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Las Vegas wins UFL’s first game

Associated Press

LAS VEGAS – J.P. Losman threw two touchdowns passes and Dede Dorsey scored twice Thursday as the Las Vegas Locomotives won the first game in United Football League history, 30-17 over the California Redwoods.

A crowd of 14,209 fans attended the game at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium.

Losman, who spent the last five seasons with the Buffalo Bills, completed 21 of 31 passes for 226 yards. He threw a 1-yard TD pass to Dorsey with 13 seconds left in the second quarter, and had an 11-yard scoring pass to tight end Adam Bergen that gave Las Vegas a 17-14 lead in the third quarter.