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Despite valiant comeback effort, Michigan Panthers fall short in 24-20 loss to New Orleans

The Michigan Panthers traveled to Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday to play the New Orleans Breakers? OK then.

The Panthers fell short in an attempt to rally from a 21-point deficit, losing 24-20 to New Orleans. It's their first loss of the year away from Ford Field (the Panthers had four straight games in Detroit and lost them all, and also won in Canton, Ohio, twice and Memphis, Tennessee, once).

Both offenses struggled to score early, with a scoreless first quarter that featured a fumble, multiple punts and a missed field goal.

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Early in the second, however, the Breakers opened the scoring with a punch-in touchdown from the 1 by Wes Hills, set up by an impressive play by wide receiver Jonathan Adams.