Week 2, 2026

played in Minnesota, MN

58 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Austin Rage	3	0	0	0	-	3
Minnesota Golden Hawks	14	3	0	10	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:50 MIN - Stephen Dixon 3 run (Irving Clemens extra point)
1Q: 05:24 MIN - Stephen Dixon 3 run (Irving Clemens extra point)
1Q: 02:28 AUS - Tony Quinn 51 field goal
2Q: 08:26 MIN - Irving Clemens 28 field goal
4Q: 15:00 MIN - Irving Clemens 19 field goal
4Q: 05:15 MIN - Mel Stokes 3 run (Irving Clemens extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:50 MIN - Stephen Dixon 3 run (Irving Clemens extra point)
1Q: 05:24 MIN - Stephen Dixon 3 run (Irving Clemens extra point)
1Q: 02:28 AUS - Tony Quinn 51 field goal
2Q: 08:26 MIN - Irving Clemens 28 field goal
4Q: 15:00 MIN - Irving Clemens 19 field goal
4Q: 05:15 MIN - Mel Stokes 3 run (Irving Clemens extra point)

Team Statistics AUS MIN
Record 0-2 2-0
First Downs 16 24
- by Rushing 5 8
- by Passing 11 14
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 307 420
- Offensive Plays 51 67
- Yards per Play 6.02 6.27
Net Rushing Yards 75 177
- Rushing Attempts 17 29
- Yards per Rush 4.41 6.10
Net Passing Yards 232 243
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 19 - 5 35 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 240 260
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/8 3/17
- Yards per Pass Play 6.82 6.39
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/10 10/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.5 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/21 6/45
Punt Returns/Yards 2/14 1/10
Kick Returns/Yards 4/97 1/23
Interception Ret./Yards 1/1 5/91
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 3/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 18 OWN 39
Time of Possession 24:25 35:35

Team Statistics	AUS	MIN
Record	0-2	2-0
First Downs	16	24
- by Rushing	5	8
- by Passing	11	14
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	307	420
- Offensive Plays	51	67
- Yards per Play	6.02	6.27
Net Rushing Yards	75	177
- Rushing Attempts	17	29
- Yards per Rush	4.41	6.10
Net Passing Yards	232	243
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 19 - 5	35 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	240	260
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/8	3/17
- Yards per Pass Play	6.82	6.39
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/10	10/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.5	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/21	6/45
Punt Returns/Yards	2/14	1/10
Kick Returns/Yards	4/97	1/23
Interception Ret./Yards	1/1	5/91
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	3/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 18	OWN 39
Time of Possession	24:25	35:35

Drive Charts

Austin Rage
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:23	OWN 23	6	35	Interception
1	8:42	0:35	OWN 35	1	0	Interception
1	5:14	2:53	OWN 26	5	40	Field Goal
1	0:27	2:23	OWN 3	6	26	Punt
2	8:19	2:39	OWN 20	5	56	Interception
2	0:25	0:25	OWN 4	1	19	Half
3	11:49	4:32	OWN 12	10	47	Interception
3	5:44	1:24	OWN 16	3	4	Punt
4	14:54	4:56	OWN 24	8	44	Interception
4	5:07	2:47	OWN 20	6	31	Downs

Minnesota Golden Hawks
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:37	2:55	OPP 41	5	41	Touchdown
1	8:07	2:53	OPP 36	9	36	Touchdown
1	2:21	1:54	OWN 20	4	24	Punt
2	13:04	4:45	OWN 30	7	59	Field Goal
2	5:40	5:15	OWN 7	11	88	Interception
3	15:00	3:11	OWN 27	6	19	Punt
3	7:17	1:33	OWN 44	3	-3	Punt
3	4:20	4:26	OWN 45	13	53	Field Goal
4	9:58	4:51	OWN 45	7	55	Touchdown
4	2:20	2:20	OWN 49	4	19	Game

Game MVP: Stephen Dixon, Minnesota Golden Hawks

Rushing Statistics

Austin	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Chris Daugherty	8	35	4.38	12	1
Toby Garner	7	31	4.43	7	0
Jose Willis	2	9	4.50	7	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Stephen Dixon	15	93	6.20	42	2	2
Mel Stokes	7	31	4.43	11	1	1
Courtney Finch	4	18	4.50	9	0	0
Benjamin Lee	2	27	13.50	25	1	0
Troy Wiggins	1	8	8.00	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Austin	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jose Willis	33	19	240	1/8	0	34	5	40.8

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Benjamin Lee	35	23	260	3/17	0	35	1	75.9

Receiving Statistics

Austin	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Ryan Saffitz	5	11	112	22.40	54	34
RB Chris Daugherty	4	6	37	9.25	8	25
TE Ethan Earnest	3	4	26	8.67	0	11
WR Rusty Rice	3	4	32	10.67	0	15
WR Leonard Nixon	2	4	24	12.00	0	19
WR Leslie Counts	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
RB Toby Garner	1	2	5	5.00	0	5
TE Cole Tatum	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Lester Baskey	5	7	49	9.80	15	12
WR Bernie Sweeney	5	9	105	21.00	49	35
WR Sean Pallansch	3	5	30	10.00	2	12
RB Mel Stokes	2	4	18	9.00	8	13
WR Marcus Rodgers	2	2	23	11.50	0	18
WR Troy Wiggins	2	3	11	5.50	0	6
RB Stephen Dixon	2	2	13	6.50	0	7
FB Courtney Finch	1	1	8	8.00	0	8
TE Grant Henson	1	2	3	3.00	0	3

Interception Statistics

Austin	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Patrick Kemp	1	1	1.00	0

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg
CB Ernie Vertescher	2	14	7.00
OLB Wayne Hines	1	39	39.00
S Norman Haworth	1	28	28.00
S Dean Tanner	1	10	10.00

Fumble Statistics

Austin	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Austin	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Cris Joyner	2	86	43.0	38.0	51	0

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jackie Scott	3	152	50.7	46.0	53	3

Kicking Statistics

Austin	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tony Quinn	1/1	1/1	1/1	51	0/0

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Irving Clemens	2/2	0/0	0/0	28	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Austin	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Daryl Boyd	2	14	7.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roy Reynolds	1	10	10.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Austin	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ryan Saffitz	4	97	24.3	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Sean Pallansch	1	23	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Austin	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S David Kelly	8	0	0.0	24	28
S Sean Brandon	6	2	0.0	24	32
ILB Rondell Woodward	6	1	0.0	19	28
ILB Les Nekolny	5	1	0.0	25	32
OLB Artie Newton	4	1	2.0	18	23
DT Bruce Peterson	3	1	1.0	23	31
CB Bart Lucas	3	1	0.0	17	25
DE Neal Barrett	3	1	0.0	13	19
ILB Marc Bounds	2	1	0.0	9	12
CB Daryl Boyd	2	1	0.0	23	25
S Preston Virgadamo	2	0	0.0	11	19
CB Terrell Felkey	2	0	0.0	12	17
CB Patrick Kemp	1	1	0.0	21	23
ILB Kurt Hutton	1	0	0.0	10	10
WR Ryan Saffitz	1	0	---	---	---
DT Luther Pigeon	1	0	0.0	11	10
WR Rusty Rice	1	0	---	---	---
RB Chris Daugherty	1	0	---	---	---
WR Leonard Nixon	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Darrell Donaldson	1	0	0.0	4	6
TE Cole Tatum	1	0	---	---	---
DE Rico Oswalt	1	0	0.0	16	20
DT Kenyon Bradford	1	0	0.0	6	7
ILB Melvin De Jongh	0	1	0.0	4	9
OLB Van Sides	0	1	0.0	11	15

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Brandon White	7	3	0.0	12	34
S Marco Harp	5	2	0.0	15	30
CB Herb Newhart	4	1	0.0	11	22
OLB Bo Tanner	3	1	0.0	13	26
DE Stephen Wilkerson	3	1	0.0	14	21
ILB Lorenzo White	3	0	0.0	8	17
DT Billy Clayton	2	1	0.0	5	11
CB Ernie Vertescher	2	0	0.0	14	32
S Dean Tanner	2	0	0.0	9	13
DE Mitch Oxenby	1	1	1.0	13	22
DT Norbert Borders	1	1	0.0	12	23
OLB Geoff Figley	1	0	0.0	13	29
OLB Wayne Hines	1	0	0.0	3	7
S Norman Haworth	1	0	0.0	14	27
WR Bernie Sweeney	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Jackie Stevens	1	0	0.0	4	5
ILB Herb Jazynka	0	2	0.0	8	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Austin	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Artie Newton	2.0	0	23
DT Bruce Peterson	1.0	1	31
DE Rico Oswalt	0.0	2	20
DE Earnest Goldade	0.0	1	27
ILB Les Nekolny	0.0	1	32
OLB Van Sides	0.0	1	15

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Mitch Oxenby	1.0	0	0	1	22
DT Norbert Borders	0.0	1	0	0	23
DT Billy Clayton	0.0	1	0	0	11
OLB Geoff Figley	0.0	0	1	2	29

Pass Defense Statistics

Austin	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S David Kelly	7	0	0	28
ILB Rondell Woodward	3	0	0	28
CB Bart Lucas	2	1	0	25
ILB Marc Bounds	2	0	0	12
ILB Les Nekolny	2	0	0	32
S Sean Brandon	2	0	0	32
DT Luther Pigeon	1	0	0	10
OLB Artie Newton	1	0	0	23
CB Daryl Boyd	1	0	0	25
DT Bruce Peterson	1	0	0	31
ILB Darrell Donaldson	1	0	0	6
ILB Melvin De Jongh	0	1	0	9
CB Patrick Kemp	0	0	1	23

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Brandon White	4	0	0	34
S Marco Harp	4	0	0	30
ILB Lorenzo White	3	0	0	17
CB Herb Newhart	3	0	0	22
CB Ernie Vertescher	2	0	2	32
OLB Wayne Hines	1	0	1	7
S Dean Tanner	1	0	1	13
OLB Bo Tanner	1	0	0	26
S Norman Haworth	0	1	1	27
DE Tyrus Ragland	0	1	0	13

Blocking Statistics

Austin	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Percy Alston	2	4	15	0	23
Darren Kemp	1	2	14	0	26
Ethan Earnest	1	2	14	0	28
Emmitt Dotson	1	1	14	0	20
Howie Morton	0	4	14	0	27
Drew Connell	0	1	11	1	27
Deion Bradford	0	1	12	0	21

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
James Gerhardt	4	4	0	23	1	32
Courtney Finch	2	4	1	18	0	25
Claude Oshiro	1	5	0	25	0	32
Korey Way	1	4	0	27	0	30
Korey Westbrook	1	4	0	17	0	29
Glenn Darlington	1	3	0	25	1	33
Stan Hastings	1	2	0	12	1	9
Andrew Powell	0	1	0	4	0	6

Special Teams Tackles

Austin	Tackles	STPlays
Antonio Macri	2	11

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Ernie Vertescher	2	9
Bernie Sweeney	2	9
Roy Reynolds	1	14
Dean Tanner	1	11

Participation

Austin	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Daryl Boyd	---	---	23	25	13	61
David Kelly	---	---	24	28	8	60
Les Nekolny	---	---	25	32	2	59
Sean Brandon	---	---	24	32	2	58
Bruce Peterson	---	---	23	31	1	55
Rondell Woodward	---	---	19	28	4	51
Jose Willis	17	34	---	---	---	51
Ryan Saffitz	12	27	---	---	9	48
Earnest Goldade	---	---	18	27	1	46
Patrick Kemp	---	---	21	23	1	45
Ethan Earnest	14	28	---	---	3	45
Emmitt Dotson	14	20	---	---	11	45
Artie Newton	---	---	18	23	2	43
Bart Lucas	---	---	17	25	1	43
Darren Kemp	14	26	---	---	1	41
Terrell Felkey	---	---	12	17	12	41
Howie Morton	14	27	---	---	---	41
Drew Connell	11	27	---	---	2	40
Rico Oswalt	---	---	16	20	3	39
Percy Alston	15	23	---	---	---	38
Leslie Counts	12	21	---	---	1	34
Neal Barrett	---	---	13	19	2	34
Deion Bradford	12	21	---	---	---	33
Toby Garner	7	14	---	---	11	32
Chris Daugherty	11	21	---	---	---	32
Kurt Hutton	---	---	10	10	10	30
Preston Virgadamo	---	---	11	19	---	30
Leonard Nixon	9	21	---	---	---	30
Melvin Farmer	8	18	---	---	3	29
Van Sides	---	---	11	15	2	28
Rusty Rice	3	13	---	---	11	27
Marc Bounds	---	---	9	12	2	23
Luther Pigeon	---	---	11	10	2	23
Darrell Donaldson	---	---	4	6	13	23
Cole Tatum	2	4	---	---	12	18
Willie Matthews	6	8	---	---	3	17
Terrance Nichols	2	11	---	---	3	16
Tony Halsey	3	9	---	---	3	15
Melvin De Jongh	---	---	4	9	1	14
Kenyon Bradford	---	---	6	7	1	14
Antonio Macri	1	1	---	---	11	13
Matt Facey	---	---	0	0	3	3
Tony Quinn	0	0	---	---	3	3
Cris Joyner	0	0	---	---	2	2
Jerry Donaldson	0	0	---	---	1	1
Sherman Blake	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bernie Sweeney	24	35	---	---	9	68
Benjamin Lee	29	38	---	---	---	67
Korey Way	27	30	---	---	5	62
Lester Baskey	22	25	---	---	12	59
Claude Oshiro	25	32	---	---	2	59
Courtney Finch	18	25	---	---	15	58
Glenn Darlington	25	33	---	---	---	58
James Gerhardt	23	32	---	---	---	55
Ernie Vertescher	---	---	14	32	9	55
Marco Harp	---	---	15	30	7	52
Brandon White	---	---	12	34	4	50
Korey Westbrook	17	29	---	---	---	46
Sean Pallansch	14	28	---	---	2	44
Geoff Figley	---	---	13	29	---	42
Norman Haworth	---	---	14	27	---	41
Bo Tanner	---	---	13	26	1	40
Stephen Dixon	18	21	---	---	---	39
Troy Wiggins	17	14	---	---	7	38
Mitch Oxenby	---	---	13	22	1	36
Stephen Wilkerson	---	---	14	21	1	36
Norbert Borders	---	---	12	23	---	35
Herb Newhart	---	---	11	22	1	34
Dean Tanner	---	---	9	13	11	33
Lorenzo White	---	---	8	17	3	28
Mel Stokes	7	13	---	---	6	26
Leroy Austin	---	---	8	14	4	26
Marcus Rodgers	10	11	---	---	3	24
Herb Jazynka	---	---	8	8	7	23
Grant Henson	5	10	---	---	8	23
Stan Hastings	12	9	---	---	1	22
Tyrus Ragland	---	---	3	13	4	20
Roy Reynolds	3	2	---	---	14	19
Billy Clayton	---	---	5	11	1	17
Billy Francis	6	6	---	---	5	17
Derek Holliday	---	---	4	12	---	16
Cole McCormick	7	6	---	---	2	15
Brent Dennis	2	8	---	---	4	14
Dustin Rhodes	4	5	---	---	5	14
Wayne Hines	---	---	3	7	4	14
Emmanuel Ouellette	---	---	4	8	1	13
Andrew Powell	4	6	---	---	3	13
Jackie Stevens	---	---	4	5	1	10
Irving Clemens	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jackie Scott	0	0	---	---	3	3
Butch Campbell	0	0	---	---	2	2
Buddy Cahill	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	39	4.9
Middle	7	30	4.3
Right	2	6	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	29	4.1
Middle	8	81	10.1
Right	14	67	4.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Austin	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jose Willis	33	19	4	2	2	2	1	3	5

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Benjamin Lee	35	23	3	2	1	2	6	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	22	7.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	7	50	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	5	75	6.8
Long (19+ Yds)	7	4	93	13.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	5	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	25	16	139	5.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	94	13.4
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	22	11.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Austin	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ryan Saffitz	11	5	2	112	3	27
RB Chris Daugherty	6	4	0	37	1	21
TE Ethan Earnest	4	3	0	26	0	28
WR Rusty Rice	4	3	0	32	0	13
WR Leonard Nixon	4	2	0	24	0	21
RB Toby Garner	2	1	0	5	0	14
WR Leslie Counts	1	1	0	4	0	21
TE Cole Tatum	1	0	0	0	0	4

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bernie Sweeney	9	5	0	105	3	35
TE Lester Baskey	7	5	0	49	0	25
WR Sean Pallansch	5	3	0	30	0	28
RB Mel Stokes	4	2	0	18	0	13
WR Troy Wiggins	3	2	0	11	0	14
WR Marcus Rodgers	2	2	0	23	0	11
RB Stephen Dixon	2	2	0	13	0	21
TE Grant Henson	2	1	1	3	0	10
FB Courtney Finch	1	1	0	8	0	25

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Austin	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mel Stokes	4	16	4.00	4.43
Courtney Finch	3	15	5.00	4.50
Stephen Dixon	2	6	3.00	6.20
Benjamin Lee	1	2	2.00	13.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Austin	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Benjamin Lee	8	3	17	2.13	7.43

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Austin	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Lester Baskey	2	1	5	2.50	7.00
WR Sean Pallansch	2	1	7	3.50	6.00
WR Troy Wiggins	2	1	5	2.50	3.67
RB Mel Stokes	1	0	0	0.00	4.50
WR Bernie Sweeney	1	0	0	0.00	11.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Austin	Rushes	Conversions
Chris Daugherty	1	1
Jose Willis	1	1

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Mel Stokes	3	3
Stephen Dixon	2	1
Benjamin Lee	1	0
Troy Wiggins	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Austin	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jose Willis	8	4	3

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Benjamin Lee	8	6	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Austin	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ryan Saffitz	3	2	2
RB Chris Daugherty	2	1	1
WR Leonard Nixon	2	1	0
RB Toby Garner	1	0	0

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Mel Stokes	2	1	1
TE Lester Baskey	2	1	1
WR Sean Pallansch	2	2	2
WR Marcus Rodgers	1	1	1
WR Bernie Sweeney	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 47,000 (69,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,900 (21,000)
End Zone 10,700 (15,200)
Mezzanine 6,300 (8,800)
Sideline Seats 8,800 (13,400)
Club Seats 5,100 (8,200)
Luxury Boxes 1,200 (2,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	47,000 (69,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,900 (21,000)
End Zone	10,700 (15,200)
Mezzanine	6,300 (8,800)
Sideline Seats	8,800 (13,400)
Club Seats	5,100 (8,200)
Luxury Boxes	1,200 (2,700)