Conference Finals, 2017

played in Montreal, NY

25 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Murfreesboro Mules	3	7	0	7	-	17
Montreal Firebirds	7	6	7	0	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:29 MTL - Bobby Osborne 7 run (Allen Bailie extra point)
1Q: 04:33 MUR - Jerald Page 28 field goal
2Q: 14:23 MTL - Allen Bailie 30 field goal
2Q: 08:06 MUR - Willie Osuchowski 44 run (Jerald Page extra point)
2Q: 00:15 MTL - Allen Bailie 57 field goal
3Q: 00:02 MTL - Bobby Osborne 47 run (Allen Bailie extra point)
4Q: 10:59 MUR - Nathan Mullin 21 pass from Otis Peterson (Jerald Page extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:29 MTL - Bobby Osborne 7 run (Allen Bailie extra point)
1Q: 04:33 MUR - Jerald Page 28 field goal
2Q: 14:23 MTL - Allen Bailie 30 field goal
2Q: 08:06 MUR - Willie Osuchowski 44 run (Jerald Page extra point)
2Q: 00:15 MTL - Allen Bailie 57 field goal
3Q: 00:02 MTL - Bobby Osborne 47 run (Allen Bailie extra point)
4Q: 10:59 MUR - Nathan Mullin 21 pass from Otis Peterson (Jerald Page extra point)

Team Statistics MUR MTL
Record 12-7 15-3
First Downs 21 19
- by Rushing 5 8
- by Passing 14 11
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 305 371
- Offensive Plays 62 58
- Yards per Play 4.92 6.40
Net Rushing Yards 91 154
- Rushing Attempts 25 26
- Yards per Rush 3.64 5.92
Net Passing Yards 214 217
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 21 - 1 31 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 227 222
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/13 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 5.78 6.78
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 9/15 4/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.9 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/10 6/45
Punt Returns/Yards 3/36 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 3/82 4/86
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/20
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 30
Time of Possession 30:49 29:11

Team Statistics	MUR	MTL
Record	12-7	15-3
First Downs	21	19
- by Rushing	5	8
- by Passing	14	11
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	305	371
- Offensive Plays	62	58
- Yards per Play	4.92	6.40
Net Rushing Yards	91	154
- Rushing Attempts	25	26
- Yards per Rush	3.64	5.92
Net Passing Yards	214	217
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 21 - 1	31 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	227	222
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/13	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	5.78	6.78
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	9/15	4/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.9	8.7
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/10	6/45
Punt Returns/Yards	3/36	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	3/82	4/86
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/20
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 30
Time of Possession	30:49	29:11

Drive Charts

Murfreesboro Mules
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:20	4:52	OWN 20	9	69	Field Goal
2	14:15	4:19	OWN 37	5	14	Punt
2	8:47	0:57	OPP 45	2	45	Touchdown
2	6:22	4:59	OWN 39	10	50	Interception
2	0:08	0:08	OWN 20	1	0	Half
3	15:00	1:40	OWN 41	3	2	Punt
3	8:57	4:34	OWN 18	9	27	Punt
4	15:00	4:14	OWN 25	10	75	Touchdown
4	8:35	4:17	OWN 26	10	38	Punt
4	1:05	0:40	OWN 22	4	-5	Downs

Montreal Firebirds
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:40	OWN 23	9	77	Touchdown
1	4:28	5:13	OWN 27	11	60	Field Goal
2	9:56	1:09	OWN 18	3	1	Punt
2	7:50	1:28	OWN 42	3	19	Fumble
2	1:23	1:15	OWN 32	5	28	Field Goal
3	13:20	4:23	OWN 15	7	28	Punt
3	4:23	4:23	OWN 6	8	94	Touchdown
4	10:46	2:11	OWN 38	3	8	Punt
4	4:18	3:13	OWN 20	8	33	Punt
4	0:25	0:25	OPP 17	1	-2	Game

Game MVP: Bobby Osborne, Montreal Firebirds

Rushing Statistics

Murfreesboro	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Willie Osuchowski	18	69	3.83	44	2	1
Phil Gaston	7	22	3.14	8	0	0

Montreal	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bobby Osborne	17	111	6.53	47	2	2
Lionel Emerson	8	45	5.63	9	0	0
Bruce Cote	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0

Passing Statistics

Murfreesboro	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Otis Peterson	35	21	227	2/13	1	30	1	76.7

Montreal	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bruce Cote	31	23	222	1/5	0	26	0	93.7

Receiving Statistics

Murfreesboro	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Victor Neri	6	8	88	14.67	17	30	0
WR Derrick McGregor	3	4	22	7.33	1	10	0
WR Ron Webster	2	3	21	10.50	0	11	0
WR Nathan Mullin	2	8	37	18.50	11	21	1
RB Phil Gaston	2	2	12	6.00	4	8	0
TE Lester Gerhardt	2	5	12	6.00	1	9	0
FB Terry McNeill	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Willie Osuchowski	1	1	6	6.00	8	6	0
WR Allen Powell	1	1	20	20.00	8	20	0
RB Jon Crockett	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0

Montreal	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Bobby Osborne	5	6	39	7.80	4	15
WR Jermaine Deboer	5	8	66	13.20	23	26
TE Archie Lake	3	6	37	12.33	5	14
FB Cary Uno	3	3	38	12.67	21	22
WR Allen Shahade	2	2	14	7.00	3	10
RB Lionel Emerson	2	2	0	0.00	2	4
WR Rufus Crowell	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
WR Mark Ayala	1	2	14	14.00	0	14
WR Terry Reilly	1	1	11	11.00	0	11

Interception Statistics

Murfreesboro	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Montreal	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Everett Rose	1	20	20.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Murfreesboro	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Korey Weber	0	1	0	0
Riddick Pourdanesh	0	0	1	0

Montreal	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Jermaine Deboer	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Murfreesboro	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Cornelius Gepner	4	158	39.5	34.5	49	3

Montreal	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kenny Atkins	4	154	38.5	29.5	46	2

Kicking Statistics

Murfreesboro	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jerald Page	1/1	0/0	0/0	28	2/2

Montreal	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Allen Bailie	2/2	1/1	1/1	57	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Murfreesboro	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Victor Neri	3	36	12.0	0

Montreal	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Murfreesboro	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nathan Mullin	3	82	27.3	0

Montreal	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jermaine Deboer	2	43	21.5	0
Mark Ayala	2	43	21.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Murfreesboro	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ethan Riley	6	2	0.0	24	29
ILB Andy Barton	6	1	0.0	16	26
OLB Ty Sowers	5	3	0.0	16	24
S Glen Stablein	4	1	0.0	21	24
DT Al Armanda	4	0	0.0	15	17
DT Freddie Whitaker	3	2	0.5	12	15
DT Earl Gaskins	3	1	0.0	18	25
CB Jamie Preston	2	2	0.0	18	19
S Cedric Nastovska	2	0	0.0	2	3
CB Kendall Wilhelm	2	0	0.0	14	25
ILB Leslie Cline	2	0	0.0	10	6
DE Erik Clancy	1	1	0.5	15	21
DE Nathan Reinhard	1	2	0.0	14	22
OLB Levon Tucker	1	1	0.0	6	6
DE Drew Charbonneau	1	1	0.0	15	10
CB Riddick Pourdanesh	1	1	0.0	16	22
CB Xavier Healey	1	0	0.0	7	14
WR Derrick McGregor	1	0	---	---	---
DE Levon Parnell	1	0	0.0	12	12
CB Jose Mangum	0	1	0.0	12	7

Montreal	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Roger Delcorio	7	2	0.0	21	32
ILB Clay Bradbury	6	2	0.5	22	31
CB Preston Izzard	4	0	0.0	16	23
S Bart Maestas	3	2	0.0	23	31
CB Roderick Bradley	3	1	0.0	16	21
DT Dwight Stone	3	1	0.0	15	29
DE Kevin Vergara	3	0	0.0	25	30
DT Walter Fuller	2	1	1.0	11	16
DE Marshall Brummitt	2	1	0.0	21	25
S John Fichialos	2	1	0.0	13	29
DT Richie Caldwell	2	1	0.0	13	13
S Junior Longwell	2	1	0.0	8	21
S Everett Rose	1	2	0.0	19	26
CB Fred Marek	1	1	0.0	17	26
OLB Brett Riley	1	0	0.0	3	6
S Carl Ingley	1	0	0.0	2	6
DT Jeffrey Donahue	1	0	0.0	10	15
OLB Rico Krieg	1	0	0.0	9	7
DE Edgar Galloway	0	2	0.5	4	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Murfreesboro	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Erik Clancy	0.5	1	0	21
DT Freddie Whitaker	0.5	0	0	15
ILB Andy Barton	0.0	1	0	26
DE Levon Parnell	0.0	1	0	12
DE Drew Charbonneau	0.0	0	3	10
DE Nathan Reinhard	0.0	0	2	22

Montreal	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Walter Fuller	1.0	0	1	0	16
ILB Clay Bradbury	0.5	1	0	0	31
DE Edgar Galloway	0.5	0	0	0	12
DE Kevin Vergara	0.0	0	4	1	30
DT Richie Caldwell	0.0	0	1	0	13

Pass Defense Statistics

Murfreesboro	Caught	PPlay
OLB Ty Sowers	5	24
S Glen Stablein	4	24
CB Jamie Preston	2	19
CB Kendall Wilhelm	2	25
S Ethan Riley	2	29
ILB Andy Barton	1	26
S Cedric Nastovska	1	3
OLB Levon Tucker	1	6
DT Freddie Whitaker	1	15
DE Drew Charbonneau	1	10
CB Xavier Healey	1	14
CB Riddick Pourdanesh	1	22
DE Nathan Reinhard	1	22

Montreal	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Roger Delcorio	4	0	0	32
CB Preston Izzard	4	0	0	23
ILB Clay Bradbury	2	2	0	31
S John Fichialos	2	1	0	29
CB Roderick Bradley	2	0	0	21
CB Fred Marek	2	0	0	26
S Junior Longwell	2	0	0	21
DT Richie Caldwell	1	1	0	13
S Bart Maestas	1	0	0	31
S Carl Ingley	1	0	0	6
OLB Brett Riley	0	1	0	6
S Everett Rose	0	0	1	26

Blocking Statistics

Murfreesboro	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jesse Bednarsh	3	13	25	0	37
Bart Nicol	1	2	25	0	36
Dean Felts	1	1	8	0	1
Leo Urbanchek	1	1	7	0	12
Rex Rountree	0	4	19	0	31
Terry McNeill	0	2	18	0	17
Bruce Trammell	0	1	6	0	6
Lester Gerhardt	0	1	19	0	27
Tony Haan	0	0	20	2	26

Montreal	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jeffrey Hatcher	3	6	0	21	1	31
Hugh Strong	3	5	0	17	0	28
Desmond Cliett	2	2	0	12	0	13
Morris Sinclair	1	4	1	18	0	23
Rob Mitchell	1	2	0	8	0	4
Archie Lake	1	1	0	26	0	32
Cary Uno	1	1	0	16	0	19
Julio Alston	0	2	0	23	0	29
Van Holliday	0	1	1	9	0	4
Carlton Wilkins	0	1	0	22	0	28

Special Teams Tackles

Murfreesboro	Tackles	STPlays
Victor Neri	2	13
Dean Felts	1	14
Korey Weber	1	11

Montreal	Tackles	STPlays
Archie Lake	2	13
Roderick Bradley	1	18
Rufus Crowell	1	15
Junior Longwell	1	7
Desmond Cliett	1	2

Participation

Murfreesboro	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jesse Bednarsh	25	37	---	---	5	67
Nathan Mullin	23	32	---	---	10	65
Otis Peterson	25	37	---	---	---	62
Victor Neri	16	32	---	---	13	61
Bart Nicol	25	36	---	---	---	61
Lester Gerhardt	19	27	---	---	13	59
Rex Rountree	19	31	---	---	5	55
Ethan Riley	---	---	24	29	2	55
Ty Sowers	---	---	16	24	14	54
Tony Haan	20	26	---	---	5	51
Glen Stablein	---	---	21	24	1	46
Andy Barton	---	---	16	26	3	45
Earl Gaskins	---	---	18	25	2	45
Quinn Colley	18	26	---	---	---	44
Riddick Pourdanesh	---	---	16	22	6	44
Terry McNeill	18	17	---	---	8	43
Willie Osuchowski	18	25	---	---	---	43
Jamie Preston	---	---	18	19	6	43
Kendall Wilhelm	---	---	14	25	3	42
Erik Clancy	---	---	15	21	5	41
Phil Gaston	7	12	---	---	18	37
Nathan Reinhard	---	---	14	22	---	36
Al Armanda	---	---	15	17	1	33
Korey Weber	---	---	8	14	11	33
Xavier Healey	---	---	7	14	10	31
Drew Charbonneau	---	---	15	10	5	30
Freddie Whitaker	---	---	12	15	2	29
Tyrell Mannino	---	---	10	8	10	28
Levon Parnell	---	---	12	12	2	26
Leo Urbanchek	7	12	---	---	5	24
Dean Felts	8	1	---	---	14	23
Allen Powell	5	8	---	---	9	22
Derrick McGregor	7	14	---	---	---	21
Jerald Dacosta	5	11	---	---	4	20
Jose Mangum	---	---	12	7	---	19
Leslie Cline	---	---	10	6	3	19
Levon Tucker	---	---	6	6	5	17
Ron Webster	2	11	---	---	---	13
Bruce Trammell	6	6	---	---	1	13
Jon Crockett	2	6	---	---	5	13
Eric Benson	---	---	5	3	3	11
Cedric Nastovska	---	---	2	3	1	6
Jerald Page	0	0	---	---	5	5
Cornelius Gepner	0	0	---	---	4	4
Greg Anthony	0	0	---	---	1	1
Marshall Nece	0	0	---	---	---	0

Montreal	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Archie Lake	26	32	---	---	13	71
Jermaine Deboer	21	30	---	---	9	60
Bruce Cote	26	32	---	---	---	58
Jeffrey Hatcher	21	31	---	---	6	58
Roger Delcorio	---	---	21	32	3	56
Kevin Vergara	---	---	25	30	1	56
Clay Bradbury	---	---	22	31	3	56
Roderick Bradley	---	---	16	21	18	55
Bart Maestas	---	---	23	31	1	55
Cary Uno	16	19	---	---	19	54
Julio Alston	23	29	---	---	---	52
Carlton Wilkins	22	28	---	---	---	50
Bobby Osborne	18	26	---	---	5	49
Everett Rose	---	---	19	26	3	48
Fred Marek	---	---	17	26	5	48
Marshall Brummitt	---	---	21	25	1	47
Hugh Strong	17	28	---	---	1	46
Dwight Stone	---	---	15	29	1	45
Allen Shahade	14	22	---	---	8	44
John Fichialos	---	---	13	29	---	42
Morris Sinclair	18	23	---	---	---	41
Preston Izzard	---	---	16	23	1	40
Junior Longwell	---	---	8	21	7	36
Ronald Hastings	8	13	---	---	14	35
Mark Ayala	9	8	---	---	15	32
Walter Fuller	---	---	11	16	3	30
Jeffrey Donahue	---	---	10	15	4	29
Richie Caldwell	---	---	13	13	2	28
Desmond Cliett	12	13	---	---	2	27
Rufus Crowell	7	2	---	---	15	24
Erik Ford	---	---	4	5	12	21
Rico Krieg	---	---	9	7	5	21
Lionel Emerson	8	6	---	---	5	19
Rob Mitchell	8	4	---	---	6	18
Van Holliday	9	4	---	---	4	17
Edgar Galloway	---	---	4	12	---	16
Brett Riley	---	---	3	6	2	11
Marco Strobel	---	---	3	3	3	9
Carl Ingley	---	---	2	6	---	8
Allen Bailie	0	0	---	---	7	7
Blake Banks	0	0	---	---	6	6
Kenny Atkins	0	0	---	---	6	6
Terry Reilly	3	2	---	---	---	5
Clyde Manning	---	---	0	0	4	4
Wally Covington	0	0	---	---	---	0
Marlon Pieters	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	12	3.0
Middle	11	43	3.9
Right	10	36	3.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	51	8.5
Middle	18	104	5.8
Right	1	1	1.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Murfreesboro	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Otis Peterson	35	21	3	0	0	5	6	1	1

Montreal	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bruce Cote	31	23	2	0	0	0	5	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	40	6.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	82	5.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	54	4.9
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	51	25.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	34	5.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	60	5.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	9	128	10.7
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Murfreesboro	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Nathan Mullin	8	2	37	1	32
WR Victor Neri	8	6	88	1	32
TE Lester Gerhardt	5	2	12	0	27
WR Derrick McGregor	4	3	22	0	14
WR Ron Webster	3	2	21	0	11
RB Phil Gaston	2	2	12	0	12
FB Terry McNeill	1	1	3	0	17
RB Willie Osuchowski	1	1	6	0	25
WR Allen Powell	1	1	20	1	8
RB Jon Crockett	1	1	6	0	6

Montreal	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jermaine Deboer	8	5	66	1	30
RB Bobby Osborne	6	5	39	0	26
TE Archie Lake	6	3	37	0	32
FB Cary Uno	3	3	38	1	19
WR Allen Shahade	2	2	14	0	22
WR Mark Ayala	2	1	14	0	8
RB Lionel Emerson	2	2	0	0	6
WR Rufus Crowell	1	1	3	0	2
WR Terry Reilly	1	1	11	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Murfreesboro	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Phil Gaston	1	1	1.00	3.14

Montreal	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bobby Osborne	1	7	7.00	6.53
Bruce Cote	1	-2	-2.00	-2.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Murfreesboro	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Otis Peterson	3	1	5	1.67	6.49

Montreal	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bruce Cote	2	1	10	5.00	7.16

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Murfreesboro	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Derrick McGregor	2	1	5	2.50	5.50
WR Ron Webster	1	0	0	0.00	7.00

Montreal	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Bobby Osborne	1	0	0	0.00	6.50
FB Cary Uno	1	1	10	10.00	12.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Murfreesboro	Rushes	Conversions
Phil Gaston	3	2

Montreal	Rushes	Conversions
Lionel Emerson	2	1
Bobby Osborne	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Murfreesboro	Att	Comp	Conversions
Otis Peterson	12	8	7

Montreal	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bruce Cote	8	6	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Murfreesboro	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Victor Neri	5	4	4
WR Nathan Mullin	3	2	2
WR Ron Webster	1	1	1
TE Lester Gerhardt	1	0	0
WR Derrick McGregor	1	1	0

Montreal	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jermaine Deboer	2	2	1
WR Allen Shahade	2	2	1
WR Mark Ayala	2	1	0
RB Bobby Osborne	1	1	1
TE Archie Lake	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 50,300 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,300 (19,600)
End Zone 11,300 (14,200)
Mezzanine 6,500 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 10,000 (12,500)
Club Seats 5,800 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,400 (3,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	50,300 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,300 (19,600)
End Zone	11,300 (14,200)
Mezzanine	6,500 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	10,000 (12,500)
Club Seats	5,800 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,400 (3,000)