Conference Semifinals, 2027

played in Columbus (OH), OH

36 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Champaign Thunder	7	3	7	0	-	17
Columbus (OH) Wardogs	0	0	0	7	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:13 CHM - R.J. Einard 1 run (Daryl Riley extra point)
2Q: 00:15 CHM - Daryl Riley 43 field goal
3Q: 07:52 CHM - Butch Bostic 10 pass from Roosevelt Cardinell (Daryl Riley extra point)
4Q: 10:47 COL - Zack Horn 8 run (Max Paterno extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:13 CHM - R.J. Einard 1 run (Daryl Riley extra point)
2Q: 00:15 CHM - Daryl Riley 43 field goal
3Q: 07:52 CHM - Butch Bostic 10 pass from Roosevelt Cardinell (Daryl Riley extra point)
4Q: 10:47 COL - Zack Horn 8 run (Max Paterno extra point)

Team Statistics CHM COL
Record 14-4 13-4
First Downs 18 14
- by Rushing 5 4
- by Passing 13 9
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 375 231
- Offensive Plays 70 57
- Yards per Play 5.36 4.05
Net Rushing Yards 175 89
- Rushing Attempts 44 30
- Yards per Rush 3.98 2.97
Net Passing Yards 200 142
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 16 - 1 25 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 200 152
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/10
- Yards per Pass Play 7.69 5.26
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/17 6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.4 8.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/40 3/16
Punt Returns/Yards 2/30 3/20
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 3/86
Interception Ret./Yards 1/13 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 24
Time of Possession 34:19 25:41

Team Statistics	CHM	COL
Record	14-4	13-4
First Downs	18	14
- by Rushing	5	4
- by Passing	13	9
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	375	231
- Offensive Plays	70	57
- Yards per Play	5.36	4.05
Net Rushing Yards	175	89
- Rushing Attempts	44	30
- Yards per Rush	3.98	2.97
Net Passing Yards	200	142
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 16 - 1	25 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	200	152
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/10
- Yards per Pass Play	7.69	5.26
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/17	6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.4	8.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/40	3/16
Punt Returns/Yards	2/30	3/20
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	3/86
Interception Ret./Yards	1/13	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 24
Time of Possession	34:19	25:41

Drive Charts

Champaign Thunder
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:57	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
1	10:20	1:08	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
1	9:02	1:47	OWN 43	5	25	Fumble
1	5:42	4:35	OWN 11	10	89	Touchdown
2	14:46	5:37	OWN 20	11	67	Interception
2	7:18	0:53	OWN 40	3	-1	Punt
2	3:33	3:26	OWN 20	8	54	Field Goal
3	12:48	5:03	OWN 35	9	65	Touchdown
3	3:49	3:35	OWN 3	6	29	Punt
4	10:39	3:10	OWN 20	6	26	Punt
4	3:10	1:15	OPP 45	3	7	Punt
4	1:00	1:00	OPP 9	3	-1	Game

Columbus (OH) Wardogs
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:03	2:43	OWN 40	6	17	Punt
1	9:12	0:10	OWN 45	1	0	Interception
1	7:15	1:33	OWN 32	3	9	Punt
1	1:07	1:21	OWN 36	3	-1	Punt
2	9:09	1:51	OWN 2	3	5	Punt
2	6:25	2:52	OWN 21	7	32	Punt
3	15:00	2:12	OWN 35	3	-2	Punt
3	7:45	3:56	OWN 20	8	37	Punt
3	0:14	4:35	OWN 18	10	82	Touchdown
4	7:29	4:19	OWN 13	9	40	Fumble
4	1:55	0:55	OWN 8	4	1	Downs

Game MVP: Butch Bostic, Champaign Thunder

Rushing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
R.J. Einard	34	100	2.94	10	1	1
Jeffrey Donovan	7	71	10.14	52	2	0
Roosevelt Cardinell	3	4	1.33	5	0	0

Columbus (OH)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Darrell Rose	14	36	2.57	17	1	0
Jerry Covington	14	40	2.86	10	1	0
Zack Horn	2	13	6.50	8	0	1

Passing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Roosevelt Cardinell	26	16	200	0/0	1	25	1	82.2

Columbus (OH)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Zack Horn	25	14	152	2/10	0	21	1	57.4

Receiving Statistics

Champaign	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Butch Bostic	6	8	97	16.17	50	25	1
WR C.J. Emmons	5	9	58	11.60	0	22	0
TE Malcolm McReynolds	2	3	15	7.50	8	12	0
WR Bennie Sandlin	1	2	15	15.00	0	15	0
TE Fred Lohr	1	2	14	14.00	5	14	0
FB Morris Gordon	1	2	1	1.00	1	1	0

Columbus (OH)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Steven Henry	4	6	50	12.50	12	18
WR Broderick Woodson	2	4	27	13.50	3	17
WR Danny Beisel	2	5	28	14.00	17	21
WR Wayne Hansen	2	2	17	8.50	2	17
WR Derrick Comia	1	3	13	13.00	0	13
FB Jorge Reiter	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
RB Darrell Rose	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
RB Jerry Covington	1	2	10	10.00	0	10
TE J.T. Whiting	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Champaign	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Percy Dodge	1	13	13.00	0

Columbus (OH)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Lawrence Yovanovits	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Champaign	Fumb	Recov	Force
R.J. Einard	1	0	0
Malcolm McReynolds	1	0	0
Mitch Howe	0	1	0
Rich Westbrook	0	1	0
Robbie Wooden	0	0	1

Columbus (OH)	Fumb	Recov	Force
Zack Horn	1	0	0
Cory Null	0	1	0
Clifton MacIntyre	0	0	1
Lawrence Yovanovits	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Champaign	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brandon Baxter	6	256	42.7	39.3	56	3

Columbus (OH)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Seth Karau	7	329	47.0	37.0	55	4

Kicking Statistics

Champaign	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Daryl Riley	1/1	1/1	0/0	43	2/2

Columbus (OH)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Max Paterno	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Champaign	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Emmitt Alexander	2	30	15.0	0

Columbus (OH)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cory Null	3	20	6.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Champaign	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Columbus (OH)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Danny Beisel	2	55	27.5	0
Cory Null	1	31	31.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Champaign	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Kyle Jeffries	7	2	0.0	30	27
CB Emmitt Alexander	5	1	0.0	25	22
DT Robbie Wooden	4	0	1.0	16	9
DT Rich Westbrook	4	2	0.5	25	20
DE Heath Warren	3	0	0.5	23	19
OLB Tom Meier	3	5	0.0	26	13
S Percy Dodge	3	2	0.0	22	25
DT Dana Wanat	3	1	0.0	6	11
DE Ben Banks	2	1	0.0	23	16
CB Gary Zytniak	2	0	0.0	20	22
OLB Ellis Pomeroy	2	0	0.0	10	9
OLB Jared Shimada	1	3	0.0	23	21
CB Carlos Hines	1	2	0.0	26	24
DE Deon Pearson	1	1	0.0	11	16
DT Kelvin Mealey	1	0	0.0	16	17
S Rod Rockett	1	0	0.0	4	7
WR Butch Bostic	1	0	---	---	---
S Carlton Di Pietro	1	0	0.0	11	5
CB Horace Nelson	1	0	0.0	13	12

Columbus (OH)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Clifton MacIntyre	9	5	0.0	42	26
CB Cory Null	7	3	0.0	40	24
OLB Lawrence Yovanovits	6	2	0.0	40	26
DT Mack Greene	6	0	0.0	32	20
S Lester Stewart	6	0	0.0	37	26
S Gerald Howe	3	3	0.0	38	22
OLB Sean Tubbs	3	1	0.0	13	5
DT Jamie Lyon	3	1	0.0	26	20
CB Kenny Delgado	3	0	0.0	22	13
CB Kent Bronson	2	3	0.0	19	11
DE Winfred Battle	2	1	0.0	39	22
CB Shane Cottle	1	1	0.0	32	18
S Chad Burgess	1	1	0.0	15	9
WR Broderick Woodson	1	0	---	---	---
DE Marco Jarvis	1	0	0.0	36	19
ILB Blaine Greer	1	0	0.0	6	0
OLB Herb Wilkerson	1	0	0.0	9	6
RB Jerry Covington	1	0	---	---	---
DT Tyrell Hitchcock	0	1	0.0	37	19

Pass Rush Statistics

Champaign	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Robbie Wooden	1.0	0	0	9
DE Heath Warren	0.5	1	2	19
DT Rich Westbrook	0.5	1	0	20
DE Ben Banks	0.0	1	1	16

Columbus (OH)	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Marco Jarvis	1	2	0	19
DE Winfred Battle	1	0	0	22
OLB Clifton MacIntyre	0	0	1	26

Pass Defense Statistics

Champaign	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Kyle Jeffries	4	0	0	27
CB Emmitt Alexander	4	0	0	22
OLB Ellis Pomeroy	2	0	0	9
S Percy Dodge	1	1	1	25
S Rod Rockett	1	1	0	7
CB Gary Zytniak	1	0	0	22
DE Deon Pearson	1	0	0	16
CB Carlos Hines	0	1	0	24
OLB Tom Meier	0	1	0	13

Columbus (OH)	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Cory Null	4	0	0	24
OLB Lawrence Yovanovits	2	1	1	26
OLB Clifton MacIntyre	2	0	0	26
CB Kenny Delgado	2	0	0	13
S Gerald Howe	1	0	0	22
S Lester Stewart	1	0	0	26
OLB Sean Tubbs	1	0	0	5
CB Shane Cottle	1	0	0	18
S Chad Burgess	1	0	0	9
DT Jamie Lyon	1	0	0	20

Blocking Statistics

Champaign	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
R.J. Oliver	3	9	0	36	26
Butch Athanas	2	5	0	38	23
Quentin King	2	2	0	11	2
Leslie Kalu	1	9	1	40	25
Martin Rhodes	1	6	0	41	25
Mitch Howe	1	3	1	36	25
Morris Gordon	1	3	1	30	13
Sedrick Blunt	1	1	1	8	2
Malcolm McReynolds	1	1	0	24	15
Melvin Farmer	0	1	0	12	1
Fred Lohr	0	1	0	41	22

Columbus (OH)	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Frank Hopkins	2	6	25	0	24
Tito McKnight	2	5	18	0	17
Travis Wilkins	1	5	12	0	10
Marvin Shields	1	3	22	1	23
Dan Gerhardt	0	5	27	0	23
Julio Waits	0	2	14	1	14
Jorge Reiter	0	1	18	0	12
J.T. Whiting	0	1	6	0	5
Steven Henry	0	1	28	0	23

Special Teams Tackles

Champaign	Tackles	STPlays
Joey Tutwiler	3	20
Malcolm McReynolds	2	17
Chester Flannery	1	7

Columbus (OH)	Tackles	STPlays
Michael Schwartz	1	13
Duane Willis	1	7

Participation

Champaign	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Roosevelt Cardinell	44	26	---	---	---	70
Mitch Howe	36	25	---	---	7	68
Martin Rhodes	41	25	---	---	---	66
Leslie Kalu	40	25	---	---	---	65
Fred Lohr	41	22	---	---	1	64
R.J. Oliver	36	26	---	---	---	62
Carlos Hines	---	---	26	24	11	61
Butch Athanas	38	23	---	---	---	61
Kyle Jeffries	---	---	30	27	---	57
R.J. Einard	36	21	---	---	---	57
C.J. Emmons	32	23	---	---	1	56
Malcolm McReynolds	24	15	---	---	17	56
Emmitt Alexander	---	---	25	22	9	56
Morris Gordon	30	13	---	---	12	55
Percy Dodge	---	---	22	25	---	47
Rich Westbrook	---	---	25	20	2	47
Jared Shimada	---	---	23	21	1	45
Gary Zytniak	---	---	20	22	2	44
Horace Nelson	---	---	13	12	19	44
Bennie Sandlin	22	14	---	---	7	43
Heath Warren	---	---	23	19	1	43
Tom Meier	---	---	26	13	2	41
Ben Banks	---	---	23	16	---	39
Kelvin Mealey	---	---	16	17	1	34
Deon Pearson	---	---	11	16	7	34
Robbie Wooden	---	---	16	9	3	28
Gerald Battle	8	3	---	---	12	23
Sedrick Blunt	8	2	---	---	13	23
Butch Bostic	10	12	---	---	---	22
Al Prior	---	---	0	2	20	22
Carlton Di Pietro	---	---	11	5	5	21
Melvin Farmer	12	1	---	---	7	20
Joey Tutwiler	0	0	---	---	20	20
Quentin King	11	2	---	---	7	20
Ellis Pomeroy	---	---	10	9	1	20
Rod Rockett	---	---	4	7	6	17
Dana Wanat	---	---	6	11	---	17
Chester Flannery	6	3	---	---	7	16
Jeffrey Donovan	8	5	---	---	---	13
Brenden Jamison	0	0	---	---	7	7
Brandon Baxter	0	0	---	---	6	6
Daryl Riley	0	0	---	---	5	5
A.J. Palkowski	0	0	---	---	1	1
Kirk Nobles	1	0	---	---	---	1
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0
Marcus Reese	---	---	0	0	---	0

Columbus (OH)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Clifton MacIntyre	---	---	42	26	14	82
Cory Null	---	---	40	24	12	76
Lawrence Yovanovits	---	---	40	26	1	67
Lester Stewart	---	---	37	26	1	64
Tyrell Hitchcock	---	---	37	19	7	63
Gerald Howe	---	---	38	22	1	61
Winfred Battle	---	---	39	22	---	61
Zack Horn	30	27	---	---	---	57
Steven Henry	28	23	---	---	6	57
Marco Jarvis	---	---	36	19	1	56
Mack Greene	---	---	32	20	---	52
Dan Gerhardt	27	23	---	---	2	52
Shane Cottle	---	---	32	18	1	51
Frank Hopkins	25	24	---	---	---	49
Kent Bronson	---	---	19	11	18	48
Broderick Woodson	17	18	---	---	12	47
Jamie Lyon	---	---	26	20	1	47
Kenny Delgado	---	---	22	13	10	45
Marvin Shields	22	23	---	---	---	45
Matthew Oskolkoff	24	17	---	---	---	41
Chad Burgess	---	---	15	9	17	41
Tito McKnight	18	17	---	---	5	40
Danny Beisel	16	18	---	---	4	38
Jorge Reiter	18	12	---	---	6	36
Julio Waits	14	14	---	---	7	35
Phillip Farley	5	10	---	---	18	33
Terrell Abdul-Jabbar	18	11	---	---	3	32
Jerry Covington	15	13	---	---	2	30
Travis Wilkins	12	10	---	---	7	29
Sean Tubbs	---	---	13	5	5	23
Darrell Rose	15	8	---	---	---	23
Derrick Comia	8	14	---	---	---	22
J.T. Whiting	6	5	---	---	6	17
Duane Willis	5	3	---	---	7	15
Herb Wilkerson	---	---	9	6	---	15
Brett Dodge	3	4	---	---	7	14
Michael Schwartz	1	0	---	---	13	14
Wayne Hansen	3	3	---	---	6	12
Blaine Greer	---	---	6	0	4	10
Nolan Uzzell	---	---	1	0	6	7
Seth Karau	0	0	---	---	7	7
Max Paterno	0	0	---	---	2	2
Christian Cossel	---	---	0	0	1	1
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0
David Bauer	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	19	118	6.2
Middle	11	30	2.7
Right	12	28	2.3
None	2	-1	-0.5

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	12	2.4
Middle	17	59	3.5
Right	8	18	2.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Roosevelt Cardinell	26	16	3	0	4	1	2	1	1

Columbus (OH)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Zack Horn	25	14	1	0	3	4	3	3	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	27	9.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	94	7.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	3	38	7.6
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	41	6.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	14	4.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	5	4	49	9.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	7	89	7.4
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Champaign	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR C.J. Emmons	9	5	3	58	1	23
WR Butch Bostic	8	6	0	97	2	12
TE Malcolm McReynolds	3	2	1	15	0	15
WR Bennie Sandlin	2	1	0	15	0	14
TE Fred Lohr	2	1	0	14	0	22
FB Morris Gordon	2	1	0	1	0	13

Columbus (OH)	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Steven Henry	6	4	1	50	0	23
WR Danny Beisel	5	2	1	28	1	18
WR Broderick Woodson	4	2	0	27	0	18
WR Derrick Comia	3	1	1	13	0	14
WR Wayne Hansen	2	2	0	17	0	3
RB Jerry Covington	2	1	0	10	0	13
FB Jorge Reiter	1	1	0	4	0	12
TE J.T. Whiting	1	0	0	0	0	5
RB Darrell Rose	1	1	0	3	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
R.J. Einard	3	4	1.33	2.94
Roosevelt Cardinell	2	-1	-0.50	1.33

Columbus (OH)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Zack Horn	1	8	8.00	6.50
Darrell Rose	1	1	1.00	2.57

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Roosevelt Cardinell	4	2	25	6.25	7.69

Columbus (OH)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Zack Horn	1	1	8	8.00	6.08

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Champaign	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bennie Sandlin	2	1	15	7.50	7.50
WR Butch Bostic	2	1	10	5.00	12.13

Columbus (OH)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Steven Henry	1	1	8	8.00	8.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Champaign	Rushes	Conversions
R.J. Einard	4	1
Jeffrey Donovan	2	0
Roosevelt Cardinell	1	0

Columbus (OH)	Rushes	Conversions
Jerry Covington	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Champaign	Att	Comp	Conversions
Roosevelt Cardinell	10	7	7

Columbus (OH)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Zack Horn	13	9	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Champaign	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR C.J. Emmons	6	5	5
WR Butch Bostic	3	1	1
WR Bennie Sandlin	1	1	1

Columbus (OH)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Steven Henry	4	3	3
WR Broderick Woodson	3	1	0
WR Danny Beisel	2	1	0
WR Wayne Hansen	2	2	1
WR Derrick Comia	1	1	1
RB Jerry Covington	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 61,700 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,900 (21,600)
End Zone 14,500 (15,600)
Mezzanine 8,900 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 13,200 (13,800)
Club Seats 5,800 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,400 (2,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	61,700 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,900 (21,600)
End Zone	14,500 (15,600)
Mezzanine	8,900 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	13,200 (13,800)
Club Seats	5,800 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,400 (2,000)