While the records are nice, quarterback Jon Kitna knows there's something even better.
"Anytime you play you want to win the championship the league has. It's the pinnacle," the 24-year-old Kitna said after he threw for two touchdowns and led the Barcelona Dragons to a 38-24 victory over the Rhein Fire in Sunday's World Bowl.Allocated from the Seattle Seahawks, Kitna set a World Bowl record by passing for 401 yards as the Dragons shredded the Fire defense before 31,100 at Olympic Stadium. He completed 23 of 31 passes for a game-record 74.2 percent.
Kitna's counterpart with the Fire, T.J. Rubley of the Denver Broncos, ran for two scores. But he was pressured constantly by the Barcelona defense.
The Fire, coached by Galen Hall, finished 7-3 in the regular season to lead the WLAF, the six-team European-based developmental league of the NFL. Barcelona, under former Boston College coach Jack Bicknell, was 5-5 and qualified for the championship game by winning the first half of the season with a 4-1 record.