Week 9, 2023

played in Chicago, IL

45 degrees, rain, 5 mph wind

Norfolk Vipers	3	0	0	3	-	6
Chicago Crusaders	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:59 NFK - Cornell Burgess 49 field goal
2Q: 11:27 CHI - Harvey Flynn 23 field goal
4Q: 03:51 NFK - Cornell Burgess 22 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:59 NFK - Cornell Burgess 49 field goal
2Q: 11:27 CHI - Harvey Flynn 23 field goal
4Q: 03:51 NFK - Cornell Burgess 22 field goal

Team Statistics NFK CHI
Record 2-6 1-7
First Downs 14 12
- by Rushing 5 1
- by Passing 9 11
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 259 263
- Offensive Plays 67 67
- Yards per Play 3.87 3.93
Net Rushing Yards 120 58
- Rushing Attempts 41 15
- Yards per Rush 2.93 3.87
Net Passing Yards 139 205
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 15 - 0 49 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 145 232
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 3/27
- Yards per Pass Play 5.35 3.94
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/18 6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.1 6.8
4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/2
Penalties/Yards 1/10 3/15
Punt Returns/Yards 2/16 4/28
Kick Returns/Yards 2/41 1/15
Interception Ret./Yards 1/10 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 25
Time of Possession 34:16 25:44

Team Statistics	NFK	CHI
Record	2-6	1-7
First Downs	14	12
- by Rushing	5	1
- by Passing	9	11
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	259	263
- Offensive Plays	67	67
- Yards per Play	3.87	3.93
Net Rushing Yards	120	58
- Rushing Attempts	41	15
- Yards per Rush	2.93	3.87
Net Passing Yards	139	205
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 15 - 0	49 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	145	232
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	3/27
- Yards per Pass Play	5.35	3.94
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/18	6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.1	6.8
4th Down Conversions	0/1	1/2
Penalties/Yards	1/10	3/15
Punt Returns/Yards	2/16	4/28
Kick Returns/Yards	2/41	1/15
Interception Ret./Yards	1/10	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 25
Time of Possession	34:16	25:44

Drive Charts

Norfolk Vipers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:09	OWN 41	5	27	Field Goal
1	10:26	8:01	OWN 33	16	66	Downs
1	1:19	1:26	OPP 47	3	9	Missed FG
2	11:20	2:39	OWN 33	3	8	Punt
2	7:08	3:51	OWN 31	8	54	Missed FG
2	1:11	0:34	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
3	13:19	1:34	50	3	-3	Punt
3	7:31	2:05	OWN 5	3	7	Punt
3	4:22	2:50	OWN 7	5	22	Punt
4	12:57	1:29	OWN 23	3	6	Punt
4	10:36	6:51	OWN 29	12	66	Field Goal
4	1:48	0:36	OPP 47	3	2	Punt

Chicago Crusaders
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:51	1:25	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
1	2:25	1:06	OWN 1	3	0	Punt
2	14:53	3:33	OWN 45	7	49	Field Goal
2	8:41	1:33	OWN 24	3	-1	Punt
2	3:17	2:06	OWN 22	5	31	Punt
2	0:37	0:37	50	5	22	Half
3	15:00	1:41	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
3	11:45	4:14	OWN 6	8	40	Punt
3	5:26	1:04	OWN 40	3	2	Punt
3	1:32	3:35	OWN 23	11	56	Interception
4	11:28	0:52	OWN 37	3	9	Punt
4	3:45	1:57	OWN 29	7	18	Downs
4	1:12	1:12	OWN 12	6	27	Game

Game MVP: Russell Thamilarasan, Norfolk Vipers

Rushing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
J.C. Shields	20	40	2.00	11	1
Leslie McFarlane	16	55	3.44	11	2
Grant Bechtel	4	24	6.00	12	1
Carl Platt	1	1	1.00	1	0

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
R.J. Key	6	26	4.33	18	1
R.J. Collins	5	23	4.60	8	0
Oliver Morris	3	5	1.67	9	0
Kevin Cornyn	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Grant Bechtel	25	15	145	1/6	0	29	0	76.3

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Antoine Grbac	49	23	232	3/27	0	29	1	52.4

Receiving Statistics

Norfolk	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Kim Newman	5	5	48	9.60	10	29
WR Martin King	3	5	31	10.33	12	17
WR Scott Maru	3	3	39	13.00	11	19
RB J.C. Shields	2	2	12	6.00	4	10
TE Arnie Hagood	2	3	15	7.50	4	10
FB Carl Platt	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Ronald Kramer	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Corey Washington	0	4	0	0.00	0	0

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Derek Curtis	9	14	82	9.11	9	16
WR Junior Haight	4	8	50	12.50	25	26
TE Herman Cameron	4	7	40	10.00	3	20
WR Lester Grant	4	6	50	12.50	3	29
RB R.J. Collins	1	1	5	5.00	5	5
TE Jesse Dosoo	1	2	5	5.00	0	5
FB Kevin Cornyn	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Nolan Gray	0	7	0	0.00	0	0
WR Jessie McGee	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Norfolk	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Cory Yates	1	10	10.00	0

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Norfolk	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Rob Peterson	0	0	1	0

Chicago	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Antoine Grbac	1	0	0	0
Kevin Cornyn	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Norfolk	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Joe Kramer	7	303	43.3	39.3	51	2

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Randall Blake	8	360	45.0	40.5	51	2

Kicking Statistics

Norfolk	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cornell Burgess	2/4	1/2	0/1	49	0/0

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Harvey Flynn	1/1	0/0	0/0	23	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Norfolk	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Scott Maru	2	16	8.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
R.J. Collins	4	28	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Norfolk	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wendell Ferguson	1	24	24.0	0
Corey Washington	1	17	17.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mercury Sheldon	1	15	15.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Norfolk	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Zach McMeel	9	3	0.0	14	51
CB Bryant Stevenson	5	0	0.0	9	37
S Cory Yates	4	2	0.0	13	44
S Gilbert Pote	3	1	0.0	5	33
DE Randy Reeves	3	1	0.0	12	34
CB Wendell Ferguson	3	0	0.0	11	38
OLB Russell Thamilarasan	2	1	2.0	14	37
OLB Rob Peterson	2	0	1.0	10	27
DT Marcus Barker	2	0	0.0	8	23
S Lamont Rattay	2	0	0.0	10	32
DE Terry Mahoney	2	0	0.0	3	18
ILB Ben Long	1	0	0.0	3	2
DT Kelvin Tchoukaleff	1	0	0.0	7	29
OLB Vince Champion	1	0	0.0	5	6
CB Damon Gaines	1	0	0.0	6	39
OLB Rob Dawson	0	2	0.0	8	8

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Luke Lynch	9	2	1.0	40	21
S O.J. Hou	6	1	0.0	30	21
DT Willard Peters	6	0	0.0	25	11
ILB Mike Tyler	5	0	0.0	24	18
CB Bennie Kramer	5	0	0.0	27	20
ILB Kyle Beisel	4	5	0.0	32	17
DT Frank Sims	3	2	0.0	30	20
CB Dominic Van Hoose	3	0	0.0	16	13
CB Kyle Battle	2	1	0.0	29	18
S Levon Leak	2	1	0.0	8	16
DE Emmanuel Floyd	2	0	0.0	17	7
CB Mercury Sheldon	2	0	0.0	30	19
DT Ronald Corbett	2	0	0.0	26	17
DT Cornelius Blake	1	3	0.0	21	14
OLB Brenden Paxson	1	2	0.0	16	3
DE Bennie Milnes	1	1	0.0	33	21
FB Kevin Cornyn	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Marvin Ammons	1	0	0.0	17	8
S Zack Diaz	1	0	0.0	6	3
OLB Phil Culver	1	0	0.0	7	8
OLB Otis Linquist	0	1	0.0	7	4

Pass Rush Statistics

Norfolk	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Russell Thamilarasan	2.0	0	0	37
OLB Rob Peterson	1.0	0	0	27
OLB Mel Leagra	0.0	1	0	15
DE Johnnie Lincoln	0.0	0	1	19
DE Jumbo Winslett	0.0	0	1	33
DE Randy Reeves	0.0	0	1	34
DE Terry Mahoney	0.0	0	1	18

Chicago	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
S Luke Lynch	1.0	0	21
DE Bennie Milnes	0.0	2	21
DT Willard Peters	0.0	1	11
ILB Marvin Ammons	0.0	1	8

Pass Defense Statistics

Norfolk	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Zach McMeel	5	3	0	51
CB Bryant Stevenson	5	1	0	37
CB Wendell Ferguson	3	1	0	38
S Cory Yates	2	1	1	44
S Lamont Rattay	2	1	0	32
S Gilbert Pote	2	0	0	33
DE Randy Reeves	2	0	0	34
OLB Rob Peterson	1	0	0	27
DE Terry Mahoney	1	0	0	18
OLB Russell Thamilarasan	0	1	0	37
OLB Vince Champion	0	1	0	6
CB Damon Gaines	0	1	0	39

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Kyle Battle	2	2	18
S Luke Lynch	2	0	21
ILB Kyle Beisel	2	0	17
CB Dominic Van Hoose	2	0	13
DE Emmanuel Floyd	1	0	7
CB Mercury Sheldon	1	0	19
DT Frank Sims	1	0	20
S Levon Leak	1	0	16
OLB Phil Culver	1	0	8
CB Bennie Kramer	1	0	20
S O.J. Hou	1	0	21

Blocking Statistics

Norfolk	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Shawn Hanks	2	8	32	0	21
Austin Boren	1	5	38	1	22
Carl Platt	1	3	9	0	6
Randy Hernandez	1	3	7	0	7
Donald Fletcher	1	2	16	0	9
Devin Gray	1	2	20	0	10
Arnold Willis	0	7	34	0	19
Wade Stitt	0	5	28	0	21
William Schultz	0	3	35	0	24

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ted Dunsmore	1	3	15	0	52
Shaun Cunningham	1	3	14	0	50
Gino Newsome	1	1	12	0	45
Jesse Dosoo	1	1	12	0	25
Howard Witt	0	5	11	0	38
Vernon Muyers	0	1	13	2	45
Brett Burks	0	1	10	1	30

Special Teams Tackles

Norfolk	Tackles	STPlays
Damon Gaines	1	24
Leslie McFarlane	1	20
Corey Washington	1	16
Ronald Kramer	1	15
Martin King	1	4

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Herman Cameron	1	12
Howard Witt	1	9
Jesse Dosoo	1	9
Lester Grant	1	9

Participation

Norfolk	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
William Schultz	35	24	---	---	10	69
Damon Gaines	---	---	6	39	24	69
Grant Bechtel	41	26	---	---	---	67
Zach McMeel	---	---	14	51	1	66
Austin Boren	38	22	---	---	6	66
Shawn Hanks	32	21	---	---	8	61
Bruce Williams	---	---	11	47	3	61
Cory Yates	---	---	13	44	3	60
Rob Peterson	---	---	10	27	17	54
Wendell Ferguson	---	---	11	38	5	54
Arnold Willis	34	19	---	---	---	53
Russell Thamilarasan	---	---	14	37	1	52
Wade Stitt	28	21	---	---	3	52
Scott Maru	23	15	---	---	13	51
Martin King	27	19	---	---	4	50
Arnie Hagood	24	17	---	---	8	49
Jumbo Winslett	---	---	11	33	3	47
Bryant Stevenson	---	---	9	37	1	47
Corey Washington	17	14	---	---	16	47
Randy Reeves	---	---	12	34	---	46
Leslie McFarlane	16	9	---	---	20	45
Lamont Rattay	---	---	10	32	1	43
Shannon Mathis	18	6	---	---	16	40
J.C. Shields	25	15	---	---	---	40
Gilbert Pote	---	---	5	33	---	38
Kelvin Tchoukaleff	---	---	7	29	---	36
Johnnie Lincoln	---	---	4	19	12	35
Marcus Barker	---	---	8	23	3	34
Devin Gray	20	10	---	---	4	34
Kim Newman	19	13	---	---	---	32
Carl Platt	9	6	---	---	16	31
Donald Fletcher	16	9	---	---	5	30
Ronald Kramer	7	6	---	---	15	28
Randy Hernandez	7	7	---	---	11	25
Rob Dawson	---	---	8	8	7	23
Terry Mahoney	---	---	3	18	1	22
Stephen Lynch	6	2	---	---	11	19
Mel Leagra	---	---	1	15	2	18
Richie Ballard	9	5	---	---	1	15
Vince Champion	---	---	5	6	1	12
Ben Long	---	---	3	2	5	10
Cornell Burgess	0	0	---	---	7	7
Joe Kramer	0	0	---	---	7	7
Russell Hutchins	0	0	---	---	4	4
Marvin Cable	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tom Rohr	0	0	---	---	---	0

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ted Dunsmore	15	52	---	---	9	76
Antoine Grbac	15	52	---	---	---	67
Gino Newsome	12	45	---	---	9	66
Luke Lynch	---	---	40	21	5	66
Shaun Cunningham	14	50	---	---	---	64
Frank Sims	---	---	30	20	12	62
Vernon Muyers	13	45	---	---	---	58
Howard Witt	11	38	---	---	9	58
Bennie Milnes	---	---	33	21	4	58
Mercury Sheldon	---	---	30	19	7	56
Bennie Kramer	---	---	27	20	7	54
O.J. Hou	---	---	30	21	3	54
Derek Curtis	9	39	---	---	4	52
Kyle Beisel	---	---	32	17	3	52
Kevin Cornyn	11	28	---	---	11	50
Kyle Battle	---	---	29	18	3	50
Mike Tyler	---	---	24	18	8	50
Nolan Gray	8	31	---	---	10	49
Brett Burks	10	30	---	---	9	49
R.J. Collins	5	32	---	---	9	46
Jesse Dosoo	12	25	---	---	9	46
Ronald Corbett	---	---	26	17	3	46
Junior Haight	6	35	---	---	1	42
Willard Peters	---	---	25	11	6	42
Dominic Van Hoose	---	---	16	13	12	41
Herman Cameron	7	21	---	---	12	40
Cornelius Blake	---	---	21	14	2	37
Oliver Morris	4	12	---	---	19	35
Lester Grant	4	17	---	---	9	30
Phil Culver	---	---	7	8	15	30
Marvin Ammons	---	---	17	8	3	28
Otis Linquist	---	---	7	4	17	28
Levon Leak	---	---	8	16	3	27
Emmanuel Floyd	---	---	17	7	2	26
Brenden Paxson	---	---	16	3	1	20
Jessie McGee	2	10	---	---	7	19
Rickey Lyle	---	---	10	7	1	18
R.J. Key	7	10	---	---	---	17
Zack Diaz	---	---	6	3	2	11
Randall Blake	0	0	---	---	9	9
Horace Obedoza	0	0	---	---	9	9
Juan Seeley	---	---	0	0	5	5
Harvey Flynn	0	0	---	---	3	3
Vernon Erickson	0	0	---	---	3	3
Stephen Scott	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tyrus Clark	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	41	3.2
Middle	21	40	1.9
Right	7	39	5.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	23	4.6
Middle	8	23	2.9
Right	2	12	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Grant Bechtel	25	15	1	3	1	2	4	0	0

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Antoine Grbac	49	23	3	2	6	10	4	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	13	2.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	61	6.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	42	6.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	29	7.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	5	1.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	85	6.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	25	9	93	3.7
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	49	9.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Norfolk	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kim Newman	5	5	0	48	1	13
WR Martin King	5	3	0	31	0	19
WR Corey Washington	4	0	1	0	0	14
TE Arnie Hagood	3	2	0	15	0	17
WR Scott Maru	3	3	0	39	0	15
RB J.C. Shields	2	2	0	12	0	15
WR Ronald Kramer	2	0	0	0	0	6
FB Carl Platt	1	0	0	0	0	6

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Derek Curtis	14	9	0	82	0	39
WR Junior Haight	8	4	2	50	1	35
WR Nolan Gray	7	0	2	0	0	31
TE Herman Cameron	7	4	1	40	1	21
WR Lester Grant	6	4	1	50	1	17
TE Jesse Dosoo	2	1	0	5	0	25
FB Kevin Cornyn	1	0	0	0	0	28
RB R.J. Collins	1	1	0	5	0	32
WR Jessie McGee	1	0	0	0	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
J.C. Shields	6	6	1.00	2.00
Leslie McFarlane	3	13	4.33	3.44
Grant Bechtel	1	4	4.00	6.00

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
R.J. Collins	1	6	6.00	4.60
Oliver Morris	1	0	0.00	1.67
R.J. Key	1	2	2.00	4.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Grant Bechtel	2	0	0	0.00	5.80

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Norfolk	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Corey Washington	2	0	0	0.00	0.00

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Norfolk	Rushes	Conversions
Grant Bechtel	3	1
J.C. Shields	3	0
Carl Platt	1	0

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
Oliver Morris	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Norfolk	Att	Comp	Conversions
Grant Bechtel	10	7	5

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Antoine Grbac	13	8	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Norfolk	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Martin King	4	2	2
WR Kim Newman	3	3	2
RB J.C. Shields	1	1	0
WR Scott Maru	1	1	1
WR Corey Washington	1	0	0

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Derek Curtis	3	2	2
WR Junior Haight	3	3	2
WR Nolan Gray	2	0	0
WR Lester Grant	2	1	0
RB R.J. Collins	1	1	1
TE Jesse Dosoo	1	0	0
TE Herman Cameron	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 21,500 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 5,300 (16,800)
End Zone 3,800 (12,000)
Mezzanine 2,200 (6,900)
Sideline Seats 3,300 (10,600)
Club Seats 3,800 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (8,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	21,500 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	5,300 (16,800)
End Zone	3,800 (12,000)
Mezzanine	2,200 (6,900)
Sideline Seats	3,300 (10,600)
Club Seats	3,800 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (8,700)