{"id":36639,"date":"2022-06-04T17:32:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T17:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/generals-storm-past-maulers-for-seventh-consecutive-win\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T17:32:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T17:32:11","slug":"generals-storm-past-maulers-for-seventh-consecutive-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/generals-storm-past-maulers-for-seventh-consecutive-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Generals storm past Maulers for seventh consecutive win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The New Jersey Generals keep on rolling, and they knocked another team out of the playoffs in the process<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey defeated the Pittsburgh Maulers, 29-18 on Friday night at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala, for their seventh straight win.  The Generals, who are 7-1 and in first place in the USFL&#8217;s North Division, also knocked Pittsburgh (1-7) out of playoff contention. <\/p>\n<p>The Generals, who jumped out to a 23-7 halftime lead and never looked back, used a balanced offensive attack to overwhelm the Maulers for their seventh consecutive victory.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, Luis Perez played the entire game for the Generals and was impressive.  He completed 18 of 24 passes for 220 yards and a touchdown, a 24-yard pass to KaVontae Turpin.  It was the second consecutive start for Perez, who last week led the Generals to a 20-13 win over the Tampa Bay Bandits in place of De&#8217;Andre Johnson, who suffered an injury in New Jersey&#8217;s 26-25 win over the Houston Gamblers.<\/p>\n<p>Darius Victor (17 carries, 87 yards) had another strong game, rushing for three touchdowns, a single-game season high for the running back.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Perez stepped up in place of starting quarterback De&#8217;Andre Johnson who was out with a left ankle injury he suffered in last week&#8217;s 26-25 win over the Houston Gamblers.<\/p>\n<p>Maulers quarterback Roland Rivers was 18-for38 for 218 yards and a touchdown and an interception in his first career USFL start.<\/p>\n<p>The playoff-bound Generals have two more regular-season games left before the playoffs begin.  The top two teams in each four-team division will advance to the playoffs following the 10-week regular season, which ends on June 19.<\/p>\n<p>The first playoff games will take place on Saturday, June 25, and the championship will be on Sunday, July 3. All playoffs games will be held in Canton, Ohio.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Jersey Generals keep on rolling, and they knocked another team out of the playoffs in the process New Jersey defeated the Pittsburgh Maulers, 29-18 on Friday night at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala, for their seventh straight win. 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