London 21, Barcelona 0 -- The London Monarchs avenged their only loss of the season with a 21-0 win over the Barcelona Dragons. The Dragons prevented an undefeated season for Monarchs with a 20-17 win in Week 10.
League offensive MVP Stan Gelbaugh connected with Jon Horton on the final play of the first quarter to open up scoring.
After that, the Monarch defense took over. Barcelona QBs Tony Rice and Scott Erney would struggle under London's blitz. The defense recorded three sacks, and forced four interceptions, all by Erney. Dan Crossman picked off three of those, returning one for a touchdown en route to game MVP honors.
The league's leader receiver, Judd Garrett, would score the final blow with 43 seconds remaining in the first half with a 14 yard TD catch from Gelbaugh. Garrett caught a game high 13 passes. Gelbaugh finished the day 18-25 for 191 yards and 2 TDs.
The game was played in front of 61,108 in Wembley Stadium.
Lon -- Horton 59 pass from Gelbaugh (Alexander kick) Lon -- Crossman 20 interception return (Alexander kick) Lon -- Garrett 14 pass from Gelbaugh (Alexander kick)
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