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Wild Card: Waco Royals at Marseille Blue stars

December 27, 2026
70°
New Orleans Stadium (Marseille, B8) Attendance: 76,468 (100%)
Royals 0 7 3 6 - 16
Blue stars 7 0 0 7 - 14

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Blue stars: 2-10-WAC 18 (4:52) 11-Rayford Marquis pass complete to 17-Kevin Flores for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Earl Griffin. MAR 7 WAC 0
(Qtr 2) Royals: 2-3-MAR 3 (14:17) 42-Steven Rivera ran to MAR 0 for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Robert Albright. MAR 7 WAC 7
(Qtr 3) Royals: 4-6-MAR 39 (10:07) 1-Robert Albright 57 yard field goal is GOOD. MAR 7 WAC 10
(Qtr 4) Royals: 4-3-MAR 16 (13:47) 1-Robert Albright 34 yard field goal is GOOD. MAR 7 WAC 13
(Qtr 4) Blue stars: 1-4-WAC 4 (2:00) 11-Rayford Marquis pass complete to 17-Kevin Flores for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Earl Griffin. MAR 14 WAC 13
(Qtr 4) Royals: 1-10-MAR 37 (0:03) 1-Robert Albright 56 yard field goal is GOOD. MAR 14 WAC 16

Team Statistics

Blue stars Royals
First Downs 13 18
- Rushing 2 7
- Passing 7 8
- Penalty 4 3
Total Net Yards 218 259
- Offensive Plays 53 66
- Yards Per Play 4.11 3.92
Net Rushing Yards 46 104
- Rushing Attempts 17 29
- Yards Per Rush 2.71 3.59
Net Passing Yards 172 155
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 24 / 1 34 / 23 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 197 182
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 25 3 / 27
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.78 4.19
- Yards Per Completion 8.21 7.91
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 9 4 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 6 / 41 6 / 34
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 25
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 26
Time of Possession 27:23 32:38

Drive Charts

Marseille Blue stars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:33 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 9:33 4:46 OWN 20 9 80 Touchdown
2 14:15 2:49 OWN 25 5 31 Punt
2 8:37 0:59 OWN 33 3 4 Punt
2 5:42 2:57 OWN 27 4 21 Punt
2 1:32 1:32 OWN 5 3 7 Half
3 12:46 1:18 OWN 26 3 13 Interception
3 10:03 1:24 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 6:35 1:56 OWN 23 3 9 Punt
4 13:44 2:21 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
4 9:05 3:16 OWN 6 5 8 Punt
4 4:20 2:23 OPP 41 7 41 Touchdown
4 1:41 0:09 OPP 27 2 3 Fumble

Waco Royals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:27 3:54 OWN 22 7 26 Punt
1 4:48 5:33 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
2 11:25 2:48 OWN 0 5 17 Punt
2 7:38 1:56 OWN 18 3 7 Punt
2 2:45 1:12 OWN 17 6 34 Punt
3 15:00 2:14 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
3 11:29 1:26 OPP 43 3 4 Field Goal
3 8:40 2:04 OWN 22 3 6 Punt
3 4:39 5:55 OWN 29 10 55 Field Goal
4 11:23 2:18 OWN 32 3 9 Punt
4 5:49 1:29 OWN 39 4 12 Fumble
4 1:58 0:17 OWN 25 4 14 Downs
4 1:32 1:32 OWN 22 5 40 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

Marseille Blue stars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jerry Reed 15 43 2.87 11 1 0
Kenneth Christensen 2 3 1.50 3 0 0

Waco Royals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gregory Rosenthal 19 66 3.47 15 3 0
Eric Dix 7 30 4.29 13 2 0
Steven Rivera 3 8 2.67 3 0 1

Passing Stats

Marseille Blue stars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Rayford Marquis 33 24 197 3 / 25 2 20 1 95.14

Waco Royals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Robert Graham 34 23 182 3 / 27 0 37 0 80.76

Receiving Stats

Marseille Blue stars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jason Torres 9 89 9.89 20 0
Kevin Flores 6 51 8.50 18 2
Kris Peck 3 27 9.00 19 0
Kenneth Martin 2 20 10.00 10 0
Jerry Reed 1 4 4.00 4 0
Kenneth Christensen 2 4 2.00 5 0
Juan Head 1 2 2.00 2 0

Waco Royals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Timothy Perez 2 51 25.50 37 0
Gregory Rosenthal 7 29 4.14 9 0
Kenneth Flynn 4 28 7.00 16 0
Eusebio McMullin 5 24 4.80 8 0
Eric Lillard 2 15 7.50 10 0
Steven Rivera 1 12 12.00 12 0
Eric Dix 1 12 12.00 12 0
David Bivins 1 11 11.00 11 0

Blocking Stats

Marseille Blue stars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Pimental 46 23 2 2
Marion Sparks 38 28 0 0
James Felts 2 2 0 0
Mitchell Sloan 0 1 0 0
Kevin Martin 0 1 0 0
Evan Scofield 0 1 0 0
Charles Schafer 0 1 0 0
Toby House 1 2 0 0
Kenneth Christensen 3 0 0 0
Kenneth Martin 0 5 0 0
William Bahena 0 1 0 0
William Benjamin 0 1 0 0
Jason Torres 0 8 0 1
Aaron Taylor 2 1 0 0
Alexander Santos 0 5 0 0
Wayne Parker 46 21 0 2
Edward Watkins 0 1 0 0
Kevin Flores 0 7 0 0
Kris Peck 4 14 0 1
Arthur Cotten 10 1 0 0
David Gess 8 2 0 1
Mike Brown 9 3 0 0
Leon Wilson 5 3 0 0
Eric Blackstone 45 26 0 1
David Humbert 46 25 0 0
Juan Head 25 19 0 2
Jerry Reed 15 6 0 0
Allen Salcedo 0 1 0 0

Waco Royals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Roy Carlson 47 39 2 8
Harold Troxel 45 29 1 0
Kevin Allen 0 1 0 0
Christopher Taylor 0 2 0 1
Gregory Rosenthal 6 4 0 0
Eric Dix 3 2 0 0
Darryl Headley 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Blake 0 1 0 0
Brian Jacobs 0 1 0 0
Manuel Leslie 0 1 0 0
Ralph Cabrera 0 1 0 0
Patrick Fogarty 3 0 0 0
Clark Rippy 0 1 0 0
Joe Worden 0 1 0 1
James Kane 0 1 0 0
Charles Roark 1 1 0 0
James Kane 0 2 0 0
Charles Post 3 1 0 0
Raul Thompson 4 0 0 0
Eusebio McMullin 0 16 0 1
Richard Chapman 5 13 0 1
David Bivins 0 12 0 0
Timothy Perez 0 6 0 0
Daniel Wilcox 13 6 0 0
David Garett 12 4 0 0
Adam Rivera 6 3 0 1
Steven Zoll 2 2 0 0
Eric Lillard 5 32 0 0
Steven Rivera 23 18 0 1
George Engleman 44 41 0 1
Kenneth Flynn 0 16 0 0
Timothy Marra 46 29 0 4
Woodrow Jordan 47 31 0 2
Clinton Davis 1 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Marseille Blue stars

Waco Royals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Charles Roark 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Marseille Blue stars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Jerry Reed 1 1 0 0
Kenneth Christensen 1 0 0 0
Mike Brown 0 1 0 0
Kevin Martin 0 0 1 0

Waco Royals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Graham 1 0 0 0
Manuel Leslie 0 0 1 0
Scott Smith 0 1 0 0

Punting

Marseille Blue stars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clifford Holland 8 372 46.50 43.63 52 3

Waco Royals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Julio Charpentier 7 355 50.71 47.00 59 2

Kicking

Marseille Blue stars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Earl Griffin 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Waco Royals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Robert Albright 3 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 57 1 / 1

Punt Return

Marseille Blue stars

Waco Royals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Edwin Meacham 3 25 8.3 11 0

Kick Return

Marseille Blue stars

Waco Royals

Defensive Stats

Marseille Blue stars

Name Tackles Sacks
Evan Scofield 8 0
Charles Schafer 8 0
Daniel Campbell 6 0
Scott Simmons 6 1
Toby House 6 0
William Benjamin 4 0
John Crawford 4 0
Jose Jones 3 0
William Bahena 3 0
Aaron Taylor 2 0
August Parks 2 0
Mike Brown 2 1
Kris Peck 1 0
David Gess 1 0
Arthur Cotten 1 0
Juan Head 1 0
Kevin Martin 0 1

Waco Royals

Name Tackles Sacks
James Kane 9 0
Scott Smith 7 0
James Kane 7 0
Darryl Headley 4 0
Manuel Leslie 2 0
Joe Worden 2 0
Brian Jacobs 2 0
Ernest Watts 2 0
Charles Roark 1 0
Christopher Taylor 1 0
Adam Rivera 1 0
Patrick Fogarty 1 1
Clinton Davis 1 1
Charles Post 1 0
Ralph Cabrera 1 1
Harold Troxel 1 0