPIRES - 8/20/00

David Cool kicked a 19 yard field goal with no time left on the clock........

ORLANDO, FL-- The Orlando Predators are the 2000 ArenaBowl Champions, thanks to a last second field goal off of the foot of Orlando's kicker David Cool. The Predators defeated the Nashville Kats 41-38 on Sunday in the T.D. Waterhouse Centre to win their second championship in three years.

The Predators scored the game's first 15 points to take a 15-0 lead in the first eleven minutes of the game on a safety by defensive lineman Ernest Allen, a 3-yard touchdown pass from QB Connell Maynor to Clif Dell, and a 3-yard sweep by Joe Douglass. Nashville would finally get on the scoreboard with a 33-yard touchdown pass from QB Andy Kelly to Jeff Russell to cut the Predators lead to 15-7.

Orlando would continue to extend their lead with two more touchdown passes by Maynor of 18 and 5 yards to Rick Hamilton and Douglass. However, Nashville would switch the momentum to their side scoring 23 straight points while holding Orlando scoreless for more than thirteen minutes to take their first lead of the game at 30-29.

Orlando finally answered back to regain the lead at 32-30 on a 38-yard field goal by Predators kicker Cool. Orlando would widen their lead to 38-30 on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Maynor to Bret Cooper with 12:23 remaining in the game. However, Cool missed the extra point making it an eight point game. The two teams would go back and forth with neither team scoring until Nashville scored on a 45-yard touchdown pass from back-up QB James Brown to Darryl Hammond. The Kats were successful on a 2-point conversion pass to Cory Fleming. Orlando took a final drive to the Kats' 3-yard line and set-up for a 19-yard field goal with 1.5 seconds remaining on the clock. Cool made the field goal as time expired making the Orlando Predators the 2000 ArenaBowl Champions. QB Connell Maynor was named the game's MVP, as he recorded 202 yards passing on 17 of 28 and 4 touchdown passes. Maynor was injuried early in the fourth quarter but returned to lead the final game winning drive.

1ST QUARTER SCORING TIME TEAM PLAY SCORE 14:01 OR Earnest Allen sacked Andy Kelly for a saftey 2-0 OR 10:13 OR Clif Dell 16 yd catch from Connell Maynor (Cool, Kick) 9-0 OR 4:08 OR Joe Douglass 3 yd sweep (cool, missed Kick) 15-0 OR 1:40 NA Jeff Russell 33 yd catch from Kelly (McLaughlin, Kick) 15-7 OR

2ND QUARTER SCORING TIME TEAM PLAY SCORE 14:04 OR Rick Hamilton 18 yd catch from Maynor (Cool, Kick) 22-7 OR 10:45 OR Joe Douglass 5 yd catch from Maynor (Cool, Kick) 29-7 OR 2:50 NA William Gaines sacked Maynor for a saftey 29-9 OR :39 NA Cory Fleming 1 yd catch from Kelly (McLaughlin, Kick) 29-16 OR :00 NA Darryl Hammond 5 yd catch from Kelly (McLaughlin, Kick) 29-23 OR

3RD QUARTER SCORING TIME TEAM PLAY SCORE 9:43 NA James Barron 28 yd catch from Kelly (McLaughlin, Kick) 30-29 NA 3:20 OR David Cool 38 yd FG 32-30 OR

4TH QUARTER SCORING TIME TEAM PLAY SCORE 12:23 OR Brett Cooper 15 yd catch from Maynor(Cool, missed Kick) 38-30 OR 6:26 NA Darryl Hammond 45 yd catch from Brown (Fleming 2pt catch) 38-38 :00 OR David Cool 19 yard FG 41-38 OR

 

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