2026 Imperial Bowl Live Broadcast Sunday @ 11am EST

[Brando]

Wow, incredible game, Matt! What an effort on both sides. I can't believe the way this team played in this run.

[Matt]

Front Office Championship, 2026

played in Waco (TX), TX

47 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Cleveland Clawz	7	14	3	7	3	-	34
Newark Bulldogs	0	7	14	10	0	-	31

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:04 CLE - Ralph Weiser 7 pass from Edwin Hyman (Colin Backer extra point)
2Q: 11:51 CLE - Raymond Vaughn 25 pass from Edwin Hyman (Colin Backer extra point)
2Q: 06:08 NWK - Fred Preston 17 pass from Travis Kennedy (Trevor Hodgson extra point)
2Q: 04:04 CLE - Mercury Sander 54 run (Colin Backer extra point)
3Q: 09:32 CLE - Colin Backer 24 field goal
3Q: 05:05 NWK - Quinn Glover 5 pass from Travis Kennedy (Trevor Hodgson extra point)
3Q: 01:15 NWK - Jessie Lucas 59 pass from Travis Kennedy (Trevor Hodgson extra point)
4Q: 10:49 NWK - Rich Sparkman 5 run (Trevor Hodgson extra point)
4Q: 02:49 NWK - Trevor Hodgson 32 field goal
4Q: 00:49 CLE - Mitch Starks 3 pass from Edwin Hyman (Colin Backer extra point)
OT: 06:58 CLE - Colin Backer 30 field goal

Team Statistics	CLE	NWK
Record	13-7	15-5
First Downs	22	22
- by Rushing	5	5
- by Passing	16	16
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	482	430
- Offensive Plays	65	65
- Yards per Play	7.42	6.62
Net Rushing Yards	172	136
- Rushing Attempts	23	36
- Yards per Rush	7.48	3.78
Net Passing Yards	310	294
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 30 - 0	28 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	315	301
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	7.38	10.14
Fumbles/Lost	3/3	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	7/14	6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	4.9	6.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/25	7/50
Punt Returns/Yards	5/27	4/38
Kick Returns/Yards	7/189	4/79
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/2	3/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 37	OWN 27
Time of Possession	30:37	37:32

Drive Charts

Cleveland Clawz Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result 1 10:23 1:26 OWN 32 3 7 Punt 1 7:19 3:22 OWN 40 7 60 Touchdown 1 1:22 4:47 OWN 27 10 73 Touchdown 2 5:59 2:12 OWN 26 3 74 Touchdown 2 0:22 0:22 OWN 36 1 58 Half 3 15:00 2:46 OWN 26 3 3 Punt 3 11:02 1:36 OPP 23 4 16 Field Goal 3 4:56 2:35 OPP 42 4 19 Fumble 3 1:00 1:07 OWN 14 3 5 Punt 4 10:43 2:03 OWN 35 3 7 Punt 4 7:48 0:51 OWN 28 3 19 Fumble 4 2:41 2:01 OWN 40 9 60 Touchdown 4 0:04 0:04 OWN 44 1 -5 Half OT1 15:00 2:47 OWN 32 6 23 Fumble OT1 9:41 2:50 OWN 39 5 48 Field Goal

Newark Bulldogs Quar Began Poss From Plays Yards Result 1 15:00 4:37 OWN 9 6 26 Punt 1 8:57 1:38 OWN 22 3 0 Punt 1 3:57 2:35 OWN 33 3 5 Punt 2 11:35 5:36 OWN 15 10 85 Touchdown 2 3:47 3:25 OWN 8 6 12 Punt 3 12:14 1:12 OWN 15 3 13 Fumble 3 9:26 4:30 OWN 26 8 74 Touchdown 3 2:21 1:21 OWN 23 3 77 Touchdown 4 14:53 4:10 OWN 44 7 56 Touchdown 4 8:40 0:52 OWN 27 3 2 Punt 4 6:57 4:16 OPP 32 6 17 Field Goal 4 0:40 0:36 OWN 36 2 27 Missed FG OT1 12:13 2:32 OPP 43 5 11 Missed FG

Game MVP: Edwin Hyman, Cleveland Clawz

Rushing Statistics

Cleveland Att Yards Avg LG 10+ TD Mercury Sander 22 169 7.68 54 5 1 Tito Vila 1 3 3.00 3 0 0

Newark Att Yards Avg LG 10+ TD Rich Sparkman 25 56 2.24 20 1 1 Brandon Collins 8 65 8.13 19 2 0 Roger Sherman 1 4 4.00 4 0 0 Levon Bullock 1 4 4.00 4 0 0 Travis Kennedy 1 7 7.00 7 0 0

Passing Statistics

Cleveland Att Comp Yards Sk/Yd TD LG Int Rate Edwin Hyman 41 30 315 1/5 3 58 0 119.4

Newark Att Comp Yards Sk/Yd TD LG Int Rate Travis Kennedy 28 21 301 1/7 3 59 0 145.1

Receiving Statistics

Cleveland Catch Targ Yards Avg YAC LG TD WR Raymond Vaughn 8 12 123 15.38 15 58 1 WR Daryl Breeze 6 7 32 5.33 8 8 0 WR Ralph Weiser 5 7 47 9.40 5 20 1 TE Donny Bressany 4 6 70 17.50 20 37 0 WR Mitch Starks 3 3 20 6.67 0 13 1 RB Greg Galloway 1 1 9 9.00 0 9 0 TE Paul Booker 1 2 6 6.00 0 6 0 WR Ron Huntley 1 1 5 5.00 0 5 0 FB Clay Dodge 1 1 3 3.00 0 3 0 RB Tito Vila 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Newark Catch Targ Yards Avg YAC LG TD TE Fred Preston 6 7 86 14.33 8 24 1 WR Jessie Lucas 4 6 99 24.75 27 59 1 RB Brandon Collins 4 4 28 7.00 18 16 0 TE Quinn Glover 2 2 16 8.00 0 11 1 WR Jose Hoover 1 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 RB Rich Sparkman 1 2 32 32.00 27 32 0 WR Levon Bullock 1 2 17 17.00 0 17 0 WR Frankie Hamrick 1 2 7 7.00 1 7 0 WR Martin Welborn 1 1 16 16.00 5 16 0

Interception Statistics

Cleveland Ints Yards Avg TD

Newark Ints Yards Avg TD

Fumble Statistics

Cleveland Fumb Recov Force TD Daryl Breeze 1 0 0 0 Mitch Starks 1 0 0 0 Mercury Sander 1 0 0 0 Desmond Maass 0 1 0 0 Derek Crooks 0 0 1 0 Roderick Urbanski 0 0 1 0

Newark Fumb Recov Force TD Fred Preston 1 0 0 0 Brandon Collins 1 0 0 0 Renaldo Davey 0 2 2 0 Richie Stith 0 1 0 0 B.J. Brennan 0 1 0 0 Craig Downs 0 0 1 0

Punting Statistics

Cleveland Punt Yards Avg Net LG In20 Ralph Swift 4 201 50.3 40.8 57 3

Newark Punt Yards Avg Net LG In20 Drew Compton 5 220 44.0 38.6 51 0

Kicking Statistics

Cleveland FGs 40+Yd 50+Yd LG PAT Colin Backer 2/2 0/0 0/0 30 4/4

Newark FGs 40+Yd 50+Yd LG PAT Trevor Hodgson 1/3 0/2 0/1 32 4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Cleveland Ret Yards Avg TD Ron Huntley 3 14 4.7 0 Raymond Vaughn 2 13 6.5 0

Newark Ret Yards Avg TD Tyrus Holliday 4 38 9.5 0

Kick Return Statistics

Cleveland Ret Yards Avg TD Andy Mabe 6 172 28.7 0 Daryl Breeze 1 17 17.0 0

Newark Ret Yards Avg TD Jessie Lucas 4 79 19.8 0

Defensive Statistics

Cleveland Tack Asst Sack RPlay PPlay ILB Doug Deaton 10 5 0.0 31 20 CB Desmond Maass 7 2 0.0 20 20 S Ian Woods 7 0 0.0 26 11 OLB Deon Bernstein 5 0 0.0 28 12 CB Marco Kaiser 4 1 0.0 25 20 DE Vincent Dallesandro 3 0 0.5 29 28 S R.J. Gilmore 3 1 0.0 33 28 DT Josh Wells 2 1 0.5 23 8 DE Pat Cortez 2 3 0.0 20 21 DT Bert Hopkins 2 2 0.0 21 13 DT Ronald Corbett 2 1 0.0 23 15 S Johnny Devine 2 0 0.0 16 19 DE Roderick Urbanski 2 0 0.0 20 9 DT Ricky Chopper 1 2 0.0 7 14 G Brian Sweeney 1 0 --- --- --- C Ted Dunsmore 1 0 --- --- --- CB Ike Force 1 0 0.0 2 5 OLB Leroy Fields 0 3 0.0 29 17 CB Andy Mabe 0 2 0.0 21 20 OLB Randall Farmer 0 1 0.0 11 18

Newark Tack Asst Sack RPlay PPlay DT Zach Reed 6 0 0.0 17 33 ILB Hardy Henry 5 1 0.0 12 31 S Junior El Nino 4 3 0.0 23 39 ILB Drew Ludwig 4 0 0.0 11 11 CB Craig Downs 4 0 0.0 17 34 OLB Renaldo Davey 4 0 0.0 19 36 CB Bernie Jefferson 3 1 0.0 8 22 DT Chuck Briggs 3 1 0.0 17 36 DE Stephen Brigham 2 2 1.0 14 35 CB Andrew Anglewicz 2 1 0.0 16 25 CB Ellis Garrido 2 1 0.0 7 8 CB B.J. Brennan 2 1 0.0 12 32 OLB Mickey Vedros 2 0 0.0 10 12 S Brady Kramer 2 0 0.0 5 16 S Clay Barrett 1 2 0.0 18 31 DE Terrell Rice 1 2 0.0 18 35 TE Fred Preston 1 0 --- --- --- DT Ray Hatcher 1 0 0.0 8 5

Pass Rush Statistics

Cleveland Sack Block Hurry Knock PPlay DE Vincent Dallesandro 0.5 0 0 2 28 DT Josh Wells 0.5 0 0 0 8 DE Pat Cortez 0.0 0 2 0 21 DT Ricky Chopper 0.0 0 1 0 14

Newark Sack Block Hurry Knock PPlay DE Stephen Brigham 1.0 0 0 2 35 DT Chuck Briggs 0.0 0 2 1 36 DE Terrell Rice 0.0 0 1 0 35

Pass Defense Statistics

Cleveland Caught Defnsd Intrcp PPlay CB Desmond Maass 5 0 0 20 S R.J. Gilmore 3 1 0 28 CB Marco Kaiser 3 0 0 20 S Ian Woods 2 0 0 11 ILB Doug Deaton 2 0 0 20 S Johnny Devine 1 0 0 19 DT Ricky Chopper 1 0 0 14 S Derek Crooks 1 0 0 10 CB Andy Mabe 1 0 0 20 DE Pat Cortez 1 0 0 21 OLB Deon Bernstein 1 0 0 12 OLB Randall Farmer 0 2 0 18

Newark Caught Defnsd Intrcp PPlay OLB Renaldo Davey 6 2 0 36 CB Craig Downs 4 3 0 34 CB Bernie Jefferson 4 0 0 22 ILB Hardy Henry 3 0 0 31 DT Zach Reed 2 0 0 33 S Junior El Nino 2 0 0 39 CB Ellis Garrido 2 0 0 8 CB B.J. Brennan 2 0 0 32 CB Andrew Anglewicz 1 0 0 25 DE Terrell Rice 1 0 0 35 ILB Drew Ludwig 1 0 0 11 OLB Mickey Vedros 1 0 0 12 S Brady Kramer 1 0 0 16

Blocking Statistics

Cleveland KeyBl BlOpp Panc RPly SckA PPly Brian Sweeney 3 10 1 22 0 39 Deion Shaver 1 4 0 23 1 42 Rusty Lane 1 2 0 19 0 37 Teddy Meske 0 2 0 23 0 40 Maurice Mason 0 2 0 20 0 28 Donny Bressany 0 1 0 15 0 22 Phillip Francis 0 1 0 1 0 7 Van Withrow 0 1 0 4 0 7

Newark KeyBl BlOpp Panc RPly SckA PPly Kurt Bensen 3 9 0 34 0 25 Norman Enright 2 5 0 29 0 25 Billy Kramer 2 3 0 8 0 3 Wendell Sands 1 6 0 31 0 24 Damon Gilmore 1 2 0 7 0 4 Richie Stith 0 5 1 35 0 27 Shane Brush 0 2 0 28 0 26 Roger Sherman 0 1 0 26 1 16 Quinn Glover 0 1 0 10 0 8 Carlos Fleming 0 1 0 7 0 9

Special Teams Statistics

Cleveland Tackles STPlays Johnny Devine 4 19 Paul Booker 1 19 Raymond Vaughn 1 18 Donny Bressany 1 13 Ron Huntley 1 5 Andy Mabe 0 25 Mercury Sander 0 24 Daryl Breeze 0 19 Ralph Weiser 0 15 R.J. Gilmore 0 14 Ken Orellana 0 12 Phillip Francis 0 11 Ralph Swift 0 10 Randall Farmer 0 10 Leroy Fields 0 8 Ted Dunsmore 0 6 Teddy Meske 0 6 Roderick Urbanski 0 6 Pat Cortez 0 6 Van Withrow 0 6 Deion Shaver 0 6 Rob Carlisle 0 6 Doug Deaton 0 6 Josh Wells 0 5 Ricky Chopper 0 2 Alex Henson 0 2 Derek Crooks 0 2 Edwin Hyman 0 2 Marco Kaiser 0 2 Colin Backer 0 2 Vincent Dallesandro 0 2 Ronald Corbett 0 2 Desmond Maass 0 2 Ike Force 0 2 Ian Woods 0 1 Deon Bernstein 0 1

Newark Tackles STPlays Craig Downs 5 13 Jose Hoover 3 18 Brandon Collins 1 22 Fred Preston 1 18 Tyrus Holliday 1 17 Jessie German 1 8 Roger Sherman 0 20 Frankie Hamrick 0 19 Brady Kramer 0 15 Hardy Henry 0 14 Ellis Garrido 0 13 Bernie Jefferson 0 11 Mickey Vedros 0 10 Trevor Hodgson 0 10 Drew Compton 0 8 Carlos Fleming 0 8 Damon Gilmore 0 8 Quinn Glover 0 7 Wendell Sands 0 7 Norman Enright 0 6 Rich Sparkman 0 6 Terrell Rice 0 6 Jessie Lucas 0 5 Reggie Havens 0 5 Matthew Jeffries 0 4 Renaldo Davey 0 3 Billy Kramer 0 3 Stephen Brigham 0 2 Junior El Nino 0 2 Andrew Anglewicz 0 2 Chuck Briggs 0 2 B.J. Brennan 0 2 Zach Reed 0 1 Clay Barrett 0 1 Ray Hatcher 0 1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance Att Yards Avg Left 4 28 7.0 Middle 14 96 6.9 Right 5 48 9.6 None 0 0 0.0

Distance Att Yards Avg Left 13 64 4.9 Middle 11 37 3.4 Right 12 35 2.9 None 0 0 0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cleveland Att Cmp 20+ BdTh Drop Dfns Hurr Knck Intc Edwin Hyman 41 30 4 1 2 5 3 3 0

Newark Att Cmp 20+ BdTh Drop Dfns Hurr Knck Intc Travis Kennedy 28 21 4 0 1 3 3 2 0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance Att Comp Yards Avg Screen 2 1 6 3.0 Short (0-8 Yds) 22 18 88 4.0 Medium (9-18 Yds) 13 8 115 8.8 Long (19+ Yds) 4 3 106 26.5

Distance Att Comp Yards Avg Screen 4 4 49 12.3 Short (0-8 Yds) 7 7 50 7.1 Medium (9-18 Yds) 13 7 99 7.6 Long (19+ Yds) 4 3 103 25.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cleveland Targt Caugt Dropd Yards 20+ PPlay WR Raymond Vaughn 12 8 0 123 2 37 WR Ralph Weiser 7 5 1 47 1 37 WR Daryl Breeze 7 6 0 32 0 14 TE Donny Bressany 6 4 1 70 1 22 WR Mitch Starks 3 3 0 20 0 16 TE Paul Booker 2 1 0 6 0 15 RB Greg Galloway 1 1 0 9 0 4 RB Tito Vila 1 0 0 0 0 11 WR Ron Huntley 1 1 0 5 0 7 FB Clay Dodge 1 1 0 3 0 18

Newark Targt Caugt Dropd Yards 20+ PPlay TE Fred Preston 7 6 0 86 1 26 WR Jessie Lucas 6 4 0 99 2 21 RB Brandon Collins 4 4 0 28 0 12 WR Jose Hoover 2 1 1 0 0 8 TE Quinn Glover 2 2 0 16 0 8 RB Rich Sparkman 2 1 0 32 1 17 WR Levon Bullock 2 1 0 17 0 15 WR Frankie Hamrick 2 1 0 7 0 6 WR Martin Welborn 1 1 0 16 0 16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cleveland Att Yards Avg Overall Avg Mercury Sander 3 5 1.67 7.68

Newark Att Yards Avg Overall Avg Rich Sparkman 2 5 2.50 2.24 Brandon Collins 2 13 6.50 8.13

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cleveland Att Comp Yards Avg/Att Overall Avg Edwin Hyman 11 6 38 3.45 7.68

Newark Att Comp Yards Avg/Att Overall Avg Travis Kennedy 4 3 29 7.25 10.75

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cleveland Target Catch Yards Avg/Targ Overall Avg WR Ralph Weiser 3 2 17 5.67 6.71 WR Raymond Vaughn 3 1 5 1.67 10.25 WR Daryl Breeze 3 2 13 4.33 4.57 TE Paul Booker 1 0 0 0.00 3.00 WR Mitch Starks 1 1 3 3.00 6.67

Newark Target Catch Yards Avg/Targ Overall Avg WR Jose Hoover 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 TE Quinn Glover 1 1 5 5.00 8.00 TE Fred Preston 1 1 17 17.00 12.29 WR Frankie Hamrick 1 1 7 7.00 3.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cleveland Rushes Conversions Mercury Sander 1 0

Newark Rushes Conversions Rich Sparkman 1 1 Brandon Collins 1 0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cleveland Att Comp Conversions Edwin Hyman 13 12 7

Newark Att Comp Conversions Travis Kennedy 11 7 5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cleveland Targ Catch Conversions WR Daryl Breeze 5 4 1 WR Mitch Starks 3 3 1 WR Ralph Weiser 1 1 1 RB Greg Galloway 1 1 1 WR Raymond Vaughn 1 1 1 TE Paul Booker 1 1 1 WR Ron Huntley 1 1 1

Newark Targ Catch Conversions TE Fred Preston 3 2 1 RB Brandon Collins 3 3 2 WR Jessie Lucas 2 1 1 RB Rich Sparkman 1 0 0 WR Levon Bullock 1 0 0 WR Frankie Hamrick 1 1 1

Section	Attendance
Stadium	57,500 (57,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,300 (20,300)
End Zone	14,600 (14,600)
Mezzanine	8,400 (8,400)
Sideline Seats	12,900 (12,900)
Luxury Boxes	1,300 (1,300)

[ukpatfan]

Wow!
Excellent game to watch.
Congrats to Brando and his Clawz.
Way to go AC North!!

[Matt]

CONGRATS BRANDO

[Matt]

Great game.......

sucks to lose, but feels good being a part of such a special game

[Brando]

Game MVP:
Edwin Hyman, Cleveland Clawz

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Edwin Hyman	41	30	315	1/5	3	58	0	119.4

Man, never would have seen this coming from him at the start of the year...

[Matt]

http://files.imperialfl.us/Imperial2026EOS.zip

[Matt]

Man, never would have seen this coming from him at the start of the year...

congrats man.....pretty cool story

[markc]

Congrats Brando. Great job by both teams.

[GGill]

WOW, what a game! Congrats Cleveland, hell of a year...

[VitoStallion]

wow

grats

[Kobeck]

Congrats to Cleveland, always dread playing the Clawz

Congrats to Newark

Just a great game

[JesterBlaze]

Congrats to the Champs!

and to Newark for representing the NC East in another Bowl.