Conference Championship: Thunder at Whales
January 12, 2042 29° New England Stadium
Attendance: 68,729 (100%)
Thunder 0 7 0 3 - 10
Whales 3 17 0 9 - 29
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Whales: 4-8-BER 13 (7:02) 1-Paul Newson 30 yard field goal is GOOD. VAN 3 BER 0
(Qtr 2) Whales: 1-10-BER 18 (13:40) 28-James Santiago ran for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Paul Newson. VAN 10 BER 0
(Qtr 2) Whales: 3-6-BER 6 (5:24) 28-James Santiago ran to BER 0 for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Paul Newson. VAN 17 BER 0
(Qtr 2) Thunder: 1-10-VAN 15 (1:41) 3-Micheal Deangelo pass complete to 87-Frank Cass for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Scott Gilmore. VAN 17 BER 7
(Qtr 2) Whales: 1-10-BER 22 (0:04) 1-Paul Newson 40 yard field goal is GOOD. VAN 20 BER 7
(Qtr 4) Whales: 3-3-BER 3 (8:09) 8-Kirk Bennett pass incomplete, intended for 28-James Santiago. complete to 28-James Santiago for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Thunder: 4-8-VAN 12 (5:20) 7-Scott Gilmore 29 yard field goal is GOOD. VAN 26 BER 10
(Qtr 4) Whales: 4-8-BER 10 (0:28) 1-Paul Newson 27 yard field goal is GOOD. VAN 29 BER 10
Team Statistics
Whales Thunder
First Downs 22 13
- Rushing 15 5
- Passing 6 5
- Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 418 211
- Offensive Plays 70 49
- Yards Per Play 5.97 4.31
Net Rushing Yards 262 89
- Rushing Attempts 41 20
- Yards Per Rush 6.39 4.45
Net Passing Yards 156 122
- Att/Comp/Int 29 / 26 / 0 28 / 21 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 156 130
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.38 4.21
- Yards Per Completion 6.00 6.19
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 9 / 15 2 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.8 4.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 31 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 3 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 26 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 2 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 21
Time of Possession 37:58 22:03
Drive Charts
Whales
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:58 5:59 OWN 19 10 68 Field Goal
1 5:28 2:43 OWN 20 4 20 Punt
1 0:35 2:00 OWN 47 4 53 Touchdown
2 12:04 6:44 OWN 26 11 74 Touchdown
2 1:38 1:37 OWN 25 6 53 Field Goal
3 15:00 3:40 OWN 21 5 32 Punt
3 6:39 4:03 OWN 4 7 36 Punt
3 0:30 7:26 OWN 38 13 62 Touchdown
4 5:17 2:09 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 2:03 1:37 OPP 25 6 15 Field Goal
Thunder
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:02 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 6:58 1:31 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
1 2:45 2:10 OWN 1 3 4 Punt
2 13:35 1:31 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 5:20 3:43 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 0:01 0:01 OWN 25 1 11 Half
3 11:20 4:41 OWN 20 7 32 Punt
3 2:36 2:05 OWN 8 3 9 Punt
4 8:05 2:47 OWN 25 11 63 Field Goal
4 3:09 1:06 OWN 23 4 12 Downs
4 0:26 0:26 OWN 25 3 10 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Whales
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#32 Richard Nelson 27 151 5.59 18 8 0
#28 James Santiago 13 83 6.38 18 2 2
#8 Kirk Bennett 1 28 28.00 28 1 0
Thunder
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#2 James Jimenez 16 68 4.25 14 3 0
#36 Michael Yancey 3 20 6.67 10 2 0
#22 John Ramirez 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Passing Stats
Whales
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Kirk Bennett 29 26 156 0 / 0 1 18 0 100.57
Thunder
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Micheal Deangelo 28 21 130 1 / 8 1 17 0 95.83
Receiving Stats
Whales
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 Earl Staples 8 50 6.25 17 0
#28 James Santiago 4 25 6.25 10 1
#19 Robert Bryant 5 19 3.80 6 0
#84 Scott Jones 2 18 9.00 11 0
#17 Richard Guerrero 1 18 18.00 18 0
#87 Nathan Espino 3 12 4.00 6 0
#33 Ruben Smith 1 10 10.00 10 0
#32 Richard Nelson 2 4 2.00 7 0
Thunder
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Jerome Gregg 6 42 7.00 12 0
#46 Roger Milner 4 23 5.75 8 0
#2 James Jimenez 3 22 7.33 17 0
#18 Ronald Ponce 4 20 5.00 7 0
#87 Frank Cass 2 16 8.00 15 1
#5 Samuel Davis 2 7 3.50 5 0
Blocking Stats
Whales
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#25 Rickey Beamon 0 3 0 0
#62 Roy Coffin 39 49 0 4
#74 John Mullinix 38 47 0 1
#19 Robert Bryant 0 24 0 1
#61 Larry Downey 26 33 0 2
#73 David Harris 39 50 0 1
#32 Richard Nelson 8 9 0 1
#74 Eric Ferguson 39 47 0 1
#84 Scott Jones 0 18 0 1
#15 Earl Staples 0 14 0 0
#87 Nathan Espino 2 40 0 2
#28 James Santiago 6 16 0 1
#89 Steven Normand 0 17 0 0
#33 Ruben Smith 5 24 0 3
#77 Daniel Delay 19 11 0 0
#93 David Gorman 7 1 0 0
#99 Cedric Cox 5 2 0 0
#60 Jeffrey Schmidt 9 0 0 0
#17 Richard Guerrero 0 2 0 0
#96 Michael Lambert 1 2 0 0
#13 Clint Martell 0 1 0 0
#24 Charles Carter 0 2 0 1
#58 Robert Worsham 0 2 0 0
#91 Daniel Reese 0 2 0 0
#22 Joe Smallwood 0 2 0 0
#92 William Blue 0 1 0 0
#55 Matthew Hefner 2 2 0 0
Thunder
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#65 Willis Galiano 36 26 1 2
#62 Kevin Erving 31 22 0 3
#22 John Ramirez 6 12 0 0
#5 Samuel Davis 2 14 0 0
#78 William Zinn 29 26 0 1
#59 Albert Ridley 37 23 0 1
#76 Clifford Raasch 37 21 0 0
#82 Jerome Gregg 0 13 0 0
#69 Zachary Dent 8 0 0 0
#96 Aaron Schupp 4 1 0 0
#1 Milton Menendez 8 0 0 0
#18 Ronald Ponce 0 10 0 1
#46 Roger Milner 0 8 0 0
#87 Frank Cass 0 4 0 0
#68 Eric Grimmer 4 0 0 0
#2 James Jimenez 2 1 0 0
#36 Michael Yancey 2 1 0 0
#56 Justin Schindler 3 0 0 0
#83 Floyd Carson 0 1 0 1
#32 Angelo Lippert 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Whales
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Thunder
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Whales
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#32 Richard Nelson 1 0 0 0
#74 Eric Ferguson 0 1 0 0
Thunder
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#91 Mark Lanning 0 0 1 0
Punting
Whales
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Ralph Shinn 4 209 52.25 45.50 58 2
Thunder
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#8 Ralph Judd 6 271 45.17 44.83 48 2
Kicking
Whales
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Paul Newson 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 40 2 / 2
Thunder
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Scott Gilmore 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 29 1 / 1
Punt Return
Whales
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#13 Clint Martell 1 3 3.0 3 0
Thunder
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Whales
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#13 Clint Martell 1 26 26.0 0
Thunder
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Whales
Name Tackles Sacks
#23 David Stokes 6 0
#37 Curtis Lonergan 6 0
#25 Rickey Beamon 5 0
#24 Charles Carter 4 0
#96 Michael Lambert 3 0
#56 Andre Payne 3 0
#27 Van Toney 3 0
#22 Joe Smallwood 2 0
#91 Daniel Reese 2 1
#57 Christian Simmons 2 0
#20 Joe Felton 2 0
#55 Matthew Hefner 1 0
#94 Richard Schwarz 1 0
Thunder
Name Tackles Sacks
#26 Pat Mota 10 0
#41 Todd Hakala 9 0
#33 Jack Smith 6 0
#93 Thomas Norman 6 0
#48 Malcolm Thomas 6 0
#32 Angelo Lippert 6 0
#91 Mark Lanning 5 0
#21 Francis Perry 4 0
#52 Steven Guess 2 0
#50 Gary Stillman 2 0
#96 Aaron Schupp 2 0
#98 Theodore Horowitz 2 0
#95 Kim Secor 1 0
#53 Stephen Roughton 1 0
#46 Kevin Payne 1 0
#70 Michael Newman 1 0