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Force get comeback win to clinch playoff berth
May 27, 2007 - 6:54 AM ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Chris Jackson hauled in 13 receptions for 186 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Georgia Force to a 52-38 come-from-behind victory over the Tampa Bay Storm.Georgia (10-2) scored the final 21 points after Tampa Bay had taken a 38-31 lead on Brett Dietz's five-yard touchdown pass to Lawrence Samuels with 11:14 remaining.
Chris Griesen threw a pair of touchdown passes to Jackson to give the Force a 45-38 advantage with 3:14 left before Jermaine Smith iced the game with a 14-yard interception return for a touchdown.
Greisen had four touchdown passes and one rushing score for Georgia, which has won six of its last seven contests and clinched a playoff berth.
Dietz passed for 222 yards and three touchdowns but was intercepted four times for the Storm (7-5), who had a four-game winning streak snapped.
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TAMPA BAY AT GEORGIA
NOTE:
May 26 9:37 PM - ARENA
TAMPA BAY 31
GEORGIA 31 END, 3RD QTR
May 26 8:57 PM - ARENA
TAMPA BAY 17
GEORGIA 24 HALFTIME
May 26 8:16 PM - ARENA
TAMPA BAY 3
GEORGIA 7 END, 1ST QTR
May 26 7:31 PM
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